Isotopic constraints on the source of sulphur for the base metal sulphides of the Uitkomst Complex, Badplaas, South Africa

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-50

  Gauert, C D K ^a   Jordaan, L J ^b   De Waal, S A ^a   Wallmach, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASE METAL; SULPHIDE; SULPHUR ISOTOPE; UITKOMST COMPLEX;

SOUTH AFRICA, BADPLAAS;

EID: 0029729703     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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