Geochemistry and genesis of the black shale-hosted Ni-cu-Zn deposit at Talvivaara, Finland

Economic Geology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 80-110

  Loukola Ruskeeniemi, Kirsti ^a   Heino, Timo ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALE; COPPER; GEOCHEMISTRY; NICKEL; ORE GENESIS; PROTEROZOIC; ZINC;

FINLAND, TALVIVAARA;

EID: 0030480955     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.91.1.80     Document Type: Article

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