Fractional crystallisation of sulfide melts as illustrated at Noril'sk and Sudbury

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 365-377

  Naldrett, Anthony J ^a   Ebel, Denton S ^a,b   Asif, Mohammed ^a   Morrison, Gordon ^c   Moore, Chester M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Mines Research   (Canada)

^d Falconbridge Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chalcopyrite; Copper; Intermediate solid solution; Monosulfide solid solution; Nickel; Noril'sk; Pentlandite; Platinum group elements; Pyrrhotite; Rhodium; Sudbury; Sulfide melts; Talnakh

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; IRON COMPOUNDS; LIQUIDS; NICKEL; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; RHODIUM; SILICATES; SOLID SOLUTIONS;

CHALCOPYRITE; INTERMEDIATE SOLID SOLUTIONS; MONOSULFIDE SOLID SOLUTIONS; NORIL'SK; PENTLANDITE; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS; PYRRHOTITE; SUDBURY; SULFIDE MELT; TALNAKH;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

COPPER; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; NICKEL; PGE; RHODIUM; SULPHIDE MELT;

CANADA, ONTARIO, SUDBURY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SIBERIA, NORIL'SK;

EID: 0030816334     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/ejm/9/2/0365     Document Type: Article

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