Gold and platinum-group element mineralization in the Kruuse Fjord Gabbro complex, east Greenland

Economic Geology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 490-501

  Arnason, J G ^a,d   Bird, D K ^a   Bernstein, S ^b   Kelemen, P B ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; MINERALIZATION; PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENT;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0031402897     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.92.4.490     Document Type: Article

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