Geologic and geochemical relationships between the contact sublayer, inclusions, and the main mass of the sudbury igneous complex: A Case study of the whistle mine embayment

Economic Geology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 647-673

  Lightfoot, Peter G ^a   Keays, Reid R ^b   Morrison, Gordon G ^a   Bite, Andy ^a   Farrell, Keith P ^b  

^a Engineering Building   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOTWALL BRECCIA; GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS COMPLEX; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; PGE; SUBLAYER; SULPHIDE ORE;

CANADA, ONTARIO, SUDBURY;

EID: 0031418590     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.92.6.647     Document Type: Article

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