Volcanology of the Archaean Lunnon Basalt and its relevance to nickel sulfide‐bearing trough structures at Kambalda, Western Australia

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 695-715

  Squire, R J ^a,b   Clout, J M F ^c,d   Behets, R ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Acacia Resources   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d BHP BILLITON   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaean; Basalt; Kambalda; Nickel sulfides; Palaeovolcanology.

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BASALT; NICKEL; SULFIDE; VOLCANOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA; KAMBALDA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032194566     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120099808728427     Document Type: Article

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