Re-Os isotopic constraints on the genesis of the Sally Malay Ni-Cu-Co deposit, East Kimberley, Western Australia

Lithos

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 89-106

  Sproule, R A ^a   Lambert, D D ^a   Hoatson, D M ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

PGE; Sally Malay intrusion; Sulphide mineralisation

Indexed keywords

IGNEOUS INTRUSION; METALLOGENESIS; ORE DEPOSIT; PETROGENESIS; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032770304     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-4937(99)00009-2     Document Type: Article

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