Nickel ore troughs in Archaean volcanic rocks, Kambalda, Western Australia: indicators of early extension

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 155, Issue , 1999, Pages 197-211

  Brown, M A N ^a   Jolly, R J H ^a   Stone, W ^b   Coward, M P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BHP BILLITON   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MINERALIZATION; NICKEL;

AUSTRALIA; KAMBALDA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ARCHAEA; LASTHENIA;

EID: 0032777323     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.155.01.15     Document Type: Article

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