Platinum-group elements in the sudbury ores: Significance with respect to the origin of different ore zones and to the exploration for footwall orebodies

Economic Geology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 185-210

  Naldrett, A J ^a   Asif, M ^a   Schandl, E ^a   Searcy, T ^a   Morrison, G G ^b   Binney, W P ^c   Moore, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Inco Technical Services Limited ^*  (Canada)

^c Falconbridge Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MASSIVE SULFIDE; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS;

CANADA;

EID: 0032779589     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.185     Document Type: Article

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