Metal redistribution during fluid exsolution and migration in the middle banded series of the Stillwater Complex, Montana

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Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 143-156

  Meurer, W P ^a   Willmore, C C ^a   Boudreau, A E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatographic separation; Cumulate; Fluid; Ore deposit; Stillwater Complex

Indexed keywords

EXSOLUTION; FLUID EXPULSION; ORE DEPOSIT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032810494     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-4937(99)00012-2     Document Type: Article

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