Compositional variation of laurite at Union Section in the Western Bushveld Complex

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 286-292

  Maier, W D ^a   Prichard, H M ^b   Barnes, S J ^c   Fisher, P C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERALIZATION; PETROLOGY; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0033190287     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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