Geology of an Archaean metakomatiite succession, Tramways, Kambalda Ni province, Western Australia: assessing the extent to which volcanic facies architecture and flow emplacement mechanisms can be reconstructed

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 659-673

  Moore, A G ^a   Cas, R A F ^a   Beresford, S W ^a   Stone, M ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BHP BILLITON   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaean; Kambalda; Komatiite; Nickel sulfides; Volcanology

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; KOMATIITE; LAVA FLOW; MASSIVE SULFIDE; NICKEL; VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSIT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033821075     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0952.2000.00799.x     Document Type: Article

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