Melting reactions of gneissic inclusions with enclosing magma at Voisey's Bay, Labrador, Canada: Implications with respect to ore genesis

Economic Geology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 801-814

  Li, Chusi ^a   Naldrett, Anthony J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANORTHOSITE; COPPER; GNEISS; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MELTING; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; NICKEL;

CANADA;

EID: 0033876545     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.95.4.801     Document Type: Conference Paper

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