Oxygen isotope studies of the Voisey's Bay Ni-Cu-Co deposit, Labrador, Canada

Economic Geology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 831-844

  Ripley, Edward M ^a   Park, Young Rok ^a   Li, Chusi ^b   Naldrett, A J ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GEOCHEMISTRY; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MINERALIZATION; NICKEL; OXYGEN;

CANADA;

EID: 0033886782     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.95.4.831     Document Type: Conference Paper

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