The Nain-Churchill boundary and the Nain Plutonic Suite: A regional perspective on the geologic setting of the Voisey's Bay Ni-Cu-Co deposit

Economic Geology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 703-724

  Ryan, Bruce ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; MAGMATISM; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MINERALIZATION; NICKEL; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

CANADA;

EID: 0033890524     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.95.4.703     Document Type: Conference Paper

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