Unconventional PGE occurrences and PGE mineralization in the Great Dyke: Metallogenic and economic aspects

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 35, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 260-280

  Stribrny, B ^a   Wellmer, F W ^a   Burgath, K P ^a   Oberthur T ^a   Tarkian, M ^b   Pfeiffer, T ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS;

GREAT DYKE; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0034108401     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001260050019     Document Type: Article

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