Trace-element geochemistry and petrogenesis of barren and ore-associated komatiites

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 673-696

  Lesher, C M ^a   Burnham, O M ^a   Keays, R R ^a   Barnes, S J ^a   Hulbert, L ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contamination; Geochemical discrimination; Komatiite; Ni Cu(PGE)deposits

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; CRYSTALS; FLUID DYNAMICS; GEOCHEMISTRY; ROCKS; SILICATES; SULFIDE MINERALS; THERMODYNAMICS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

PETROGENESIS;

MINERALOGY;

COPPER; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; KOMATIITE; NICKEL; PETROGENESIS; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 0035299468     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.39.2.673     Document Type: Article

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