Chemical evolution and origin of nickel sulfide mineralization in the sudbury igneous complex, Ontario, Canada

Economic Geology

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1855-1875

  Lightfoot, Peter C ^a   Doherty, Will ^b  

^a Inco Technical Services Ltd ^*  (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERALIZATION;

BASALT; COPPER; IGNEOUS ROCKS; METEORITES; NICKEL; ORES; PLATINUM; PYRITES; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

GEOCHEMISTRY; MASSIVE SULFIDE; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; NICKEL;

CANADA;

EID: 0035736424     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.96.8.1855     Document Type: Article

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