Archean layered mafic-ultramafic intrusions in the West Pilbara Craton, Western Australia: A synthesis of some of the oldest orthomagmatic mineralizing systems in the world

Economic Geology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 847-872

  Hoatson, Dean M ^a   Sun, Shen Su ^a  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

POLYMETALLIC DEPOSITS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; ISOTOPES; MINERALOGY; MINERALS;

GEOLOGY;

ARCHEAN; COBALT; COPPER; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; LAYERED INTRUSION; MINERALIZATION; NICKEL; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0036659820     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.847     Document Type: Article

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