An analysis of compositional variations and spatial relationships within Fe-Ni-Cu sulfide deposits on the North Range of the Sudbury Igneous Complex

Economic Geology

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1487-1508

  Beswick, A E ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DILATIONAL FRACTURES;

COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MASS TRANSFER; MINERAL EXPLORATION; SULFIDE MINERALS;

GEOLOGY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EMPLACEMENT; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; MASSIVE SULFIDE; ORE DEPOSIT;

CANADA;

EID: 0036873842     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.97.7.1487     Document Type: Article

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