Can the role of thermal erosion in strongly deformed komatiite-Ni-Cu-(PGE) deposits be determined? Perseverance, Agnew-Wiluna Belt, Western Australia

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 199-214

  Trofimovs, J ^a   Tait, M A ^a   Cas, R A F ^a   McArthur, A ^b   Beresford, S W ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BHP BILLITON   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agnew Wiluna Belt; Archaean; Komatiite; Perseverance; Thermal erosion

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; COPPER; DUNITE; FOOTWALL; KOMATIITE; METAMORPHISM; NICKEL; THERMAL ALTERATION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0038667537     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0952.2003.00988.x     Document Type: Article

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