Platinum-group mineral occurrence associated with flow top amygdule sulfides in komatiitic basalt, Abitibi Greenstone Belt, Ontario

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-24

  Stone, W E ^a   Crocket, J H ^b   Fleet, M E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; COPPER; GREENSTONE BELT; IRON; KOMATIITE; NICKEL; OLIVINE; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; SULFIDE;

ABITIBI BELT; CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 0043004871     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf01162655     Document Type: Article

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