Geochemistry and origin of the intrusive hosts of the Noril'sk-Talnakh Cu-Ni-PGE sulfide deposits

Economic Geology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 495-515

  Arndt, N T ^a   Czmanske, G K ^b   Walker, R J ^c   Chauvel, C ^a   Fedorenko, V A ^d  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b University of Maryland ^*  (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

^d Central Res Inst Geol Prospecting   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; VOLCANOES;

FLOOD-VOLCANIC SEQUENCES;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

BASE METAL; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; FLOOD BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; METALLOGENESIS; ORE DEPOSIT; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT;

NORIL'SK; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA; TALNAKH;

EID: 0141521611     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.98.3.495     Document Type: Article

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