Platinum-group element mineralisation in the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe, and its relationship to magma evolution and magma chamber structure

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 319-342

  Wilson, Allan H ^a   Prendergast, Martin D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (Zimbabwe)

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EID: 0242395778     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssajg.104.4.319     Document Type: Article

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