Introduction to nickel sulfide orebodies and komatiites of the Black Swan area, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 679-683

  Barnes, Steve J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KOMATIITE; METALLOGENESIS; NICKEL; ORE BODY; SULFIDE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD; YILGARN BLOCK;

EID: 11044220596     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-004-0436-x     Document Type: Article

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