Komatiites and nickel sulfide ores of the Black Swan area, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia. 4. Platinum group element distribution in the ores, and genetic implications

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 752-765

  Barnes, Stephen J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Iridium; Komatiite; Nickel; Platinum; Sulfide

Indexed keywords

KOMATIITE; METALLOGENESIS; NICKEL; ORE BODY; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; SULFIDE;

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

EID: 11044229519     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-004-0440-1     Document Type: Article

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