Komatiites and nickel sulphide orebodies of the Black Swan area, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia. 1. Petrology and volcanology of host rocks

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 684-706

  Hill, R E T ^a   Barnes, Steve J ^a   Dowling, S E ^a   Thordarson, T ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Komatiite; Lava flow; Mineralisation; Nickel deposit; Volcanology

Indexed keywords

HOST ROCK; KOMATIITE; NICKEL; ORE BODY; SULFIDE;

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

EID: 11044230426     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-004-0437-9     Document Type: Article

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