Komatiites and nickel sulfide ores of the Black Swan area, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia. 2: Geology and genesis of the orebodies

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 707-728

  Dowling, S E ^a   Barnes, Steve J ^a   Hill, R E T ^a   Hicks, J D ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b MPI Mines Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaean; Ground melting; Komatiite; Nickel; Ore deposit; Sulfide; Thermal erosion

Indexed keywords

KOMATIITE; METALLOGENESIS; NICKEL; ORE BODY; SULFIDE;

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

EID: 11044234994     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-004-0438-8     Document Type: Article

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