Komatiites and nickel sulfide ores of the Black Swan area, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia. 3: Komatiite geochemistry, and implications for ore forming processes

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 729-751

  Barnes, Stephen J ^a   Hill, Robin E T ^a   Evans, Noreen J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Contamination; Komatiite; Nickel deposits; Platinum group elements

Indexed keywords

IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; KOMATIITE; METALLOGENESIS; NICKEL; ORE BODY; SULFIDE;

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

EID: 11044238969     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-004-0439-7     Document Type: Article

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