An intrusive origin for the komatiitic dunite-hosted Mount Keith disseminated nickel sulfide deposit, Western Australia

Economic Geology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 149-156

  Rosengren, Nic M ^a,b   Beresford, S W ^a   Grguric, B A ^b   Cas, R A F ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BHP BILLITON   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIKELIKE INTRUSION; KOMATIITIC DUNITE BODIES; LAVA FLOW;

FLOW OF FLUIDS; NICKEL DEPOSITS; ROCK DRILLS; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

MINERAL RESOURCES;

DUNITE; KOMATIITE; MINERALIZATION; NICKEL; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MOUNT KEITH; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

EID: 17944366011     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/100.1.0149     Document Type: Article

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