A preliminary study of PGE in the Late Caledonian Loch Borralan and Loch Ailsh alkaline pyroxenite- syenite complexes, north-west Scotland

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 240-255

  Styles, Michael T ^a   Gunn, Andrew G ^a   Rollin, Keith E ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alkaline complexes; Hydrothermal; PGE; Scotland

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ROCK; CALEDONIAN OROGENY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOPHYSICS; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; HIGHLAND; LOCH AILSH; LOCH BORRALAN; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1842763786     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-003-0404-x     Document Type: Article

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