Geochemical evidence for multiphase emplacement in the southern Platreef

Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, Section B: Applied Earth Science

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Kinnaird, Judith A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bushveld Complex; Multiphase emplacement; PGE Cu Ni; Platreef

Indexed keywords

COPPER NICKEL DEPOSITS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; PETROGRAPHY; PHASE COMPOSITION; PLATINUM METAL COMPOUNDS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

MULTIPHASE EMPLACEMENT; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; PLATREEF; PYROXENITIC LAYERS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY;

EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; ORE DEPOSIT; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT;

AFRICA; BUSHVELD COMPLEX; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 29544433863     PISSN: 03717453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/037174505X82152     Document Type: Article

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