Petrology and mineralisation of the southern Platreef: Northern limb of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 576-597

  Kinnaird, Judith A ^a   Hutchinson, D ^a   Schurmann, L ^b   Nex, P A M ^a   de Lange, Renee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Ivanhoe Nickel and Platinum Ltd   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Base metals; Bushveld Complex; PGE; Platinum group elements; Platreef

Indexed keywords

LAYERED INTRUSION; MINERALIZATION; PETROLOGY; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT;

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

EID: 29544441092     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-005-0023-9     Document Type: Article

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