A new look at sulphide mineralisation of the northern limb, Bushveld Complex: A stable isotope study

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

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Sharman Harris, Elizabeth R ^a   Kinnaird, Judith A ^a   Harris, Chris ^b   Horstmann, Uwe E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c ITHEMBA LABS   (South Africa)

Author keywords

18O values; 34S values; Bushveld Complex; S 0 isotopes; Sulphide mineralisation

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; IGNEOUS ROCKS; ISOTOPES; LITHOLOGY; PLATINUM METAL COMPOUNDS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SULFIDE MINERALS;

BUSHVELD COMPLEX; CRUSTAL SULPHUR; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT (PGE); SULPHIDE MINERALISATION;

MINERALOGY;

MASSIVE SULFIDE; MINERALIZATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

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

EID: 29544444763     PISSN: 03717453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/037174505X82134     Document Type: Article

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