Observations on the relationship between the Platreef and its hangingwall

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

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Holwell, David A ^a   Armitage, Paul E B ^b   McDonald, Iain ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hangingwall; PGE mineralisation; Platreef

Indexed keywords

CLAY ALTERATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; IGNEOUS ROCKS; LITHOLOGY; PLATINUM METAL COMPOUNDS; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

GABBRONORITES; HANGINGWALL; MINERALISATION; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT (PGE);

MINERALOGY;

HANGING WALL; MINERALIZATION; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT;

EID: 29544452116     PISSN: 03717453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/037174505X62875     Document Type: Article

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