A history of our understanding of magmatic Ni-Cu sulfide deposits

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2069-2098

  Naldrett, Anthony J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chalcophile element depletion; Copper; History; Magma contamination; Magmatic sulfides; Nickel; Sulfide concentration; Sulfide fractionation

Indexed keywords

CHALCOPHILE-ELEMENT DEPLETION; MAGMA CONTAMINATION; MAGMATIC SULFIDE DEPOSITS; SULFIDE CONCENTRATION; SULFIDE FRACTIONATION;

COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLIZATION; FRACTIONATION; IGNEOUS ROCKS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; SOLUBILITY; SULFIDE MINERALS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

SULFUR DEPOSITS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COPPER; CRYSTALLIZATION; FRACTIONATION; MAGMA; MODELING; NICKEL; PETROLOGY; SULFIDE GROUP;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; EURASIA; KAMBALDA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SUDBURY IGNEOUS COMPLEX; SUDBURY STRUCTURE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33645799918     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.43.6.2069     Document Type: Conference Paper

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