Chemical and mineralogical heterogeneity in the basal zone of the Partridge River Intrusion: Implications for the origin of Cu-Ni sulfide mineralization in the Duluth Complex, midcontinent rift system

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-54

  Ripley, Edward M ^a   Taib, Nur Iskandar ^a,b   Li, Chusi ^a   Moore, Craig H ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; COUNTRY ROCK; CRYSTALLIZATION; EMPLACEMENT; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MAGMA; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; MINERALIZATION; NICKEL; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PARTIAL MELTING; SULFIDE; SULFUR;

DULUTH COMPLEX; MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250174573     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-006-0178-0     Document Type: Article

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