Controls on the emplacement and genesis of the MKD5 and Sarah's Find Ni-Cu-PGE deposits, Mount Keith, Agnew-Wiluna Greenstone Belt, Western Australia

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 847-877

  Fiorentini, M L ^a   Rosengren, N ^b   Beresford, S W ^b   Grguric, B ^c   Barley, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c BHP BILLITON   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Komatiite; Mount Keith; Nickel sulfide; Platinum group elements

Indexed keywords

COPPER; CUMULATE; DACITE; EMPLACEMENT; FRACTIONATION; GABBRO; GREENSTONE BELT; KOMATIITE; MAGMA; MINERALIZATION; NICKEL; PETROGENESIS; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; PYROXENITE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MOUNT KEITH; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WILUNA;

SPINIFEX;

EID: 35449002015     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-007-0140-8     Document Type: Article

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