Multimedia exploration strategies for PGEs: Insights from the Surficial Geochemistry Case Studies Project, Lake Nipigon Region Geoscience Initiative, northwestern Ontario

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1169-1202

  Dyer, Richard D ^a   Barnett, Peter J ^a  

^a Ontario Geological Survey   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MINERALOGY; PALLADIUM; SEDIMENTS;

MINERALIZATION; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; ULTRAMAFIC INTRUSIONS;

PETROLOGY;

GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERALIZATION; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT;

CANADA; NIPIGON; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 36348939447     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E07-031     Document Type: Article

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