Geochemical discrimination between barren and mineralized intrusions in the Svecofennian (1.9 Ga) Kotalahti Nickel Belt, Finland

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-114

  Makkonen, Hannu V ^a   Mäkinen, Jari ^a   Kontoniemi, Olavi ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Country rock contamination; Finland; Kotalahti Nickel Belt; Olivine nickel

Indexed keywords

BARREN INTRUSIONS; MAFIC-ULTRAMAFIC INTRUSIONS; MINERALIZED INTRUSIONS; OLIVINE NICKEL; ROCK CONTAMINATION;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; NICKEL; OLIVINE; ROCKS; ZIRCON;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MINERALIZATION; NICKEL; OLIVINE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 37349047881     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.011     Document Type: Article

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