Geology and stable isotope study of Arthrath mafic intrusion and Ni-Cu mineralization, northeast Scotland

Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, Section B: Applied Earth Science

Volumn 106, Issue MAY-AUG, 1997, Pages

  Fletcher, T A ^a   Boyce, A J ^b   Fallick, A E ^b   Rice, C M ^d   Kay, R L F ^c  

^a Homestake Mining Company   (United States)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

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