Role of volatiles and metasomatized subcontinental lithospheric mantle in the genesis of magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE mineralization: Insights from in situ H, Li, B analyses of hydromagmatic phases from the Valmaggia ultramafic pipe, Ivrea-Verbano Zone (NW Italy)

Terra Nova

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 333-340

  Fiorentini, M L ^a   Beresford, S W ^a  

^a School of Earth and Environment   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BORON; COPPER; DEHYDRATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; METASOMATISM; MINERALIZATION; NICKEL; ORE DEPOSIT; PERIDOTITE; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

EID: 53149122507     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2008.00825.x     Document Type: Article

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