A new genetic model for the giant Ni-Cu-pge sulfide deposits associated with the siberian flood basalts

Economic Geology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 291-301

  Li, Chusi ^a   Ripley, Edward M ^a   Naldrett, Anthony J ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHALCOPHILE ELEMENTS; CONTINENTAL FLOOD BASALT; CRUSTAL LEVELS; EVAPORITE; FLOOD BASALT; GENETIC MODELS; ISOTOPE RATIO; MASS RATIO; MASS-BALANCE CALCULATIONS; PLUMBING SYSTEMS; R FACTOR; SUBVOLCANIC INTRUSIONS; SULFIDE DEPOSIT; SULFIDE ORES;

BASALT; BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); DEPOSITS; MINERALS; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; NICKEL; PLATINUM; PLUMBING; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SULFATE MINERALS; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS;

SULFIDE MINERALS;

ANHYDRITE; COPPER; FLOOD BASALT; GABBRO; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MAGMA; MANTLE; MASS BALANCE; MODELING; NICKEL; ORE DEPOSIT; SILL; SULFIDE;

EURASIA; KRASNOYARSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; NORILSK; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 67649643508     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.104.2.291     Document Type: Article

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