The 1.88 Ga kotalahti and vammala nickel belts, Finland: Geochemistry of the mafic and ultramafic metavolcanic rocks

Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland

Volumn 81, Issue PART 2, 2009, Pages 103-141

  Barnes, Stephen J ^a   Makkonen, Hannu V ^b,c   Dowling, Sarah E ^a,d   Hill, Robin E T ^a,d   Peltonen, Petri ^b,e  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c Triodia Exploration ^*  (Finland)

^d Triodia Exploration   (Australia)

^e Northland Exploration Finland Oy   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finland; Nickel; Picrite; Platinum; Sulfides; Svecofennian; Ultramafics; Volcanic rocks

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FRACTIONATION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMA ASSIMILATION; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; MANTLE SOURCE; NICKEL; ORE DEPOSIT; OROGENIC BELT; PARENT BODY; PICRITE; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SVECOFENNIAN; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; VOLCANIC ROCK;

FINLAND;

EID: 75449089340     PISSN: 03675211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17741/bgsf/81.2.002     Document Type: Article

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