Secular variation of magmatic sulfide deposits and their source magmas

Economic Geology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 669-688

  Naldrett, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL CONTROL; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARCHEAN; FLOOD BASALT; KOMATIITE; MANTLE MELTING; NEOARCHEAN; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; PROTEROZOIC; SECULAR VARIATION; SULFIDE DEPOSIT; TWO STAGE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

BASALT; CHROMIUM; COMPLEXATION; GALLIUM; IGNEOUS ROCKS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SULFUR DEPOSITS;

DEPOSITS;

ANORTHOSITE; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; KOMATIITE; MAGMA; MAGMATISM; SECULAR VARIATION; SULFIDE;

BUSHVELD BASIN; GREAT DYKE; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; SOUTH AFRICA; STILLWATER; UNITED STATES; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 78149423147     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.105.3.669     Document Type: Article

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