Behaviour of Ni-PGE-Au-Cu in mafic-ultramafic volcanic suites of the 2.7Ga Kambalda Sequence, Kalgoorlie Terrane, Yilgarn Craton

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2882-2910

  Said, Nuru ^a   Kerrich, Robert ^b   Maier, W D ^c   McCuaig, Campbell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; COPPER; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GOLD; KOMATIITE; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMA ASSIMILATION; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; MAGMATISM; NICKEL; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; SULFIDE; THOLEIITE; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

AUSTRALIA; KALGOORLIE TERRANE; KAMBALDA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YILGARN BLOCK;

EID: 79955100750     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.02.032     Document Type: Article

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