Temporal and spatial controls on the formation of magmatic PGE and Ni-Cu deposits

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 841-857

  Maier, Wolfgang D ^a   Groves, David I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; COPPER; FORMATION MECHANISM; LAYERED INTRUSION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE STRUCTURE; METALLOGENESIS; NICKEL; ORE DEPOSIT; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; PROTEROZOIC; SOURCE ROCK; SPATIAL VARIATION; TECTONIC SETTING; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 82255181176     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-011-0339-6     Document Type: Article

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