Tenor variation within komatiite-associated nickel sulphide deposits: Insights from the Wannaway deposit, Widgiemooltha Dome, Western Australia

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 82, Issue 3-4 SPEC.ISS., 2004, Pages 317-339

  Seat, Z ^a   Stone, W E ^a,c   Mapleson, D B ^b   Daddow, B C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Mincor Operations Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c Geoinformatics Exploration Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; KOMATIITE; MASSIVE SULFIDE; METAMORPHISM; NICKEL; SOURCE ROCK;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 9444229247     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-004-0047-3     Document Type: Article

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