Nickel tenor variations between Archaean komatiite-associated nickel sulphide deposits, Kambalda ore field, Western Australia: The metamorphic modification model revisited

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 82, Issue 3-4 SPEC.ISS., 2004, Pages 295-316

  Stone, W E ^a   Heydari, M ^a   Seat, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; GOLD; KOMATIITE; METAMORPHISM; MODEL; NICKEL; SULFIDE GROUP;

AUSTRALIA; KAMBALDA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 9444294521     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-004-0045-5     Document Type: Article

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