Application of lithogeochemistry in the assessment of nickel-sulphide potential in komatiite belts from northern Finland and Norway

• Published in: Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland
• Main Authors: G.J. Heggie, S.J. Barnes, M.L. Fiorentini
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Geological Society of Finland 2013
• Subjects: nickel ores; sulfides; komatiite; chalcophile elements; ultramafics; lithogeochemistry; Paleoproterozoic; Archean; Finland; Norway; Geology; QE1-996.5; Enontekiö; Karasjok; karelia*; karelian; Northern Finland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.17741/bgsf/85.2.001; https://doaj.org/article/9bc8aad8570f408b94fa738acd009b2d

This study tests the application of chalcophile elements such as nickel, copper and the platinum-group elements as indicators of nickel-sulphide prospectivity in komatiites from terranes of the Karelian Craton in northern Finland and Norway. Major element abundances reflect volcanic processes associ...