Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9461868 | Comptes Rendus Geoscience | 2005 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Fracturing associated with the nickeliferous mineralisations of New Caledonia has been successively considered as pre-dating and then post-dating the metallogenic processes. On the basis of a study of the dynamics of karst contemporaneous with lateritisation, a new emplacement model is proposed for the mineralisation: a network of hydraulic fractures of the crack-seal type governs the emplacement of mineralisation, associated with a network of normal faults that controls the sinking and evacuation of the karst products. To cite this article: A. Genna et al., C. R. Geoscience 337 (2005).
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Authors
Antonin Genna, Pierre Maurizot, Yves Lafoy, Thierry Augé,