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PROVINCE NICKEL [1 record]

Record 1 1996-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Geology
  • Nickel and Cobalt Mining
CONT

Europe has smaller and less well-defined [metallogenic] provinces than North or South America; the German lead provinces, the English tin province, and the Scandinavian nickel province are good examples.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie économique
  • Mines de cobalt et de nickel
CONT

[...] la Scandinavie possède une petite province à nickel, et une autre à magnétite-hématite, centrée sur Kiruna-Vaara, et dont les gisements sont parmi les plus importants du monde.

OBS

province nickélifère : Par analogie aver «province stannifère» et «province aurifère» (voir fiches).

Spanish

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