Recycling and chemical mobility of alluvial gold in Tertiary and Quaternary sediments, Central and East Otago, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 493-508

  Youngson, J H ^a   Craw, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alluvial placer gold; Otago Schist; Quaternary; Recycling; Tertiary

Indexed keywords

CAINOZOIC; GOLD; PLACER DEPOSIT; RECYCLING;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, OTAGO;

EID: 0030433774     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1996.9514728     Document Type: Article

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