Phanerozoic analogues for carbonaceous matter in Witwatersrand ore deposits

Economic Geology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-62

  Parnell, J ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; BITUMEN; CARBONACEOUS MATTER; GOLD; HYDROCARBON; NODULE; PHANEROZOIC;

SOUTH AFRICA, TRANSVAAL, WITWATERSRAND; UK;

EID: 0030469637     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.91.1.55     Document Type: Article

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