Detrital origin of hydrothermal Witwatersrand gold - A review

Terra Nova

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 192-197

  Frimmel, Hartwig E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETRITAL ORIGIN; GOLD DEPOSIT; HYDROTHERMAL ORIGIN; ORE FORMATION;

SOUTH AFRICA, WITWATERSRAND;

EID: 0031391014     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.1997.d01-23.x     Document Type: Review

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