Ancient landforms in the Lake Victoria Region, Northern Tanzania, and their potential for placer gold

Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Geologie

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 205-217

  Barth, Henner ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

MINERAL EXPLORATION; PALAEOSURFACE; PLACER GOLD;

EID: 0031398067     PISSN: 00442259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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