The question of alluvial fans in the auriferous Archaean and Proterozoic successions of South Africa

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-25

  Els, B G ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; GOLD;

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