Are gold deposits in the crust fractals? A study of gold mines in the Zimbabwe craton

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 155, Issue , 1999, Pages 141-151

  Blenkinsop, Tom G ^a   Sanderson, David J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FRACTURE NETWORK; GOLD; MINERALIZATION; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0032804847     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.155.01.11     Document Type: Article

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