The relationship between placer gold particle shape, rimming, and distance of fluvial transport as exemplified by gold from the Klondike district, Yukon Territory, Canada

Economic Geology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 635-648

  Knight, J B ^a   Morison, S R ^b   Mortensen, J K ^c  

^a Micro Science   (Canada)

^b Gartner Lee Limited   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUVIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; GOLD; GRAIN SIZE; MINERALIZATION; PLACER DEPOSIT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

CANADA;

EID: 0033380370     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.94.5.635     Document Type: Article

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