Multi-element dispersion within salt-lake environments: Case study of the buried Hannan South gold deposit, Western Australia

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 323-339

  Lawrance, Louisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DEPOSITS; DISPERSIONS; GOLD DEPOSITS; GROUNDWATER; IRON OXIDES; LAKES; LEACHING; MINERAL INDUSTRY; PYRITES; SALINE WATER; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; SILVER; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; WEATHERING; ZINC;

CHLORIDE COMPLEXES; GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION; GROUNDWATER FLUXES; NEAR SURFACES; OXIDIZING CONDITIONS; SURFACE EXPRESSION; TRACE ELEMENT DISPERSIONS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

GOLD COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0039147646     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/geochem.1.4.323     Document Type: Article

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