Regolith geology and geochemical exploration around the Stellar and Quasar gold deposits, Mt Magnet, Western Australia

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 353-364

  Robertson, I D M ^a   King, J D ^b   Anand, R R ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Weston Consultancy Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; DEPOSITS; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; GALAXIES; GEOCHEMISTRY; INFILL DRILLING; LEAD; MAGNESITE; MAGNETS; MINERALOGY; SOILS; STARS; WEATHERING;

CANONICAL VARIATE ANALYSIS; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; GEOCHEMICAL BACKGROUND; GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION; MAFIC-ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS; STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY; TRANSPORTED MATERIALS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

EID: 0040160905     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/geochem.1.4.353     Document Type: Article

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