Dispersion of gold and associated elements in the lateritic regolith, mystery zone, Mt Percy, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 291-306

  Butt, C R M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CARBONATES; CHROMITE; CHROMIUM; CLAY ALTERATION; CLAY MINERALS; DISPERSIONS; MAGNESITE; MICA; MINERALOGY; ROCKS; SOILS; WEATHERING;

CHEMICAL MOBILITY; ELEMENT DISTRIBUTION; GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES; LATERAL DISPERSION; PEDOGENIC CARBONATES; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEMI-ARID CONDITIONS; SURFACE EXPRESSION;

SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 0040160906     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/geochem.1.4.291     Document Type: Article

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