Noble metals in organic matter and clay-organic matrices, Kupferschiefer, Poland

Economic Geology

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1137-1162

  Kucha, H ^a,c,d   PrzybyLowicz W ^b,c,d  

^a Inst of Geol and Mineral Deposits   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c NATIONAL ACCELERATOR CENTRE   (South Africa)

^d AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; KUPFERSCHIEFER; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC MATTER; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM;

POLAND;

EID: 0343293810     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.94.7.1137     Document Type: Article

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