Morphology and chemistry of placer gold from Attappadi Valley, southern India

Gondwana Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 213-222

  Nakagawa, M ^a   Santosh, M ^a   Nambiar, C G ^b   Matsubara, C ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

Attappadi Valley; Chemistry; Lateritic weathering front; Morphology; Placer gold

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GOLD; GRAVEL; PLACER DEPOSIT; STREAM;

INDIA;

EID: 15944409584     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)71119-9     Document Type: Article

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