Laterite geochemistry applied to diamond exploration in the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 291-310

  Cornelius, Matthias ^a   Singh, Balbir ^a   Meyer, Stephan ^b   Smith, Raymond E ^a   Cornelius, Amanda J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CSIRO Exploration and Mining ^*

Author keywords

Diamond exploration; Laterite geochemistry; Multivariate statistical analysis; Yilgarn Craton

Indexed keywords

CHROMITE; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; COBALT ALLOYS; DIAMONDS; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEYS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOPHYSICS; LAKES; MAGNESITE; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; NICKEL SILVER; NIOBIUM ALLOYS; PIPE LININGS; SOILS; TANTALUM ALLOYS; TERNARY ALLOYS; TIN ALLOYS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; WEATHERING;

COMPLEMENTARY TECHNIQUES; DIAMOND EXPLORATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC TECHNIQUES; GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS; ULTRAMAFIC LAMPROPHYRE; YILGARN CRATONS;

ECONOMIC GEOLOGY;

DIAMOND; EXPLORATION; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; LATERITE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD; YILGARN BLOCK;

EID: 27744441275     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1467-7873/05-068     Document Type: Article

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