The geomorphology of the channel iron deposit in bungaroo valley - the formation of an irregular basal topography and its impacts on resource recovery

Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Publication Series

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 133-140

  Middleton, J ^a   Terrusi, L ^b  

^a Rio Tinto Iron Ore Expansion Projects

^b Central Park

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCKS; MINERALISATION; PALAEOTOPOGRAPHY; RESOURCE RECOVERIES; WATER FALLS; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; FORMING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; IRON DEPOSITS; IRON ORES; LANDFORMS; ORES; SHALE;

RIVERS;

EID: 58049157676     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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