Multiscale organisation of organic matter associated with gold and uranium minerals in the Witwatersrand basin, South Africa

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-88

  Smieja Król, Beata ^a   Duber, Stanisław ^a   Rouzaud, Jean Noël ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Microtexture; Organic matter; Reflectance; Structure; TEM; Witwatersrand basin

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; INTERLOCKING SIGNALS; REFLECTION; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; URANIUM;

AROMATIC SKELETON; BIAXIAL SYMMETRY; LOW TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS; MICRO-TEXTURE; ORGANIC MATERIALS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; URANIUM CONCENTRATION; WITWATERSRAND;

ORGANIC MINERALS;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GOLD; HIGH PRESSURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; ORGANIC MATTER; PROTEROZOIC; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; URANIUM; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WITWATERSRAND;

EID: 59649101053     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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