Ionic gold in calcrete revealed by LA-ICP-MS, SXRF and XANES

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1666-1683

  Lintern, Melvyn J ^a   Hough, Robert M ^a   Ryan, Chris G ^b   Watling, John ^c   Verrall, Michael ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS SOIL; CALCRETE; GOLD; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERALIZATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 60449117530     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.12.019     Document Type: Article

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