The nature of hydrocarbons and related fluids in the Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa: Their role in metal redistribution

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 405, Issue , 2006, Pages 353-385

  Drennan, G R ^a   Robb, L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bitumen; Catagenesis; Metagenesis; Organourano thio sulphide gold complex; Radiolytic polymerization

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; COBALT DEPOSITS; GOLD COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEOLOGY; IONIZING RADIATION; MINERALOGY; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; OXIDE MINERALS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POLYMERIZATION; QUARTZ; RADIATION CHEMISTRY; RADIOLYSIS; SEDIMENTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; URANIUM;

BITUMEN; CATAGENESIS; METAGENESIS; ORGANOURANO/THIO-/SULPHIDE-GOLD COMPLEX; RADIOLYTIC POLYMERIZATION;

HYDROCARBONS;

ARCHEAN; BITUMEN; CATAGENESIS; CONDENSATION; GOLD; MATURATION; MINERALIZATION; POLYMERIZATION; URANINITE; URANIUM;

SOUTH AFRICA; WITWATERSRAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 73949143507     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.2405(18)     Document Type: Article

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