Geochemical exploration for gold in the Nile Valley Block (A) area, Wadi Allaqi, South Egypt

Chemie der Erde

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 353-362

  Darwish, Mohamed Abdallah Gad ^a   Poellmann, Herbert ^b  

^a ASWAN UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anomalies; Egypt; Geochemical association; Geochemical exploration; Gold; Nile Valley Block (A); Pathfinder elements; Statistical analyses; Stream sediment

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD; GRAIN SIZE; MINERALIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC ROCK;

EGYPT; NILE VALLEY; WADI AL ALLAQI;

EID: 78650075500     PISSN: 00092819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemer.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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