Supergene gold transformation: Secondary and nano-particulate gold from southern New Zealand

Chemical Geology

Volumn 320-321, Issue , 2012, Pages 32-45

  Reith, Frank ^a,b   Stewart, Lachlan ^a   Wakelin, Steven A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c AGRESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Gold grains; Gold mobility; Gold nano particles; New Zealand; Supergene

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION MORPHOLOGY; AU-NANOPARTICLES; BEACH PLACERS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CRYSTALLINE FORM; FEG-SEM; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOCUSED ION BEAM-SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; GOLD GRAINS; GOLD NANO-PARTICLES; HEAVY OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION; MORPHOTYPES; NEW ZEALAND; SOIL MATERIALS; SOUTH ISLAND; SUPERGENE; SURFACE ENVIRONMENTS; TRANSFORMATION PROCESS; WEST COAST; X-RAY DISPERSIVE ANALYSIS;

BEACHES; BIOMINERALIZATION; COATINGS; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; OCEAN HABITATS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PLACERS; QUARTZ; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEAWATER; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

GOLD;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMINERALIZATION; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; FORMATION MECHANISM; GOLD; METALLOGENESIS; OROGRAPHY; PLACER DEPOSIT; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); QUARTZ VEIN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILVER; SUPERGENE PROCESS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 84862283445     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.05.021     Document Type: Article

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