Compositional variations and morphological evolution in platinum beach placers, southern New Zealand

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 81-97

  Craw, D ^a   Mitchell, M ^a   McCann, R ^a   Reay, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aeolian; Alloy; Fluvial; Gold; Grain size; Placer; Platinum; Toroid

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BEACH; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GOLD; GRAIN SIZE; PLACER DEPOSIT; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84872659053     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-012-0417-4     Document Type: Article

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