Turbidity development and dissipation in paleoplacer gold deposits, southern New Zealand

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1575-1589

  Druzbicka, Joanna ^a   Craw, Dave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Flocculation; Gold; Kaolinite; Mining; Paleoplacer; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; FLOCCULATION; GOLD; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GROUNDWATER; KAOLINITE; MINING; PLACER MINING; SALINE WATER; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; TURBIDITY;

CHEMICAL INDEX OF ALTERATIONS; COULTER COUNTER METHOD; FLUVIAL SEDIMENT; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; GROUNDWATER PROCESS; NEPHELOMETRIC TURBIDITY UNITS; PALEOPLACER; SUSPENDED MATERIAL;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

BEDROCK; CEMENTATION; CLAST; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEBRIS FLOW; DISSIPATION; FLOCCULATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GOLD; GOLD MINE; GRAIN SIZE; HYDRODYNAMICS; KAOLINITE; ORE DEPOSIT; PLACER DEPOSIT; SETTLING VELOCITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SORTING; STRATIGRAPHY; TURBIDITY;

NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 84874388841     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1851-4     Document Type: Article

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