Gold: A tracer of the dynamics of tropical laterites

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-84

  Colin, Fabrice ^a   Sanfo, Zakaria ^a,b   Brown, Erick ^c   Bourlès, Didier ^c   Minko, Ambroise Edou ^d  

^a Ctr Rech d'Enseignement G   (France)

^b Broken Hill Petrol Utah Mining Co   (Burkina Faso)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d Univ Sci et Techniques de Mavikou   (Gabon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOILS; TROPICS; GOLD; WEATHERING;

CHEMICAL DISSOLUTION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DOMINANT PROCESS; EQUATORIAL RAINFORESTS; FINE PARTICLES; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL TRANSPORT; SURFICIAL PROCESS; FINE-PARTICLES; GOLD PARTICLES; PROPERTY; RESIDUAL GOLD;

WEATHERING; SOILS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DISSOLUTION; GOLD; LATERITE; RAINFOREST; TRACER; TRANSLOCATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WEATHERING;

EID: 84874994110     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0081:GATOTD>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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