River drainage reorientation during placer gold accumulation, southern New Zealand

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 841-860

  Craw, Dave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fish; Genetics; Placer; Provenance; Quaternary; River capture

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRAINAGE NETWORK; GOLD; LITHOLOGY; ORE BODY; ORE DEPOSIT; PLACER DEPOSIT; PROVENANCE; QUATERNARY; RECONSTRUCTION; RIVER DISCHARGE;

CLUTHA RIVER; NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND;

GALAXIIDAE;

EID: 84884703065     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-013-0464-5     Document Type: Article

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