Geochemistry of Placer Gold - A Case Study of the Witwatersrand Deposits

Treatise on Geochemistry: Second Edition

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages 433-461

  Robb, L ^a,b   Hayward, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gold; Hydrothermal; Paleoplacer; Witwatersrand

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DEPOSITS; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD; ORES; PLACERS; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COMPOSITIONAL HETEROGENEITY; HETEROGENEOUS SOURCES; HYDROTHERMAL; PALEOPLACER; SYSTEMATIC VARIATION; TEMPORAL ASSOCIATION; WITWATERSRAND;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

EID: 84903802756     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-095975-7.01119-0     Document Type: Chapter

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