Evolution of gold particles in a lateritic Sudano-Sahelian area: alluviumsand colluviums of the Piela deposit, Burkina Paso

Authors
Ouangrawa, M Grandin, G Parisot, JC Delaune, M
Citation
M. Ouangrawa et al., Evolution of gold particles in a lateritic Sudano-Sahelian area: alluviumsand colluviums of the Piela deposit, Burkina Paso, B SOC GEOL, 171(4), 2000, pp. 397-405
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Earth Sciences
Journal title
BULLETIN DE LA SOCIETE GEOLOGIQUE DE FRANCE
ISSN journal
00379409 → ACNP
Volume
171
Issue
4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
397 - 405
Database
ISI
SICI code
0037-9409(2000)171:4<397:EOGPIA>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
On a barren bedrock, transported auriferous materials of colluvial and allu vial origin present differences in the distribution, composition and morpho logy of gold particles, Under Sudano-Sahelian conditions, transport process es shape evolved particles in short distances.