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Placer Formation Processes

Placer Formation Processes is a geological mechanism that accounts for the concentration of dense, resistant minerals in sedimentary environments through the physical separation of particles by gravity and fluid dynamics during transport, deposition, and reworking in aqueous systems.

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2017–2026

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Processes of Selective Grain Transport and the Formation of Placers on Beaches

Paul D. Komar, Chi Wang · The Journal of Geology · 1984 · 270 citations

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The in vitro formation of placer gold by bacteria

Gordon Southam, Terrance Beveridge · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · 1994 · 193 citations

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Mineralogy and Distribution of Platinum-group Mineral (PGM) Placer Deposits of the World

Louis J. Cabri, Donald C. Harris, Thorolf W. Weiser · Exploration and Mining Geology · 1996 · 149 citations

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Formation processes of house floor assemblages

Penelope M. Allison · 2013 · 147 citations

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Barrier evolution and placer formation at Bujuru southern Brazil

Sérgio R. Dillenburg, Luiz J. Tomazelli, Eduardo Guimarães Barboza · Marine Geology · 2003 · 104 citations

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Authors

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  1. DC
    Dave Craw

    University of Otago, New Zealand

    6 publications · 180 citations

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  2. HG
    Harald G. Dill

    Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Germany

    3 publications · 74 citations

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  3. JH
    J. H. Youngson

    University of Otago, New Zealand

    3 publications · 102 citations

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  4. LE
    Lynne E. Frostick

    University of Hull, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 93 citations

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  5. NT
    Neil T. M. Hamilton

    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia

    2 publications · 39 citations

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Institutions

84

  1. University of Otago

    Dunedin, New Zealand

    8 h-index

    17 publications

    459 citations

  2. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    150 citations

  3. Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits Petrography Mineralogy and Geochemistry

    Moscow, Russia

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    99 citations

  4. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    69 citations

  5. The University of Adelaide

    Adelaide, Australia

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    90 citations

  6. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

    Canberra, Australia

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    65 citations

  7. V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy

    Novosibirsk, Russia

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    122 citations

  8. National Centre for Earth Science Studies

    Trivandrum, India

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    88 citations

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  1. Economic Geology

    12 publications · 304 citations

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  2. Ore Geology Reviews

    9 publications · 276 citations

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  3. Journal of Sedimentary Research

    JSR · 6 publications · 312 citations

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  4. Marine Geology

    5 publications · 212 citations

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  5. Journal of the Geological Society

    JGS · 5 publications · 205 citations

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