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Nature of the Weipa Bauxite deposit, northern Australia

Date

Authors

Taylor, G

Eggleton, Richard

Foster, Luke

Tilley, David

Le Gleuher, Maite

Morgan, C M

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

The extensive bauxite deposits of the Weipa region, northern Queensland, are a loose agglomeration of nodules, pisoliths, ooliths and fine material, with a mean particle size of 5 mm. Only about 5% of the deposit is finer than 0.1 mm, about 5% is coarser

Keywords

Keywords: bauxite; boehmite; chemical composition; geochemistry; gibbsite; hematite; kaolinite; mineralogy; pisolith; quartz; red soil; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Weipa Boehmite; Genesis; Geochemistry; Gibbsite; Hematite; Kaolinite; Mineralogy; Pisolith; Regolith

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/61816

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1080/08120090802438241

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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