Geografie 2022, 127, 31-54

https://doi.org/10.37040/geografie2022127010031

The landforms associated with industrial placer gold mining in Siberia

Jaromír KolejkaID

Masaryk University, Faculty of Education, Department of Geography, Brno, Czechia; Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geonics, Department of Environmental Geography, Brno, Czechia

Received September 2021
Accepted December 2021

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