Biogeochemistry in mineral exploration.
Significant refinements of biogeochemical methods applied to mineral exploration have been made during more than twenty years since the last major publication on this technique. This innovative, practical and comprehensive text is designed as a field handbook and an office reference volume. It outli...
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Elsevier,
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Publisher Address: | Amsterdam : |
Publication Dates: | 2007. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Handbook of exploration and environmental geochemistry,
v. 9 |
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Online Access: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/handbooks/18742734/9 |
Summary: |
Significant refinements of biogeochemical methods applied to mineral exploration have been made during more than twenty years since the last major publication on this technique. This innovative, practical and comprehensive text is designed as a field handbook and an office reference volume. It outlines the historical development of biogeochemical methods applied to mineral exploration, and provides details of what, how, why and when to collect samples from all major climatic environments with examples from around the world. Recent commercialization of sophisticated analytical technology perm |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9780444530745 0444530746 9780080546490 0080546498 |
Index Number: | TN270 |
CLC: | P632 |
Contents: | Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Plant Function, Chemistry and Mineralogy. 3. Field Guide 1: Climatic and Geographic Zones. 4. Field Guide 2: Sample Selection and Collection. 5. Survey Design and Comparisons with Other Sample Media. 6. Sample Preparation and Decomposition. 7. Plant Analysis. 8. The Eden Project Source of a Biogeochemical Database. 9. Biogeochemical Behaviour of the Elements. 10. Data Handling and Analysis. 11. Case Histories. 12. Exploration Geomicrobiology The New Frontier. 13. A Look to the Future. References. |