Geochemical exploration methods for mineral deposits

Book · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:7211784

Beus, A A; Grigorian, S V

The material presented herein stresses material related to geochemistry that is new in textbook form to Soviet geochemists and new in any form to English-speaking geochemists. The material is divided into 11 chapters, and the first two chapters discuss up-to-date material on the chemical composition of the earth's crust, the major laws of the distribution of the chemical elements in rocks, and the main concepts which characterize the geochemical migration of the elements. General concepts used in applied geochemistry are covered in Chapter 3. Chapter 4 deals with the use of geochemical specialization of rocks in geochemical exploration. Chapters 5,6,7,8 and 9 explore application of various mineralogical characteristics to prospecting and are entitled: Primary Geochemical Halos of Mineral Deposits: Their Use in Prospecting; Secondary (Supergene) Lithogeochemical Halos and Dispersion Trains from Mineral Deposits; Hydrogeochemical Halos from Mineral Deposits; Biogeochemical Halos from Mineral Deposits and their Use in Exploration; and Atmochemical Halos from Mineral Deposits. Chapters 10 and 11 are entitled: The Application of Geochemical Methods Depending on the Scope and Objectives of Exploration and Methods of Mathematical Statistics Used in Geochemical Exploration. A glossary and an extensive bibliography are included. (BLM)

• OSTI ID: 7211784
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Translated from Russian
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

58 GEOSCIENCES
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
MINERAL RESOURCES
GEOCHEMICAL SURVEYS
URANIUM DEPOSITS
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
EARTH PLANET
EXPLORATION
GEOCHEMISTRY
ORES
ROCKS
CHEMISTRY
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
PLANETS
RESOURCES
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