Geochemical exploration methods for mineral deposits
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
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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