LEADER 04813nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9911006648503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-02742-1 010 $a9786611027421 010 $a0-08-054649-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000357655 035 $a(EBL)300670 035 $a(OCoLC)476079395 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000111759 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12026652 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000111759 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10080554 035 $a(PQKB)10510073 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC300670 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000357655 100 $a20070608d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBiogeochemistry in mineral exploration /$fColin E. Dunn 210 $aAmsterdam ;$aLondon $cElsevier$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (481 p.) 225 1 $aHandbook of exploration and environmental geochemistry,$x1874-2734 ;$v9 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-444-53074-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; Editor's Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction; Setting the Scene; Biogeochemistry and Geobotany; Plant Evolution and Chemistry; Barrier Mechanisms; Chapter 2. Plant Function, Chemistry and Mineralogy; Plant Requirements; Element Uptake and Function; Root form and Controls on Element Uptake; Summary Comments on Chemical Requirements of Plants; Mineralogy of Plants; Chapter 3. Field Guide 1: Climatic and Geographic Zones; Selection of Plant Species; Summary Notes; Chapter 4. Field Guide 2: Sample Selection and Collection; General Considerations; Selection of Tissue Type 327 $aSample CollectionAlternative Samples; Geozoology; Chapter 5. Survey Design and Comparisons with other Sample Media; Introduction; Survey Design; Scale of Survey; Comparisons with other Types of Geochemical Survey; Summary; Chapter 6. Sample Preparation and Decomposition; Introduction; Washing; Particle and Sample Size; Sample Decomposition; Dry Ashing; A Special Case: Vegetation from Sites Near Smelters or other Sites of Point-Source Metal Emissions; Wet Decomposition; Microwave Digestion; Selective Leaching; Fusions; Standard Reference Materials and Analytical Controls; Summary 327 $aChapter 7. Plant Analysis'Fit for Purpose'; Analytical Techniques; Analytical Instrumentation; Summary; Chapter 8. The Eden Project - Source of a Biogeochemical Database; Introduction; Samples in the Collection; Soil in the Biomes; Foliage Collection from the Biomes; Chapter 9. Biogeochemical Behaviour of the Elements; Introduction; The Importance of Data Quality; Elements in Plants and their Relevance to Mineral Exploration; Chapter 10. Data Handling and Analysis; First Estimation of the Data; Computer Software Tools; Data Analysis; Map Plots of Data Distributions 327 $aUnusual Concentrations of Selected ElementsChapter 11. Case Histories; Gold; Platinum Group Metals/Nickel/Copper; Nickel; Uranium; Kimberlites; Chapter 12. Exploration Geomicrobiology - The New Frontier; Introduction; Significance of Micro-Organisms as Biogeochemical Agents; Methods for Identifying Micro-Organisms and Microbial Processes; Molecular Procedures; Amplification of Target Genes from Extracted DNA or RNA; Case Studies; Future Technologies for Bio-Prospecting; Conclusions; Chapter 13. A Look to the Future; Introduction; Hyperspectral Imagery in Relation to Biogeochemistry 327 $aExploration GeomicrobiologyForensic Biogeochemistry; Plant Mineralogy; Chemical Analysis; Concluding Remarks; References; Botanical Index; Subject Index; Contents of CD 330 $aSignificant refinements of biogeochemical methods applied to mineral exploration have been made during more than twenty years since the last major publication on this technique. This innovative, practical and comprehensive text is designed as a field handbook and an office reference volume. It outlines the historical development of biogeochemical methods applied to mineral exploration, and provides details of what, how, why and when to collect samples from all major climatic environments with examples from around the world. Recent commercialization of sophisticated analytical technology per 410 0$aHandbook of exploration and environmental geochemistry ;$vv. 9. 606 $aBiogeochemical prospecting 606 $aMinerals 615 0$aBiogeochemical prospecting. 615 0$aMinerals. 676 $a622.12 700 $aDunn$b Colin E$01825442 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911006648503321 996 $aBiogeochemistry in mineral exploration$94393122 997 $aUNINA