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Geochemical Prospecting

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Geochemistry is simply defined as a study of the chemistry of the earth and its component parts. The main tasks of the pure geochemist are: (i) to determine the abundances of the elements and their isotopes in the earth and (ii) to study the distribution and migration of different elements in the various components of the earth (rocks, minerals, air, oceans, etc.). The science of geochemistry is very young and has largely developed during the present century. The application of geochemistry to prospecting is even younger, dating from pioneering work carried out in the USSR in the 1930’s. Further developments took place in North America and elsewhere in the 1940’s, but it was not until the 1950’s that geochemistry really became the common and important prospecting tool it is today.

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