Radiogenic Isotopes Applied to Mineral Exploration: A Practical Guide assists mineral exploration geologists, students and professors in the field of metallogeny and ore deposits. This book provides information on radiogenic isotopes and their application to solve problems associated with mineral exploration surveys. It presents the basics to exploration geologists using radiogenic isotopes on establishing models for prospecting and creating new criteria for defining more favorable areas, reducing the exploration risk and saving financial investments.
The discovery of new mineral deposits is becoming increasingly difficult, and the use of new techniques is required to find deep and covered deposits. Radiogenic isotopes have the potential to act as ore index, helping to define the most favorable zones for finding certain types of mineral deposits, hence minimizing exploration risks.
1. Introduction - p. ix 2. Chapter One The K/Ar and 40Ar/39Ar methods - p. 1 3. Chapter Two Rb/Sr system - p. 21 4. Chapter Three The Sm/Nd system - p. 45 5. Chapter Four Re/Os system - p. 65 6. Chapter Five The U/Pb method - p. 79 7. Chapter Six The Pb/Pb methodaa The most important technique to be used as criteria for mineral exploration and to define the rock sources of the mineralizations. - p. 97 8. Chapter Seven Techniques to the development of integrated isotopic analytical programs for mineral exploration - p. 125 9. Chapter Eight Sampling techniques for mineral deposits - p. 137 10. Appendix - p. 145 11. Index - p. 153
Radiogenic Isotopes Applied to Mineral Exploration: A Practical Guide assists mineral exploration geologists, students and professors in the field of metallogeny and ore deposits. This book provides information on radiogenic isotopes and their application to solve problems associated with mineral exploration surveys. It presents the basics to exploration geologists using radiogenic isotopes on establishing models for prospecting and creating new criteria for defining more favorable areas, reducing the exploration risk and saving financial investments.
The discovery of new mineral deposits is becoming increasingly difficult, and the use of new techniques is required to find deep and covered deposits. Radiogenic isotopes have the potential to act as ore index, helping to define the most favorable zones for finding certain types of mineral deposits, hence minimizing exploration risks.
1. Introduction - p. ix 2. Chapter One The K/Ar and 40Ar/39Ar methods - p. 1 3. Chapter Two Rb/Sr system - p. 21 4. Chapter Three The Sm/Nd system - p. 45 5. Chapter Four Re/Os system - p. 65 6. Chapter Five The U/Pb method - p. 79 7. Chapter Six The Pb/Pb methodaa The most important technique to be used as criteria for mineral exploration and to define the rock sources of the mineralizations. - p. 97 8. Chapter Seven Techniques to the development of integrated isotopic analytical programs for mineral exploration - p. 125 9. Chapter Eight Sampling techniques for mineral deposits - p. 137 10. Appendix - p. 145 11. Index - p. 153
