Exploring for deeply covered mineral deposits: Formation of geochemical anomalies in nothern Chile by earthquake-induced surface flooding of mineralized groundwater

Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1007-1010

  Cameron, Eion M ^a   Leybourne, Matthew I ^b   Kelley, David L ^c  

^a Eion Cameron Geochemical Inc   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c WMC International   (United States)

Author keywords

Atacama Desert; Dilatancy pumping; Geochemical soil anomalies; Groundwater flooding; Porphyry copper

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE ZONES;

EARTHQUAKES; EVAPORATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRAVEL; GROUNDWATER; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; SEISMOLOGY; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

GEOLOGY;

COPPER; EARTHQUAKE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERALIZATION; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

CHILE;

EID: 0036861399     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<1007:EFDCMD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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