Copper geochemistry in salt from evaporite soils, Coastal Range of the Atacama Desert, Northern Chile: An exploration tool for blind Cu deposits

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 371-378

  Palacios, Carlos ^a   Guerra, Nelson ^b   Townley, Brian ^a   Lahsen, Alfredo ^a   Parada, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Buried deposits; Coastal Range of Northern Chile; Evaporitic soils; Exploration; Geochemistry

Indexed keywords

COPPER; COPPER DEPOSITS; DEPOSITS; GEOCHEMISTRY; LANDFORMS; MINERAL EXPLORATION; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; ORES; SOILS; SULFATE MINERALS;

ATACAMA DESERT; COASTAL RANGE; EVAPORITE SOILS; EXPLORATION TOOLS; NORTHERN CHILE; SALT BED;

ECONOMIC GEOLOGY;

COPPER; EVAPORITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERAL EXPLORATION;

ATACAMA DESERT; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27744491775     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1467-7873/05-075     Document Type: Article

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