Spring water trace element geochemistry: A tool for resource assessment and reconnaissance mineral exploration

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3561-3578

  Caron, Marie Eve ^a,b   Grasby, Stephen E ^a,b   Cathryn Ryan, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; EARTH SCIENCES; FORESTRY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GRAPHIC METHODS; GROUNDWATER; METAL REFINING; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ORES; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

COMPONENT APPROACHES; ECONOMIC POTENTIALS; GEOCHEMICAL DATUMS; GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES; GRAPHICAL METHODS; INTERNAL CONSISTENCIES; MINERALISATION; MINERALIZATION POTENTIALS; REMOTE REGIONS; RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS; RIVER BASINS; SPRING WATERS; STATISTICAL DATA ANALYSES; TRACE ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRIES; TRACE METALS;

SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALIZATION; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; SPRING WATER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENT;

CANADA; MACKENZIE MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; SOUTH NAHANNI BASIN;

EID: 56649112846     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.07.020     Document Type: Article

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