The evaluation of brine prospects and the requirement for modifications to filing standards

Economic Geology

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1125-1239

  Houston, John ^a   Butcher, Andrew ^b   Ehren, Peter ^c   Evans, Keith ^d   Godfrey, Linda ^e  

^a Stuart Lodge   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c Ehren González Ltda   (Chile)

^d 11940 Adorno Place ^*  (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL ANDES; DRILLING TECHNIQUES; EFFECTIVE POROSITY; INDUSTRIAL MINERAL; RECOVERY FACTORS; RESERVE ESTIMATES; SPECIFIC YIELD; TOTAL POROSITY;

AQUIFERS; DRILLING PLATFORMS; ESTIMATION; HYDROGEOLOGY; LITHIUM; MINERAL RESOURCES; POROSITY; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STANDARDIZATION;

BRINES;

AQUIFER; BRINE; CLASTIC ROCK; DRILLING; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOMETRY; HALITE; LITHIUM; MINERAL DEPOSIT; POROSITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

ANDES;

EID: 80054705816     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/econgeo.106.7.1225     Document Type: Review

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