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080 _a549 B791
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100 1 _aBooks, Robert Richard
_911360
245 1 0 _aBiological methods of prospecting for minerals /
_cRobert Richard Books.
260 _aNew York :
_bJohn Wiley and Sons,
_c1983
300 _a322 p.
336 _2rdacontent
_atexto
_btxt
337 _2rdamedia
_asin mediaciĆ³n
_bn
338 _2rdacarrier
_avolumen
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505 8 0 _aCONTENIDO 1. General Introduction 1 PART 1. GEOBOTANY IN MINERAL EXPLORATION 2. An Introduction to geobotany in mineral explotation 9 3. Plant Communities as Indicators of mineralization 11 4. Indicator Plants 31 5. Morphological and Mutational Changes induced by Mineralization 50 6. Remote Sensing of Vegetation 62 PART 2. GEOZOOLOGY IN MINERAL EXPLORATION 8. Introduction to Geozoology 87 9. Land Mammals as Indicators of Mineralization 89 10. Birds and Fish as a Guide to Mineralization 98 11. Insects as Indicator of Mineralization 101 PART 3. BIOGEOCHEMISTRY IN MINERAL EXPLORATION 12. An Introduction to Biogeochemical Prospecting 109 13. Soils and their Formation 112 14. Accumulation of Elements by Plants 127 15. Biogeochemical Parameters and their Significance for Mineral Prospecting 153 16. AField Guide to Biogeochemical Prospecting 162 17. Alternative Sample Types in Biogeochemical Prospecting 176 18. Chemical Analysis of Plant Material 191 19. Statical Interpretation of Data from Biological Prospecting Methods 206 20. Aerial Biogeochemical Prospecting 233 21. Biochemical Prospecting in the Herbarium 243 22. Biochemical Prospecting in Retrospect 260 23. An Element-by-Element Listing of Biological Prospecting References 266 REFERENCES 273 APPENDIXES 301 INDEX OF BOTANICAL AND ZOOLOGICAL NAMES 307 SUBJECT INDEX 313
650 _aBIOGEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING
650 _aGEOBOTANICAL PROSPECTING
650 _aMINERALOGIA
942 _cBK
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