Bacterial metabolism, involving redox reactions with carbon, sulfur, and metals, appears to
have been important since the dawn of life on Earth. In the Archean, anaerobic bacteria …

The Yilgarn Craton is one of the world's principal mineral provinces, with considerable
resources of gold, nickel, bauxite and iron ore, as well as lesser amounts of a wide range of …

Eucalyptus trees may translocate Au from mineral deposits and support the use of
vegetation (biogeochemical) sampling in mineral exploration, particularly where thick …

We collected groundwaters in and around a large (313 Mt at 1.08% Cu and 0.3% cutoff)
undisturbed porphyry copper deposit (Spence) in the hyperarid Atacama Desert of northern …

In recent years mineral exploration has concentrated on concealed deposits in regolith-
covered terrains. In China, the regolith-covered landscapes mainly include desert …

Hyperspectral remote sensing is a rapid and nondestructive method to estimate the soil
copper content. However, before establishing the spectral estimation model, it is crucial to …

There is a growing trend to try to make surface geochemistry effective for exploring areas of
transported cover using sensitive techniques such as partial extractions of soil and gas …