New Approaches to Detecting Geochemical Anomalies

 

Key elements in the design and implementation of geochemical surveys

Regolith evolution, geochemical landscapes and conceptual models

Definitions and causes of “geochemical anomalism”

Sampling media options – “from the conventional to the radical”

New generation selective geochemical extractions – “myths, promises and realities”

Identifying multivariate geochemical anomalies using statistical methods – “the traditional versus the new”

Case studies from eastern Australia, including data processing and presentation techniques

 

A short course presented in association with:

SMEDG-AIG-ASEG Symposium 2002 “EXPLORATION IN THE SHADOW OF THE HEADFRAME”

by Neil Rutherford

Rutherford Mineral Resource Consultants

and

David Cohen

School of BEES, University of NSW

 

Thursday, 10 October, 2002

9.00 am to 5.00 pm.

 

Shore School

$250 per person (includes the Course Manual and morning/afternoon teas)

Contact:

Dr David Cohen Email: d.cohen@unsw.edu.au

School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Web: http://www.bees.unsw.edu.au

Phone: (02) 9385 4273

University of New South Wales Fax: (02) 9385 5935

UNSW NSW 2052