Soil Air Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen Measurements as an Aid to Exploration for Concealed Sulphide Mineralisation in South Australia - a Practical Assessment
- Organization:
- The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
- Pages:
- 10
- File Size:
- 1008 KB
- Publication Date:
- Jan 1, 1993
Abstract
Soil air samples taken from the top one metre of the soil profile, were measured for C02 and 02 using portable field analysers at a number of sites of known sulphide mineralisation in South Australia. Carbon dioxide anomalies were detected over actively oxidising sulphides during autumn and winter following recent rainfall. Anomalies were not detected where no oxidation was occurring, where seasonal conditions had been very dry, or where the sulphur content of the ore was low (
Citation
APA: (1993) Soil Air Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen Measurements as an Aid to Exploration for Concealed Sulphide Mineralisation in South Australia - a Practical Assessment
MLA: Soil Air Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen Measurements as an Aid to Exploration for Concealed Sulphide Mineralisation in South Australia - a Practical Assessment. The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 1993.