Answer to Question #213586 in General Chemistry for Blue

Question #213586

Why is it important in geochemistry to understand the atomic properties and geochemical behaviours of elements?        


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2021-07-05T03:23:55-0400

Geochemistry plays an essential role in our understanding of processes that produce economic concentrations of minerals whether by hydrothermal, magmatic, metamorphic, hydraulic (both surficial and subterranean) or weathering agents, or a combination of these. Geochemistry also contributes importantly to exploration. All of these aspects are thoroughly discussed in this volume by acknowledged experts. The objective is to produce a treatise on ore deposits focusing on their geochemistry but also including geological models for a complete understanding of their genesis and guides to their exploration. Many chapters constitute a timely update of the popular ‘Geochemistry of Hydrothermal Ore Deposits’ edited by my PhD supervisor, Hubert L. Barnes, and last published in a third edition in 1997. First, though, a short primer on what constitutes an ore deposit and what makes them of economic value.


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