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Searching for metals in the 1980s
Author(s) -
EARLE STEVEN
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
geology today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.188
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1365-2451
pISSN - 0266-6979
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2451.1985.tb00331.x
Subject(s) - geology , crust , earth science , mineral exploration , mining engineering , geochemistry
The past four decades have seen an unprecedented development of metal exploration techniques because as exposed and easily exploitable mineral deposits have been used up, exploration geologists have been forced to find new ways of looking deeper into the crust.