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  2. Prospecting - Wikipedia

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    Prospecting is the first stage of the geological analysis (followed by exploration) of a territory. It is the search for minerals, fossils, precious metals, or mineral specimens. It is also known as fossicking. Traditionally prospecting relied on direct observation of mineralization in rock outcrops or in sediments.

  3. Geobotanical prospecting - Wikipedia

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    Geobotanical prospecting refers to prospecting based on the composition and health of surrounding botanical life to identify potential resource deposits. [1] Using a variety of techniques, including indicator plant identification, [2] remote sensing [3] and determining the physical and chemical condition of the botanical life in the area, [4] [5] geobotanical prospecting can be used to ...

  4. List of free geology software - Wikipedia

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    3D structural geological modeling CGRE Institute, RWTH Aachen - Miguel de la Varga LGPL v3: Cross-platform: Python: Open-source implicit geological modeling that allows for automation of model construction and is aimed to enable the implementation of probabilistic machine-learning methods, e.g. for uncertainty analysis.

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  6. Botanical prospecting for uranium - Wikipedia

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    During the early efforts to locate uranium deposits in the United States, the U.S. Geological Survey conducted studies of prospecting through botanical surveys. These studies examined three methods. Each method begins with the identification of an area of interest.

  7. Boring (earth) - Wikipedia

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    It is used for various applications in geology, agriculture, hydrology, civil engineering, and mineral exploration. Today, most Earth drilling serves one of the following purposes: return samples of the soil and/or rock through which the drill passes; access rocks from which material can be extracted; access rocks which can then be measured

  8. Exploration geology - Wikipedia

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    Exploration geology may refer to: Exploration geophysics , a branch of geophysics which uses surface methods to detect or infer geological structures Mineral exploration

  9. Category:Geological techniques - Wikipedia

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