21st International Geochemical Exploration Symposium (IGES)

When: August 28 - September 3, 2003

Where: Dublin, Ireland

Abstracts Volume: Download here (PDF 1.83 MB)

Conference Talks:

Jaacks: Recent advances in exploration geochemistry and future directions (481 KB)

Mingqi, Zhongfang: Some observations on Geogas Survey in China (740 KB)

Taylor, Spain, Nefiodovas, Bennett, Timms, Kuznetsov: Performance of waste rock covers - Rum Jungle (5.8 MB)

Glanzman: Environmental geochemistry for the mining industry (1.1 MB)

Taylor, Cox: The Brukunga pyrite mine: A field laboratory for ARD studies (3.3 MB)

Hauff, Bird, Peters, Coulter, Prosh, Sares, Henderson: Iron oxyhydroxide minerals as pH indicators in the exploration for precious metals (4.9 MB)

Bonotto, N. de Lima: 210Pb-derived chronology in sediment cores evidencing the anthropogenic occupation history at Corumbatai River Basin, Brazil (3.3 MB)

Gulson, Mizon, Davis: Sources of Pb in children in a primary Zn-Pb smelter environment (933 KB)

Walton-Day, Kimball, Runkel: The use of mass loading studies to identify sources of trace metal inflow to streams affected by historical mining - A potential exploration tool (6.1 MB)

Moon: Are all models created equal? Finding targets from early-stage exploration data (2.8 MB)

Moon: Dispersion of low abundance elements determined using commercial ICP-ES/MS: Case studies from Cornwall, England (2.6 MB)

Raines: Recent advances in mineral prospectivity \ mapping and analysis (2.8 MB)

Houlahan: Case studies using portable XRF analysers during soil contamination and mineral exploration projects (774 KB)

Clifford: Exploration in Ireland: 1960–2003 (2.3 MB)

O'Connor, Gallagher: Regional geochemical mapping in the Caledonides of Southeast Ireland (3.7 MB)

Zhang, O'Connor: Differences between heavy metal concentrations in sediments analysed by two methods (2.5 KB)

Coker: Modern geochemical techniques for exploration in glaciated terrains: An overview (7.1 MB)

Cameron, Leybourne: Deep-penetrating geochemistry: Northern Chile (1.9 MB)

Hamilton, Hall, McClenaghan, Cameron, Hattori: Electrochemical transport of metals due to redox gradients (2.1 MB)

Mann, Foster, Mann: Mechanism for vertical ionic migration (1.1 MB)

Parkhill: Drift prospecting and exploration geochemistry in glaciated terrain, northwestern New Brunswick, Canada (7.8 MB)

Hattori, Cameron: Geochemical exploration for palladium in Ontario (2.4 MB)

Stanley: Geochemical and mineralogical dispersion models in till: Physical process constraints and impacts on geochemical exploration interpretation (971 KB) + version with Notes (984 KB)

McClenaghan, Doherty: Use of indicator minerals in exploration (8.6 MB)

Doherty, Osborne: Case history of a heavy indicator mineral survey, nickel exploration in Quebec (2.7 MB)

Averill: Use of indicator minerals in exploration: Indicator minerals for Ni-Cu-PGE exploration (10 MB)

Kelley, Brommecker, Averill: Forecasting lode gold potential from physical and chemical characteristics of placer gold grains: An example from French Guiana (1.2 MB)

Hostetler, Ray, Dyer, Grabowski, Guindon, Kelly: Mapping of mineralized groundwater discharge into lakes and rivers (2.3 MB)

Steenfelt, Hall, Vaive: Trace element chemistry of stream water from Arctic Greenland reflecting lithology and mineralisation (1.9 MB)

Sader, McClenaghan, Hamilton: Geochemical and isotopic characterization of kimberlitic waters (1.0 MB)

Dunn: Recent developments in biogechemical methods applied to mineral exploration (2.3 MB)

Smith: Biogeochemical exploration in arid terrains: An example from the Rosebud Mine in Pershing County, Nevada (1.8 MB)

Lintern: Biogeochemistry: New data from South Australia (1.1 MB)

Large: Lithogeochemical halos: VHMS and SEDEX (2.1 MB)

Stanley, Baker, Mustard, Brown, Badford, Butler: Lithogeochemistry and hydrothermal alteration at the Pajingo low-sulphidation epithermal gold vein deposit, Drummond Basin, Queensland (2.5 MB)

Whitbread: Ratio analysis in lithogeochemistry: Quantifying alteration and integrating results into exploration efforts (874 KB)

Stanley, Radford: Lithogeochemical exploration in deep regolith at the Golden Grove volcanic-hosted massive sulphide deposit, Western Australia: An example of mineralogically constrained geochemical projective geometry to identify hydrothermal alteration in intensely weathered rocks (2.4 MB)

Morris, Pirajno, Wingate: Identification and chemical fingerprinting of a Mesoproterozoic Large Igneous Province (LIP) in Western Australia (2.9 MB)

Grunsky: Developments in geochemical data processing and presentation: Some useful tools for evaluating multi-element geochemical data (6.2 MB)

Stanley, Smee: Estimation bias of mineral deposits caused by grade-based staging of multiple analyses in samples exhibiting a 'nugget effect' (941 KB)

Cohen, Skillicom, Gatehouse, Dalrymple: Signature detection in geochemical data using singular value decomposition and semi-discrete decomposition (919 KB)

Dobush, Milis, Allen, Withers: Maximizing your exploration assets through the effective use of data and software technologies (6.2 MB)

Reimann: Multi-medium, multi-element regional geochemical mapping in the European Arctic: The Kola ecogeochemistry project (11.6 MB)

Hoffman, Kapusta, Dzierzgowska: Implications for exploration with the use of high-resolution ICP-MS technology (4.5 MB) + version with Notes (3.7 MB)

Reimann, Siewers, Tarvainen, Bityukova, Erikson, Gilucis, Gregorauskiene, Lukashev, Matinian, Pasieczna: The Baltic soil survey (3.2 MB)