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de Caritat, P. | Lech, M.E. | McPherson, A.A.
Abstract
A new project aimed at unravelling the geochemical composition of Australia's regolith has recently been approved under the Australian Government's new Onshore Energy Security Initiative (OESI). The primary aim of the National Geochemical Survey of Australia (NGSA) will be to provide actual concentrations and distributions of elements useful in targeting energy resources (uranium, thorium, other elements indicative of hot granites, etc.). The project will complement other OESI projects focussing on airborne radiometrics, airborne electro-magnetics and geothermal resources. The NGSA project will adopt a cost-effective, ultra-low density, landscape-based sampling approach to select sampling sites. Collection, preparation and analysis of surface and near-surface transported regolith samples will closely follow protocols established during pilot projects recently carried out by Geoscience Australia and the Cooperative Research Centre for Landscape Environments and Mineral Exploration, which revealed strong bedrock signatures in those materials.
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- regolith
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- geochemistry
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- mineral exploration
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