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de Caritat, P.
Abstract
Many countries around the world, including developing countries, have carried out geochemical surveys of their territory. The data and information layers that result from these surveys have been put to a multitude of beneficial uses, such as discovering mineralisation, improving the land-use decision-making process, delineating natural or anthropogenic risks to plants, animals and humans, and better rehabilitating contaminated sites. In Australia, although there have been attempts to start this in the past, we are yet to carry out a national geochemical survey. The obstacles that were previously seen as unsurmountable included cost and decision on what to sample. Borne out by experience elsewhere and results of pilot projects in south-eastern Australia, I believe that ultra-low-density sampling of overbank sediments all over Australia can rapidly and cost-effectively deliver a national geochemical atlas that will underpin positive outcomes in the exploration and mining, environmental, agricultural, forestry, recreational, and health and well-being sectors.
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- External PublicationConference Paper
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- geochemistry
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- mapping
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- land use
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- mineral exploration
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- regolith
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- Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)
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- Earth Sciences
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2006-01-01T00:00:00
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