Mineral Exploration : Recent Strategies

Contents: Preface. Key Lectures: 1. Strategy for exploration and exploitation of placer mineral in India/G.V. Rajamanickam. 2. Exploration for Platinum Group Elements (PGE) in peninsular India status problems and scope/V. Balaram. 3. Understanding the Ore Forming Processes Key to mineral exploration/M.S. Pandian. 4. Hyperpectral remote sensing/S. Sanjeevi.  5. Total Quality Management (T.Q.M.) in evaluation of granite deposits/G.B. Sukumaran. I. Mineral resources: 1. Uranium mineralisation in Leucogranites around Suryapet, Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh/S.K. De, A.S. Khotpal, M. Rajani Kumar, B. Harirao, Mridula Chauhan, K. Raghuramaiah and A. Sivasamy. 2. Rare earth minerals in carbonatites and their significance in earth science/G.B. Sukumaran and M. Kumar. 3. Integrated sequence and chemostratigraphic modeling a sure-fire technique for stratigraphic correlation petroleum exploration and reservoir characterization/Mu. Ramkumar and G. Sathish. 4. India-a potential global contestant in ilmenite placer mineral production/S. Vasudevan, M. Arumugam, R. Sakthivel and K. Vadivelan. 5. Mineral exploration -- a geomatics perspective/R. Neelakantan, D. Ramesh and M. Karthikeyan. 6. Chrysoberyl from Southern Tamil of South India, with implications for Gondwana studies/G. Manimaran, Deepak Bagai and P.T. Roy Chacko. 7. Clay mineralogical and textural studies of Warkalli formation Varkala, Kerala/D. Senthil Nathan, Arun K. Sreedhar and R. Resmi. 8. Geological setting and physico -- chemical properties of Uttature Calys, Ariyalur Area, Tamil Nadu/R. Prabhakaran, M. Arumugam, R.S. Kumar, T. Jeyavel Rajakumar and B. Selvaraj. 9. Role of microfossils in identifying the source rocks for oil in Nagaland, India/R. Venkatachalapathy, Kapesa Lokho and D.S.N. Raju. 10. Heavy mineral enrichment pattern in the Vaippar River and its significance to the Vaippar Beach Placer deposits Southern Tamil Nadu, India/P. Udayaganesan, N. Angusamy, J. Sahayam and G. Victor Rajamanickam. II. Modern techniques for exploration of resources: 11. Lineament detection to identify probable location of mineralized zone - a case study in Panchmahal District Gujarat Western India - Using Remote Sensing Techniques/G. Bhaskaran, S. Rajendran and N. Radhakrishnan. 12. Remote sensing applications for hydrocarbon exploration in the Pericratonic Basins of the Tamil Nadu Coast/D. Ramesh, S. Palanivel, R. Neelakantan and S. Mahendran. 13. Mapping of geology and structure of Iron Ore Deposits in parts of Salem District using Remote Sensing Technique/A. Thirunavukkarasu, S. Rajendran and B. Poovalingaganesh. 14. Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in identification of groundwater potential zones in Gadilam Lower Sub Basin of Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu -- a case study/D. Radhakrishnan and M. Ramalingam. 15. Geological and geomorphological features in and around Salem, Tamil Nadu/K. Sankar. 16. Geoelectrical response over Arhaean hard rocks of Sankaran Kovil and Tenkasi Taluks of Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu/T. Jeyaval Rajakumar, R.S. Kumar and S. Rajendran. 17. Targeting potential groundwater zones in hard rock environment using GIS for rural development - an integrated approach/C. Lakshumanan and M. Govindaraju. 18. A Remote Sensing and GIS approach to groundwater prospecting in Gayatri River Basin, Kerala, India/A.P. Sreejith and Amit K. Bhattacharya. 19. Regional geological setting and major geochemical pattern of Upper Agniar and Vellar Basins, Tamil Nadu/S. Palanivel. 20. Inverse slope method of interpretation of geoelectrical sounding curves and its application for groundwater exploration in Crystalline Rock Terrains/T.S. Badrinarayanan and R. Venkatesan. 21. Groundwater prospective zones in Western Doon Valley Using Remote Sensing and GIS/R.S. Kumar and S. Arvindan. 22. Aerogeophisical data as tool in mapping and mineral exploration - case studies/T.V. Ramachandran. 23. Mapping of groundwater recharge zones of a watershed Using Remote Sensing and GIS/G. Kannan and S. Poongothai. 24. Simulation of groundwater contamination in Upper Palar River Basin, Tamil Nadu/C. Sivakumar and L. Elango. 25. Demarcating groundwater potential zone by using VES Method in Kadayampatty Panchayat Union Salem District, Tamil Nadu/K.R. Ravindran, S. Venketeswaran, G. Vanaraju, S. Karthikeyan and C. Praba. 26. Groundwater prospects mapping using Remote Sensing and GIS techniques -- a case study in Theni District, Tamil Nadu/K. Vaithiyanathan, M. Kamaraj, M. Ramalingam and N. Raja. III. Exploration and exploitation of water resources: 27. Study of trace element concentration in part of Neveli Aquifer, Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu/S. Aravindan and I. Jainamb. 28. Hydrogeochemical study of Mecheri Panchayat Union Salem District Tamil Nadu/S. Venkateswaran, S. Karuppannan, K.R. Ravindran and R. Saravanan. 29. Exploration and development of groundwater in the Crystalline Rocks of Composit Tiruchirappalli District, Tamil Nadu/G. Bhaskaran, S. Rajendran and R. Jaganathan. 30. Spatial analysis of crop water requirement in Buthangudy Canal Command area Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu India Using GIS techniques/B.S. Nagashree, N. Manikumari and S. Rajendran. 31. An integrated geophysical approach for groundwater prospecting in the Omalur Panchayat Union Salem District, Tamil Nadu/S. Venkateswaran and A. Karthikeyan. 32. Analysis of groundwater quality in Cuddalore District Using Geographic Information System/S. Jothi Ganesh and S. Rajendran. 33. Preliminary studies of hydrogeochemical behaviour in Valapadi Taluk Salem District, Tamil Nadu/B. Gurugnanam, N. Prabhakaran, S. Radha and S. Murugan. 34. A study on Thermodynamic stability of groundwater in different Lithounits From Gadilam River Basin Tamil Nadu, India/S. Chidambaram, M.V. Prasanna, K. Srinivasamoorthy and P. Anandhan. 35. Cyanobacterial diversity in the Veeranam Lake with special reference to soil microflora--Using SEM-INSA-EDS/K. Sivakumar and R. Senthilkumar. 36. Hydrogeochemistry of fluoride in groundwater from Northwestern Part of Salem District, Tamil Nadu/K. Srinivasamoorthy, S. Chidambaram, P. Anandhan, S. Vasudevan and M.V. Prasanna. 37. Occurrence of high fluoride in parts of Kadyampatty era of Omalur Taluk in Salem District/M. Arumugam, K. Manokaran and R. Venkatesan. 38. Assessment of surface water resources of a watershed using GIS/N. Nagarjan and S. Poongothai. 39. Addressing the extent of aquifer for groundwater favourability through GIS in Valapadi Taluk, Salem District, Tamil Nadu/B. Gurugnanam, S. Vasudevan, N. Prabaharan, N. Vijayakumar and S. Murugan. IV. Environmental studies: 40. Applications of geochemical strategy for suitable site selection in coastal region/R. Arthur James and A. Rajendran. 41. Airborne Altimetric LIDAR in coastal management/V. Emayavaramban and A. Ganesh. 42. Environment baseline and impact assessment of PTK Mines/K.M. Barath Chandran, S. Senthilkumar and M. Manivel. 43. Hydrogeological studies of PTK Mines Using Remote Sensing and GIS/M. Deepasaraswathi, S. Preetha, P. Madhumitha, T. Ramasubbulakshmi, C. Chitra and M. Manivel. V. Economic development: 44. Geoscientific criteria and commercial significance of Pyroxene Syenite of Slvamalia Area, Periyar District, Tamil Nadu/G.B. Sukumaran, R. Balaji and M. Kumar. 45. Valuation of granite deposits/B. Kanishkan.

"Modern mineral exploration is the "Modern Hunting of the Solid Earth". It provides a vital bridging between mineral explorations coupled with committed intellectual investment. Mineral explorers like: geochemists, geophysists, geomatists, geo-technical engineers, mineral chemists, environmental scientists, ceramic engineers, metallurgists and business communities with diverse range of interests and in training the experts of specific research needs. This volume covers major areas like:

Mineral resources. Modern techniques for exploration of resources. Exploration and exploitation of water resources. Environmental studies. Economic development.

This collection of illustrations with maps, photographs, figures, satellite images, colour photographs and tables will be found beneficial to students, researchers, field professionals and to decision makers." (jacket)