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Earth Science: Geochemistry Engineering & Materials: Other Engineering Disciplines:Mining Engineering Geochemical Prospecting he use of chemical properties of naturally occurring substances (including rocks, glacial debris, soils, stream sediments, waters, vegetation, and air) as aids in a search for economic deposits of metallic minerals or hydrocarbons. In exploration programs, Geochemical techniques are generally integrated with geological and geophysical surveys. See also: Geophysical exploration History Many fundamental principles of geology and chemistry were known in antiquity, and references to the use of chemistry in the search for mineral deposits are not infrequent in both classical and Renaissance literature.

and sand blasting occur. The relative influences of chemical and physical weathering depend on the nature of the landscape in question. See also: Weathering processes

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