Biological Systems in Mineral Exploration and Processing Book

	Preface
	The Editors
	Contributors
	Acknowledgements
Ch. 1	General introduction	1
Ch. 2	Introduction to geobotanical prospecting	7
Ch. 3	Plant communities as ore indicators	9
Ch. 4	Specific indicator plants	39
Ch. 5	Effect of mineralization on mutation and morphology of plants	71
Ch. 6	Remote sensing of vegetation	85
Ch. 7	Introduction to geozoological prospecting	117
Ch. 8	Mammals as mineral indicators	119
Ch. 9	Birds, marine animals, and reptiles as mineral indicators	137
Ch. 10	Insects and mineralization	147
Ch. 11	The nature, structure and environment of microorganisms	159
Ch. 12	Geomicrobiological processing for petroleum and minerals	177
Ch. 13	Microbial leaching of ores	207
Ch. 14	Introduction to biogeochemical prospecting	233
Ch. 15	Soils and soil formation	243
Ch. 16	The biogeochemical parameters of mineral prospecting	267
Ch. 17	Barrier-free biogeochemical prospecting	283
Ch. 18	Alternative sample types for biogeochemical prospecting	301
Ch. 19	A field guide to biogeochemical prospecting	345
Ch. 20	Biogeochemical prospecting for metals	371
Ch. 21	Sample preparation and decomposition	427
Ch. 22	Analytical techniques and methods	443
Ch. 23	Statistics in biological prospecting	491
	Subject index	521