A METHOD FOR INDICATING AND IDENTIFYING CONCEALED DEPOSITS

摘要

PCT No. PCT/SE82/00306 Sec. 371 Date May 23, 1983 Sec. 102(e) Date May 23, 1983 PCT Filed Sep. 30, 1982 PCT Pub. No. WO83/01309 PCT Pub. Date Apr. 14, 1983.The invention relates to a method for indicating the presence of concealed minerals and/or deposits in prospecting or exploration operations. A flow of ascending free geogas is analyzed with respect to its content of entrained substances of exploration interest. The gas is suitably sampled at locations beneath or above the surface of the ground, and its content of carried substances caused to be released, and then collected and analyzed. The gas may suitably be caused to flow through a device in which solid substances of interest are collected for example by absorbtion and/or adsorbtion techniques. Electrically charged particles can also be collected with the aid of an electric field.