caa a22 4500 445300906 CHVBK 20180317142557.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20100501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11430-010-0042-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11430-010-0042-y Ionic conductivity anomaly in soil cover—Exploration of blind mineralisation beneath regolith cover [Elektronische Daten] [XianRong Luo, MeiLan Wen, LiXia Shu, BaoHong Hou, John Keeling] This paper briefly describes the formation of ionic conductivity anomalies in soil cover, and the characteristics of ionic composition that forms conductivity anomalies, based on the theory of geoelectrochemical halo. Based on some practical results of soluble ions in soil cover and soil conductivity derived from a number of mining areas of both China and overseas, here we present the correlation of a conductivity anomaly with the ionic composition and establish a model for the formation of conductivity anomalies in soil cover. The results indicate that the formation of a conductivity anomaly is not a simple transformation of a secondary geochemical anomaly. A conductivity anomaly is formed as the result of electrochemical and chemical processes, by transformation of orebody into various ionic haloes through four physicochemical processes: 1) dissolution of the orebody, 2) migration of dissolved matter, 3) conversion of matter near the surface, and 4) the formation of ionic conductivity anomalies. The conductivity anomaly, as a physical parameter, essentially represents the integration of various geochemical compositions and is controlled by a set of particular ionic groups. Science China Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2010 ionic conductivity nationallicence regolith nationallicence mineralisation nationallicence exploration nationallicence Luo XianRong The Engineering and Research Center for Exploration of Subsurface Non-ferrous and Precious Mental Ore Deposits at Guilin University of Technology, Ministry of Education of China, 541004, Guilin, China aut Wen MeiLan The Engineering and Research Center for Exploration of Subsurface Non-ferrous and Precious Mental Ore Deposits at Guilin University of Technology, Ministry of Education of China, 541004, Guilin, China aut Shu LiXia The Engineering and Research Center for Exploration of Subsurface Non-ferrous and Precious Mental Ore Deposits at Guilin University of Technology, Ministry of Education of China, 541004, Guilin, China aut Hou BaoHong Primary Industries and Resources South Australia (PIRSA), 5001, Adelaide, SA, Australia aut Keeling John Primary Industries and Resources South Australia (PIRSA), 5001, Adelaide, SA, Australia aut Science China Earth Sciences SP Science China Press 53/5(2010-05-01), 649-656 1674-7313 53:5<649 2010 53 11430 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-010-0042-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-010-0042-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Luo XianRong The Engineering and Research Center for Exploration of Subsurface Non-ferrous and Precious Mental Ore Deposits at Guilin University of Technology, Ministry of Education of China, 541004, Guilin, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wen MeiLan The Engineering and Research Center for Exploration of Subsurface Non-ferrous and Precious Mental Ore Deposits at Guilin University of Technology, Ministry of Education of China, 541004, Guilin, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Shu LiXia The Engineering and Research Center for Exploration of Subsurface Non-ferrous and Precious Mental Ore Deposits at Guilin University of Technology, Ministry of Education of China, 541004, Guilin, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hou BaoHong Primary Industries and Resources South Australia (PIRSA), 5001, Adelaide, SA, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Keeling John Primary Industries and Resources South Australia (PIRSA), 5001, Adelaide, SA, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Science China Earth Sciences SP Science China Press 53/5(2010-05-01), 649-656 1674-7313 53:5<649 2010 53 11430 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer