Conceptual models in exploration geochemistry: Norden 1975

This compilation and summary of geochemical exploration conditions in Norden is the second in a series of special issues on exploration geochemistry. The first issue dealt with the Canadian Cordillera and Canadian Shield. The conceptual models from the Canadian Shield form an integral part of the present volume. These studies are an attempt to pull together very extensive exploration geochemical information and define it in terms of a limited number of conceptual models.A total of 45 case histories are presented in this volume which cover various aspects of collection, analysis and interpretation of data from glacial till, stratified drift, organic deposits, stream sediments and water. These data are described in a relationship to the conceptual models outlined by Bradshaw (1975). An overall summary is given with respect to these models and also a summary is given of the relative importance of frost heave, transport by glaciation, transport by water and wind, multiple glacial transport, ion and molecular dispersion, groundwater transport, transport by capillary water, electrochemical transport and mixed dispersion.The final section contains 13 short articles dealing with methods of geochemical exploration which are presently used in the different countries of Norden.