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Geochemical distribution of elements
Article By:
Faure, G. Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
Macdougall, J. Douglas Geological Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California.
Last reviewed:November 2019
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1036/1097-8542.228100
The distribution of the chemical elements within the Earth in space and time. Knowledge of the geochemical distribution of the elements in the Earth, particularly in the Earth's crust, and of the processes that lead to the observed distributions make it possible to locate and use efficiently essential elements and minerals and to predict their dispersal patterns when they reenter the natural environment after use.
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