biogeochemical investigation on s. orientalis, a flora growing on the soils derived from serpentinized dunite in the forumad area, sabzevar ophiolite has been conducted in order to examine the plant-soil relationship in chromite prospecting. due to engagement of cr in the chromite crystal structure and its non-essential role in the plant’s life cycle, ni was used as pathfinder element in biogeo...

This study addresses the use of predictive modeling techniques; primarily feed-forward artificial neural networks as a tool for forecasting geological exploration targets for gold prospecting. It also provides evidence of effectiveness of using Business Intelligence systems to model pathfinder variables, anomaly detection, and forecasting to locate potential exploration sites for precious metal...

In Latin America, metallic ores are abundant and diverse. However, few metal-tolerant and metal hyperaccumulator plants have been reported in the region in comparison with other areas of the world. This may be largely explained by the scarcity of scientific studies of the native vegetation growing on natural mineralized or metal-contaminated areas and the unfrequent use of biogeochemical prospe...

Understanding why individuals delay dispersal and become subordinates within a group is central to studying the evolution of sociality. Hypotheses predict that dispersal decisions are influenced by costs of extra-territorial prospecting that are often required to find a breeding vacancy. Little is known about such costs, partly because it is complicated to demonstrate them empirically. For exam...

In this paper we propose an integrated approach to diagnostic prospecting applied to the cathedral of Matera, in Southern Italy. In particular, we have performed both an ultrasonic tomography and a high frequency GPR prospecting on some pillars of the Church to investigate about possible structural yielding and a GPR prospecting at lower frequencies on the floor, where also a linear inversion a...

1 Department of Construction and Manufacture Engineering, Polytechnic School of Mieres, University of Oviedo, Mieres, 33600 Asturias, Spain 2Department of Exploitation and Prospecting Mines, Mining Engineering School, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, 33004 Asturias, Spain 3 Department of Exploitation Mines, Polytechnic University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain 4Department of Exploitation and Prosp...

Personality can play a large role in dispersal decisions, influencing how each individual estimates and values expected costs versus benefits of venturing out to explore the unknown. We contrast the impact of persistence on fitness using decision theory models to examine the relative success of prospecting movement (which is a widespread behavior used by animals to explore available breeding ha...

Formal models have shown that diel variation in female mate searching is likely to have profound influence on daily signalling routines of males. In studies on acoustic communication, the temporal patterns of the receivers' signal evaluation should thus be taken into account when investigating the functions of signalling. In bird species in which diel patterns of signalling differ between males...