The composition of “heavy,” or accessory, detrital minerals in sediments and sedimentary
rocks has been a topic of quantitative study for at least the last seventy years, beginning with …

Tantalum, an important metal for high-technology applications, is recovered from oxide
minerals that are present as minor constituents in rare-metal granites and granitic rare …

We have investigated three greenstone belts (Boromo, Houndé, and Banfora) and
associated granitoid terrains, which form part of the Eburnean orogen, situated in western …

Oxidation of manganese (II) to manganese (III, IV) demands oxidants with very high redox
potentials; consequently, manganese oxides are both excellent proxies for molecular …

Univariate diagrams such as binned frequency histograms and probability density
distributions are often used for the initial assessment and communication of …

A multicriterion approach has made it possible to propose a paleoproterozoic evolution of
the Ghanaian province and a gold-emplacement model in terms of structural control …

Geospatial modeling of mineral prospective regions is essential, owing to its significant
contribution towards the development and economic gains of many mineral-endowed …

U Pb ages have been measured on zircon, monazite and titanite from gneiss, granitoids
and rhyolite of the Paleoproterozoic Birimian/Eburnean province in the northern Haute …

Integration of regional geophysical datasets and detailed field observations provide new
insights into the paleoproterozoic structural evolution of southwestern Ghana. The study …

The concentration of manganese in solution and its precipitation in inorganic systems are
primarily redox-controlled, guided by several Earth processes most of which were …