TY - CHAP AU - Aref Alshameri AU - Xinghu Wei AU - Hailong Wang AU - Yang Fuguo AU - Xin Chen AU - Hongping He AU - Chunjie Yan AU - Feng Xu ED - Khalid S. Essa Y1 - 2019-07-18 PY - 2019 T1 - A Review of the Role of Natural Clay Minerals as Effective Adsorbents and an Alternative Source of Minerals N2 - The book "Minerals" offers an important and thorough overview on different geophysical methods including gravity, magnetic and self-potential in mineral exploration, as well as physical and chemical analysis in delineating the minerals. Furthermore, the book describes the different types of minerals such as clay and its minerals, and uranium (which contains radioactive elements) and how to use them in the sector of safe energy. The book also demonstrates the governing law of mineral distribution in bearing rocks and their journey from mining to marketing. This book shall be of great interest to students, geologists, geophysicists, and the mining investment community. BT - Minerals SP - Ch. 3 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.87260 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.87260 SN - 978-1-83962-682-1 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-26 ER -