Biological Systems in Mineral Exploration and Processing

by R.R. Brooks, Colin E. Dunn

A steady increase in interest in biological systems in mineral exploration and processing has led to the need for a book bringing together the multi-disciplinary aspects of the subject. This book encompasses a number of fields in a single volume, including Russian work on the use of barrier-free plant organisms for biogeochemical prospecting.

538 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Robert R. Brooks (R.R. Brooks) spent his career as a researcher in a pharmaceutical company. Now living in western North Carolina, he has published both fiction and nonfiction, including science fiction and fantasy stories. A short play was performed in 2005 and 2007. Leo Publishing released his epic fantasy novel Justi the Gifted in 2015. A psychological mystery novel The Clown Forest Murders, co-written with A.C. Brooks, was published by Black Opal Publishing 2017. A science fiction-thriller-espionage novel will be out in 2019. A second fantasy novel is underway. He is a member of the Blue Ridge Writers Group, the Appalachian Round Table. He maintains author’s pages on Facebook, Amazon, and Goodreads.