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A chemical process used to separate minerals by causing them to dissolve and rise to the surface of a solution. Cyanide is an agent used in the flotation of gold

A low lying area of land prone to flooding

To compound or aggregate smaller particles into larger ones

A prospecting terms used to describe the evaluation of previous activity through the dumps and tailings of a mineral deposits past operators

Rocks and minerals loosened and transported from their origin through natural forces

Holes drilled in a sequence which allow the geological characteristics, constituents and patterns of the underlying rock to be determined

A split, crack, fracture or break

A body of rock that can be characteristically defined

The release of a particles energy by having its atomic nucleus split into 2 or more lighter nuclei, induced by collision with other particles

 A stable area less prone to movement than the surrounding, less stable rock which become overfolded or thrust out onto it. The foreland is usually at the edge of a craton or continental part of the Earth’s crust. Foreland is also considered to be the area where a port is situated, in this context the opposite of foreland is hinterland