Surveys a broad range of surface geochemistry techniques, and provides clear strategies for applying them to petroleum exploration.
Introduction: History of surface geochemistry in petroleum; Organic geochemistry; Soils and their formation; Concepts of microseepage; Methods of microseepage detection: direct vs. indirect: Soil gas; Radiometrics; Halogens; Major and minor elements; Microbiological methods; Helium; pH/Eh methods; Survey design and data analysis: Statistical analysis and spatial variation; Grids, surveys, models and economics; Summary; Index.