Geochemical exploration

Claim 1

IN THE ART OF GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION, A PROCESS DIRECTED TOWARD LOCATING AREAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PETROLEUM MATERIALS BY THE INITIAL ELIMINATION OF AREAS WHICH CHARACTERISTICALLY ARE INDICATIVE OF NEGATIVE QUALIFICATIONS AS ANOMALIES WHICH COMPRISES: TESTING APLURALITY OF SOIL SAMPLES OBTAINED FROM SPACED PORTIONS OF AN AREA UNDER GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION TO DETERMINE DETECTOR CONCENTRATION VALUES THERFOR, IDENTIFYING FOR EACH OF THE SOIL SAMPLES A CHARACTERISTIC SOIL PROPERTY INDICATIVE OF ITS RETENTIVITY OF DETECTOR CONCENTRATION VALUES, RECORDING A VALUE FOR EACH O THE SAID SOIL SAMPLES INDICATIVE OF ITS IDENTIIED CHARACTERISTIC SOIL PROPERTY OR RETENTIVITY AND ITS DETECTOR CONCENTRAITON VALUE, STATISTICALLY ANALYZING THE RECORDED VALUES FOR THE SOIL SAMPLES TO ESTABLISH A MEAN BACKGROUD VALUE, ELEIMINATING THOSE O THE SOIL SAMPLES WHICH ARE CHARACTERISTICALLY INDICATIVE O NEGATIVE QUALIFICATIONS AS ANOMALIES BY HAVING RECORDED VALUES SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME AS THE MEAN BACKGROUND VALUE, AND LOCATING THE PORTIONS OF SAID AREA CORRESPONDING TO THE REMAINING SOIL SAMPLES IN WHICH THE PRESENCE OF DETECTOR CONCENTRATION VALUES HAVING THEIR BACKGROUND VALUES ELIMINATED ARE CHARACTERISTICALLY INDICATIVE AS ANOMALIES.