EXPLORATION GEOCHEMISTRY BIBLIOGRAPHY
                                  by
               E.C. Grunsky, L.G. Closs, and D. Jakobsen

      This latest version of the Exploration Geochemistry Bibliography is
dedicated to Herbert E. Hawkes.  Through his foresight and dedication the
bibliographic compilations were taken on by The Association of Exploration
Geochemists (AEG).  The first Exploration Geochemistry Bibliography was
compiled in 1972 and issued to all members in good standing of The AEG as
Special Volume N0. 1.  In the ensuing years this bibliography was expanded
through supplements and additional Special Volumes (5 and 11).  All this was
done through the continuing efforts of Herbert E. Hawkes and the members of the
Bibliography Committee of the AEG, currently led by Graham Closs.  The purpose
and utility of bibliographies have been succinctly described by Herb in his
introduction to Special Volume 11 and bears repeating here:

      "A bibliography is a kind of cemetery.  Citations row on row are lined up
much like grave stones.  The principal difference in the two is that in
scientific literature the dead bodies are interred in libraries rather than in
the ground.  Just as with people-cemeteries, bibliographies provide the
genealogists of science with the means of tracing the history of development of
scientific ideas and of the personalities who contributed."

      The Association has an ongoing commitment to continue the efforts of
Herbert E. Hawks in pursuing and updating exploration geochemistry references.
The Association will continue to do this through quarterly issues of EXPLORE
and through periodic updates of this digital bibliography database.

      It is hoped that the efforts of Herbert Hawkes and Graham Closs will be
rewarded by the frequent use of this bibliography for all those involved in
exploration geochemistry. A compilation of this size will provide a wide array
of papers relevant to research and exploration programs.

      This diskette represents a departure in the usual format of publication
of the bibliography by presenting it digitally rather than published "hard
copy".  We hope that this format will prove to be more useful to our members as
we move forward into the electronic age.  All the original bibliographic
references compiled by Herbert E. Hawkes are contained on the diskette as well
as references from 1985 through 1994, over 11,000 in all.  We realize that
there may be inadvertent typographic errors or errors of omission.  Please feel
free to comment or send corrections to our office at:

The Association of Exploration Geochemists
Bibliography
P.O. Box 26099
72 Robertson Road
Nepean, ON  K2H 9R0
CANADA

Bibliography Committee
L. Graham Closs, Chairman
 Robert G. Garrett
 Richard K. Glanzman
 Eric C. Grunsky
 Gwendy E.M. Hall
 Peter J. Rogers

The file "AEGBIB.EXE" is a compressed file.  It will automatically un-compress
when you run it.  Create a directory on your hard disk called AEGBIB and copy
AEGBIB.EXE into it.  Move to that directory and type:

AEGBIB  <CR>

You must have at least 14 mb of space on your hard disk for the program.  The
resulting bibliographic reference file will be in *.DBF format.  You may read
this file into any database program that accepts *.DBF files.  From a database
program the file or a subset of the file can be exported in ASCII format to a
word processing program.

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Also on this disk is a file called MEMBER.EXE   This file is a compressed data-
base of all currently (March 13, 1995) active members of the AEG.  Create a
directory on your hard disk called AEGMEM and copy member.exe into it.  Move
to that directory and type:

MEMBER  <CR>

You must have at least 0.5 mb of space on your hard disk for the program.  The
resulting membership reference files will be in *.DBF, *.TXT, and *.WP formats.
You may read the *.DBF file into any database program that accepts *.DBF files.
From a database program the file or a subset of the file can be exported in
ASCII format to a word processing program.  You may read the *.TXT file
anywhere as it is in ASCII format.  The *.WP file is in WordPerfect format
and will read into that word processing program.  Once you have expanded the
membership files please read the memread.1st file.