This book studies the Redox Complex a complex of unconventional geophysical-geochemical
exploration techniques used for the indirect detection characterization and evaluation of
various metal targets while also illustrating selected applications of unconventional
geophysical-geochemical methods for oil exploration in Cuba. This complex is successfully
applied in various fields: oil & gas and metal ores exploration studies of oil and metal
contaminants in soils and the search for metallic archaeological burials. The use of these
techniques is intended to complement the conventional prospecting complex by reducing areas and
or facilitating the selection of the most favorable targets improving the
economical-geological effectiveness of investigations in the process. Further the Redox
Complex can be implemented without physical or chemical damage to the environment. The book's
primary goals are to: 1) outline the general features characterizing the processes of metal
mobilization transport and accumulation on surficial media 2) outline the methodology data
interpretation and mathematical apparatus that support quantitative estimates of the Redox
Complex and 3) design a database and applications system (the Redox System) to address storage
processes reports graphics and the corresponding interpretations of the Redox Complex in a
quick and reliable way. To do so it examines the regions of Havana-Matanzas (Varadero Oil
Field Cantel Oil Field and Madruga Prospect) and Ciego de Ávila (Pina Oil Field Cristales Oil
Field Jatibonico Oil Field Jatibonico Oeste Prospect and Cacahual Prospect). The methods
covered include in some cases airborne gamma spectrometry (K eTh ratio) beside ORP and in
others the Redox Complex with reduced or standard attributes. In all cases the anomalous
complex of interest corresponds to the correlation of the minimum K eTh ratio with minimum ORP
and in the case of the Redox Complex Magnetic Susceptibility highs with ORP lows Spectral
Reflectance lows and maximum Content of Chemical Elements (V Ni Pb Zn Fe).
