Giant Metallic Deposits Future Sources of Industrial Metals /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Laznicka, Peter (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Geology.; Economic geology.; Mineral resources.; Mineralogy.; Geotechnical engineering.; Earth Sciences.; Mineral Resources.; Economic Geology.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.

Metals in the earth's crust are very unevenly distributed and, traditionally, a small number of ore deposits, districts or countries have dominated the world supply and have influenced commodity prices. The importance of exceptionally large, or rich, deposits has greatly increased in the age of...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Civilization based on metals
• Data on metallic deposits and magnitude categories: the giant and world class deposits
• From trace metals to giant deposits
• Geological divisions that contain ore giants: introduction and the role of mantle
• Oceans and young island arc systems
• Andean-type convergent continental margins (upper volcanic-sedimentary level)
• Cordilleran granitoids in convergent continental margins (lower, plutonic levels)
• Intracratonic (intraplate) orogens granites hydrothermal deposits
• Volcano-sedimentary orogens
• Precambrian greenstone-granite terrains
• Proterozoic-style intracratonic orogens and basins: extension, sedimentation, magmatism
• Rifts, paleorifts, rifted margins, anorogenic and alkaline magmatism
• Sedimentary associations and regolith
• Higher-grade metamorphic associations
• Giant deposits in geological context
• Giant deposits: industry, economics, politics
• Finding or acquiring giant deposits
• Epilogue
• References
• Index of mineral deposits
• Appendix: Database of significant metal accumulations.