Research Catalog

Title

Metal deposits in relation to plate tectonics / F.J. Sawkins.

Author

Sawkins, Frederick J.

Publication

Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, c1990.

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Description

xix, 461 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Minerals and rocks ; 17

Uniform Title

Minerals and rocks ; 17.

Subject

• Ore deposits
• Plate tectonics

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. [389]-451.

Contents

• PRINCIPAL ARCS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED METAL DEPOSITS: Porphyry-type deposits -- Copper-bearing breccia pipes -- Skarn deposits -- Epithermal deposits -- Additional deposits of principal arcs -- METAL DEPOSITS ON THE INNER SIDES OF PRINCIPAL ARCS: Contact metasomatic deposits -- Polymetallic vein systems -- Epithermal vein deposits -- Tin-tungsten deposits -- Backarc gold deposits -- METAL DEPOSITS OF ARC-RELATED RIFTS: The Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand -- Climax-type porphyry molybdenum deposits -- Additional lithophile suite deposits in arc-related rifts -- Kuroko-type massive sulfide deposits -- Paleozoic volcanic-hosted massive sulfide deposits -- Base and precious metal vein deposits -- ADDITIONAL ASPECTS OF ARC-RELATED METALLOGENY: Metal deposits related to forearc felsic magmatism -- Gold deposits of a complexly evolving continental margin arc-rift transform system: western USA -- Paleozoic and older porphyry copper deposits -- Massive sulfide deposits in greenstone belts -- Gold deposits in greenstone belts -- Additional aspects of greenstone belt metallogeny -- Overview of arc-related metallogeny -- METALLOGENY OF OCEANIC-TYPE CRUST: Processes operating at modern spreading centers -- Ophiolite-hosted massive sulfide deposits -- Chromite deposits in ophiolite complexes -- Additional minor mineralization in ophiolite complexes -- INTRACONTINENTAL HOTSPOTS, ANOROGENIC MAGMATISM AND ASSOCIATED METAL DEPOSITS: Tin deposits associated with anorogenic granites -- Iron-titanium deposits associated with anorthosites -- Hotspot-related layered mafic complexes and associated ores -- Metal deposits related to carbonatites -- The olympic Dam Cu-U-Au Deposit, South Australia --
• METAL DEPOSITS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EARLY STAGES OF CONTINENTAL RIFTING: Hydrothermal copper deposits -- Rift-related molybdenum deposits -- Rift-related stratiform copper deposits -- Rift-related magmatic copper-nickel deposits -- METAL DEPOSITS RELATED TO ADVANCED STAGES OF RIFTING: Metalliferous deposits of the Red Sea -- Sediment-hosted massive sulfide deposits -- Massive sulfide deposits in high-grade metamorphic terranes -- Rift-related mississippi valley-type deposits -- Metallogenesis and rifting -- METAL DEPOSITS IN RELATION TO COLLISION EVENTS: Ophiolite-hosted metal deposits -- Mississippi valley-type deposits in relation to collisional orogeny -- The lead-zinc deposits of Ireland -- Sandstone-hosted lead deposits in relation to collisional orogeny -- Tin-tungsten deposits associated with collisional granites -- Uranium deposits associated with collisional granites -- Additional examples of collision-related ore-generating systems -- Metallogenesis and collision events -- METAL DEPOSITS AND PLATE TECTONICS-AN ATTEMPT AT PERSPECTIVE: Lineaments and metal deposits -- Transform faults and metal deposits -- Plate tectouics and metal deposits of surficial origin -- An enigmatic class of uranium deposits -- Metal deposits and plate tectonics: geochemical perspectives -- Metal deposits and plate tectonics: time-space perspectives -- Metal deposits and plate tectonics: exploration perspectives.

ISBN

0387509208 (U.S.)

OCLC

• 20907486
• SCSB-10106171

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Harvard Library