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| Preface | |
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| Introduction: Mineral Resources | |
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| Introduction And Aims | |
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| What Makes A Viable Mineral Deposit? | |
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| Some Useful Definitions And Compilations | |
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| Natural Resources, Sustainability And Environmental Responsibility | |
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| Summary And Further Reading | |
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| Igneous Processes | |
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| Igneous Ore-Forming Processes | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Magmas And Metallogeny | |
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| Why Are Some Magmas More Fertile Than Others?...The 'Inheritance Factor' | |
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| Partial Melting And Crystal Fractionation As Ore Forming Processes | |
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| Liquid Immiscibility As An Ore-Forming Process | |
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| A More Detailed Consideration Of Mineralization In Mafic Magmas | |
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| A Model For Mineralization In Layered Mafic Intrusions | |
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| Summary And Further Reading | |
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| Magmatic-Hydrothermal Ore-Forming Processes | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Some Physical And Chemical Properties Of Water | |
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| Formation Of A Magmatic Aqueous Phase | |
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| The Composition And Characteristics Of Magmatic-Hydrothermal Solutions | |
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| A Note On Pegmatites And Their Significance To Granite-Related Ore-Forming Processes | |
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| Fluid-Melt Trace Element Partitioning | |
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| Water Content And Depth Of Emplacement Of Granites: Relationships To Ore-Forming Processes | |
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| Models For The Formation Of Porphyry-Type Cu, Mo And W Deposits | |
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| Fluid Flow In And Around Granite Plutons | |
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| Skarn Deposits | |
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| Near-Surface Magmatic-Hydrothermal Processes: The 'Epithermal Family Of Au-Ag-(Cu) Deposits | |
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| The Role Of Hydrothermal Fluids In Mineralized Mafic Rocks | |
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| Summary And Further Reading | |
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| Hydrothermal Processes | |
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| Hydrothermal Ore-Forming Processes | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Other Fluids In The Earth's Crust And Their Origins | |
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| The Movement Of Hydrothermal Fluids In The Earth's Crust | |
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| Further Factors Affecting Metal Solubility | |
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| Precipation Mechanisms For Metals In Solution | |
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| More On Fluid/Rock Interaction: An Introduction To Hydrothermal Alteration | |
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| Metal Zoning And Paragenetic Sequence | |
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| Modern Analogues Of Ore-Forming Processes: The VMS-SEDEX Continuum | |
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| Mineral Deposits Associated With Aquo-Carbonic Metamorphic Fluids | |
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| Ore Deposits Associated With Connate Fluids | |
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| Ore Deposits Associated With Near Surface Meteoric Fluids (Ground Water) | |
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| Summary And Further Reading | |
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| Sedimentary/Surficial Processes | |
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| Surficial and Supergene Ore-Forming Processes | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Principles | |
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| Lateritic Deposits | |
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| Clay Deposits | |
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| Calcrete-Hosted Deposits | |
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| Supergene Enrichment Of Cu And Other Metals In Near-Surface Deposits | |
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| Summary And Further Reading | |
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| Sedimentary Ore-Forming Processes | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Clastic Sedimentation And Heavy Mineral Concentration: Placer Deposits | |
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| Chemical Sedimentation: Banded Iron Formation, Phosphorites, And Evaporites | |
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| Fossil Fuels: Oil/Gas Formation And Coalification | |
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| Summary And Further Reading | |
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| Global Tectonics And Metallogeny | |
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| Ore Deposits in a Global Tectonic Context | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Patterns In The Distribution Of Mineral Deposits | |
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| Continental Growth Rates | |
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| Crustal Evolution And Metallogenesis | |
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| Metallogeny Through Time | |
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| Plate Tectonics And Ore Deposits: A Summary | |
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| Summary And Further Reading | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |