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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 | |