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An introduction to economic geology and its environmental impact

Anthony M. Evans (Author)
As it has grown in length and level through successive edtions, the same author's Introduction to Ore Geology (now Ore Geology and Industrial Minerals) has left behind its original audience: first- and second -ear students. This new textbook, designed to fill that niche, was written specifically for introductory courses. Introduction to Economic Geology and Its Environmental Impact covers oil, coal, water and nuclear fuels, as well as economically important ores and bulk minerals. In keeping with current concerns and constraints, particular attention is paid to the impact of mining and drilling on the environment
eBook, English, 2009
Blackwell Science, Oxford, 2009
1 online resource (ix, 364 pages) : illustrations, maps
9781613442432, 9781444313529, 1613442432, 1444313525
758506623
Part 1. Principles
1. The importance and history of mining
2. Some aspects of mineral economics
3. The environmental impact of mineral exploitation
4. The nature and morphology of the principal types of ore deposit
5. Textures and structures of ore and gangue minerals. Fluid inclusions. Wall rock alteration
6. Some major theories of ore genesis
7. Geothermometry, geobarometry, paragenetic sequence, zoning and dating of ore deposits
Part 2. Examples of the more important types of ore deposit
8. Mineral deposit classification
9. Diamond deposits in kimberlites and lamproites
10. The carbonatite-alkaline igneous ore environment
11. The pegmatitic environment
12. Orthomagmatic deposits of chromium, platinum, titanium and iron associated with basic and ultrabasic rocks
13. Orthomagmatic copper-nickel-iron (-platinoid) deposits associated with basic and ultrabasic rocks
14. The skarn environment
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