Giant Metallic Deposits : Future Sources of Industrial Metals - Laznicka, Peter; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010)
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.
Keywords: Mineral resources; Economic geology; Mineralogy; Geology; Geotechnical engineering; Mineral Resources; Economic Geology; Mineralogy; Geology; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences