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Gold (Au) [Z = 79]

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Gold was mainly concentrated in the Earth's solid and compacted Fe–Ni core during the planet’s accretionary stage, along with other highly siderophile elements. During partial melting of the mantle, gold is derived from the magmatic fluids that circulated to the surface in various tectonic contexts (cratons, ocean basins, divergent margins, convergent basins, and transform boundaries). Tectonic models and related geological processes control the genesis of ores not only of gold but of other metal deposits in Earth's geology and history, including the opening and closing of ocean basins, orogenesis of mountain ranges and geological structures, the distribution of mineral resources, and paleoclimates.

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  1. Department of Mining, lndustrial and ICT, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC), Manresa, Spain

    Joaquim Sanz & Oriol Tomasa

  2. Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain

    Abigail Jimenez-Franco

  3. Department of Mining, lndustrial and ICT, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC), Manresa, Spain

    Nor Sidki-Rius

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Sanz, J., Tomasa, O., Jimenez-Franco, A., Sidki-Rius, N. (2022). Gold (Au) [Z = 79]. In: Elements and Mineral Resources. Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85889-6_23

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