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Evolution of mid-Tertiary continental pyroclastic-flood basalt facies association within the context of the Red Sea rifting, northern Western Desert, Egypt
The research offers a perspective on the hierarchical facies and the development of an Oligo-Miocene sequence of pyroclastics and lava flows within a...
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Chemical Composition of Allochthonous Melt-Rocks Possibly Associated with Proposed Krk Impact Structure in NW Croatia, Comparison of Three Spectroscopic Methods and Recognition of Source-Rock Lithology
AbstractChemical composition of melt-rocks from several localities around proposed post-Eocene Krk impact structure in Croatian carbonate (a.k.a....
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In-situ trace elements and Fe isotope compositions of magnetite in Gwanin Fe-Ti oxide deposit, South Korea
Magnetite samples from Gwanin Fe-Ti oxide deposit in South Korea were collected to identify the deposit origin and to understand the ore-forming...
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Basic Physical–Chemical Principles of Ancient Metallurgy
In materials science, metallurgy, in geoscience, and in ceramic science it is an established procedure to express the composition of an assembly of...
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Volcanic-Hosted Resources
Volcanoes and volcanic rocks are hosts to economically very significant quantities of natural resources. Initially, we provide a brief overview of...
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Subaqueous Flows of Pyroclastic Debris and Their Deposits
In this chapter, we consider the intriguing and provocative topic of what happens when pyroclastic density currents enter the sea or large lakes from...
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Archaeometallurgical Slags and Other Debris
The most important information carriers for the reconstruction of old metallurgical processes are slags. They are usually found as worthless waste at...
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The Olivinite of the Krestovskaya Intrusion—the Product of Larnite-Normative Alkali Ultramafic Magma: Melt Inclusion Data
Olivinites of the Krestovskaya Intrusion consist of predominant amount of olivine, and minor Ti-magnetite, perovskite, and clinopyroxene (from single...
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Impact Craters and Meteorites: The Egyptian Record
This chapter provides an account of the present Egyptian impact cratering record as well as an overview of the Egyptian meteorite collection. The...
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Mineral Resources in Egypt (I): Metallic Ores
Mineral resources in Egypt are diverse. This chapter deals with the metallic ores. The chapter starts with the iron ores in Egypt and special...
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Deep carbon cycle in subduction zones
The carbon cycle between the deep Earth and the atmosphere (i.e., the deep carbon cycle) can significantly affect the global climate on both long and...
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Direct Associations Between Potassic Igneous Rocks and Copper–Gold Deposits on Craton Margins
Although this Book is mainly about potassic igneous rocks and hydrothermal gold and gold–copper mineralization in volcanic arc environments, there is...
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Evolution of carbonated melt to alkali basalt in the South China Sea
CO 2 is considered to play a key role in the melting of the deep upper mantle, and carbonated silicate melts have been widely predicted by partial...
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Ancient Ore Deposits
Mineral deposits have supplied useful and valuable material for human consumption long before they became objects of scientific curiosity or...
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The Deccan Volcanic Province (DVP), India: A Review
Geochemical data (major and minor oxides, trace elements including REE, and Sr, Nd, Pb, and O isotopes) have been obtained on a number of flow...
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Evolution of Ore-Forming Metasomatic Processes at Large Skarn Iron Deposits Related to the Traps of the Siberian Platform
The paper presents systematized and synthesized data on the parameters and evolutionary sequence of metasomatic processes that accompanied...
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The Role of Halogens During Regional and Contact Metamorphism
Halogens are important elements for a range of geological processes during metamorphism from stabilizing mineral phases to being important ligands...
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Metallogenesis within continental collision zones: Comparisons of modern collisional orogens
Modern collisional orogens represent the natural laboratory for the study of metallogeny in continental collision zones. The Pyrenees, Alps, Zagros...
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Meta-evaporites
Evaporite salts can survive well into the metamorphic realm, but are altered, recrystallised or transformed into new minerals. And so, beyond the...
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Magma-Evaporite-Hydrothermal Metal Associations
Metalliferous fluid indicators and ore deposits due to direct and indirect interactions between magma and evaporites at a regional scale are neither...