MINERAL DEPOSITS
cod. 00482

Academic year 2008/09
3° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Georisorse minerarie e applicazioni mineralogico-petrografiche per l'ambiente e i beni culturali (GEO/09)
Field
A scelta dello studente
Type of training activity
Student's choice
48 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
hub:
course unit
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Learning objectives

The course is a guide in relating origin processes of ore deposits to tectonic settings.

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Course unit content

 Genesis of ore deposits: origin due to internal processes; origin due to surface processes. Plate tectonic controls and mineralization in tectonic settings. Classifications of ore deposits. Examples of the most important types of ore deposit. Ore mineralization through geological time.

Full programme

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Bibliography

Evans, A.M. - Ore Geology and Industrial Minerals. An Introduction -1992, Blackwell Scientific Publications ,Oxford<br />

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