MINERAL DEPOSITS
cod. 00482

Academic year 2007/08
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Georisorse minerarie e applicazioni mineralogico-petrografiche per l'ambiente e i beni culturali (GEO/09)
Field
Discipline mineralogiche, petrografiche e geochimiche
Type of training activity
Characterising
48 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
hub:
course unit
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Learning objectives

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

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

<br /> <br />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.<br /> <br /> 

Full programme

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Bibliography

<br />Evans, A.M. - Ore Geology and Industial minerals. An introduction - 1992, Blackwell Science

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