Ore Elements in ARC Lavas

by R. L. Stanton and R.L. Stanton

Book Overview

Most of the world's great volcanic massive suphide ore deposits, porphyry copper ores, and many of its richest gold veins occur in association with basalt-andesite-dactite-rhyolite laval suites that have erupted from ancient volcanic islands and their Precambrian equivalents. These volcanic arcs and their related aquatic-volcanic environments are now recognized as critical to an understanding of the evolution of the earth's crust and the origin of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198526458
• ISBN13: 9780198526452
• Release Date: November 2099
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 412 Pages