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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Laznicka, Peter
Titre(s) : Giant Metallic Deposits [Texte électronique] : Future Sources of Industrial Metals / by Peter Laznicka
Publication : Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Springer e-books, 2010
Description matérielle : 1 online resource
Note(s) : Metals in the earth's crust are very unevenly distributed and, traditionally, a small
number of ore deposits, districts or countries have dominated the world supply and
have influenced commodity prices. The importance of exceptionally large, or rich,
deposits has greatly increased in the age of globalization when a small number of
international corporations dominate the metals market, based on few very large ore
deposits, practically anywhere in the world. Search for giant orebodies thus drives
the exploration industry: not only the in-house teams of large internationals, but
also hundreds of junior companies hoping to sell their significant discoveries to
the "big boys". Geological characteristics of giant metallic deposits and their setting
and the politico-economic constraints of access to and exploitation in prospective
areas have been a "hot topic" in the past fifteen years, but the knowledge generated
and published has been one-sided, scattered and fragmented. This is the first comprehensive
book on the subject that provides body of solid facts rather than rapidly changing
theories, written by author of the Empirical Metallogeny book series and founder of
the Data Metallogenica visual knowledge system on mineral deposits of the world, who
has had an almost 40 years long international academic and industrial experience.
The book will provide abundant material for comparative research in metallogeny, practical
information for the explorationists as to where to look for the "elephants", and some
inspiration for commodity investors
Sujet(s) : Géologie
Minéralogie
Sciences de la Terre
Indice(s) Dewey :
553 (23e éd.) = Géologie économique
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9783642124051
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44699647d
Notice n° :
FRBNF44699647
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