Keywords:
Geology.
;
Geochemistry.
;
Mineralogy.
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Mining and the nature of gold deposits -- Chapter 3. Data to processes, examples, and discovery -- Chapter 4. Provinciality of goldfields -- Chapter 5. Enrichment of gold above background -- Chapter 6. Segregation of gold from base metals -- Chapter 7. Timing of deposit formation -- Chapter 8. Ore fluid types as recorded in fluid inclusions -- Chapter 9. Commonality and diversity: both need explanation. Chapter 10. Magmatic processes that lead to gold-only deposits -- Chapter 11. Fluids in the earth’s crust -- Chapter 12. Alteration in gold-only deposits -- Chapter 13. Case study: the formation of a giant goldfield: Kalgoorlie, Western Australia -- Chapter 14. Hydrothermal transport of gold -- Chapter 15. Metamorphic processes leading to gold-only deposits -- Chapter 16. Modification of deposits at high temperature -- Chapter 17. Formation and modification of deposits at lower temperatures -- Chapter 18. Carlin, Witwatersrand and some other gold-only examples -- Chapter 19. Gold-plus Copper-Gold deposits -- Chapter 20. Discoveries and the role of science in the Yilgarn goldfields of Western Australia -- Chapter 21. Discovery of Fosterville Deeps, Victorian Gold Province: long term science. Chapter 22. Summary and conclusions.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource(XVIII, 842 p. 1 illus.)
Edition:
1st ed. 2022.
ISBN:
9789811648717
Series Statement:
Modern Approaches in Solid Earth Sciences 22
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4871-7
DOI:
10.1007/978-981-16-4871-7
Language:
English
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