[article]
Titre : |
Secular variation in economic geology |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
Richard J. Goldfarb, Auteur ; Dwight Bradley, Auteur ; David L. Leach, Auteur |
Année de publication : |
2011 |
Article en page(s) : |
pp. 459-465 |
Note générale : |
Economic geology |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
Mots-clés : |
Economic geology Secular variation Ores Mineral deposits |
Index. décimale : |
553 Géologie économique. Minérographie. Minéraux. Formation et gisements de minerais |
Résumé : |
The temporal pattern of ore deposits on a constantly evolving Earth reflects the complex interplay between the evolving global tectonic regime, episodic mantle plume events, overall changes in global heat flow, atmospheric and oceanic redox states, and even singular impact and glaciation events. Within this framework, a particular ore deposit type will tend to have a time-bound nature. In other words, there are times in Earth history when particular deposit types are absent, times when these deposits are present but scarce, times when they are abundant, and still other times for which we lack sufficient data. Understanding of such secular variation provides a critical first-order tool for exploration targeting, because rocks that have formed or were deformed during a certain time slice may be very permissive for a given deposit type, whereas identification of rocks of less favorable ages would help eliminate large areas during exploration programs. Secular analysis, therefore, is potentially a powerful tool for mineral resource assessment in poorly known terranes, providing a quick filter for favorability of a given deposit type using age of host rocks. |
DEWEY : |
553 |
ISSN : |
0361-0128 |
En ligne : |
http://econgeol.geoscienceworld.org/content/105/3/459.extract |
in Economic geology > Vol. 105 N° 3 (Mai 2010) . - pp. 459-465
[article] Secular variation in economic geology [texte imprimé] / Richard J. Goldfarb, Auteur ; Dwight Bradley, Auteur ; David L. Leach, Auteur . - 2011 . - pp. 459-465. Economic geology Langues : Anglais ( eng) in Economic geology > Vol. 105 N° 3 (Mai 2010) . - pp. 459-465
Mots-clés : |
Economic geology Secular variation Ores Mineral deposits |
Index. décimale : |
553 Géologie économique. Minérographie. Minéraux. Formation et gisements de minerais |
Résumé : |
The temporal pattern of ore deposits on a constantly evolving Earth reflects the complex interplay between the evolving global tectonic regime, episodic mantle plume events, overall changes in global heat flow, atmospheric and oceanic redox states, and even singular impact and glaciation events. Within this framework, a particular ore deposit type will tend to have a time-bound nature. In other words, there are times in Earth history when particular deposit types are absent, times when these deposits are present but scarce, times when they are abundant, and still other times for which we lack sufficient data. Understanding of such secular variation provides a critical first-order tool for exploration targeting, because rocks that have formed or were deformed during a certain time slice may be very permissive for a given deposit type, whereas identification of rocks of less favorable ages would help eliminate large areas during exploration programs. Secular analysis, therefore, is potentially a powerful tool for mineral resource assessment in poorly known terranes, providing a quick filter for favorability of a given deposit type using age of host rocks. |
DEWEY : |
553 |
ISSN : |
0361-0128 |
En ligne : |
http://econgeol.geoscienceworld.org/content/105/3/459.extract |
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