Ore Deposits, 2nd Edition (Books in Geology)

This edition presents the student with the facts and principles needed in understanding how and why ore bodies are deposited in certain environments, an understanding that is essential to today's exploration geologist. This book has become a standard text for introductory courses in ore deposits, economic geology, metallics, exploration geology, and related subjects.Retaining the emphasis of the first edition on the importance of field evidence in the study of ore deposits, Professor Park has updated the references in this edition and revised the discussions of processes and the descriptive examples to reflect recent developments. He has added a brief, entirely new chapter on metallogenic provinces and epochs and brief discussions of the Jamaican bauxite deposits and the Palabora carbonatite copper deposit.