Metalliferous sediments of the world ocean : fundamental theory of deep-sea hydrothermal sedimentation /

"The monograph describes the distribution, composition and accumulation rates of recent and ancient metalliferous sediments and their components in the oceans and the Red Sea. The processes influencing the formation of composition of metal-bearing matter of the metalliferous sediments, from hydrothe...

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Main Author:	Gurvich, E. G. (Evgeniĭ Girshevich)
Format:	Book
Language:	English German
Published:	Berlin ; New York : Springer, [2006], ©2006.
Subjects:	Marine sediments. Sediments (Geology) Ore deposits.
Online Access:	Notre Dame Online Access Online Access Online Access
Summary:	"The monograph describes the distribution, composition and accumulation rates of recent and ancient metalliferous sediments and their components in the oceans and the Red Sea. The processes influencing the formation of composition of metal-bearing matter of the metalliferous sediments, from hydrothermal effluence to accumulation on the ocean floor, are considered, and known patterns in distribution of chemical element contents in the metalliferous sediments are explained. The influence of various natural factors on the formation of metalliferous strata is shown quantitatively. Metalliferous sediments allow the reconstruction of the intensity and position of past hydrothermal activity and associated mineral formation in the ocean. Furthermore, the most probable positions of buried hydrothermal accumulations are reconstructed. The book is aimed at geologists, ore geologists, marine geologists and geochemists, oceanographers including paleo-ceanographers, as well as at undergraduate and graduate students."--Jacket.