Wolfgang Derek Maier, Raimo Lahtinen, Hugh O'Brien

Mineral Deposits of Finland

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Mineral Deposits of Finland is the only up-to-date and inclusive reference available that fully captures the scope of Finland's mineral deposits and their economic potential. Finland hosts Europe's most mature rocks and large cratonic blocks, analogous to western Australia and Southern Africa, which are the most mineralized terrains on Earth.Authored by the world's premier experts on Finnish mineral exploration and mining, Mineral Deposits of Finland offers a thorough summary of the mineral deposits and their petrogenesis, helping readers to map, explore, and identify Finland's renewed potential for mineral exploration and extraction.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier / Elsevier Books
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: C2012-0-02750-0
• Seitenzahl: 802
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 193mm x 46mm
• Gewicht: 1705g
• ISBN-13: 9780124104389
• ISBN-10: 012410438X
• Artikelnr.: 37438637

Autorenporträt

Wolfgang D. Maier is Professor of Economic Geology at Cardiff University, Wales, UK. He has more than 25 years of experience in the field conducting research on magmatic ore deposits. He has authored more than 100 journal papers and has been a contributing author or editor of several books, monographs, and geological maps.

Inhaltsangabe

1. A history of the exploration for and discovery of Finland's ore deposits2. Synthesis of geological evolution and metallogeny of Finland 3. Magmatic Ni-Cu-(PGE) deposits4. Deposits related to carbonatities and kimberlites5. Gold deposits6. Fe deposits of Finland7. VMS deposits8. Deposits related to granites9. Other types of mineral deposits 11. Exploration methods12. Finland's mineral resources--Opportunities and challenges for future mining