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1 online resource (377 p.) |
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Chapter 1. The Rare Earth Resources of Europe and Greenland: Mining Potential and Challenges -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. The extreme diversity of rare earths -- 1.2.1. Rare earth elements -- 1.2.2. Rare earth minerals -- 1.3. The economy of rare earths in the world and their place in Europe -- 1.3.1. The application domains for rare earths -- 1.3.2. The evolution of prices -- 1.3.3. Europe in the rare earth economy -- 1.4. Classification of rare earth deposits -- 1.4.1. Primary endogenous deposits -- 1.4.2. Secondary exogenous deposits |
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1.5. Rare earths deposits in Europe -- 1.5.1. Rare earth indices in the Baltic shield -- 1.5.2. The rare earths indices of the Caledonides -- 1.5.3. Rare earth occurrences in the Variscan belt -- 1.5.4. Rare earths indices from the Mesozoic -- 1.5.5. Rare earth occurrences from the Cenozoic and Quaternary -- 1.6. The rare earths deposits of Greenland -- 1.6.1. The alkaline provinces of the Archean (2,750-2,700 Ma) -- 1.6.2. Paleoproterozoic deposits at Karrat (NIAQ and UMIA) -- 1.6.3. Pegmatites from the late Paleoproterozoic (1,800.1,785 Ma) -- 1.6.4. Gardar Mesoproterozoic alkaline province |
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1.6.5. Carbonatites from the Neoproterozoic to the Mesozoic (southwestern Greenland) -- 1.6.6. Milne Land Jurassic.Cretaceous REE-Ti-Zr paleoplacer -- 1.6.7. Alkaline complexes from the Paleogene (central and eastern Greenland) -- 1.7. The origin of the rare earth deposits in Europe and Greenland -- 1.7.1. Partial melting and crystal fractionation -- 1.7.2. Chlorinity of hydrothermal systems -- 1.7.3. Exogenous rare earth cycle -- 1.8. Strengths and weaknesses of rare earths deposits in Europe and Greenland -- 1.9. Conclusion -- 1.10. Acknowledgments -- 1.11. References |
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Chapter 2. The Cornubian Batholith: Post-Collisional Variscan Granites and Resources -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Tectonic context of magmatism and resources -- 2.2.1. Variscan tectonics -- 2.2.2. Post-Variscan tectonics -- 2.3. Lamprophyres and basalts -- 2.4. The Cornubian Batholith and associated felsic igneous rocks -- 2.4.1. Geophysical data -- 2.4.2. Field occurrence -- 2.4.3. Mineralogical and textural variation -- 2.4.4. Mineral chemistry -- 2.4.5. Whole-rock geochemistry -- 2.4.6. Geochronology -- 2.4.7. Synthesis -- 2.5. Granite-related mineralization |
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2.5.1. Disseminated magmatic mineralization -- 2.5.2. Pegmatites -- 2.5.3. Replacement deposits -- 2.5.4. Mineralization associated with greisen and potassic alteration -- 2.5.5. Tourmaline-dominated veins, lodes and intrusive breccias -- 2.5.6. Polymetallic sulfide lodes -- 2.5.7. Mineralization models -- 2.6. Post-granite mineralization -- 2.6.1. Cross-course mineralization -- 2.6.2. Five-element (Co-Ni-Bi-As-Ag) and uranium mineralization -- 2.6.3. Hydrocarbons -- 2.7. China clay -- 2.8. The past, present and future of the resources sector in SW England -- 2.8.1. W, Sn, Cu |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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2.8.2. Lithium micas (St Austell granite) |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781394264797 |
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1394264798 |
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