Origin and prospects of the Cimmerian iron ore basin in Ukraine and Russia
Journal: Lithology and Mineral Resources
Year: 2014

The article is dedicated to the geological structure and spatial position of the Cimmerian Kerch-Taman iron ore basin. Based on paleogeographic and recent geochemical data, it is shown that iron accumulated in the Cimmerian brackish lake originated mostly from weathered old rocks of the Ukrainian shield. The metal in question was delivered to the basin by its multistage migration and concentration owing to processes, which involved the eluvial zone of weathering crusts, krasnozem soils, rivers,