Ore Deposits and Mantle Plumes
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: February 28, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 576
ISBN-13: 9780412811401
Subjects: Petrology; Vulcanology & seismology; Geochemistry; Ore Processing; Science; Science/Mathematics; Earth Sciences - Geology; Earth Sciences - Mineralogy; Geophysics; Science / Geophysics; Mining; Mantle plumes; Metallogeny; Ore deposits
First sentence: The Earth dissipates heat through various modes of magmatic activity, such as that which occurs at mid-ocean ridges, oceanic volcanic chains and in plate interiors.