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Υ7204 - GEOLOGY OF SEDIMENTARY AND SUPERGENE DEPOSITS

 

Semester:

7th

Course Type:

Mandatory

Course Code:

Y7204

eClass URL

Hours per Week

- Lecturing:

2

- Practical/Lab Exersices:

2

Total Hours of Fieldwork Exersice:

12

ERASMUS:

 

ECTS:

6

Teaching Units:

4

Prerequisites:

-

Expected Prior Knowlegde:

Υ2201
Y2202
Y3201
Y3202
Y3205
Y4201
Y4203
Y5202
Y6205


Course Content

This course covers a wide variety of chapters that are based on the combined knowledge of the principles of General Geology, Mineralogy, Petrology, Tectonics, Geochemistry and Geology of orthomagmatic and hydrothermal ore deposits. The course’s scope is to understand and systematize the fundamental characteristics, and the genetic processes of the “Sedimentary” and “Surficial-Supergene” ore deposits ”.

Deposit characteristics and models of sedimentary deposits. Chemical sedimentation ─ Banded iron formations (BIF). Clastic sedimentation and concentration of heavy minerals ─ alluvial deposits (placer). Deposits of Evaporites. Brines. Magnesite deposits;  Deposit characteristics and Genetic Models of Residual Deposits. Surface and supergene processes ─ Fundamental chemical weathering processes. Lateritic deposits Ni-Fe(–Co). Bauxite deposits-Karst Bauxites. The creation and deposit significance of Gossans; Models of Genesis of Industrial Mineral Deposits. Geology and Genesis of Industrial Minerals Deposits: Perlite, Bentonite, Zeolites, Phosphorites.


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