Title: Metal Deposits Associated with the Early Stages of Continental Rifting
Abstract: As we have seen in previous chapters, rifting activity in oceanic and arc environments can be associated with the generation of certain types of metal deposits, but in this chapter I will consider metal deposits that tend to form in continental rift settings. As stated so aptly by Mohr (1982), “sufficient unto rift valleys are the existing models thereof.” Mohr stresses the complexity and variability of rift systems and the need to re-examine some of the notions regarding rifting that have become entrenched in the minds of many workers. He demonstrates, for example, that the stratigraphic record, where legible, does not always support the notion of prior updoming, and that the development of suites of exotic alkaline rocks is not a universal feature of rift development.
Publication Year: 1984
Publication Date: 1984-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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