Nickel Sulfide Ores and Impact Melts. Origin of the Sudbury Igneous Complex

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Nickel Sulfide Ores and Impact Melts: Origin of the Sudbury Igneous Complex presents a current state of understanding on the geology and ore deposits of the Sudbury Igneous Complex in Ontario, Canada. As the first complete reference on the subject, this book explores the linkage between the processes of meteorite impact, melt sheet formation, differentiation, sulfide immiscibility and metal collection, and the localization of ores by magmatic and post-magmatic processes. The discovery of new ore deposits requires industry and government scientists and academic scholars to have access to the latest understanding of ore formation process models that link to the mineralization of their host rocks. The ore deposits at Sudbury are one of the world’s largest ore systems, representing a classic case study that brings together very diverse datasets and ways of thinking. This book is designed to emphasize concepts that can be applied across a broad range of ore deposit types beyond Sudbury and nickel deposit geology. It is an essential resource for exploration geologists, university researchers, and government scientists, and can be used in rock and mineral analysis, remote sensing, and geophysical applications. Content: Front matter,Copyright,Dedication,Preface,AcknowledgmentsEntitled to full textChapter 1 - Sudbury – an introduction to the ore deposits and the impact structure, Pages 2-67, 67.e1-67.e13 Chapter 2 - A synthesis of the geology of the Sudbury Structure, Pages 68-189 Chapter 3 - Petrology and geochemistry of the Sudbury igneous complex, Pages 190-295, 295.e1 Chapter 4 - The mineral system characteristics of the Sudbury Ni-Cu-Co-PGE sulfide ore deposits, Pages 296-440 Chapter 5 - The relationship between the impact melt sheet and the Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide mineral systems at Sudbury, Pages 442-508 Chapter 6 - Sudbury nickel in a global context, Pages 510-591 References and Sudbury Bibliography, Pages 593-652 Index, Pages 653-662