Economic geology is a mixtum compositum of all geoscientific disciplines focused on one
goal, finding new mineral depsosits and enhancing their exploitation. The keystones of this …

Abstract The Bir Tuluha ophiolite is one of the most famous chromitite-bearing occurrences
in the Arabian Shield of Saudi Arabia, where chromitite bodies are widely distributed as …

The tectonic evolution of the Cathaysia Block in South China has been debated, with limited
information to constrain the early Paleozoic geodynamics and paleogeography in the …

Field geology, geochemical analyses and multi-sensor remotely sensed data of Landsat-8,
ASTER and Sentinel-2 were used to detect various types of hydrothermal alteration and …

The Karayasmak ultramafic–mafic association (KUMA) in NE Turkey represents an Alaskan-
type, pre-Liassic intrusion in the Pulur metamorphic massif and is one of many such intrusive …

Alaskan-type platinum-bearing plutons and potassium-enriched mafic to ultramafic volcanic
rocks are temporally and spatially associated within the Late Cretaceous–Paleocene …

The Quetico Intrusions are a series of ultramafic–mafic igneous rocks that occur along the
northern Quetico subprovince boundary. These intrusions show lithological zoning from …

Devonian magmatism was very intensive in the tectonic evolutionary history of the Chinese
Altai, a key part of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB). The Devonian Keketuohai mafic …

I-and A-type granitoid rocks, emplaced during pre-and post-collision stages, respectively, of
the Neoproterozoic Pan-African Orogeny, are widely distributed in the Eastern Desert of …

Abstract The Nizhny Tagil Uralian-(Alaskan)-type Ultramafic Complex is composed of a
dunite core with a rim of wehrlite and pyroxenite. The dunite unit, which has a uniform …