Mineral systems, Earth evolution and global metallogeny / Минеральные системы, эволюция Земли и глобальная металлогения

The formation of ore deposits and their broader-scale mineral systems requires the conjunction of several essential parameters including their geodynamic setting in the contemporaneous tectonic regime and their subsequent preservation in the ensuing tectonic regimes affecting their formational site. Therefore it is not surprising that there is a close connection between global tectonic regimes, among other factors such as source of ore components and structural pathways to formational sites, and global metallogeny. Over the past 5 years, the coauthors, D.I. Groves, and M. Santosh, have published several papers in a range of journals concerning this close relationship between metallogeny, tectonics, and other aspects of an evolving Earth. These demonstrate that not only does global metallogeny match well with accepted tectonic and supercontinent models, but it also assists in their refinement because of the conjunction of critical parameters that mineral systems require to be formed and preserved. This book brings together these and other relevant papers within the framework of the minerals system concept to provide a synthesis of the nexus between the evolution of the Earth and its metallogenic provinces. <...>