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Patterns in the crust: a key to ore discovery
Author(s) -
SELBY JONATHAN
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
geology today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.188
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1365-2451
pISSN - 0266-6979
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2451.1987.tb00522.x
Subject(s) - geology , crust , tectonics , earth science , lineament , mineral exploration , key (lock) , mineral resource classification , corporation , mining engineering , geochemistry , paleontology , computer science , computer security , finance , economics
Modern exploration geologists are confronted by a mass of information on the characteristics and localization of mineral deposits. Even so, the search for new economic deposits can be expensive and unrewarding. A theory developed by Tim O'Driscoll, consultant to the Australian mining giant Western Mining Corporation, attempts to explain the distribution of mineral deposits in terms of major crustal lineaments. The theory poses questions regarding the evolution of the Earth and planets, and creates problems for current plate tectonic theory.