The geology and tectonic settings of China’s mineral deposits / Геология и тектонические условия залежей полезных ископаемых в Китае

China is an emerging superpower, with a huge demand for raw materials and mineral resources that are being used to increase the standard of living conditions for its residents and bolster its surge forward in the global economy. To enable this rapid growth, China is also undertaking an education revolution with the help of experts from around the world in many different fields of endeavour. This authoritative book—encyclopaedic in scope—fits very nicely into that frame by presenting a comprehensive account of China’s mineral deposits and how they relate to the geological history of that vast country by one of the world’s leading experts on mineral systems from Australia, Dr. Franco Pirajno. Dr. Pirajno is eminently qualified to present this work, having had a diverse career in industry, government and academia that includes 19 years in mineral exploration with the Anglo-American Corporation of South Africa, a stint as Chair of Economic Geology at Rhodes University, SouthAfrica, and 20 years with the Geological Survey of Western Australia. He has held visiting professorships at Peking University and China University of Geosciences and currently has honorary appointments at the Institute of Mineral Resources (ChineseAcademy of Geological Sciences), Beijing, the University of Western Australia, Perth, the Centre for Russian and Central EurAsian Mineral Studies (CERCAMS, Natural History Museum, London) and the Australian Centre for Astrobiology, University of New South Wales, Sydney. This is his fourth book on mineral deposits. His first three are “Hydrothermal Mineral Deposits— Principles and fundamental concepts for the Exploration Geologist” (Springer-Verlag 1992), “Ore Deposits and Mantle Plumes” (Kluwer Academic Publishers 2000), and “Hydrothermal processes and mineral systems” (Springer 2009). More importantly, Dr. Pirajno has travelled extensively through China and visited a variety of that country’s mineral deposits, providing the reader with first-hand accounts of critical observations. <...>

China’s Tectonic Framework in the Global Context

North China and Tarim Cratonic Blocks

Yangtze Craton, Cathaysia and the South China Block

Orogenic belts: South China, Central China and Qinling-Dabie, Hinggan

Tianshan, Junggar and Altay Orogens (NW China), the Alpine-Himalayan Fold Belts (Tethyan Orogens), Kunlun and Songpan-Ganzi Terranes

Large Igneous Provinces (Xiong’er, Dashigou, 827 Ma Event, Tarim, Emeishan) and the Yanshanian Tectono-thermal Event of Eastern China

Volcano-sedimentary and Sedimentary Basins in China: Junggar, Tarim, Tuha, Qaidam-Hoh Xil, Ordos; Basins in Eastern China Associated with Lithospheric Thinning (Songliao, Bohai)