TY - BOOK AU - Neukirchen, Florian AU - Ries, Gunnar TI - The World of Mineral Deposits: A Beginner's Guide to Economic Geology SN - 9783030343453 U1 - 553 PY - 2020/// CY - Cham, Switzerland: PB - Springer, N1 - Cover Front Matter 1. Introduction 2. The World of Metals 3. Magmatic Deposits 4. Hydrothermal Deposits 5. Deposits Formed by Sedimentation and Weathering 6. Fossil Fuels 7. Industrial Minerals and Rocks Back Matter N2 - This vivid introduction to economic geology not only describes the most important deposit types, but also the processes involved in their formation. Magmatic, hydrothermal and sedimentary processes as well as weathering and alteration are explained in the framework of plate tectonics and the history of the Earth. The chapter about fossil fuels includes unconventional deposits and the much-debated fracking. Other topics covered are exploration, mining and economic aspects like commodity prices ER -