Geol.825         METALLOGENY AND PLATE TECTONICS                                          (3 C.H)

Mineralization at convergent margins- i) Arcs and their associated deposits, ii) metal deposits on the inner sides of Principal Arcs, iii) deposits of Arc-Related Rifts.
Mineralization at divergent margins - i) Metal deposits at spreading ocean crust, ii) Intracontinental spreading zones  and  mineralization- a) Early  stage rifting and related mineralization, b) Advanced stage rifting and related mineralization.                          
Mineralization at collisional environments. Tectonics related mineralization in Pakistan.

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• Metal Deposits in Relation to Plate Tectonics, by F.J. Sawking, 1984, Springer-Verlag, New York.
• Metallogenic evolution of a collisional mountain belt in Pakistan: a preliminary analysis, by R.H. Sillitoe, 1978, Jour. Geol. Soc. London, vol. 135, pp. 377-387.
• Metallogeny  and plate  tectonic, by D.F. Strong (ed.), 1976, Geol. Soc. Canada Special Publication 14.
• The Evolving Continents, by B.F. Windley, 1978, Wiley, New York.