Course abstract

This course may be looked as a first level course on Mineral Resources of the Earth that has the following broad components: • Conceptualization of ore formation as intimately linked to fundamental earth processes operating at different scales; parallelism between evolution of the crust and different deposit types through geologic ages; fundamental processes (magmatism, sedimentation, weathering/erosion, fluid activities) and morphology of resultant deposits • Use of basic knowledge of ore geology in mineral exploration, case studies of discovery of some world class deposits; appraisal of mineral resources. • Economics of exploitation of mineral resources – international trade, price and policies • Environmental impact of resource exploitation