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Bauxite provinces of the world

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Phanerozoic bauxite provinces are contoured and characterized. The relations to large tectonic units—ancient and young platforms, island arcs and foldbelts, active continental margins, etc.—are chosen as the major criterion for the recognition of bauxite provinces; 19 provinces of different age and conditions of bauxite deposition are described. Single- and multistage as well as single- and multilevel provinces are distinguished depending on the type of tectonic and geomorphic structure. The most productive bauxite provinces are located in the present-day tropical zone within ancient Gondwanan platforms. Three-level provinces with Cretaceous bauxite at the highest and oldest (post-Gondwanan) surface and Cenozoic deposits at lower and younger planation surfaces are predominant. The most complex, two- and three-stage and multilevel provinces are related to ancient fold regions. The single-level provinces are localized in young island arcs and oceanic islands. The prevalent genetic types of bauxite deposits—lateritic, sedimentary, and karst—are shown in the map of bauxite provinces.

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Original Russian Text © B.A. Bogatyrev, V.V. Zhukov, 2009, published in Geologiya Rudnykh Mestorozhdenii, 2009, Vol. 51, No. 5, pp. 379–396.

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Bogatyrev, B.A., Zhukov, V.V. Bauxite provinces of the world. Geol. Ore Deposits 51, 339–355 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1075701509050018

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