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Zechstein Copper-Bearing Shales in Poland. Lagoonal Environments and the Sapropel Model of Genesis

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Geology and Metallogeny of Copper Deposits

Part of the book series: Special Publication No. 4 of the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits ((MINERAL DEPOS.,volume 4))

Abstract

The palaeogeographic situation of the Fore-Sudetic Monocline during the first Zechstein evaporative subcycle, evolution of the metalliferous sedimentation and subsequent subaerial geological processes are illustrated on a redox map, geochemical profiles and diagram. The sequence of the sedimentation of the seaward and lagoonward slopes of the lagoonal barrier explains the differences between copper- and lead-bearing shale sedimentation environments. Subaerial abrasion, redeposition, oxidation, cementation and lagoonal brine infiltration contributed to the redistribution of metals in the just-formed sediments before Werra main dolomite sedimentation closed the first evaporative subcycle.

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  1. Institute of Geological Sciences, Jagellonian University, 2a Oleandry St., Kraków, Poland

    C. Harańczyk

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  1. Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre, RWTH Aachen, Wüllnerstraße 2, 5100, Aachen, Germany

    Günther H. Friedrich

  2. CCCP/IGEM, Staromonetny, 35, 109017, Moscow, USSR

    Alexandr D. Genkin

  3. Department of Geology, University of Toronto, M5S 1A1, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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    John D. Ridge

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  6. Geologisk Institut Norges Tekniske Høgskole, Universitetet i Trondheim, 7034, Trondheim, Norway

    Frank M. Vokes

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Harańczyk, C. (1986). Zechstein Copper-Bearing Shales in Poland. Lagoonal Environments and the Sapropel Model of Genesis. In: Friedrich, G.H., Genkin, A.D., Naldrett, A.J., Ridge, J.D., Sillitoe, R.H., Vokes, F.M. (eds) Geology and Metallogeny of Copper Deposits. Special Publication No. 4 of the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70902-9_33

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