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In the supergene zone of the earth’s crust, chemical elements migrate at low temperatures and pressures. This zone may extend for several thousand meters below the surface. It is underlain by a zone of metamorphism, which, in turn, is underlain by a zone of magmatism. The name “supergene” was coined by Fersman (1934), who considered it to be a zone of various surface and near-surface phenomena such as the formation of soils, weathering, sedimentation, etc. Here, the term will be used exactly in that sense.* It should be mentioned that the processes of the supergene zone are in contrast to those of the hypogene zone, which occur at high temperatures and pressures.
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Perel’man, A.I. (1967). Introduction. In: Geochemistry of Epigenesis. Monographs in Geoscience. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6497-7_1
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