Phosphate Deposits of the World: Volume 2, Phosphate Rock Resources (Cambridge Earth Science Series)

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 596 pages
• Published by: Cambridge University Press June 30, 2005
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 052167333X
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0521673334
• Book Dimensions: 11.4 x 8 x 1.6 inches
• Weighs: 3.1 pounds

Product Description
This book is the second of four reference volumes which collectively describe the achievements of the International Geological Correlation Programme Project 156 (Phosphorites) during the ten years of the Project's existence. Volume 2 contains 93 chapters contributed by 111 researchers, dealing with most, if not all, of the major individual deposits or phosphate fields of the world, whether of igneous or sedimentary origin. Total resources of phosphate rock are extremely large, but are unequally distributed geographically and only a relatively small proportion can be mined on an economic scale at present. The text is arranged on a continental basis, with an introductory chapter for each continent summarising the distribution of resources within the geological timescale. This unique volume provides a good understanding of the mode of occurrence, geological setting and phosphogenesis of the world's phosphate resources. It forms an invaluable aid to the search for, and exploitation of, phosphate deposits in many countries.

Book Description
This book is the second of four reference volumes which collectively describe the achievements of the International Geological Correlation Programme Project 156 (Phosphorites) during the ten years of the Project's existence. Volume 2 contains 93 chapters contributed by 111 researchers, dealing with most, if not all, of the major individual deposits or phosphate fields of the world, whether of igneous or sedimentary origin.

Reader Reviews
This review is from: Phosphate Deposits of the World: Volume 2, Phosphate Rock Resources (Cambridge Earth Science Series) (Hardcover) In spite of the fact that this book was written years ago, the information it contains is timeless. It describes major Phanerozoic phosphate-bearing deposits all over the world. This book is a sequel to an earlier one on Proterozoic and Precambrian phosphate deposits. Phosphate has many uses. For example, it is important in such things as fertilizer and phosphorus-based chemicals. The book contains tables of tonnages of phosphate material, world maps of variable detail showing the location and deployment of major deposits, geochronology of host lithologies, geochemistry of major deposits, sedimentary facies of occurrences, and stratigraphic columns that put the deposits into vertical context, etc. Compared with the first volume, this one is more explicitly locality-centered. In addition, it has many photos of veins, minerals, etc.