SUBJECT
Title
Geology of bauxites
Type of instruction
lecture
Level
master
Faculty
Part of degree program
Credits
2
Recommended in
Semester 1
Typically offered in
Autumn semester
Course description
Bauxites as mineral raw material for the aluminium industry. Bauxites occurring on the lateritic and in the karstic association. Bauxites: soils or sedimentary rocks? Sequence stratigraphic implications.. Bauxites and geodynamics. Bauxites as climatic indicators. Bauxites in time and space. Bauxites in the Mediterranean. Introduction to the bauxite deposits of the Caerpathian-Pannonian region. Methods of research on bauxites and the interpretation of data thus collected. The role of research in teh elaboration of a succesful exploration strategy.
Readings
- Bárdossy, Gy. (1977): Karst Baxuites. Akadémiai Kiadó, 413 p
- Bárdossy,Gy., Aleva G.J.J. (1990): Lateritic Bauxites Akadémiai Kiadó-Elsevier, 624 p.
- D’Argenio,B., Mindszenty,A.(1995): Bauxites and related paleokarst: tectonic and climatic event-markers at regional uinconformities Ecl. Geol. Helv. 88/3: 453-499.