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Geological mystery: Study unearths how copper deposits formed
An international study has revealed how continental collisions may have supercharged the Earth's richest deposits of copper, a metal critical for clean energy technologies and global infrastructure. Dr. Yongjun Lu, from The University of Western Australia's School of Earth and Oceans and a principal geoscientist at RSC, was co-author of the study published in Science Advances. Researchers analyzed magmatic rocks from the Gangdese belt in southern Tibet—one of the world's richest porphyry copper provinces. Porphyry copper deposits are the largest copper source globally and form when hot hydrothermal fluids travel ... (full story)