Karst bauxites over the world have significant economic value and the geodynamic controls
of their formation have attracted wide attention. These deposits are distributed over a vast …

Permian lithium-rich karstic bauxites are newly discovered in central Yunnan province,
western margin of the South China Block, with a reserve of 16 million tonnes, which has a …

The sources of karstic bauxite are complex and have not been so far addressed by multi-
proxy provenance studies that interrogate bauxite sources. The Carboniferous bauxite in the …

The present study focuses on the Late Cretaceous Bidgol bauxite deposit in the Zagros
Simply Fold Belt, SW Iran. The orebody is located in the eroded major NW–SE trending Koh …

Abstract In the Irano–Himalayan karst bauxite belt, in northwestern Iran, karst bauxite
orebodies are widespread. Although several of these orebodies have been characterized …

More recent data of Greek bauxites from the Parnassos-Ghiona active mines prove that rare
earth elements (REEs) occur mainly in the form of authigenic/diagenetic LREE 3+ carbonate …

Bauxite is a residual rock, consisting mainly of a mixture of aluminium hydroxides, whose
industrial significance is primarily due to its profitably exploitable alumina contents. In the …

Mediterranean-type bauxite deposits in Sardinia formed during the Upper Cretaceous
(Cenomanian–Turonian) due to the emergence of the south European margin of the Alpine …

Above two billion tons of bauxite were formed during the exposure of the North China Craton
(NCC) in 445–300 Ma. Mineralogical, geochemical, and isotopic analyses of karstic bauxite …

The Kolijan bauxite deposit (southeast Mahabad, northwestern Iran) mainly contains
aluminum-bearing iron ores and was deposited in karstic depressions and sinkholes of the …