Geological process
Supergene enrichment
Redistribution of metal near the surface by descending oxidising water: metal is dissolved from an upper zone and reprecipitated lower down, raising the concentration there above what the original mineralisation held.
In the knowledge graph
- Supergene enrichment is a depositional mechanism for Nickel-cobalt laterite system
- Supergene enrichment modifies Porphyry copper system
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