Objectif In the Lesser Caucasus commercial reserves of ores in most copper deposits are now practically exhausted. Discovery of new deposits demands working out efficient techniques of their prospecting and exploration. For that reason the authors of the Project raised the following main objectives: 1) reconstruction of volcanostructures enclosing mineralization; 2) establishing paragenetic relations between ores and magmatism; 3) construction of specialized prognostication maps (1:50 000 - 1:25 000 scale) for copper ores of the region; 4) creation of geological-genetic and prospecting models for volcanogenic and porphyry copper deposits; 5) evaluation of remaining copper ore reserves in the Lesser Caucasus. To achieve the above objectives the following scientific-practical tasks should be solved: Task 1 - Collecting and processing data on volcanogenic deposits of Upper Cretaceous back-arc volcanostructures. Task 2 - Collection and prospecting data on volcanogenic copper and porphyry copper deposits of the Lesser Caucasian paleoislandarc. The first two tasks will be tested in Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia (the Somkhito-Karabakh and Bolnisi-Kazakh zones). Task 3 - Collection and processing data on molybdenum- and copper-molybdenum porphyry deposits of Azerbaijan and Armenia, and creation of genetic and exploration models of porphyry systems, which will be tested within areas of development of syenitic and granodioritic collisional-type intrusions in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia (Adjara). Task 4 - Assesment of copper potential of the Lesser Caucasus, working out recommendations for the study and development of promising copper-bearing areas. The works on the project will include the following kinds of laboratory investigations: microscoping study of rocks and ores; atomic-absorptional analyses on copper, gold and accompanying elements; roentgen-structural phase analysis; thermobarogeochemical and isotopic study. Mapping will be carried out using computer cartography techniques; metallogenic map of the Lesser Caucasus (1:500 000) and geological-structural and volcanological maps of individual copper-bearing areas (1:50 000 and 1:25 000 scale) will be digitized with the help of the computer program Arc GIS 9.0. The results obtained in the course of project implementation will contribute to such branches of earth sciences as metallogeny and volcanism. They will be also of practical significance and used in the search for new deposits of non-ferrous metals in the Lesser Caucasus. Mots‑clés Geodynamics Magmatism Metalogeny Volcanology Programme(s) IC-INTAS - International Association for the promotion of cooperation with scientists from the independent states of the former Soviet Union (INTAS), 1993- Thème(s) Data not available Appel à propositions Data not available Régime de financement Data not available Coordinateur UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE -SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS & CNRS Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse RUE ALBERT EINSTEIN, 250 VALBONNE France Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée Participants (4) Trier par ordre alphabétique Trier par contribution de l’UE Tout développer Tout réduire A. JANELIDZE INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY Géorgie Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse M. ALEKSIDZE, 1/9 TBILISI Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée BAKU STATE UNIVERSITY Azerbaïdjan Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Z. KHALILOV, 23 BAKU Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES Arménie Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse MARSHAL BAGRAMIAN AVE., 24A YEREVAN Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée UNIVERSITÄT POTSDAM Allemagne Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse KARL LIEBKNECHT STRASSE, 27 POTSDAM Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée
