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Development and application of the Re-Os isotope system to sediment-hosted Zn-Pb ores and sedimentary pore waters
DownloadFall 2018
The rhenium-osmium (Re-Os) isotopic system is used to determine the age of, and trace the origins of, minerals and fluids found within the Earth's crust. This thesis focuses on application of Re-Os geochronology and isotope systematics to sulphide minerals from carbonate-hosted Zn-Pb ore...
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Spring 2018
Different laser ablation and mass spectrometry techniques and FTIR spectroscopy have been used to investigate elemental impurities, defects, and stable and radiogenic isotope compositions in natural diamond and ruby, with the aim of expanding previous research into diamond and ruby genesis,...