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Fall 2009
Recent discoveries of kimberlites in North America have revealed that different processes are involved in the generation of kimberlite magma. A multi-disciplinary approach combining mineralogical, petrological, geochemical, and geochronological methods is used to classify the kimberlites,...
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Spring 2020
The Pikoo kimberlites of east-central Saskatchewan are a relatively recent discovery, comprising at least ten discreet bodies thought to erupt through the Sask Craton, a small Archean microcontinent enclosed within the Paleoproterozoic Trans-Hudson Orogen. Since the Sask Craton also plays host...
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Spring 2017
Dating attempts on fossil material have thus far yielded mixed results. While successes have been reported on single specimens, most fossils are thought to have experienced a complex history that obscures a simple determination of age. For this thesis, transects along the cross-sections of 14...
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Geochronological and geochemical constraints on the origin of the Paleoproterozoic Union Island Group mafic magmatism, East Arm Basin, N.W.T.
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The Slave craton underwent widespread extension during the Paleoproterozoic. In the southern Slave craton, this extension is manifest in multiple periods of continental mafic magmatism emplaced between 2.3–2.2 Ga and prior to 2.0–1.9 Ga calc-alkaline magmatism of the Taltson and Thelon zones...
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Geochemistry and source-tracing of the Sparrow Dyke Swarm, the Tsu Lake dykes, the Martin Group Igneous Rocks and the Christopher Island Formation
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The present study has determined that tholeiitic basalt dykes, trending 130, found near Tsu Lake, NT, are geochemically similar to the Sparrow Dyke Swarm (McGlynn et al., 1974). Geochemically, the correlation of the calc-alkaline basalts of the Martin Group Igneous Rock (MGIR) with the Sparrow...
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A new approach to understanding the origin of Fuerteventura, Canary Islands (Spain): A U-Pb, Hf and O isotope and minor- and trace- element detrital zircon study
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The Canarian Archipelago contains seven islands proximal to the African continent and High Atlas Mountains. The origin and magmatic evolution of these islands has been a contentious issue for several decades. This particular archipelago is unique because three of the islands (Fuerteventura, La...