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Behaviour of Ore-Forming Elements in the Sub-Continental Lithospheric Mantle Below the Slave Craton
DownloadFall 2020
The transport and depositional controls of ore-forming elements such as Ag, Au, Bi, Cu, Mo, Pb, Pt, and Zn has been extensively studied in crustal environments, but the behaviour of these elements within Earth’s mantle require further study. This thesis presents new petrographic and geochemical...
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Meso- and Neoarchaean Banded Iron Formations of the Slave Craton, NW Canada: Seawater Chemistry, Source Characteristics, Depositional Setting and Age Constraints
DownloadFall 2016
Banded iron formations (BIFs) are iron- and silica-rich chemical sedimentary rocks that have been widely used as a proxy for the chemical and redox composition of Achaean seawater. Within the Slave Craton (Northwest Territories, Canada), two different BIF deposits exist: (1) an ~ 2.85 Ga unit...
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The origin and evolution of eclogite xenoliths and associated diamonds from the Jericho kimberlite, northern Slave craton, Canada: an integrated petrological, geochemical and isotopic study
DownloadFall 2011
Diamond-bearing eclogite xenoliths are relatively rare but provide insight into the composition and evolution of the cratonic lithospheric mantle and also insight into the diamond formation process. The major-, trace-element and Sr-Pb-O-isotope compositions of both high- and low-MgO diamond...