dc.contributor.advisor |
Hanley, Jacob James, 1976- |
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dc.coverage.spatial |
Ontario |
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dc.creator |
Watts, Kathleen Margot |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2014-07-23T18:27:32Z |
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dc.date.available |
2014-07-23T18:27:32Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2014 |
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dc.identifier.other |
QE515.185 O6 W38 2014 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/25841 |
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dc.description |
129 leaves : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; 29 cm. |
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dc.description |
Includes abstract and appendix. |
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dc.description |
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 118-126). |
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dc.description.abstract |
The Sudbury Igneous Complex (SIC), Ontario, Canada, is the product of a massive bolide impact and has been studied extensively due to its rich endowment of magmatic sulfide (Ni-Cu-platinum-group element) ore deposits. In this study, apatite-hosted melt inclusions from the Main Mass and quartz diorite offset dikes are analyzed for trace and major element compositions. The results of apatite-hosted melt inclusion major and trace element chemistry show two contrasting Si- and Fe-rich coevally (co-entrapped) melt inclusions are present in the SIC Main Mass and offset dikes. The apatite-hosted melt inclusions from the mineralized Whistle offset dike are enriched in Ni by up to 4 orders of magnitude compared to those melt inclusions trapped in the units stratigraphically higher in the SIC. This study provides the first in-situ determination of actual ore metal concentrations from early trapped melt of the SIC and trace element partitioning behavior between immiscible liquids in nature. |
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en |
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dc.publisher |
Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University |
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dc.subject.lcc |
QE515.185.O6 |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Igneous rocks -- Inclusions -- Ontario -- Sudbury (District) |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Geochemistry -- Ontario -- Sudbury (District) |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Petrogenesis -- Ontario -- Sudbury (District) |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Trace elements -- Ontario -- Sudbury (District) |
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dc.title |
A melt inclusion study of the Sudbury Igneous Complex (Ontario, Canada) : evidence for two-liquid immiscibility and constraints on trace element distribution |
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dc.type |
Text |
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thesis.degree.name |
Master of Science in Applied Science |
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thesis.degree.level |
Masters |
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thesis.degree.discipline |
Geology |
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thesis.degree.grantor |
Saint Mary's University (Halifax, N.S.) |
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