| Title | Magma recharge and mixing processes in continental flood basalt reservoirs: evidence from melt inclusions in basalts from the High Arctic Large Igneous Province, Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
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| Author | Williamson, M -C ;
Jackson, S E; Yang, Z; Venance, K; Hunt, P |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8377, 2018, 7 pages (1 sheet), https://doi.org/10.4095/306634  Open Access |
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| Year | 2018 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is related to Volcanology and geochemistry
of HALIP flood basalts, Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Nunavut |
| NTS | 49G; 59E; 59F; 59G; 59H; 120F; 340B; 340C; 340D; 340E; 340F; 560A; 560D |
| Area | Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Ellesmere Island; Axel Heiberg Island |
| Lat/Long WENS | -96.0000 -64.0000 83.5000 78.0000 |
| Subjects | economic geology; mineralogy; geochemistry; igneous and metamorphic petrology; bedrock geology; lithology; igneous rocks; volcanic rocks; basalts; lava flows; breccias, volcanic; mudstones; plagioclase;
host rocks; volcanism; lavas; inclusions; phenocrysts; metallogeny; mineral deposits; mineral potential; ore mineral genesis; nickel; copper; major element analyses; electron probe analyses; mass spectrometer analysis; trace element analyses;
textural analyses; scanning electron microscope analyses; thin section microscopy; whole rock analyses; mineral zoning; petrogenesis; High Arctic Large Igneous Province (HALIP); Sverdrup Basin; Strand Fiord Formation; Methodology; Phanerozoic;
Mesozoic; Cretaceous |
| Illustrations | location maps; schematic sections; profiles; photomicrographs; plots; tables |
| Program | GEM2: Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals Western Arctic, High Arctic LIP |
| Program | Polar Continental Shelf Program
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| Released | 2018 03 14 |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
This poster describes the results of geochemical studies carried out on flood basalts of the High Arctic Large Igneous Province (HALIP). The study area
is located near Bunde Fiord, northern Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut. The study is part of bedrock mapping and sampling carried out under the GEM 2 HALIP Activity. The authors present the first attempt at resolving the composition of primitive magmas
by comparing trace element concentrations in the whole rock and in melt inclusions preserved in plagioclase phenocrysts. Under favourable conditions, these primitive, Mg-rich magmas have the potential of generating Ni-Cu-PGE deposits hosted in
shallow sills or dykes. The study carries important implications for the economic potential of the HALIP magmatic system in this region of Nunavut. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 306634 |
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