Assessing primary versus secondary features in two pegmatite swarms with implications for the nature of pegmatitic systems

• Main Author: Pfister, Jérémie Damien
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Laurentian University of Sudbury 2023
• Subjects: Pegmatites; LCT; NYF; lithium; tantalum; niobium; rare earth elements; undercooling; metasomatism; fluid:rock interaction; anatexis; geochemistry; mineralogy; pegmatitic textures; geochronology; LA-ICP-MS; SIMS; DI-IRMS; stable isotopes; in-situ analysis; SEM-CL; cathodoluminescence; trace elements; Cretaceous; Little Nahanni Pegmatite Group; LNPG; Selwyn; Northwest Territories; Neoproterozoic; Highway 69 Pegmatite Group; Grenville; Grenville Front Tectonic Zone; Sudbury; Ontario; Canada; economic geology
• Online Access: https://zone.biblio.laurentian.ca/handle/10219/4069

Understanding the processes behind the formation and evolution of pegmatites, which host globally significant resources of strategic metals (e.g., Li, Ta, Nb, Sn, Cs, Rb, Y, REE) critical to the global renewable energy transition, is paramount for their exploration and exploitation. This study inves...