Application of Factor Analysis in the Identification of a Geochemical Signature of Buried Kimberlites in Near-surface Groundwaters in the Attawapiskat Area of the James Bay Lowlands of Northern Ontario, Canada

• Main Author: Drouin, Marc
• Other Authors: Hattori, Keiko, Daneshfar, Bahram
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2012
• Subjects: Factor Analysis; Kimberlites; Shallow groundwater; Northern Ontario; Geochemical signature; Diamond exploration; Attawapiskat; Canada; James Bay
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10393/22872; https://doi.org/10.20381/ruor-5798

In the James Bay Lowlands of northern Ontario, kimberlite pipes are concealed by peat, thick layers of till, and Tyrell sea sediments. Studies have shown that buried ore bodies produce geochemical signatures in surface media. This thesis explores the geochemistry of near-surface groundwater above co...