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Welcome to the Mineral Exploration Research Centre
The Mineral Exploration Research Centre (MERC) is an exploration geoscience centre focused on Precambrian ore systems research, education, and exploration methodology and targeting. It is a semi-autonomous research centre at Laurentian University (LU) that is affiliated with the Harquail School of Earth Sciences (HES) and one of seven mining-related research centres and departments at LU that form an integral part of the Goodman School of Mines. For more information about MERC, please contact the MERC Director Dr. Ross Sherlock or Associate Director Dr. John Ayer.
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2018-05-19 Fluvial floodplains prior to greening of the continents: Stratigraphic record, geodynamic setting, and modern analogues
Fluvial floodplains established prior to the greening of continents have long been overlooked, despite their relevance for landscape reconstructions in deep time. The record of fluvial overbank sedimentation dates back as far as the Mesoarchean, and mature assemblages of floodplain landforms had already developed at least by the early Palaeoproterozoic. In this review, a critical assessment of...
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2018-05-01 Neoproterozoic carbonate lithofacies and ore distribution at the Kipushi Cu-Zn deposit, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Gayna River Zn camp, Northwest Territories, Canada
The predominant spatial control on sulfide orebodies at two significant base metal deposits, Kipushi (Democratic Republic of Congo) and Gayna River (Canada), is the architecture of Neoproterozoic carbonate lithofacies. At the Gayna River Zn camp, surface and subsurface mineralization is limited to the peripheries of giant pinnacle reefs of an unusual type hitherto considered unique. At the...
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2018-03-14 Shock metamorphic features in mafic and ultramafic inclusions in the Sudbury Igneous Complex: Implications for their origin and impact excavation
The lowermost, discontinuous parts of the impact-generated Sudbury Igneous Complex (Canada), comprising the Sublayer and Offset Dikes, are distinguished from overlying Main Mass norite rocks by the presence of abundant inclusions and Ni-Cu-PGE (PGE—platinum group element) sulfide mineralization. The majority of the felsic to mafic inclusions appear to be derived from the exposed country...
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