Geochemistry of peat over kimberlites in the Attawapiskat area, James Bay Lowlands, northern Canada

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3767-3782

  Hattori, Kéiko H ^a   Hamilton, Stewart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Ontario Geological Survey   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CLAY MINERALS; DISSOLUTION; EARTH SCIENCES; EXTRACTION; LEACHING; LIMESTONE; METAL RECOVERY; MINERALS; OLIVINE; POSITIVE IONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; SMELTING; SURVEYS; WATER;

AMMONIUM ACETATES; BED-ROCKS; BULK COMPOSITIONS; CHARGED CATIONS; DISCONTINUOUS PERMAFROSTS; DIVALENT CATIONS; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEYS; GLACIAL TILLS; HIGH CONCENTRATIONS; HIGH PH; KIMBERLITE PIPES; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; NORTHERN CANADA; PEAT SAMPLES; PEATLANDS; PILOT STUDIES; PORE WATERS; QUATERNARY SEDIMENTS; SECONDARY PHASES; SERPENTINIZATION; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; THICK LAYERS; UNDERLYING ROCKS;

PEAT;

ANOMALY; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; GEOCHEMISTRY; KIMBERLITE; LIMESTONE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PEATLAND; PERMAFROST; POREWATER; SERPENTINIZATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TERRANE;

ATTAWAPISKAT; CANADA; HUDSON BAY; JAMES BAY; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

TETRA;

EID: 56349171696     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.09.012     Document Type: Article

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