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Abstracts / Résumés Kingston, Ontario Abstracts / Résumés Volume May Contents Abstract Titles / Titres Des Résumés i Abstracts / Résumés l Author Index / Index des Auteurs 438 Abstract Titles / Titres Des Résumés 1 Reduction of AMD generation and availability of metals from sulfidic mine tailings through biochar application: A laboratory scale study Abedin, J., Labrador Institute of Memorial University, 219 Hamilton River Road, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL A0P 1E0, [email protected] 2 An investigation of apatite as an indicator mineral that recorded hydrothermal fluid chemistry at the Cantung tungsten skarn deposit, NWT, Canada Adlakha, E.E., [email protected], Hanley, J.J., Saint Mary’s University, 901 Robie St., Halifax, NS B3H 3C3, and Falck, H., NWT Geological Survey, 5310 44 St., Yellowknife, NT X1A 1K3 3 Early Cenozoic evolution of the Gurla Mandhata core complex, NW Nepal Himalaya Ahenda, M., [email protected], Godin, L., Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Grujic, D., Dal- housie University, PO Box 15000, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, and Stevenson, R., Université du Québec à Montréal, CP 8888, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3P8 4 Diffusion research: Lab scale to field scale – recent advances Al, T.A., Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Ottawa, [email protected] 5 The zircon record of granitic continental crust subjected to tectonic burial, from 0 to ≥ 60 km, the Eastern Segment, Sveconorwegian orogen Andersson, J.1, [email protected], Moller, C.2, Lundqvist, L.3, Hellström, F.3, Johansson, L.2, and Claeson, D.4, 1Geological Survey of Sweden, Box 670, SE75128 Uppsala, Sweden; 2Lund Univ., Lund, Sweden; 3SGU, Up- psala, Sweden; 4SGU, Lund, Sweden 6 Mineralogical and geochemical characterization of spilled tailings from the Mount Polley Mine: Im- plications for remediation and rehabilitation Anglin, C.D., Imperial Metals Corporation, 200-580 Hornby St, Vancouver, BC V6C 3B6, langlin@imperialmetals. com, and Kennedy, C.B., SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc., 2200-1066 W. Hastings, Vancouver, BC V6E 3X2 7 Ice streams within the last Cordilleran Ice Sheet Arbelaez-Moreno, L., [email protected], Eyles, N., and Sookhan, S., University of Toronto at Scarborough, Scarborough, ON M1C 1A4 8 Post-accretionary uplift of the Meguma Terrane relative to the Avalon Terrane in the Canadian Ap- palachians Archibald, D.B., [email protected], Murphy, J.B., Department of Earth Sciences, St. Francis Xavier University, 5009 Chapel Square, Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5, Jourdan, F., and Reddy, S.M., The Institute for Geoscience Research (TIGeR), Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia 9 Modal, textural and chemical variations in the vanadiferous magnetite deposit of the Lac Doré Com- plex (Québec) and their implications on the chemical purity of magnetite concentrates Arguin, J-P., [email protected], Pagé, P., Barnes, S-J., Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, QC G7H 2B1, and Girard, R., IOS Services Géoscientifiques Inc., Chicoutimi, QC G7J 3Y2 10 Revisiting the composition of Hawaiʻi’s most geochemically enriched shield basalts Armstrong, C.J., [email protected], Weis, D., Scoates, J.S., Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, 2020-2207 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, and Garcia, M.O., Department of Geology and Geophysics, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaiʻi at Mânoa, 1680 East West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA 11 Organic-rich (source) strata in deepwater rocks of the Neoproterozoic Windermere Supergroup – Mudrocks but sandstones too Arnott, R.W.C., University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, [email protected], Ross, G.M., Kupa’a Farms, Kula, Hawaii, USA, and Osadetz, K., CMC Research Institutes Inc., Calgary, AB T2L 2K8 GAC-MAC - Volume Abstract Titles / Titres Des Résumés i 12 Alteration assemblages and gold mineralisation styles in the Archean Miller dyke complex, Abitibi greenstone belt, Ontario Arteaga, L., [email protected], Kontak, D., and Gibson, H., Harquail School of Earth Sciences, Lauren- tian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Rd, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6 13 The geochemistry and geochronology of the End Deposit, NE Thelon region, Nunavut Canada: In- sight to the Athabasca basin’s closest relative Ashcroft, G.S.1, [email protected], Fayek, M.1, Quirt, D.2, Camacho, A.1, and Jefferson, C.W.3, 1Depart- ment of Geological Sciences, 240 Wallace Building, University of Manitoba, 125 Dysart Road, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2; 2AREVA Resources Canada Inc., PO Box 9204, 817 - 45th Street W., Saskatoon, SK S7K 3X5; 3Geological Survey of Ca 14 Optimal density to fractionate organic and mineral particles of Québec boreal lake sediments Aubin, M., Paré, M., Fundamental science department, University of Québec in Chicoutimi, 555 University Boule- vard, Saguenay, QC G7H 2B1, Girard, R., IOS Services Géoscientifiques Inc, 1319 St-Paul Boulevard, Saguenay, QC G7J 3Y2, and Saint-Laurent, D., Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, CP 500, Trois-Rivières, QC G9A 5H7 15 Keynote (30 min): Hematite textural and (U-Th)/He thermochronometry constraints on seismic and aseismic fault damage zone processes Ault, A.K., Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA, [email protected] 16 Characterization of arsenic-hosting solid phases in tailings and tailings dust from Giant Mine, Yel- lowknife, NT Bailey, A.S., [email protected], and Jamieson, H.E., [email protected], Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7K 3N6 17 An overview of the Boothia Peninsula of northern Nunavut obtained from airborne magnetic data modelling and interpretation Ballinger, J.B., [email protected], and Ugalde, H., Brock University, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1 18 Investigation of the long-term influence of the Bridge-River Diversion on Sockeye Salmon nursery ecosystem production in Seton Lake, British Columbia, Canada: A comparative paleolimnological study Barouillet, C.1, [email protected], Laird, K.R.1, Selbie, D.T.2, Leavitt, P.R.3, Perrin, C.J.4, and Cumming, B.F.1, 1Queen’s University, 116 Barrie St., Kingston, ON K7L 3N6; 2Cultus Lake Salmon Research Laboratory Fisheries and Ocean Canada, 4222 Columbia Valley Highway, Cultus Lake, BC V2R 5B6; 3University of Regina, 3737 Wascana Parkway, Regina, 19 Granitoid plutons in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada: New age constraints and implica- tions for correlations with peri-Gondwanan terranes in Newfoundland and New Brunswick Barr, S.M., Department of Earth & Environmental Science, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS B4P 2R6, Sandra. [email protected], van Rooyen, D., Department of Mathematics, Physics, & Geology, Cape Breton University, Syd- ney, NS B1P 6L2, and White, C.E., NS Department of Natural Resources, Box 698, Halifax, NS B3J 2T9 20 Keynote (40 min): Thresholds, critical transitions and state shifts in the Permian carbonate system of NW Pangea Beauchamp, B., [email protected], and Calvo Gonzalez, D., University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4 21 After the flood: Analysis of organic rich sediments exposed by the 2013 floods along rivers in south- west Alberta Beaudoin, A.B., [email protected], and Bolton, M.S., Royal Alberta Museum, 12845-102nd Avenue, Edmonton, AB T5N 0M6 22 Chalcopyrite as an indicator mineral to fingerprint mineral deposit types: A preliminary study Bédard, É., [email protected], Goulet, A., Sappin, A-A., Beaudoin, G., and Makvandi, S., Université Laval, Québec, QC G1R 0A6 GAC-MAC - Volume Abstract Titles / Titres Des Résumés ii 23 Sedimentary anisotropy and its impact on solute mixing in groundwater Bennett, J.B., [email protected], Haslauer, C.P., Cirpka, O.A., University of Tübingen, Hölderlinstr. 12, 72074 Tübingen, Germany, and Ross, M., University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave. W, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1 24 Influence of vertical density structure on the stratal architecture of deep-marine levee deposits Neo- proterozoic Isaac Formation, Windermere Supergroup, B.C., Canada Bergen, A. and Arnott, B., University of Ottawa, 120 University Private, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, aberg023@uot- tawa.ca 25 Crustal dynamics and tectonic assembly of the west-southwest Rae craton – What are key relation- ships in the Athabasca region telling us? Bethune, K.M., Department of Geology, University of Regina, 3737 Wascana Parkway, Regina, SK S4S 0A2, kath- [email protected] 26 Expression of the McArthur River U deposit footprint in diverse surficial sampling media Beyer, S.R., [email protected], Kyser, K., Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Kotzer, T.G., Cameco Corporation, 2121 11th St W., Saskatoon, SK S7M 1J3, Ansdell, K., Wasyliuk, K., University of Saskatchewan, Sas- katoon, SK S7N 5E2, and Quirt, D.H., AREVA Resources Canada, 817 45th Street West, Saskatoon, SK S7K 3X5 27 Keynote (40 min): Deep rivers in deep time Bhattacharya, J.P., School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main St., West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, [email protected] 28 Significant Fe isotope fractionation within the Kiglapait intrusion provides insight into the formation of layered intrusions Bilenker, L.D., [email protected], Fourny, A., Weis, D., and Scoates, J.S., University of British Columbia, 2020- 2207 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4 Morse, S.A.., University of Massachusetts, 233 Morrill Science Center, Amherst, MA 01003-9297 29 Fine-grained deep-marine sandstones: The turbidites that never were Billington, T.R., [email protected], and Arnott, R.W.C., [email protected], University of Ottawa, FSS Hall- 120 University (Room 15025), Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5 30 Characterization of landslides used in landslide susceptibility models in western Canada Blais-Stevens, A. and Behnia, P., Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa ON K1A 0E8, andree. [email protected] 31 Guidelines for identifying and modelling LIP-related layered intrusions in plume centre regions us- ing geophysical data Blanchard, J.A.1, [email protected], Ernst, R.E.1,2, and Samson, C.1, 1Dept.
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