Regions: Sahtu Settlement Area
Tags: physical sciences, hydrology, geochemistry, mineralogy
| Principal Investigator: | Bonny, Sandy (2) |
| Licence Number: | 13590 |
| Organization: | University of Alberta |
| Licensed Year(s): |
2005
2004
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| Issued: | Apr 08, 2004 |
| Project Team: | Dustin Rai |
Objective(s): The Flybye Springs are unique in that they precipitate a mineral called barite and are weakly radioactive. The hydrology and chemistry of the springs was examined by researchers in 1979, but the deposits of barite were not, nor was the microbiology of the spring flow path. This project will remedy those omissions by describing the microbiology of the spring and the micro-and-macro scopic textures of the barite deposit, with the goal of resolving the mineral and microbial processes at play in the spring flow path. The process of microbial mineralization has been an agent of geochemical and atmospheric change since life evolved; thus, springs research has potential to improve understanding of the biologic and geochemical evolution of our planet.
