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Western Imperial Formation
Principal Investigator: Rose, Rachael
Licensed Year(s): 2011
Summary: The objective of this study is to record the succession of rocks and collect some samples for further analysis. The researchers would take pictures of the rocks at the locations in order to support the interpretations made. From these observations, interpretations on the Devonian environment can be made. Rock succession and features within the rocks will be recorded in a notebook and the corres...


Petrogenesis of the Acasta Gneiss Complex: Ancient rocks revisited.
Principal Investigator: Reimink, Jesse R
Licensed Year(s): 2014 2013 2012 2011
Summary: This study has the following specific objectives: 1) Collect samples from this very ancient and rare set of rocks, while documenting field relationships and structures present in the complex rock outcroppings of the Acasta Gneiss Complex (AGC); 2) Determine the major- and trace-element composition of the rocks and compare these to published data on broadly similar rocks formed later in Earth histo...


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