Masters theses 1980 to present

The following is a list of Masters theses completed by graduate students in the Department of Geology at Lakehead University since the inception of the graduate program in 1978. The abstracts for some of the more recent theses are available online and can be accessed by clicking on the thesis title.

 

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Author	Year	Title
John McBride	2010	Petrography and mineralogy of the C29/30 kimberlite, Saskatchewan, Canada
Marc Rinne	2009	Seafloor Deposit Models, Geochemistry, and Petrology of the Mafic-Ultramafic Hosted Big Lake VMS Occurrence, Marathon, Ontario
Malcolm Alexander	2009	The Mineralogy of NYF Pegmatites from the Coldwell Alkaline Complex, Northwestern Ontario
Amy Shute	2008	Geology and Alteration Associated with the Hamlin Lake VMS System, Shebandowan Greenstone Belt, Northwestern Ontario, Canada
Carissa Isaac	2008	Stable isotope (N, O, H) geochemistry, petrology and compositions of biotite of the Musselwhite Mine, Ontario: Implications for mineralisation
Patrick Moran	2008	Lithogeochemistry of the sedimentary stratigraphy and metosomatic alteration in the Musselwhite gold deposit, North Caribou Lake greenstone belt, Superior Province, Canada: Implications for deposition and mineralization
Clarence Surette	2008	The Potential of Microfossil use in Paleodiet and Paleoenvironmental Analysis in Northwestern Ontario
Jordan Laarman	2007	Geochemistry and PGE Mineralization of the Kitto Intrusion: A Product of Mesoproterozoic Plume Magmatism through Fault Bounded Archean Crust, East Nipigon Embayment, Northern Ontario
Metsaranta, Riku	2006	Sedimentology and Geochemistry of the Mesoproterozoic Pass Lake and Rossport Formations, Sibley Group
Trebilcock, D-A	2006	Rock magnetic studies of the CY-4 drill hole through the Troodos ophiolite, Cyprus
Almqvist, Bjarne	2006	Paleomagnetic secular field variation and rock magnetism of some early Holocene (<9900BP) postglacial lacustrine sediments near Thunder Bay, northwestern Ontario, Canada.
Maric, Mike	2006	Sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of the paleoproterozoic Rove and Virginia formations, southwest Superior Province
Johnson, Justin	2005	Mineralization and tectonic setting of the Norton Lake Region, Uchi subprovince
Heggie, Geoffrey	2005	Whole rock geochemistry, mineral chemistry, petrology and Pt, Pd mineralization of the Seagull Intrusion, Northwestern Ontario
Hamilton, Tom	2005	Circum-Troodos limestone succession of south and south-west Cyprus:  A magnetic fabric and magnetic mineralogical study
Potter, Eric G.	2004	Rare and Exotic Mineralogy of the Western Subcomplex of the Deadhorse Creek Diatreme
Charpentier, L.	2003	Magnetic fabrics of granitic plutons and gneisses, northwestern Ontario
Rogala, Becky	2003	The Sibley Group: a lithostratigraphic, geochemical, and paleomagnetic study
Hay, Shannon E.	2003	The Nb-mineralization of the Oka Carbonatite Complex, Quebec
Gauthier, David	2002	Magnetic Fabrics from Sheeted Dikes Reveal Regional Magma Flow Patterns, and the Spacing and Dimensions of Ophiolite Magma-Chambers, Troodos Ophiolite, Cyprus
Reguir, Ekaterina	2001	Aspects of the mineralogy of the Murun alkaline complex, Yakutia, Russia
Ross, Kirk C.	2000	X-Ray Diffraction and Rietveld Structural Refinement of Selected Fluoroperovskites
Lagroix, France	1999	Neo-Tectonic and Rock Magnetic Study of the Circum Troodas Sedimentary Succession, Cyprus
Masun, K.	1999	The Petrography and Mineralogy of the Lac de Gras Kimberlite Field, Slave Province, Northwest Territories: A Comparative Study
Michaud, M.	1998	The Geology, Petrology, Geochemistry and Platinum-group Element-gold-copper-nickle ore assemblage of the Roby Zone, Lac des Iles Mafic-ultramafic complex, Northwestern Ontario
King, David	1998	Depositional Environments of the 3.0 Ga Finlayson and Lumby Lake Greenstone Belts, Superior Province, Ontario, Canada
Farrell, Shannon	1997	Crystallographic studies of selected perovskite-group compounds
Pufahl, Pier K.	1996	Stratigraphic architecture of a Palaeo-Proterozoic iron formation depositional system: The Gunflint, Mesage, Cuyuna Iron Ranges
Koebernick, C.	1996	Neoarchean Coastal Sedimentation in the Shebandowan Group, Northwestern Ontario
Kukkee, Kenneth	1995	Rock magnetic and structural investigation of the Moss Lake stock and local area: western Shebandowan belt
Purdon, Robert	1995	Lithostratigraphy and Provenance of the Neoarchean McKellar Harbour Sequence, Superior Province, Ontario, Canada
Werner, Tomasz	1993	Paleomagnetism, structure and magnetic fabrics in a traverse of the Quetico Subprovince between Atikokan and Kashabowie, NW Ontario
Selway, Julie	1993	The silicate, sulfide, and platinum-group petrology and mineralogy of the Kawene Intrusion, Quetico Subprovince
MacTavish, A.	1992	The geology, petrology, geochemistry, sulphide and platinum-group element mineralization of the Quetico intrusions, Northwestern Ontario
Dehls, John F.	1992	The magnetic fabrics and strain history of the Archean Seine Group metasedimentary rocks near Mine Centre, Northwestern Ontario
Puumala, Mark	1991	An investigation of the use of anisotropy of complex magnetic susceptibility to analyze strain in experimentally deformed materials and massive sulphides
Craig, Susan P.	1991	Sedimentation models for glacial deltaic successions in the Thunder Bay area
Spark, Robert N.	1990	Magnetic fabrics and boundary structure at the Quetico-Shebandowan Subprovince Boundary, near Kashabowie, N.W. Ontario
Nicol, Derek N.	1990	Assimilation of basic xenolinths within Centre-3 syenites of the Coldwell Alkaline Complex, Ontario
Mooney, Scott J.	1990	Stratigraphy of two late Palaeozoic basins: implications for the timing of final emplacement of the Meguma Terrain
McLaughlin, Rich.	1990	Accessory rare metal mineralization in the Coldwell Alkaline Complex, Northwest Ontario
McArthur, John	1990	Dimensional and crystallographic fabric development in experimentally deformed synthetic aggregate and natural rocks
Abdallah, G.	1990	Ore mineralogy of Mattabi Mine, Northwestern Ontario, Canada
Sherlock, Ross L.	1989	A study of the Third Dimension in the Thunder Bay Silver Veins: Fluid inclusion and stable isotope results
Mulja, Thomas	1989	Petrology, Geochemistry, Sulphide and Platinum-group element mineralization of the Geordie Lake Intrusion, Coldwell Complex, Ontario
Burton, J.P.	1989	Constraints on the formation of depositional placer accumulations in coarse alluvial braided river systems
Steele, Owen J.	1988	A theoretical and experimental investigation of pressure solution
Sarvas, Perry	1988	The structure and magnetic fabric of the Quetico Metasedimentary rocks in the Calm Lake-Perch Lake area near Atikokan, Northwestern Ontario
Lukosius-Sanders, Jurate	1988	Petrology of syenites from centre III of the Coldwell Alkaline Jurate Complex, Northwest Ontario
Laderoute, D.	1988	The petrography, geochemistry and petrogenesis of alkaline dyke rocks from the Coldwell Alkaline complex, Northwestern Ontario
Alford, Craig S.	1988	Tectonic magnetic fabrics in pure and simple shear: experimental investigations
Schneiders, B.	1987	The geology of sulphide-facies iron-formations and associated rocks in the Lower Steel River-Little Steel Lake Area, Terrace Bay, Ontario
McKay, Douglas	1987	Aspects of Gallium geochemistry in upper mantle-derived lherzolite xenoliths and continental alkaline volcanic rocks
Jennings, E.	1987	A survey of the Mainland and Island belts, Thunder Bay Silver District, Ontario: Fluid Inclusions, Mineralogy, and sulfur isotopes
Devaney, J.	1987	Sedimentology and stratigraphy of the Northern and Central Metasedimentary belts in the Beardmore-Geraldton area of Northern Ontario
Zayachkivsky, B.	1985	Granitoids and rare-element pegmatites of the Georgia Lake Area, Northwestern Ontario
Brown, G. Heather	1985	A structural and stratigraphic study of the Keewatin-Type and Shebandowan-Type rocks west of Thunder Bay, Ontario
Arne, Dennis C.	1985	A study of zonation at the Nanisivik ZN-PB-AG Mine, Baffin Island, Canada
Kennedy, Myra	1984	The Quetico Fault in the Superior Province of the Southern Canadian Shield
Tabrez, Ali R.	1983	A comparison of the late Quaternary sedimentary sequence and paleomagnetic record of the North Bay Outlet and a Baffin Island fiord
El Tawashi, A.	1983	A study of the depositional environments of the Halfway Formation, British Columbia
Jago, Bruce C.	1982	Mineralogy and petrology of the Ham Kimberlite, Somerset Island NWT, Canada
Jackson, Paul A.	1982	Structure, stratigraphy and strain history of the Seine Group and related rocks near Mine Centre, Northwestern Ontario
Cheadle, Scott B.	1982	A gravity study of an Archean crustal segment near Thunder Bay, Ontario
Berger, Ben R.	1981	Stratigraphy of the Western Lake St. Joseph Greenstone Terrain, Northwestern Ontario
Poulson, Knud H.	1980	The stratigraphy, structure and metamorphism of Archean rocks at Rainy Lake, Ontario