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    Sm-Nd dating of the giant Sullivan Pb-Zn-Ag deposit, British Columbia

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    We report here Sm and Nd isotope data for hydrothermal tourmalinites and sulfide ores from the giant Sullivan Pb-Zn-Ag deposit, which occurs in the lower part of the Mesoproterozoic Purcell (Belt) Supergroup. Whole-rock samples of quartz-tourmaline tourmalinite from the footwall alteration pipe yield a Sm-Nd isochron age of 1470 ± 59 Ma, recording synsedimentary B metasomatism of clastic sediments during early evolution of the Sullivan hydrothermal system. Data for variably altered (chloritized and/or albitized) tourmalinites from the hanging wall of the deposit, which are believed to have formed originally ca. 1470 Ma, define a younger 1076 ± 77 Ma isochron because of resetting of Sm and Nd isotopes during Grenvillian metamorphism. HCl leachates of bedded Pb-Zn ore yield a Sm-Nd isochron age of 1451 ± 46 Ma, which is consistent with syngenetic-exhalative mineralization ca. 1470 Ma; this age could also reflect a slightly younger, epigenetic hydrothermal event. Results obtained for the Sullivan deposit indicate that the Sm-Nd geochronometer has the potential to directly date mineralization and alteration in stratabound sulfide deposits that are not amenable to dating by other isotope methods

    Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis

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    The present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed

    Fabrieksschema betreffende de "Bereiding van Magnesium uit Zeewater": Deel I

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    Document(en) uit de collectie Chemische Procestechnologie Deel II zie: Deeg, J.F., Chemical Process Design 1101DelftChemTechApplied Science

    Pb isotope geochemistry of stratabound Zn-Pb(-Ag-Au-Ba-F) deposits and occurrences in the Nome Complex, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: Metal sources and regional comparisons

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    A detailed study of the Pb isotope geochemistry of Zn-Pb(-Ag-Au-Ba-F) stratabound sulfide deposits within metasedimentary rocks of the Neoproterozoic to Mississippian(?) Nome Complex provides key information for understanding deposit genesis and crustal evolution. A total of 106 new analyses of galena (and other sulfides) and metasedimentary rocks hosting the deposits shows that (1) Pb isotope signatures of the deposits are heterogeneous when considered as a group; (2) the stratabound Nelson deposit, and deformed veins at Quarry and Galena, are isotopically similar; (3) stratabound and locally stratiform lenses such as Wheeler North and Aurora Creek had different isotopic evolutions; and (4) the occurrence at Bluff and the postmetamorphic, undeformed Pb-Zn-Ag veins and replacements at Hannum, Independence, Foster, and Omilak show the highest values of 206Pb/204Pb in the region. Pb isotope data for the stratabound Zn-Pb deposits and occurrences do not lie along similar secondary or anomalous lead evolution lines, and there is no shared, two-stage lead line that would provide intersections with a primary or single-stage lead isotope growth curve. Lead isotopic characteristics of the Nelson stratabound deposit and the deformed veins at Quarry and Galena indicate that they largely shared metal and fluid sources. Quarry and Galena also display sufficient Pb isotopic contrast compared to Aurora Creek and Wheeler North to eliminate such veins as subsurface "feeders" for these stratabound deposits, if the deformed veins and deposits formed as closed isotopic systems (without a contribution from externally derived lead). The Pb isotope composition of galena from Aurora Creek formed by a multistage process. It is thus possible that the Aurora Creek deposit originally contained Pb isotope compositions that resembled those from Quarry and Galena. That early-formed Pb was probably remobilized and mixed with radiogenic lead contributed by Mesozoic hydrothermal fluids similar to those associated with the gold-quartz veins in the region. Values of 207Pb/204Pb and 206Pb/204Pb from each of the deposits and occurrences plot within the Pb isotope fields of the host metasedimentary rocks and Mesoproterozoic basement rocks of Seward Peninsula; Pb isotope compositions in the deposits thus reflect a local source control. The processes that generated the premetamorphic Zn-Pb(-Ag-Au-Ba-F) sulfide deposits in the Nome Complex differed from those that generated Zn-Pb-Ag deposits in the western Brooks Range, such as the giant Red Dog ore body. Taken as a group, the stratabound lenses and deformed veins in the Nome Complex did not form in a single, widespread, homogeneous hydrothermal system. The Brooks Range deposits, which consist of a range of host rock types and styles of mineralization distributed over a large area, have a high degree of regional Pb isotope homogeneity. The Wheeler North deposit is isotopically similar to Red Dog and related deposits and may have formed in a related hydrothermal system. A preliminary comparison of the Pb isotope compositions of sedimentary-exhalative (SEDEX)-type deposits within the Arctic Alaska-Chukotka terrane and deposits in crustal blocks of Laurussia shows: (1) noteworthy Pb isotopic overlap exists between some of Zn-Pb-Ag deposits in Ireland and the deposits in Arctic Alaska; but (2) no exact isotopic match exists between any of the deposits in Arctic Alaska and any deposit in crustal blocks involved in the Paleozoic evolution of Laurussia

    Beatty, J.F., and the Law of Manslaughter

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    In this article, the author argues that the recent Supreme Court of Canada decisions in R. v. Beatty and R. v. J.F. have clarified several of the issues that have plagued the increasingly complicated offence of manslaughter. In particular, the decisions address the redundancy among the many manslaughter provisions in the Criminal Code, the need to define a clear separation between actus reus and mens rea, and the need to establish distinct categories of objective fault for different types of manslaughter offences. The author examines the legal background of these decisions as well as the current state of the law. He concludes by identifying emerging issues relating to the offence of manslaughter, arguing that the law remains convoluted and in need of urgent reform despite the progress made in the Beatty and J.F. decisions

    A transaction-based method for allocation of transmission grid cost and losses

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    The problem of grid cost and losses allocation may be divided into independent subproblems: allocation of branch flow and losses to transactions, definition of these transactions and cost allocation to transactions. From this final allocation, the charges to participants in transactions may be made straightforwardly. A differential, slack-invariant method for the allocation of flow and losses to transactions that makes use of the AC load flow equation is presented here. The definition of transactions must be addressed using a non-discriminatory rule in pool systems. There are many possible options for this definition, and the choice made has great influence on the results. Cost allocation, on the other hand, may be made in different ways, as well. The paper presents an allocation process that addresses all these issues. Results for the IEEE-RTS96 test system are obtained and discussed.Publicad
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