Lithogeochemistry of material transfer processes important to Canadian resource industries

热液蚀变和风化作用分别涉及岩石与热、冷水沃茨之间的反应。这些反应是造成许多矿藏的原因，社会利用这些矿藏作为原始资源，主要是金属资源。这项研究的目的是开发新的方法来研究矿床形成的化学反应，并将这些技术应用于经历过这些化学反应的岩石，以了解这些反应是如何发生的。这将提供一个重要的知识基础，使地球科学家能够提高矿产勘探的成功率，促进采矿工作。

Hydrothermal alteration and weathering involve reactions between rocks, and hot and cold waters, respectively. These reactions are responsible for creating many mineral deposits which society exploits for their raw, mostly metallic, resources. The purpose of the proposed research is to develop new ways of investigating the chemical reactions responsible for the formation of mineral deposits, and to apply these techniques to rocks that have undergone these chemical reactions, in order to understand how these reactions have occurred. This will provide an important knowledge foundation that will allow geoscientists to improve mineral exploration success and facilitate mining efforts.