Petrology

formation has never been studied in the subsurface. Barnes & Bell performed the last encompassing study of the Wilberns in 1977 and the analysis was all performed on outcropping surface rocks. Modern techniques and understanding of carbonate and clastic petrology and sub-surface mineral core will help to shed new light on the very complex Wilberns Formation. Information garnered from this new study could help to better understand Cambrian aged hydrocarbon reservoirs and source rocks, as well as mixed lithofacies

Statement of Purpose To whom it may concern, “In the mountains the shortest way is from pick to pick.” Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) I have always believed that various branches of sciences are separated from a stout unique body that its roots are made from basic sciences of physics, mathematics and chemistry. Similar to three main colors of Green, Blue and Red, their combination creates other majors. It was perhaps my acquaintance with mathematics in high school that later shaped the rest

Nickel Introduction 　　The intension of the paper is to analyse the commodity attractions of the element nickel. It is highly related to physical and chemical properties of the element because any commercial usage of this element is based on its property. Also, nickel is extracted from ore, so the ore deposit of it will be highly related to the capital of any nickel related business. The laterite nickel ore deposit, Greenvale located in Queensland be focused on to reveal the genesis and other attributes

Kevin Wright GEOL 204 Dr. Miller June 8th, 2015 Caliente Creek Geological History 1. At the beginning of the Tertiary, there is a layer of andesite breccia -a fast cooling extrusive rock that has not traveled far from its original deposition. This indicates a volcanic depositional environment. This formation was then intruded by intrusive slower cooling rocks that create a noncomformity between it and the Walker formation. The tuff breccia in the Walker formation is consistent with the same depositional

Geology of the Oaks Belt The Oaks Belt is composed of mafic to felsic volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks, clastic sedimentary rocks, iron formation and several generations of intrusive rocks. Mafic volcanic rocks constitute the bulk of the stratigraphy in the OB and occur as both pillowed basalts and massive flows. They are aphanitic to fine-grained and dark green to black (Frey and Venzke, 1991). Mafic volcaniclastic rocks are more common lower in stratigraphy. Intermediate volcanic rocks occur

Figure 1: (A) North America with the location of Figure B outlined by the black box. (B) Simplified map of the tectonostratigraphic terranes comprising the Superior Province with locations of mineral deposits. (C) Tectonostratigraphic terranes of Minnesota. The location of Figure 3a is denoted by the black box. Terrane boundaries are denoted by thick black lines and iron formation is shown by thin red lines. Table 1: Major lithologic units of the Wabigoon subprovince in Canada that are on strike

The Slave Structural Province is a unique and distinctive Archean craton in the northwest Canadian Shied, which is indicated by its rock types, deposits and structures (Padgham,1992). The Slave province covers much smaller than (1/10) that of Superior Province, which is about 213 000 km2. The supracrustals (33% of Slave province) consist of 70-80% of greywacke- mudstone and approximately 20% of volcanic rocks, which is high in SiO2 (felsic to intermediate) (Padgham,1992). There are abundant mineral

GENERAL ROCK TYPES The oldest rocks exposed are arkosic sandstone and shale, and small amounts of thin-bedded chert and altered volcanic rocks, of the Upper Jurassic Franciscan formation. Large masses of serpentine and smaller plugs and dikes of gabbro and diorite intrude these sediments; glaucophane schists and their unusual mineralogical assemblages are developed locally. The series as exposed on the San Jose quadrangle consists chiefly of sandstone, shale, and jasper; with occasional bed of heavy

Sarah Hall, 1000680872 September 23, 2014 Lab 1: Don Valley Brickyard Short Pre-Lab Report 1. The geology of Ontario is divided into three layers of rock. The first layer, Precambrian Canadian Shield rocks, is composed of mainly igneous and metamorphic rocks from the Precambrian Eon. This layer is the eldest at approximately 3-0.8x109 years old and is therefore the bottom-most layer (L). Although this layer is largely found in the Canadian Shield region of Ontario, glacial erratics from the

Pebble had just arrived at her grandmother Boulder’s house who was seated in her rock-ing chair. Pebble had always wondered how her grandmother had ended up as an Igneous rock and decided that today she would ask. “Grandmother, how is it you became a igneous rock?” “Oh, twas a long long long time ago. One billion years, I believe, when I underwent my first change that lead me to what I am today.” she reminisced with a faraway look in her eye. “Wow one billion! You sure are old grandma.” Pebble