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2000 PUBLICATIONS

ARKANI-HAMED, J.

(Sobouti, F., Ghods, A., and Arkani-Hamed, J.) Numerical methods for advection of material interfaces in geodynamic problems, Geodynamics, in press, 2001.

(Arkani-Hamed, J.), A 50 degree spherical harmonic model of the magnetic field of Mars, J. Geophys. Res. in press, 2001.

(Arkani-Hamed, J. and Pentecost, A.) On the source region of the lunar mare basalt, J. Geophys. Res., in press, 2001.

(Arkani-Hamed, J.), Strength of Martian lithosphere beneath large volcanoes, J. Geophys. Res., 2000, pp. 26713-26732,.

(Ghods, A., F. Sobouti, and J. Arkani-Hamed), An improved second moment method for solution of pure advection problems, International Journal of Numerical Methods in Fluids, v. 32, 2000, pp. 959-977.

(Ghods, A., and J. Arkani-Hamed), Melt migration beneath mid-ocean ridges, Geophys. J. Intern., v. 99, 2000, pp. 687-697.

BAKER D.R.

(Baker, D.R. and Freda, C.) Eutectic crystallization in the undercooled Orthoclase-Quartz-H2O system: experiments and simulations. European Journal of Mineralogy, in press, 2001.

(Baker, D.R., Barnes, S-J, Simon, G. and Bernier, F.) Fluid transport of sulfur and metals between sulfide melts and basaltic melts. Canadian Mineralogist, in press, 2001

(Freda C., Baker D.R., and Ottolini, L.) Reduction of water loss from gold-palladium capsules during piston-cylinder experiments by use of pyrophyllite powder. American Mineralogist, v. 86, 2001, pp. 234-237.

(Dalpé, C. and Baker, D.R.) Experimental investigation of LILE, HFSE, and REE partitioning between calcic amphibole and basaltic melt: The effects of pressure and oxygen fugacity. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 140, 2000, pp. 233-250.

BARKOV, A.Y.

*(Barkov, A.Y., Martin, R.F., Tarkian, M., Poirier, G., and Thibault, Y.) Pd-Ag tellurides from a Cl-rich environment in the Lukkulaisvaara layered intrusion, northern Russian Karelia. Canadian Mineralogist, in press, 2001.

(Barkov, A.Y., Martin, R.F., Menshikov, Y.P., Savchenko, Y.E., Thibault, Y., and Laajoki, K.V.O.) Edgarite, FeNb3S6, first natural niobium-rich sulfide from the Khibina alkaline complex, Russian Far North: evidence for chalcophile behavior of Nb in a fenite. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 138, no. 3, 2000, pp. 229-236.

(Barkov, A.Y., Martin, R.F., Poirier, G., Tarkian, M., Pakhomovskii, Y.A., and Menshikov, Y.P.) Tatyanaite, a new platinum-group mineral, the Pt analogue of taimyrite, from the Noril’sk complex (northern Siberia, Russia). European Journal of Mineralogy, v. 12, 2000, pp. 391-396.

(Barkov, A.Y., Martin, R.F., Halkoaho, T.A.A., and Poirier, G.) The mechanism of charge compensation in Cu-Fe-PGE thiospinels from the Penikat layered intrusion, Finland. American Mineralogist, v.85, no. 5-6, 2000, pp. 694-697.

(Barkov, A.Y., Martin, R.F., Poirier, G., and Menshikov, Y.P.) Zoned tungstenoan molybdenite from a fenitized megaxenolith in the Khibina alkaline complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Canadian Mineralogist, v. 38, 2000, pp. 1377-1385.

(Barkov, A.Y., Martin, R.F., Poirier, G., and Yakovlev, Y.N.) The taimyrite- tatyanaite series and zoning in intermetallic compounds of Pt, Pd, Cu, and Sn from Noril’sk, Siberia, Russia. Canadian Mineralogist, v. 38, 2000, pp. 599-609.

(Barkov, A.Y., Laajoki, K., Gervilla F., and Makovicky, E.) Menshikovite, Pd-Ni arsenide and synthetic equivalent. Mineralogical Magazine, v. 64, no. 5, 2000, pp. 847-851.

DOIG, R.

(Francis, D., Scowen, P., Panneton, G., and Doig, R.) Contrasting Si-saturation in troctolite - anorthosite intrusions along the Manicouagan corridor of the Abitibi-Grenville transect. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 37, 2000, pp. 1-19.

FRANCIS, D.

(Schmidberger, S.S., Simonetti, A., and Francis, D.) Sr-Nd-Pb isotope systematics of mantle xenoliths from Somerset Island kimberlites: evidence for lithospheric stratification beneath Arctic Canada. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, in press, 2001.

(Schmidberger, S.S. and Francis, D.) Constraints on trace element metasomatism of Archean mantle roots, Arctic Canada. Journal of Petrology, v. 42, 2001, pp. 1095-1117.

(Abraham, A.C., Francis, D., and Polvé, M.) Recent alkaline basalts as probes of the lithospheric mantle roots of the northern Canadian Cordillera. Chemical Geology, v. 175, 2001, pp. 361-386.

(Peslier, A., Reisberg, L., Ludden, J., and Francis, D.) Re-Os constraints on harzburgite and lherzolite formation in the lithospheric mantle: a study of northern Canadian Cordilleran xenoliths. Geochimica. Cosmochimca Acta, v. 64, 2000, pp. 3061-3071.

(Peslier, A.H., Reisberg, L. Ludden, J., and Francis, D.) Os isotopic systematics in mantle xenoliths; age constraints on the Canadian Cordilleran lithosphere. Chemical Geology, v. 166, 2000, pp. 85-101.

(Francis, D., Scowen, P., Panneton, G., and Doig, R.) Contrasting Si-saturation in troctolite - anorthosite intrusions along the Manicouagan corridor of the Abitibi-Grenville transect. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 37, 2000, pp. 1-19.

HART, B.S.

(Hart, B.S., Cooper, S. P., Ralser, S., Nickolaissen, K., Herrin, M., and Balch, R.S,). Ute Dome I: Multidisciplinary integration defines Dakota reservoir compartments. In: D. Anderson, E. Coalson, J. Robinson and J. Estes-Jackson (eds.). Gas in the Rockies: Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists Guidebook, in press, 2001

(Hart, B.S., Herrin, M., Nickolaissen, K., Ralser, S., Cooper, S., and Balch, R.S.,) Ute Dome II: 3-D Seismic attribute-based detection of fracture-swarm sweet spots in Paradox (Pennsylvanian) Carbonates. In: D. Anderson, E. Coalson, J. Robinson and J. Estes-Jackson (eds.). Gas in the Rockies: Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists Guidebook, 2001, in press.

(Leiphart, D.J., and Hart, B.S.,) Comparison of linear regression and a probabilistic neural network to predict porosity from 3-D seismic attributes in Lower Brushy Canyon channeled sandstones, southeast New Mexico. Geophysics, 2001, in press.

(Pearson, R.A., and Hart, B.S.,) 3-D seismic attributes help define controls on reservoir development: case study from the Red River Formation, Williston Basin. In: G.P. Eberli, J.L. Masaferro and J.F. Sarg (eds.), Seismic Imaging of Carbonate Reservoirs and Systems. AAPG Memoir, 2001, in press.

(Mancini, E.A., Benson, D.J., Hart, B.S., Balch, R.S., Parcell, W.C., and Panetta, B.J.,) Appleton field case study (eastern Gulf coastal plain): Field development model for Upper Jurassic microbial reef reservoirs associated with paleotopographic basement structures. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 84, 2000, p. 1699-1717.

HESSE, R.

(Hesse, R., Klaucke, I., Khodabakhsh, S., Piper, D.J.W., Ryan, W.B.F., and the NAMOC Study Group) (2001) Sandy submarine braid plains: potential deep-water reservoirs. Amer. Assoc. Petroleum Geol. Bull., 2001, in press.

(Hesse, R.) Pore-water anomalies of submarine gas-hydrate zones. In: Stober, I. and Bucher, K. (eds.): Water-Rock Interaction, Kluwer, 2001, in press.

(Hesse, R., Egeberg, P.K. & Frape, S.K.) (2001) Modelling of chlorine stable isotope ratios of a submarine gas-hydrate field. In: Cidu, R. and Frau, F. (ed.): Water-Rock Interaction 10, Balkema, 2001, in press.

(Shah, J., Hesse, R. & Islam, S.) Origin of Ordovician organogenic dolomite concretions: Significance for the d18O of Lower Paleozoic SMOW. In: Cidu, R. & Frau, F. (ed.): Water-Rock Interaction 10 Balkema, 2001, in press.

(Shata, S. & Hesse, R.) Illite crystallinity and expandability: XRD and HRTEM studies of Gaspé Peninsula mudstones and slates. In: Cidu, R. & Frau, F. (ed.): Water-Rock Interaction 10, Balkema, 2001, in press.

(Hesse, R., Frape, S., Egeberg, P.K & Matsumoto, R.) Stable isotope studies (Cl, O, and H) of interstitial waters from Site 997, ODP Leg 164, Blake Ridge gas-hydrate field, West Atlantic. Proc. Ocean Drilling Program, Scient. Results, v. 164, 2000, pp. 129-137.

HOFMANN, H.

(Hofmann, H.J.) Archean stromatolites as microbial archives; in: R. Riding and S.M. Awramik (eds.), Microbial Sediments. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2000, pp. 315-327.

HYNES, A.

(Hynes, A.) Freeboard revisited: continental growth, crustal thickness change and Earth's thermal efficiency. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 185, 2001, pp. 161-172.

(Ludden, J. and Hynes, A.) The Abitibi-Grenville Lithoprobe transect part III: introduction. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 37, 2000, pp. 115-116.

(Ludden, J. and Hynes, A.) The Abitibi-Grenville Lithoprobe project: two billion years of crust formation and recycling in the Precambrian Shield of Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 37, 2000, pp. 459-476.

(Eaton, D. and Hynes, A.) The 3-D crustal structure in the Manicouagan region: new seismic and gravity constraints. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 37, 2000, pp. 307-324.

(Hynes, A., Indares, A., Rivers, T. and Gobeil, A.) Lithoprobe line 55: integration of out-of-plane seismic results with surface structure, metamorphism, and geochronology, and the tectonic evolution of the eastern Grenville Province. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 37, 2000, pp. 341-358.

MARTIN, R.F.

(Barkov, A.Y., Martin, R.F., Tarkian, M., Poirier, G. and Thibault, Y.) Pd–Ag tellurides from a chlorine-rich environment in the Lukkulaisvaara layered intrusion, northern Russian Karelia. Canadian Mineralogist, v. 39, no. 2, 2001 (in press).

(Nayebzadeh, A., Dufresne, A., Case, B., Vali, H., Williams-Jones, Martin, R., Normand, C. and Clark, J.) Lung mineral fibers of former miners and millers from Thetford-Mines and Asbestos regions: a comparative study of fiber concentration and dimension. Archives of Environmental Health, v. 56, 2001, pp. 65-76.

(Barkov, A.Y., Martin, R.F., Halkoako, T.A.A. & Poirier, G.). The mechanism of charge compensation in Cu–Fe–PGE thiospinels from the Penikat layered intrusion, Finland. American Mineralogist, v. 85, 2000, pp. 694-697.

(Barkov, A.Y., Martin, R.F., Men’shikov, Y.P., Savchenko, Y.E., Thibault, Y. and Laajoki, K.V.O.) Edgarite, FeNb3S6, first natural niobium-rich sulfide from the Khibina alkaline complex, Russian Far North: evidence for chalcophile behavior of Nb in a fenite. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 138, 2000, pp. 229-236.

(Barkov, A.Y., Martin, R.F., Poirier, G. and Men’shikov, Yu.P.) Zoned tungstenoan molybdenite from a fenitized megaxenolith in the Khibina alkaline complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Canadian Mineralogist, v. 38, 2000, pp. 1377-1385.

(Barkov, A.Y., Martin, R.F., Poirier, G. & Yakovlev, Yu.N.). The taimyrite–tatyanaite series and zoning in intermetallic compounds of Pt, Pd, Cu, and Sn from Noril’sk, Siberia, Russia. Canadian Mineralogist, v. 38, 2000, pp. 599-609.

(Sakoma, E.M., Martin, R.F. and Williams-Jones, A.E.) The late stages of evolution of the Kwandonkaya A-type granite complex, Nigeria, as deduced from mafic minerals. Journal of African Earth Sciences, v. 30, 2000, pp. 329-350.

MOUNTJOY, E.W.

(Duggan, J. P., Mountjoy, E.W. and Stasiuk, V.,) Fault-controlled dolomitization at Swan Hills Simonette oil field (Devonian), deep basin west-central Alberta, Canada. Sedimentology, v. 48, 2001, in press.

(Stevenson, R.K., Whittaker, S. and Mountjoy, E.W.,) Geochemical and Nd isotopic evidence for sedimentary-source changes in the Devonian miogeocline of the southern Canadian Cordillera. Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 112, 2000, pp. 531-539.

(Savoy L.E., Stevenson, R.K. and Mountjoy, E.W.,) 2000, Provenance of Upper Devonian - Lower Carboniferous marine strata, southeastern Canadian Cordillera: Link between tectonics and sedimentation. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 70, 2000, pp. 181-193.

(Whalen, M.T., Eberli, G.P., Van Buchem, F.S.P., Mountjoy, E.W. and Homewood, P.W.) Bypass margins, Basin-restricted wedges, and Platform-to-basin correlation, Upper Devonian, Canadian Rocky Mountains: implications for sequence stratigraphy of carbonate platform systems. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 70, 2000, pp. 913-936.

(Mountjoy, E.W. and Becker, S.,) 2000, Frasnian to Fammenian sea level changes and the Sassenach Formation, Jasper Basin, Alberta Rocky Mountains. in P. Homewood and G. Eberli eds. Genetic stratigraphy on the exploration and production scales: case studies from the Upper Devonian of Alberta and the Pennsylvanian of the Paradox Basin. Elf-Aquitaine Memoir, v. 24, 2000, pp. 181-201.

(Whalen, M.T., Eberli, G.P., Van Buchem, F.S.P., and Mountjoy, E.W.) Facies models and architecture of Upper Devonian carbonate Platforms (Miette and Ancient Wall), Alberta, Canada. in P.W. Homewood and G.P. Eberli eds. Genetic stratigraphy on the exploration and production scales: Case studies from the Pennsylvanian of the Paradox Basin and the Upper Devonian of Alberta. Elf Explor. Prod., Memoir, v. 24, 2000, pp. 139-178.

(Van Buchem, F.S.P., Chaix, M., Eberli, G.P., Whalen, M.T., Masse, P. and Mountjoy, E.W.) Outcrop to subsurface correlation of the Upper Devonian (Frasnian) based on the comparison of Miette and Redwater carbonate buildup margins. in P.W. Homewood and G.P. Eberli eds. Genetic stratigraphy on the exploration and production scales: Case studies from the Pennsylvanian of the Paradox Basin and the Upper Devonian of Alberta. Bull. Elf Explor. Prod., Memoir, v. 24, 2000, pp. 225-267.

MUCCI, A.

(Gao Y. and Mucci A.) Acid-base reactions, phosphate and arsenate complexation, and their competitive adsorption at the surface of goethite in 0.7M NaCl. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 65, 2001, (in press).

(Silverberg N., Sundby B., Mucci A., Zhong S., Arakaki T., Hall P., Landén A. and Tenberg A.). Organic carbon mineralization and carbonate dissolution in sediments at JGOFS sites in eastern Canada. Deep-Sea Research II, v. 47, 2000, pp. 699-731.

(Mucci A., Sundby B., Gehlen M., Arakaki T., Zhong S. and Silverberg N.) The fate of carbon in continental shelf sediments of Eastern Canada: A case study. Deep-Sea Research II, v. 47, 2000, pp. 733-760.

(Saulnier I. and Mucci A.) Trace metal remobilization following the resuspension of estuarine sediments: Saguenay Fjord, Canada. Applied Geochemistry, v.15, 2000, pp. 191-210.

(Mucci A., Richard L.-F. and Lucotte M.) The differential geochemical behaviour of arsenic and phosphate in the water column and sediments of the Saguenay Fjord Estuary, Canada. Aquatic Geochemistry, v. 6, 2000, pp. 293-324.

(Anschutz P., Sundby B., LeFrancois L., Luther III G.W. and Mucci A.) Interactions between metal oxides and species of nitrogen and iodine in bioturbated marine sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 64, 2000, pp. 2751-2763.

PAQUETTE, J.

(Temmam, M. Paquette, J., & Vali, H.) Mn and Zn incorporation into calcite as a function of chloride aqueous concentration. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, , v. 64, 2000, pp. 2417-2430.

STIX, J.

(Williams-Jones, G., J. Stix, M. Heiligmann, J. Barquero, E. Fernandez, and E.D. Gonzalez,) A model of degassing and seismicity at Arenal volcano, Costa Rica. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 2001, in press.

(Stix, J.) 2001. Flow evolution of experimental gravity currents: implications for pyroclastic flows at volcanoes. J. Geology, v. 109, 2001, pp.381-398.

(Delmelle, P., J. Stix, C. P.-A. Bourque, P.J. Baxter, J. Garcia-Alvarez, and J. Barquero) Dry deposition and heavy acid loading in the vicinity of Masaya volcano, a major sulfur and chlorine source in Nicaragua. Environ. Sci. & Technol., v. 35, 2001, pp.1289-1293.

(Williams-Jones, G., J. Stix, M. Heiligmann, A. Charland, B. Sherwood Lollar, N. Arner, G. Garzón V., J. Barquero, and E. Fernandez) 2000. A model of diffuse degassing at three subduction-related volcanoes. Bull. Volcanol., v. 62, 2000, pp. 130-142.

(Watson, I.M., C. Oppenheimer, B. Voight, P.W. Francis, A. Clarke, J. Stix, A. Miller, D.M. Pyle, M.R. Burton, S.R. Young, G. Norton, S. Loughlin, B. Darroux, and MVO Staff) The relationship between degassing and ground deformation at Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., v. 98, 2000, pp. 117-126.

(Ujike, O., and J. Stix) Geochemistry and origins of Ueno and On-take basaltic to andesitic rocks (<3 Ma) produced by distinct contributions of subduction components, central Japan. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., v. 95, 2000, pp. 49-64.

VALI, H.

(Normand, C., Williams-Jones, A.E., Martin, R.F., and Vali, H.) Hydrothermal alteration of olivine in a flow-through autoclave: Nucleation and growth of serpentine phases. American Mineralogist, 2001, in press.

(Williams-Jones, A.E., Normand, C., Clark, J., Vali, H., Martin, R.F., Dufresne A. and Nayeb-Zadeh, A.) Controls of amphibole formation in chrysotile ores: evidence from the Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec. Canadian Mineralogist, 2001, in press.

(Thomas-Keprta, K.L., Clemett, S.J, Bazylinski, Kirschvink, J.L., D.A., McKay, D.S., Wentworth, S.J., Vali, H.,., Gibson, Jr., E.K., and Romanek, C.S) Truncated hexa-octahedral magnetite crystals in ALH 84001: Presumptive biogenesis. Proceedings of the National. Academy of Sciences, v. 98, 2001, pp. 2164-2169.

(Vali, H., McKee, M.D, Ciftcioglu, N., Sears, S.K., Plows, F.L., Chevet, E., Plavsic, M., Kajander, E.O., and Zare, R.N.) Nanoforms: A new type of protein-associated mineralization. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 65, 2001, pp. 63 -74.

(Weiss, B P., Kirschvink, J.L., Baudenbacher, F.,Vali, H., Peters, N.T., Macdonald, F.A., Wikswo, J.P.) A low temperature transfer of ALH84001 from Mars to Earth. Science, v. 290, 2000, pp. 791 - 795.

(Thomas-Keprta, K.L., Bazylinski, D.A., McKay, D.S., Wentworth, S.J., Bell, M.S., Kirschvink, J.L., Golden, D.C., Vali, H., Clemett, S.J., Gibson, Jr., E.K., and Romanek, C.S.) Elongated prismatic magnetite (Fe3O4) crystals in ALH84001 carbonate globules: potential evidence for martian biogenic activity. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 64, 2000, pp. 4049 - 4081.

(Temman, M., Paquette, J. & Vali, H.) Mn and Zn incorporation into calcite as a function of chlorine aqueous concentration Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 64, 2000, pp. 2417-2430

WILLIAMS-JONES, A.E.

(Williams-Jones, A.E., Normand, C., Clark, J., Vali, H., Martin, R.F., Dufresne, A., and Nayebzadeh, A.) Controls of amphibole formation in chrysotile deposits: Evidence from the Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec. Canadian Mineralogist, 2001, in press.

(Normand, C., Williams-Jones, A.E., Vali, H., and Martin R.F.). Hydrothermal alteration of olivine in a flow-through autoclave: nucleation and growth of serpentine phases. American Mineralogist, 2001, in press.

(Archibald, S.M., Migdisov., A.A., and Williams-Jones, A.E.) The stability of Au-chloride complexes in water vapour at elevated temperatures and pressures: Geochim et Cosmochim. Acta, 2001, in press.

(Zakaznova-Iakovleva, V.P., Migdisov, A.A., Suleimenov, O.M., Williams-Jones, A.E., and Alekhin, Y.V.). An experimental study of stibnite solubility in gaseous hydrogen sulfide from 200 to 320°C: Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, v. 65, 2001, pp. 289-298.

(Nayebzadeh, A., Dufresne, A., Case, B., Vali, H., Williams-Jones, A.E., Martin, R., Normand, C., and Clark, J.). Lung mineral fibre of former miners and millers from Thetford and Asbestos regions: A comparative study of fibre concentration and dimension. Arch. Environ. Health, v. 56, 2001, pp. 65-76.

(Williams-Jones, A.E., Samson, I.M., and Olivo, G.R.) Genesis of hydrothermal fluorite-REE deposits in the Gallinas Mountains, New Mexico: Economic Geology, v. 95, 2000, pp. 327-342.

(Savard, M.M., Chi, G., Sami, T., Williams-Jones, A.E., and Leigh, K.). Fluid inclusions, carbon, oxygen and strontium isotope studies of the Polaris Mississippi Valley-type deposit, Canadian Arctic archipeligo: Implications for ore genesis. Mineralium Dep., v. 35, 2000, pp. 495-510.

(Sakoma, E.M., Martin, R.F., and Williams-Jones, A.E.) The late stages of evolution of the Kwandonkaya A-type granite complex, Nigeria, as deduced from mafic minerals. J. African Earth Sci., v. 30, 2000, pp. 329-350.

(Salvi, S., Fontan, F., Monchoux, P., Williams-Jones, A.E., and Moine, B). Hydrothermal mobilization of HFSE in alkaline igneous systems: Evidence from the Strange Lake and Tamazeght Complexes. Econ. Geol., v. 95, 2000, pp. 559-576.