Dr. Christopher Lawley P.Geo
Research into the temporal and geochemical evolution of hydrothermal ore deposits.
Research and/or project statements
- Temporal evolution of hydrothermal ore deposits
- Geochemical tracing of hydrothermal processes
- Quantifying fault-processes operating at shear zone-hosted gold deposits
Education and awards
B.Sc. (Hons) Geology, University of Western Ontario, 2007
M.Sc., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 2009
Ph.D., Earth Sciences, University of Durham, 2012
Key publications
Lawley, C.J.M., Creaser, R.A., Jackson, S., Yang, Z., Davis, W., Pehrsson, S., Dubé, Mercier-Langevin, P., and Vaillancourt, D., 2015. Unraveling the western Churchill Province Paleoproterozoic gold metallotect: Constraints from Re-Os arsenopyrite and U-Pb xenotime geochronology and LA-ICP-MS arsenopyrite trace element chemistry at the BIF-hosted Meliadine gold district, Nunavut, Canada. Economic Geology, v. 110, 1425–1454. doi:10.2113/econgeo.110.6.1425
Lawley, C.J.M., Dubé, Mercier-Langevin, P., Kjarsgaard, B., Knight, R., and Vaillancourt, D., 2015. Defining and mapping hydrothermal footprints at the BIF-hosted Meliadine gold district, Nunavut, Canada. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, V. 25, 33–55. doi:10.1016/j.gexplo.2015.04.001