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Anthony Williams-Jones
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Research
Latest papers
Coupled anatexis and extreme differentiation are the keys for producing giant lithium-rich pegmatites.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
Uranium-rich diagenetic fluids provide the key to unconformity-related uranium mineralization in the Athabasca Basin.
Scientific reports · 2019 · senior author
Latest funding
- $126,863
Replacement of the laser source to repair the McGill laser ablation trace element analyzer
NSERC · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $362,050
Lithium in Pegmatites - from Source to Sink
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
- $133,860
Magmatic and hydrothermal controls on Alaskan-type Ni-Co mineralisation at Turnagain, British Columbia
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
2 publications.
Coupled anatexis and extreme differentiation are the keys for producing giant lithium-rich pegmatites.
Wei HZ, Palmer MR, Xu Z, Zhu W, Xu XS, Williams-Jones A, Zheng BH, Gao JG, Wang Q, Ma J, Yang K, Lin H, Zuo DS
Uranium-rich diagenetic fluids provide the key to unconformity-related uranium mineralization in the Athabasca Basin.
Chi G, Chu H, Petts D, Potter E, Jackson S, Williams-Jones A
Replacement of the laser source to repair the McGill laser ablation trace element analyzer
Principal investigators: van Hinsberg, Vincent
Keywords: critical metals; element mobility; Element partitioning; geochronology; geothermobarometry; Laser ablation; repair; Trace elements; volcano monitoring
Lithium in Pegmatites - from Source to Sink
Principal investigators: Williams-Jones, Anthony AE
Keywords: Anatexis; Geochemistry; Lithium; Metasediment; Mineral exploration; Mineralogy; Partial Melting; Pegmatite; Petrology; Regional metamorphism
Magmatic and hydrothermal controls on Alaskan-type Ni-Co mineralisation at Turnagain, British Columbia
Principal investigators: Williams-Jones, Anthony AE
Keywords: alaskan-type deposit; assimilation; co2-sequestration; genetic model; isotopes; magmatic sulphides; nickel-cobalt; remobilisation; serpentinisation; silicate-sulphide liquid immiscibily
Controls on the Critical Metal (REE, Nb, P) Fertility of Carbonatites
Principal investigators: Williams-Jones, Anthony AE
Keywords: carbonatite; genesis; geochemistry; hydrothermal processes; magmatic processes; metasomatism; mineralogy; niobium; phosphate; rare earth elements
Magmas, fluids and critical metals
Principal investigators: Williams-Jones, Anthony
Keywords: critical metals; magmatic; hydrothermal; mineral deposits; melt/fluid inclusions; isotopes; mineral chemistry; experimental geochemistry; thermodynamic modelling
Understanding LCT pegmatite genesis in the context of lithium mineral exploration
Principal investigators: Williams-Jones, Anthony AE
Keywords: fluid inclusions; fractional crystallisation; geochemistry; hydrothermal alteration; igneous petrology; lct pegmatites; melt inclusions; mineral exploration; mineralogy; stable isotopes
Genesis of gold mineralisation in the Detour-Fenelon belt, Northern Abitibi subprovince
Principal investigators: Williams-Jones, Anthony AE
Keywords: alteration; fluid inclusions; geochemistry; gold; hydrothermal processes; mineral chemistry; ore genesis; physicochemical conditions; stable isotopes; thermodynamic modelling
Serpentinisation and the behaviour of nickel in Alaskan-type intrusions
Principal investigators: Williams-Jones, Anthony AE
Keywords: geochemistry; hydrothermal; mafic and ultramafic rocks; metal mobility; mineral chemistry; nickel; ore genesis; physico-chemical conditions; pyrrhotite and pentlandite; serpentinisation
Controls on the concentration of lithium in oilfield brines
Principal investigators: Williams-Jones, Anthony
A genetic and exploration model for syenite-hosted scandium mineralisation
Principal investigators: Williams-Jones, Anthony AE
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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