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1.5. Purpose of this Thesis
The main objectives of this thesis are:
(a) to re-evaluate the character and formation of uranium deposits in successor basins in
Canada and Australia and compare them to those in the younger U-rich basins with
which they are spatially associated, and
(b) to identify key factors controlling U mineralization in successor basins by integrating
aspects of structural geology, geochronology, petrography and geochemistry (Fig. 1.5)
to detail the structural and fluid evolution of uranium deposits in successor basins and
how they are related to unconformity-related U deposits in the younger basins.
Figure 1.5. Geological disciplines used in this study to evaluate the character and formation of
uranium deposits in successor basins including deformation that created fluid conduits,
timing of the fluids events, the nature of the ore-forming fluid and the uranium source. All are
necessary to construct a conceptual genetic model for uranium deposit.
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