Date of Award
2016
Publication Type
Doctoral Thesis
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Department
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Keywords
Graphite zone, Oxygen fugacity, Reactive mass transport modeling, Redox process, Thermal convection, Unconformity-related uranium
Supervisor
Yang, Jianwen
Rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Creative Commons License
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Abstract
This thesis aims at investigating the formation and controlling factors of unconformityrelated uranium (URU) deposits through fluid flow and reactive mass transport modeling. The role of a graphite zone was first addressed using two different reducing mechanisms. In the first mechanism, uraninite precipitation involves methane as a reductant. In the second mechanism, oxygen is used for formulating the redox reaction. Results show that uraninite can precipitate below the unconformity and away from the graphite zone regardless of the reducing agent. However, methane leads to a higher grade in uranium mineralization.
Recommended Citation
Beiraghdar Aghbelagh, Yousef, "Factors Controlling the Formation of Unconformity-related Uranium Deposits in Sedimentary Basins: Insights from Reactive Mass Transport Modeling" (2016). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 5721.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/5721