{"id":2,"date":"2016-11-10T16:35:46","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T16:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/alexandrep\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-09-17T10:23:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T15:23:30","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/alexandrep\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Alexandre"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"color: #050461\">Ph.D., P.Geo, Chair of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/geology\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Geology<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/alexandrep\/files\/2016\/11\/paul.alexandre.StoneCity.jpg\" alt=\"paul-alexandre-stonecity\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10\" width=\"315\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/alexandrep\/files\/2016\/11\/paul.alexandre.StoneCity.jpg 300w, https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/alexandrep\/files\/2016\/11\/paul.alexandre.StoneCity-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><em><\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/geology\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"accordions-16\" class=\"accordions-16 accordions\" data-accordions={&quot;lazyLoad&quot;:false,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;16&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;collapsible&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;heightStyle&quot;:&quot;content&quot;,&quot;animateStyle&quot;:&quot;swing&quot;,&quot;animateDelay&quot;:1000,&quot;navigation&quot;:true,&quot;active&quot;:999,&quot;expandedOther&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}>\r\n                <div class=\"items\" >\r\n    \r\n            <div post_id=\"16\" itemcount=\"0\"  header_id=\"header-0\" id=\"header-0\" style=\"\" class=\"accordions-head head0 border-semi-round\" toggle-text=\"\" main-text=\"Academic Credentials\">\r\n                                    <span id=\"accordion-icons-0\" class=\"accordion-icons\">\r\n                        <span class=\"accordion-icon-active accordion-plus\"><i class=\"fa fa-plus-square-o\"><\/i><\/span>\r\n                        <span class=\"accordion-icon-inactive accordion-minus\"><i class=\"fa fa-minus-square-o\"><\/i><\/span>\r\n                    <\/span>\r\n                    <span id=\"header-text-0\" class=\"accordions-head-title\">Academic Credentials<\/span>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n            <div class=\"accordion-content content0 \">\r\n                <p><strong>PhD:<\/strong> Universit\u00e9 de Loraine, France, 2000, <strong>Geochronology<\/strong> (<em>Summa cum laude<\/em>)<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Thesis:<\/span> Tectonic evolution of two segments of the European Variscan Belt: North Limousin and Eastern Pyrenees: <sup>40<\/sup>Ar\/<sup>39<\/sup>Ar and U-Pb geochronology<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>MSc:<\/strong> Universit\u00e9 de Loraine, France, 1997, <strong>Exploration Geochemistry<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Thesis:<\/span> K-Ar geochronology, petrology, mineralogy and mineral chemistry, and whole rock geochemistry of the Indian emerald deposits (Rajasthan Emerald Belt)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>MSc: <\/strong>Universit\u00e9 de Nancy, France, 1996, <strong>Mineral Exploration<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Thesis:<\/span> Petrography, mineralogy, mineral chemistry, and whole rock geochemistry of the Montou and Sotison volcanics-hosted skarn copper deposits in France<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>BSc:<\/strong> Universit\u00e9 de Lyon, France, 1995, <strong>Geology<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Thesis:<\/span> Petrology and mineralogy of the Montou and Sotison volcanics-hosted skarn copper deposits in France<\/em><\/p>\n            <\/div>\r\n    \r\n            <div post_id=\"16\" itemcount=\"1\"  header_id=\"header-1484240373075\" id=\"header-1484240373075\" style=\"\" class=\"accordions-head head1484240373075 border-semi-round\" toggle-text=\"\" main-text=\"Teaching\">\r\n                                    <span id=\"accordion-icons-1484240373075\" class=\"accordion-icons\">\r\n                        <span class=\"accordion-icon-active accordion-plus\"><i class=\"fa fa-plus-square-o\"><\/i><\/span>\r\n                        <span class=\"accordion-icon-inactive accordion-minus\"><i class=\"fa fa-minus-square-o\"><\/i><\/span>\r\n                    <\/span>\r\n                    <span id=\"header-text-1484240373075\" class=\"accordions-head-title\">Teaching<\/span>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n            <div class=\"accordion-content content1484240373075 \">\r\n                <p>Introduction to Geophysics (42:269)<\/p>\n<p>Continents Adrift (42:266)<\/p>\n<p>Earth's Mineral Resources (42:271)<\/p>\n<p>Introduction to Geochemistry (42:366)<\/p>\n<p>Field School (42:333)<\/p>\n            <\/div>\r\n    \r\n            <div post_id=\"16\" itemcount=\"2\"  header_id=\"header-1486136492252\" id=\"header-1486136492252\" style=\"\" class=\"accordions-head head1486136492252 border-semi-round\" toggle-text=\"\" main-text=\"Research Interests\">\r\n                                    <span id=\"accordion-icons-1486136492252\" class=\"accordion-icons\">\r\n                        <span class=\"accordion-icon-active accordion-plus\"><i class=\"fa fa-plus-square-o\"><\/i><\/span>\r\n                        <span class=\"accordion-icon-inactive accordion-minus\"><i class=\"fa fa-minus-square-o\"><\/i><\/span>\r\n                    <\/span>\r\n                    <span id=\"header-text-1486136492252\" class=\"accordions-head-title\">Research Interests<\/span>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n            <div class=\"accordion-content content1486136492252 \">\r\n                <p><strong>Economic Geology, Metallogeny, Mineral Exploration<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Li deposits (Falchani in Peru, Tanco in Manitoba)<\/li>\n<li>VMS deposits (Flin Flon - Snow Lake belt in Manitoba)<\/li>\n<li>Uranium deposits (unconformity-related, Na-metasomatism-related, sandstone hosted; exploration methods)<\/li>\n<li>Gold deposits (Central France, SE Manitoba)<\/li>\n<li>Emerald deposits (pegmatite type)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Geochronology<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Applied geochronology (deposit studies, orogenic evolution)<\/li>\n<li>Theoretical developments (thermochronology, data interpretation)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Geochemistry<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stable isotopes applied to mineral explpration<\/li>\n<li>Radiogenic isotopes applied to metallogeny<\/li>\n<li>Lithogeochemistry applied to deposit studies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mineralogy<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mineral chemistry (emerald, uraninite, high-Cr minerals, clay minerals)<\/li>\n<li>Crystallography (zircon, uraninite)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n            <\/div>\r\n    \r\n            <div post_id=\"16\" itemcount=\"3\"  header_id=\"header-1484241782440\" id=\"header-1484241782440\" style=\"\" class=\"accordions-head head1484241782440 border-semi-round\" toggle-text=\"\" main-text=\"Peer-reviewed Publications\">\r\n                                    <span id=\"accordion-icons-1484241782440\" class=\"accordion-icons\">\r\n                        <span class=\"accordion-icon-active accordion-plus\"><i class=\"fa fa-plus-square-o\"><\/i><\/span>\r\n                        <span class=\"accordion-icon-inactive accordion-minus\"><i class=\"fa fa-minus-square-o\"><\/i><\/span>\r\n                    <\/span>\r\n                    <span id=\"header-text-1484241782440\" class=\"accordions-head-title\">Peer-reviewed Publications<\/span>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n            <div class=\"accordion-content content1484241782440 \">\r\n                <p><!-- [if gte mso 9]><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span>--><\/p>\n<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]>--><\/p>\n<p>Moine B., <strong>Alexandre P.<\/strong>, Salvi S., and de Parseval P. (2025) <a href=\"https:\/\/cnrs.hal.science\/hal-05390839\/document\">Quantitative interpretation of the chemical composition of lepidolite and estimation of the fluorine content of aqueous\u00a0 solutions in equilibrium<\/a>. The Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alexandre P<\/strong>. (2025) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/mineralogical-magazine\/article\/implications-of-the-unusually-high-degrees-of-pb-and-se-substitutions-in-bismuth-tellurides-from-the-stall-lake-vms-deposit-canada\/8E4A51D38392F9E36DB057C62503478C#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Implications of the unusually high degrees of Pb and Se substitutions in bismuth tellurides from the Stall Lake VMS deposit, Canada<\/a>. Mineralogical Magazine, 1-11.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alexandre P<\/strong>., and Salvi S. (2025) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2075-163X\/15\/3\/221\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mineral Chemistry of Li-Bearing Minerals at the Giant Tanco Pegmatite, Canada<\/a>. Minerals 15 (3), 221<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alexandre P<\/strong>., Aisida M. (2023) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/mineralogical-magazine\/article\/on-the-matilditebohdanowiczite-solidsolution-series\/2319F8D8985F2E57D2DB3A50BA11DBD0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">On the matildite-bohdanowiczite solid solution series<\/a>. Mineralogical Magazine 87, 292\u2013299.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gs_gray\"><strong>Alexandre P.<\/strong> (2021) Geochemistry of the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada, and the unconformity-related uranium deposits hosted by it. The Canadian Mineralogist 59, 847-868.<\/div>\n<p><strong>Alexandre P., Fayek M.<\/strong> (2021) Formation temperature and ages of the True North 'orogenic' gold deposit in Manitoba, Canada. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 516.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alexandre P<\/strong>. (2019) Mineral chemistry and geochronology of the Rajasthan emerald deposits, NW India. The Canadian Mineralogist 58, 335-346.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alexandre P.<\/strong>, Heine T., Fayek M., Potter E., and Sharpe R. (2019) Ore mineralogy of the Chisel Lake Zn-Cu-Ag (+Au) VMS deposit in the Flin Flon-Snow Lake Domain, Manitoba, Canada. The Canadian Mineralogist 57, 925-945.<\/p>\n<p>Levresse G., Villarreal-Fuentes J., Nieto-Samaniego A.F., <strong>Alexandre P.<\/strong>, Corona-Esquivel R., and Sol\u00e9 Vi\u00f1as J. (2017) New metallogenic model of telescoped Eocene-Miocene Au-U epithermal mineral deposit in the Placer de Guadalupe district, Chihuahua, Mexico. Ore Geology Reviews 91, 133-152<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Alexandre P.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">, Kyser K., Layton-Matthews D., Joy B., and Uvarova Y. (2016) Chemical composition of natural uraninite. Canadian Mineralogist, 53, 1-30.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Alexandre P.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">, Peterson R., and Joy B. (2016) Sector zoning in uraninite. Canadian Mineralogist, doi:10.3749.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Villarreal-Fuentes <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">J.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">, Levresse G., Nieto-Samaniego A.F.,<strong> Alexandre P.<\/strong>, and Corona-Esquivel R. (2016) Geochemistry and geochronology of the Sierra de Gomez Limestone-hosted U deposit, Chihuahua: Implications for distribution of Rio Grande rift mineral deposits in northern Mexico. Ore Geology Reviews,<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">76, 19\u201334<strong>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Alexandre P.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">, Kyser K., Layton-Matthews D., Beyer S.R., Hiatt E.E., Lafontaine J. (2015<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">) <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Formation of the enigmatic Matoush uranium deposit in the Paleoprotozoic Otish Basin, Quebec, Canada. Mineralium Deposita 50, 825-845.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Alexandre P.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">, Peterson R.C., Kyser, K., Layton-Matthews D., and Joy, B (2014) High-Cr minerals from the Matoush uranium deposit in the Otish Basin, Quebec, Canada. <em>Canadian Mineralogist<\/em>, 52, 61-75.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Le Carlier de Veslud C., <strong>Alexandre P.<\/strong>, Ruffet G., Cuney M., Cheilletz A. (2013) A two-stage exhumation in the Western French Massif Central: new geochronological evidence of syn-collisional extension. Lithos 175, 1-15.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Ng R., <strong>Alexandre P.<\/strong>, Kyser K. (2013) Mineralogical and geochemical evolution of the unconformity-related McArthur River Zone 4 ore body in the Athabasca Basin, Canada: Implications of a silicified zone. Economic Geology, 108, 1657-1689.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Ng R., <strong>Alexandre P.<\/strong>, Kyser K., Cloutier J., Yassir A. Abdu Y.A., and Hawthorne F.C. (2013) Oxidation state of iron in alteration minerals associated with sandstone-hosted unconformity-related uranium deposits and apparently barren alteration systems in the Athabasca Basin, Canada: Implications for exploration. <em>Journal of Geochemical Exploration<\/em>, in press.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Polito P., Kyser K., <strong>Alexandre P.<\/strong>, Hiatt E.E., and Stanley C.R. (2011) Advances in understanding the Kombolgie Subgroup and unconformity-related uranium deposits in the Alligator Rivers Uranium Field and how to explore for them using lithogeochemical principles. <em>Australian Journal of Earth Sciences<\/em>, 58, 453\u2013474.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Alexandre P.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">, Kyser K., Jiricka D., and Witt G. (2012) Formation and evolution of the Centennial unconformity-related uranium deposit in the south-central Athabasca Basin, Canada. Economic geology, 107, 385\u2013400.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Alexandre P.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">, Uvarova Y., and Kyser K. (2012) Origin of uranous and uranyl minerals at the Centennial deposit, Athabasca Basin, northern Saskatchewan, Canada. <em>Canadian Mineralogist<\/em>, 50, 693-704.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Beyer S.R. Kyser K., Hiatt E.E., Polito P.A., <strong>Alexandre P.<\/strong>, and Hoksbergen K. (2012) Basin evolution and unconformity-related uranium mineralization: the Camie River U prospect, Paleoproterozoic Otish Basin, Quebec. <em>Economic Geology<\/em>, 107, 401\u2013425.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Alexandre P.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\"> (2011) Comparison between grain size and multi-mineral <sup>40<\/sup>Ar\/<sup>39<\/sup>Ar thermochronology. <em>Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta<\/em>, 75, 4260\u20134272.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Cloutier J., Kyser K., Olivo G.R., and<strong> Alexandre P. <\/strong>(2010) Contrasting patterns of alteration at the Wheeler River area, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada: insights into the apparently uranium-barren zone K alteration system. <em>Economic Geology<\/em>, 105, 303-324.<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Alexandre P.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\"> (2010) Mineralogy and geochemistry of the Aricheng Na metasomatism-type uranium occurrence, Guyana. <em>Mineralium Deposita<\/em>, 45, 351-367.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Cloutier J., Kyser K., Olivo G., <strong>Alexandre P.<\/strong> (2009) The Millennium uranium deposit, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada: an atypical basement-hosted unconformity-related uranium deposit. <em>Economic Geology<\/em>, 104, 815\u2013840.<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Alexandre P.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">, Kyser K., and Jiricka D. (2009) Critical geochemical and mineralogical factors for the formation of unconformity-related uranium deposits: comparison between barren and mineralized systems in the Athabasca Basin, Canada. <em>Economic Geology<\/em>, 104, 413-435.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Alexandre P.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">, Kyser K., Thomas D., Polito P., Marlat J. (2009) Geochronology of unconformity-related uranium deposits in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada and their integration in the evolution of the basin. <em>Mineralium Deposita<\/em>, 44, 41\u201359.<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Carney J.N.,<strong> Alexandre P.<\/strong>, Pringle M.S., Pharaoh T.C., Merriman R.J., and Kemp S.J. (2008) <sup>40<\/sup>Ar-<sup>39<\/sup>Ar isotope constraints on the age of deformation in Charnwood Forest, UK. <em>Geological Magazine, 145, 702-713.<\/em><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Alexandre P.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\"> (2007) U-Pb zircon SIMS ages from the French Massif Central and implication for the pre-Variscan tectonic evolution in Western Europe. <em>Comptes Rendus de l\u2019Acad\u00e9mie des Sciences Paris<\/em>, 339, 613-612.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Alexandre P.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">, Andreoli M.A.G., Jamison A., and Gibson R. (2007) Response to the Comment by Reimold et al. on <sup>40<\/sup>Ar\/<sup>39<\/sup>Ar age constraints on low-grade metamorphism and cleavage development in the Transvaal Supergroup (central Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa): implications for the tectonic setting of the Bushveld Igneous Complex (South African Journal of Geology, 109, 393-410), by Alexandre et al. (2006). <em>South African Journal of Geology<\/em>, 110, 160-162.<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Alexandre P.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">, Andreoli M.A.G., Jamison A., and Gibson R. (2006) 2042 Ma Low-grade metamorphism in the Transvaal Supergroup (Central Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa): precise <sup>40<\/sup>Ar\/<sup>39<\/sup>Ar dating and implications for the tectonic setting of the Bushveld Igneous Complex. <em>South African Journal of Geology<\/em>, 109, 393-410.<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Alexandre P.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\"> and Kyser T.K. (2006) Geochemistry of uraniferous bitumen in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan. <em>Economic Geology<\/em>, 101, 1605-1612.<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Alexandre P.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">, Kyser K., Polito P.A., Sopuck V., and Thomas D. (2005) Alteration mineralogy and stable isotope geochemistry of Paleoproterozoic basement-hosted unconformity-type uranium deposits in the Athabasca Basin, Canada. <em>Economic Geology<\/em>, 100, 1547-1563.<\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Tikhomirov P.L., Akinin V.V., Ispolatov V.O., <strong>Alexandre P.<\/strong>, Cherepanova I.Yu., and Zagoskin V.V. (2005) The age of the northern part of the Okhotsk-Chukotka volcanic belt: new Ar-Ar and U-Pb data. <em>Stratigrafiya. Geologicheskaya korrelyatsiya<\/em> (<em>Stratigraphy. Geologic correlation<\/em>), Moscow [in Russian]<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Alexandre P.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\"> and Kyser T.K. (2005) Effects of cationic substitutions and alteration of uraninite, and implications for the dating of uranium deposits. <em>Canadian Mineralogist<\/em> , 43, 1005-1017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Alexandre P.,<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\"> Chalot-Prat F., Siantot, A., Wijbrans J., Stephenson R., Wilson M., Kitchka A., and Stovba S. (2004) <sup>40<\/sup>Ar\/<sup>39<\/sup>Ar dating of magmatic activities in the Donbas Foldbelt and the Scythial Platforn (Eastern European Craton). <em>Tectonics<\/em>, 23(5), TC5002<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Polito P.A., Kyser T.K., Marlatt J., <strong>Alexandre P.<\/strong>, Bajwah Z., and Drever G. (2004) Significance of alteration assemblages for the origin and evolution of the Proterozoic Nabarlek unconformity-related uranium deposit, Northern Territory, Australia \u2013 A reply. <em>Economic Geology<\/em>, 99(5), 1045-1048<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Polito P.A., Kyser T.K., Marlatt J., <strong>Alexandre P.<\/strong>, Bajwah Z., and Drever G. (2004) Significance of alteration assemblages for the origin and evolution of the Proterozoic Nabarlek unconformity-related uranium deposit, Northern Territory, Australia. <em>Economic Geology<\/em>, 99 (1), 113-139.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Le Carlier de Veslud C., <strong>Alexandre P.<\/strong>, Cuney M., Ruffet G., Cheilletz A., and Virlogeux D. (2004) <sup>40<\/sup>Ar\/<sup>39<\/sup>Ar thermochronology and thermal evolution of Meso-Variscan\u00a0 granitoids of the Charroux-Civray plutonic complex (\"Seuil du Poitou\"). <em>Bulletin de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9ologique de France<\/em>, 175(2): 147-156.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Kyser K., Chipley D., Bukata A., Polito P., Fitzpatrick A., and <strong>Alexandre P.<\/strong> (2003) Application of laser ablation and high resolution ICPMS to the analysis of metal contents in tree rings, ages of uranium-rich minerals and Se content in sulphide ores. <em>Canadian Journal of Analytical Sciences and Spectroscopy<\/em>, 48 (5), 258-268.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">P. Alexandre<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">, C. Le Carlier de Veslud, M. Cuney, G. Ruffet, D. Virlogeux, and A. Cheilletz (2002) <sup>40<\/sup>Ar\/<sup>39<\/sup>Ar dating of leucogranites in the sediment-covered Charroux-Civray complex (Vienne). <em>Comptes Rendus Geoscience<\/em>, 334, 1141-1148.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Cuney M., <strong>Alexandre P.<\/strong>, Le Carlier de Veslud C., Cheilletz A., Raimbault L., Ruffet G., and Scaillet S. (2002) The timing of W-Sn-Rare Metals mineral deposit formation in the Western Variscan chain in their orogenic setting: the case of the Limousin area (Massif Central, France). <em>In<\/em>: Blundell, D., Neubauer, F. & von Quadt, A. (eds), The timing and location of major ore deposits in an evolving orogen.\u00a0 <em>Geological Society, London, Special Publications<\/em> 204, 213-228.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Alexandre P.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">, Ruffet G., and Cheilletz A. (2002) Muscovite recrystallization and saddle-shaped <sup>40<\/sup>Ar\/<sup>39<\/sup>Ar age spectra: example from the Blond granite (Massif Central, France). <em>Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta<\/em>, 66 (10), 1793-1807.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Deloule E., <strong>Alexandre P.<\/strong>, Cheilletz A., Laumonier B., and Barbey P. (2002) In-situ U-Pb zircon ages for Early Ordovician magmatism in the eastern Pyrenees, France: the Canigou orthogneisses. <em>International Journal of Earth Sciences (Geologische Rundschau)<\/em>, 91, 398-405.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Kagou Dongmo A., Wandji P., Pouclet A., Vicat J.P., Cheilletz A., Guimolaire Nkouathio D., <strong>Alexandre P.<\/strong>, and M. Tchoua F. (2001) Volcanological evolution of the mount Manengouba (Cameroon line), new petrographical, geochemical, and geochronological data. <em>Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences Paris<\/em>, 333, 155-162.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Alexandre P.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">, Giuliani G., and Zimmerman, J.L. (2001) Mineralogy, Age and Fluid Geochemistry of the Rila Emerald Deposit (Bulgaria). <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Economic Geology<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">, 96, 1469-1476.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Alexandre P.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">, Floc'h J.P., Cuney M., and Cheilletz A. (2001) Datation U-Pb \u00e0 la microsonde ionique des zircons de l'Unit\u00e9 Sup\u00e9rieure des Gneiss dans le Sud Limousin, Massif Central. <em>Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences Paris<\/em>, 332, 625-632.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Alexandre P.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">, Royer J.J., and Deloule E. (2001) 331 \u00b1 9 Ma emplacement age of the Soultz monzogranite (Rhine Graben basement) by U\/Pb ion-probe zircon dating of samples from 5km depth. <em>Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences Paris<\/em>, 332, 747-754.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Alexandre P.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\"> (2001) Synneusis of zircon: why not? <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Mineralogical Magazine<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">, 65 (1) 71 - 79.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Le Carlier de Veslud C., Cuney M., Royer J.J., Floc'h J.P., Am\u00e9glio L., <strong>Alexandre P.<\/strong>, Vigneresse J.L., and Itard Y. (2000) Relationship between granitoids and mineral deposits: three-dimensional modelling of the Variscan Limousin Province (NW French Massif Central). <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences<\/em>, 91, 283-301.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Alexandre P.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">, Cheilletz A., Deloule E., and Cuney M. (2000) 319 \u00b1 7 Ma crystallisation age for the Blond granite (Northwest Limousin, French Massif Central) obtained by U-Pb ion-probe dating of zircons. <em>Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences Paris<\/em>, 330, 617 - 622.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">Giuliani G., France-Lanord C., Coget P., Schwarz D., Cheilletz A., Branquet Y., Giard D., Martin-Izard A., <strong>Alexandre P.<\/strong>, and Piat D.H. (1998) Oxygen isotope systematics of emerald: relevance for its origin and geological significance. <em>Mineralium Deposita<\/em> 33, 513 - 519.<\/span><\/p>\n            <\/div>\r\n    \r\n            <div post_id=\"16\" itemcount=\"4\"  header_id=\"header-1694459718256\" id=\"header-1694459718256\" style=\"\" class=\"accordions-head head1694459718256 border-semi-round\" toggle-text=\"\" main-text=\"Books\">\r\n                                    <span id=\"accordion-icons-1694459718256\" class=\"accordion-icons\">\r\n                        <span class=\"accordion-icon-active accordion-plus\"><i class=\"fa fa-plus-square-o\"><\/i><\/span>\r\n                        <span class=\"accordion-icon-inactive accordion-minus\"><i class=\"fa fa-minus-square-o\"><\/i><\/span>\r\n                    <\/span>\r\n                    <span id=\"header-text-1694459718256\" class=\"accordions-head-title\">Books<\/span>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n            <div class=\"accordion-content content1694459718256 \">\r\n                <p class=\"c-app-header__title\" data-test=\"book-title\">P. 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