Staff

Donald T. James, Ph.D., P.Geol.
Chief Geologist

Canada - Nunavut Geoscience Office
626 Tumiit Plaza, Suite 202, Box 2319
Iqaluit, Nunavut
Canada X0A 0H0
Telephone: 867-979-3539 Extension: 22
Fax: (867) 979-0708
Email: Don James

Education:

Ph.D. Queen's University

Research Interests:

I am actively involved in projects that include regional-scale mapping and evaluation of mineral potential. My research is focussed principally on stratigraphic, structural and metamorphic relationships in Precambrian terranes, assembly of Precambrian orogens, and mineral deposits. My research is mainly field based, and involves integration of detailed U - Pb geochronological studies, geochemical and geophysical data.

Field of specialization:

Structural geology, Precambrian tectonics

Recent Contributions:

James, D.T., Young, M., and Sandeman, H.
2005: The SE Churchill Province (Labrador/Quebec) and the Rae domain ( Nunavut ), Canada : some thoughts on history and metallogeny. Geology and Mineral Resources in Greenland and eastern North America , Kangerlussuaq Workshop Report, October 2005, abstract, pages 31-33.

James, D.T., and Wardle, R.L.
2005: Paleoproterozoic continental growth in northeastern Laurentia: A review of the evidence from western Labrador . Geological Association of Canada - Mineralogical Association of Canada, Annual Meeting, Halifax 2004, abstract.

James, D.T. and Byrne, D.
2005: A Note on the Mesoproterozoic Nain Plutonic Suite and rocks of the southeastern Churchill Province , lower Kingurutik River area (NTS map sheet 14D/15). In Current Research. Newfoundland Department of Natural Resources, Geological Survey, Report 2005-1, pages 93-100.

Ryan, A.B., and James, D.T.
2004: The Mesoproterozoic Nain Plutonic Suite and its country rocks on the Kingurutik Lake - Fraser River area, Labrador (NTS 14D9 and D16). In Current Research. Newfoundland Department of Natural Resources, Geological Survey, Report 2004-1, pages 235-258.

James, D.T., Nunn, G.A.G., Kamo, S., and Kwok, K.
2003: The southeastern Churchill Province revisited: U-Pb geochronology, regional correlations, and the enigmatic Orma Domain. In Current Research. Newfoundland Department of Mines and Energy, Geological Survey, Report 2003-1, pages 35-46.

James, D.T., Kamo, S., and Krogh, T.
2002: Evolution of 3.1 and 3.0 Ga volcanic belts and a new thermotectonic model for the Hopedale Block, North Atlantic craton ( Canada ). Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, Volume 39, pages 687-710.

Wardle, R.J, James, D.T., Scott, D.J., and Hall, J.
2002: The southeastern Churchill Province : synthesis of a Paleoproterozoic transpressional orogen. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, Volume 39, pages 639-663.

James, D.T., Nadeau, L., and Nunn, G.A.G.
2002: Geology of the Natashquan River (NTS 13D/SE) and Senécal Lake (NTS 13D/SW) areas, Grenville Province, southern Labrador. In Current Research. Newfoundland Department of Mines and Energy, Geological Survey, Report 2002-1, pages 79-98.

James, D.T.
2001: Paleoproterozoic (>1.75 Ga) crustal growth and architecture in the region between Archean Superior and North Atlantic Cratons: a review. Geological Association of Canada - Mineralogical Association of Canada, Annual Meeting, St. John's 2001, Abstracts Volume 26, page 71.

James, D.T. and Ryan, A.B.
2001: The Saglek and Hopedale Blocks of the Western North Atlantic Craton: a review of 1.4 billion years of Archean evolution. Geological Association of Canada - Mineralogical Association of Canada, Annual Meeting, St. John's 2001, Abstracts Volume 26, page 71.

James, D.T. and Dunning, G.R.
2000: U-Pb geochronological constraints for Paleoproterozoic evolution of the Core Zone, southeastern Churchill Province , northeastern Laurentia. Precambrian Research, Volume 103, pages 31-54.