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Iain M. Samson

Iain M. Samson

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Earth Science

D-Index
39
Citations
5162
World Ranking
6222
National Ranking
323

Overview

Iain M. Samson is affiliated with the University of Windsor in Canada and contributes to research primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Computer Science. Their work spans several subfields, including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Geochemistry and Petrology, Biomedical Engineering, and Mechanics of Materials.

Their research focuses on a range of topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Mineralogy and Gemology Studies, and Metal Extraction and Bioleaching.

Samson has published extensively in notable scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Economic Geology
  • Mineralium Deposita
  • American Mineralogist
  • Ore Geology Reviews
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts

Frequent collaborators in their work include Mingqian Wu, Daniel J. Kontak, David Good, Robert L. Linnen, and Jean-François Montreuil.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Samson include:

  • Concentration Mechanisms of Rare Earth Element-Nb-Zr-Be Mineralization in the Baerzhe Deposit, Northeast China: Insights from Textural and Chemical Features of Amphibole and Rare Metal Minerals (2021, Economic Geology)
  • The age and origin of the South Mountain Batholith (Nova Scotia, Canada) as constrained by zircon U-Pb geochronology, geochemistry, and O-Hf isotopes (2022, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences)
  • On the Mechanisms for Low-Sulfide, High-Platinum Group Element and High-Sulfide, Low-Platinum Group Element Mineralization in the Eastern Gabbro, Coldwell Complex, Canada: Evidence from Textural Associations, S/Se Values, and Platinum Group Element Concentrations of Base Metal Sulfides (2020, Economic Geology)
  • Multi-stage metasomatic Zr mineralization in the world-class Baerzhe rare earth element Nb-Zr-Be deposit, China (2022, American Mineralogist)
  • Discriminating Between Primary and Secondary Au Events in a Paragenetically Complex Archean Lode-Gold Deposit, Wawa Gold Corridor, Ontario, Canada (2022, Economic Geology)

Best Publications

  • Hydrothermal Mobilisation of the Rare Earth Elements – a Tale of “Ceria” and “Yttria”

    Anthony E. Williams-Jones;Artashes A. Migdisov;Iain M. Samson

  • The aqueous geochemistry of gallium, germanium, indium and scandium

    Scott A. Wood;Iain M. Samson

  • The Hydrothermal Geochemistry of Tungsten in Granitoid Environments: I. Relative Solubilities of Ferberite and Scheelite as a Function of T, P, pH, and mNaCl

    Scott A. Wood;Iain M. Samson

  • The genesis of hydrothermal fluorite-REE deposits in the Gallinas Mountains, New Mexico

    Anthony E. Williams-Jones;Iain M. Samson;Gema R. Olivo

  • 13.21 – Geochemistry of the Rare-Earth Element, Nb, Ta, Hf, and Zr Deposits

    R.L. Linnen;I.M. Samson;A.E. Williams-Jones;A.R. Chakhmouradian

  • Solubility of Ore Minerals and Complexation of Ore Metals in Hydrothermal Solutions

    Scott A. Wood;Iain M. Samson

  • Fluid inclusions : analysis and interpretation

    Iain Samson;Alan Anderson;Dan Marshall

  • Constraints on the Origins of Fluids Forming Irish Zn-Pb-Ba Deposits: Evidence from the Composition of Fluid Inclusions

    D. A. Banks;A. J. Boyce;I. M. Samson

  • The Genesis of Distal Zinc Skarns: Evidence from the Mochito Deposit, Honduras

    A. E. Williams-Jones;I. M. Samson;K. M. Ault;J. E. Gagnon

  • Trace element systematics of the Neoarchean Fiskenæsset anorthosite complex and associated meta-volcanic rocks, SW Greenland: Evidence for a magmatic arc origin

    Ali Polat;Peter W.U. Appel;Brian Fryer;Brian Windley

  • Genesis of the Silvermines zinc-lead-barite deposit, Ireland; fluid inclusion and stable isotope evidence

    Iain M. Samson;Michael J. Russell

  • DATING DIAGENESIS IN A PETROLEUM BASIN, A NEW FLUID INCLUSION METHOD

    R. S. Haszeldine;I. M. Samson;C. Cornford

  • Quartz diagenesis and convective fluid movement; Beatrice Oilfield, UK North Sea

    R. S. Haszeldine;Iain M. Samson;C. Cornford

  • A Devonian hydrothermal chert reservoir: the 225 bcf Parkland field, British Columbia, Canada

    Jeffrey J. Packard;Ihsan Al-Aasm;Iain Samson;Zeev Berger

  • Tectonic Deformation and Fluid Flow: Implications for the Formation of Unconformity-Related Uranium Deposits

    Tao Cui;Jianwen Yang;Iain M. Samson

  • Mineralogy, chemistry, and fluid-aided evolution of the Pea Ridge Fe oxide-(Y + REE) deposit, southeast Missouri, USA

    Daniel E. Harlov;Corey J. Meighan;Ian D. Kerr;Ian D. Kerr;Iain M. Samson

  • Quantitative analysis of silicate certified reference materials by LA-ICPMS with and without an internal standard

    Joel E. Gagnon;Brian J. Fryer;Iain M. Samson;Anthony E. Williams-Jones

  • Source of fluids forming distal Zn-Pb-Ag skarns: Evidence from laser ablation–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry analysis of fluid inclusions from El Mochito, Honduras

    Iain M. Samson;Anthony E. Williams-Jones;Katherine M. Ault;Joel E. Gagnon

  • Theoretical estimation of halite solubility in the system NaCl-CaCl 2 -H 2 O; applications to fluid inclusions

    Anthony E. Williams-Jones;Iain M. Samson

  • Trace Element Geochemistry of Magnetite and Its Relationship to Cu-Bi-Co-Au-Ag-U-W Mineralization in the Great Bear Magmatic Zone, NWT, Canada

    P. Acosta-Góngora;S. A. Gleeson;I. M. Samson;L. Ootes

  • CRYOGENIC RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES IN THE SYSTEM NaCl–CaCl2–H2O AND IMPLICATIONS FOR LOW TEMPERATURE PHASE BEHAVIOR IN AQUEOUS FLUID INCLUSIONS

    Iain M. Samson;Ryan T. Walker

  • Geochemistry of ultramafic rocks and hornblendite veins in the Fiskenæsset layered anorthosite complex, SW Greenland: Evidence for hydrous upper mantle in the Archean

    Ali Polat;Brian J. Fryer;Iain M. Samson;Chris Weisener

  • Textural Features and Chemical Evolution in Ta-Nb Oxides: Implications for Deuteric Rare-Metal Mineralization in the Yichun Granite-Marginal Pegmatite, Southeastern China

    Mingqian Wu;Mingqian Wu;Iain M. Samson;Dehui Zhang

  • The minor element endowment of modern sea-floor massive sulfide deposits and comparison with deposits hosted in ancient volcanic successions

    Thomas Monecke;Sven Petersen;Mark D. Hannington;Hannah Grant

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert L. Linnen
Robert L. Linnen University of Western Ontario
Anthony E. Williams-Jones
Anthony E. Williams-Jones McGill University
Brian J. Fryer
Brian J. Fryer University of Windsor
Daniel J. Kontak
Daniel J. Kontak Laurentian University
Scott A. Wood
Scott A. Wood University of Idaho
Adrian J. Boyce
Adrian J. Boyce Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre
David A. Banks
David A. Banks University of Leeds
Ihsan S. Al-Aasm
Ihsan S. Al-Aasm University of Windsor
Robert Frei
Robert Frei University of Copenhagen
Robert A. Creaser
Robert A. Creaser University of Alberta

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