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Alexandre, P., and Kyser, T., 2005. Effects of Cationic Substitutions and Alterations in Uraninite and Implications for the Dating of Uranium Deposits. The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 1005-1017.

Alexandre, P., Kyser K., and Polito P., 2005. Alteration Mineralogy and Stable Isotope Geochemistry of Paleoproterozoic Basement-hosted Unconformity-Type Uranium Deposits in the Athabasca Basin, Canada. Economic Geology, 100, 1547-1563.

Alexandre, P., and Kyser T.K., 2006. Geochemistry of Uraniferous Bitumen in the Southwest Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada. Economic Geology, 101, 1605-1612.

Alexandre, P., Kyser T.K., Thomas, D., Polito, P., and Marlat, J., 2007. Geochronology of unconformity-related uranium deposits in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada and their integration in the evolution of the basin. Mineralium Deposita, 44, 41-59.

Beauchemin D., Kyser K. and Chipley D., 2002. Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry with on-line leaching: a method to assess the mobility and fractionation of elements. Analytical Chemistry, 74, 3924-3928.

Benavides, J., Kyser, T.K., Clark, A.H., Oates, C.J., Zamora, R., Tarnovschi, R., and Castillo, B., 2007. The Mantoverde Iron Oxide-Copper-Gold District, III Region, Chile: The Role of Regionally Derived, Nonmagmatic Fluids in Chalcopyrite Mineralization. Economic Geology, 102, 415-440.

Benavides, J., Kyser, T.K., Clark, A.H., Stanley, C., and Oates, C., 2007. Exploration guidelines for copper-rich iron oxide-copper-gold deposits in the Mantoverde area, northern Chile: the integration of host-rock molar element ratios and oxygen isotope compositions. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis, 8, 1-25.

Benavides, J., Kyser, T.K., Clark, A., Stanley, C., and Oates, C., 2008. Application of molar element ratio analysis of lag talus composite samples to the exploration for iron oxide-copper-gold mineralization: Mantoverde area, northern Chile. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis, 8, 1-12.

Bukata, A.R., and Kyser, T., 2005. Response of the Nitrogen Isotopic Composition of Tree-Rings Following Tree-Clearing and Land-User Change. Environ. Sci. Technol, 39, 7777-7783.

Bukata, A.R., and Kyser, T.K., 2008. Tree-ring elemental concentrations in oak do not necessarily passively record changes in bioavailability. Science of the Total Environment, 390, 275-286.

Bukata, A.R., Kyser, T.K., and Al, T.A., 2008. Nitrogen Isotopic Composition and Elemental Concentration of Tree-Rings May Help Map the Extent of Historic Fire Events. Fire Ecology, 4, 101-107.

Carruzzo, S., Kontak, D.J., Clarke, D.B., and Kyser, T.K., 2004. An Integrated Fluid-Mineral Stable Isotope Study of the Granite-Hosted Mineral Deposits of the New Ross Area, South Mountain Batholith, Nova Scotia, Canada: Evidence for Multiple Reservoirs. The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1425-1441.

Chipley, D., Kyser, T.K., Beauchemin, D. and MacFarlane, W., 2003. On-Line Continuous Leach Analysis of Soils by HR-ICP-MS. Can. J. Spectroscopy, 48, 269-276.

Chipley, D., Polito, P.A., and Kyser, T.K., 2007. Measurement of U-Pb ages of uraninite and davidite by laser ablation-HR-ICP-MS. The American Mineralogist, 92, 1925-1935.

Coulson, I.M., Westphal, M., Anderson, R.G., and Kyser, T.K., 2007. Concomitant skarn and syenitic magma evolution at the margins of the Zippa Mountain pluto. Mineralogy and Petrology, 90, 199-221.

Dix, G.R., James, N.P., Kyser, T.K., Bone, Y., and Collins, L.B., 2005. Genesis and Dispersal of Carbonate Mud Relative to Late Quaternary Sea-Level Change along a Distally-Steepened Carbonate Ramp (Northwestern Shelf, Western Australia). Journal of Sedimentary Research, 75, 665-678.

Fayek M. and Kyser T.K., 1997. Characterization of multiple fluid-flow events and rare-earth-element mobility associated with formation of unconformity-type uranium deposits in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan. Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 627-658.

Fayek M., Kyser T.K. and Riciputi L.R., 2002. U and Pb isotope study of uranium minerals by ion microprobe and the geochronology of the McArthur River and Sue Zone deposits, Saskatchewan, Canada. Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 1553-1570.

Fitzpatrick, A.J., Kyser, T.K., Chipley, D., and Beauchemin, D., 2007. Fabrication of solid calibration standards by a sol-gel process and use in laser ablation ICPMS. J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 23, 244-248.

Fitzpatrick, A.J., Kyser, T.K., and Chipley, D., 2009. Selenium measurement in sulphides by hydride generation high-resolution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment Analysis, 9, 93-100.

Fraser, K.C., Kyser, T.K., Robertson, R.J., and Ratcliffe, L.M., 2008. Seasonal Patterns in Hydrogen Isotopes of Claws from Breeding Wood - Warblers (Parulidae): Utility for Estimating Migratory Origins. Avian Conservation and Ecology, 3

Fraser, K.C., Kyser, T.K., and Ratcliffe, L.M., 2008. Detecting Altitudinal Migration Events in Neotropical Birds Using Stable Isotopes. Biotropica, 40, 269-272

Girvan, M.K., Jones, J., Norris, D.R., Barg, J.J., Kyser, T.K., and Robertson, R.J., 2007. Long-distance Dispersal Patterns of Male Cerulean Warblers (Dendroica cerulea) Measured by Stable-hydrogen Isotopes. Avian Conservation and Ecology, 2

Greenough J.D. and Kyser T.K., 2003. Contrasting Archean and Proterozoic lithospheric mantle: isotopic evidence from the Shonkin Sag Sill (Montana). Contribs to Mineral and Petrology, 145, 169–181.

Hanly, A.J., Kyser T.K., Hiatt, E.E., Marlatt, J., and Foster, S., 2006. The uranium mineralization potential of the Paleoproterozoic Sioux Basin and its relationship to other basins in the southern Lake Superior region. Precambrian Research, 148, 125–144.

Hay, R.L., and Kyser, T.K., 2006. Chemical sedimentology and paleoenvironmental history of Lake Olduvai, a Pliocene lake in northern Tanzania. GSA Bullettin, 113, 1505-1521.

He, S., Kyser, T.K., and Caldwell, W.G.E., 2005. Paleoenvironment of the Western Interior Seaway inferred from δ¹⁸O and δ¹³C values of molluscs from the Cretaceous Bearpaw marine Cyclothem. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 217, 67–85.

Hiatt E., Kyser, T.K. and Dalrymple, R.W., 2003. Relationships among sedimentology, stratigraphy and diagenesis in the Proterozoic Thelon Basin, Nunavut, Canada: implications for paleo-aquifers and sedimentary-hosted mineral deposits. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 80, 221-240.

Hiatt E.E., Kyser, T.K., Fayek, M., Polito, P., Holk, G.J., and Riciputi, L.R. 2007. Early quartz cements and evolution of paleohydraulic properties of basal sandstones in three Paleoproterozoic continental basins: Evidence from in situ δ¹⁸O analysis of quartz cements. Chemical Geology, 238, 19-37.

Hiatt E.E, and Kyser, T.K., 2007. Sequence stratigraphy, hydrostratigraphy and mineralizing fluid flow in the Proterozoic Manitou Falls Formation, eastern Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan. Geological Survey of Canada, Report: 588, 4, 489-506.

Holk G., Kyser T.K., Chipley D., Hiatt E. and Marlatt J., 2003. Mobile Pb-isotopes in Proterozoic sedimentary basins as guides for exploration of uranium deposits. J. Geochemical Exploration, 80, 297-320.

James, N.P., Bone, Y., and Kyser, T.K., 1997. Brachiopod δ¹⁸O values do reflect ambient oceanography: Lacepede Shelf, southern Australia. Geology, 25, 551-554.

James, N.P., Narbonne, G.M., and Kyser, T.K., 2001. Late Neoproterozoic cap carbonates: Mackenzie Mountains, northwestern Canada: precipitation and clobal glacial meltdown. Can. J. Earth Sci., 38, 1229-1262.

James, N.P., Narbonne, G.M., Dalrymple, R.W., and Kyser, T.K., 2005. Glendonites in Neoproterozoic low-latitude, interglacial, sedimentary rocks, northwest Canada: Insights into the Cryogenian ocean and Precambrian cold-water carbonates. Geology, 33, 9-12.

James, N.P., Bone, Y., and Kyser, T.K., Dix, G.R., and Collins, L.B. 2004. The importance of changing oceanography in controlling late Quaternary carbonate sedimentation on a high-energy, tropical, oceanic ramp: north-western Australia. Sedimentology, 51, 1-27.

James, N.P., Bone, Y., and Kyser, T.K., 2005. Where has all the Aragonite Gone? Mineralogy of Holocene Neritic Cool-Water Carbonates, Southern Australia. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 75, 454-463.

Johns, S.M., Kyser, T.K., Helmstaedt, H.H., 2006. Character of fluids associated with hydrothermal alteration and metamorphism of Palaeoproterozoic submarine volcanic rocks, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. Precambrian Research, 145, 93-110.

Johns, S.M., Helmstaedt, H.H., and Kyser, T.K., 2006. Paleoproterozoic submarine intrabasinal rifting, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada: volcanic structure and geochemistry of the Bravo Lake Foundation. Can. J. Earth Sci., 43, 593-616.

Jones, J., Norris, D.R., Girvan, M.K., Barg, J.J., Kyser, T.K., and Robertson, R.J., 2008. Migratory Connectivity and Rate of Population Decline in a Vulnerable Songbird. The Condor, 110, 538-544.

Karagatzides, J.D., Kyser, T.K., Akeson, L., Fahey, N.S.C., Tsuji, L.J.S., 2008. Dendrochemical evidence for mobilization of bismuth from bismuth shot-shell pellets in acidified soils of south-eastern Ontario, Canada Dendrochronologia, 26, 1-7.

Kontak, D.J., Kyser, K., Gize, A., and Marshall, D., 2006. Structurally Controlled Vein Barite Mineralization in the Maritimes Basin of Eastern Canada: Geologic Setting, Stable Isotopes, and Fluid Inclusions. Economic Geology, 101 , 407-430.

Kotzer, T.G., and Kyser, T.K., 1995. Petrogenesis of the Proterozoic Athabasca Basin, northern Saskatchewan, Canada, and its relation to diagenesis, hydrothermal uranium mineralization and paleohydrogeology. Chemical Geology, 120, 45-89.

Kyser, T.K., 2006. Tracing fluids in basins to refine mineral exploration strategies. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 89, 199-200.

Kyser, T.K., 2007. Fluids, basin analysis, and mineral deposits. Geofluids, 7, 238-257.

Kyser, T.K. and Hiatt E., 2003. Fluids in Sedimentary Basins: An Introduction. J. Geochemical Exploration, 80, 139-149.

Kyser, T.K., Chipley, D., Bukata, A.,Polito, P., Fitzpatrick, A. and Alexandre, P., 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 Contents in Sulphide Ores. Canadian Journal of Analytical Science and Spectroscopy, 48,, 258 - 268.

Langin, K.M., Norris, D.R., Kyser, T.K., Marra, P.P.,and Ratcliffe, L.M., 2006. Capital versus income breeding in a migratory passerine bird: evidence from stable-carbon isotopes. Can. J. Zool., 84, 947-953.

Langin, K.M., Reudlin, M.W., Marra, P.P., Norris, D.R., Kyser, T.K., and Ratcliffe, L.M., 2007. Hydrogen isotopic variation in migratory bird tissues of known origin: implications for geographic assignment . Oecologia, 152, 449-457.

Langin, K.M., Marra, P.P., Nemeth, Z., Moore, F.R., Kyser, T.K., and Ratcliffe, L.M., 2009. Breeding latitude and timing of spring migration in sogbirds crossing the Gulf of Mexico. J. Avian. Biol.

Levresse, G., Cheilletz, A., Gasquet, D., Reisberg, L., Deloule, E., Marty, B., and Kyser, K., 2004. Osmium, sulphur, and helium isotopic results from the giant Neoproterozoic epithermal Imiter silver deposit, Morocco: evidence for a mantle source. Chemical Geology, 207, 59-79.

MacFarlane, W.R., Kyser, T.K., Chipley, D., Beauchemin, D., and Oates, C., 2005. Continuous leach inductively couple plasma mass spectrometry: applications for exploration and environmental geochemistry. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis, 5, 123-134.

MacFarlane, W.R., Kyser, T.K., Chipley, D., Beauchemin, D., and Oates, C., 2005. Measurement of Pb isotope ratios by continuous leach-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry: quantification of precision and accuracy. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis, 7, 319-327.

Moura, M.A., Botelho, N.F., 2006. Granite-Related Paleoproterozoic, Serrinha Gold Deposit, Southern Amazonia, Brazil: Hydrothermal Alteration, Fluid Inclusion and Stable Isotope Constraints on Genesis and Evolution. Economic Geology, 101, 585-605.

Nelson, M., Kyser, K., Clark, A., and Oates, C., 2007. Carbon Isotope Evidence for Microbial Involvement in Exotic Copper Silicate Mineralization, Huinquintipa and Mina Sur, Northern Chile. Economic Geology, 102, 1311-1320.

Nelson, M.A., Kyser, T.K., Clark, A.H., and Oates, C., 2009. Application of carbon isotope ratios in regolith to the exploration for buried exotic-type copper ore deposits, Collahuasi district, northern Chile. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis, 9, 3-8.

Norris, D.R., Marra, P.P., Kyser, T.K., Sherry, T.W., and Ratcliffe, L.M., 2003. Tropical winter habitat limits reproductive success on the temperate breeding grounds in a migratory bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 271, 59-64.

Norris D.R., Marra P.P., Montgomerie, R., Kyser T.K., and Ratcliffe L.M., 2004. Reproductive Effort, Molting Latitude, and Feather Color in a Migratory Songbird. Science, 306, 2249-2250.

Norris, D.R., Marr,a P.P., Kyser, T.K., Ratcliffe, L.M., 2005. Tracking habitat use of a long-distance migratory bird, the American redstart Setophaga Ruticilla, using stable-carbon isotopes in cellular blood. Journal of Avian Biology, 36, 164-170.

Norris D.R., Marra P.P., Bowen, G.J., Ratcliffe, L.M., Royle, J.A., and Kyser T.K., 2006. Migratory Connectivity of a Widely Distributed Songbird, the American Redstart (Setophaga Ruticilla). Ornithological Monographs, 61, 14-28.

Norris D.R., Lank, D.B., Pither, J., Chipley, D., Ydenberg, R.C., and Kyser T.K., 2007. Trace element profiles as unique identifiers of western sandpiper (Calidris mauri) populations. Can. J. Zool., 85, 579-583.

Norris D.R., Lank, Arcese, P., Preikshot, D., Bertram, D.F., and Kyser T.K., 2007. Diet reconstruction and historic population dynamics in a threatened seabird. Journal of Applied Ecology, 44, 875-884.

Norris D.R., Marra P.P., Kyser T.K., Ratcliffe L.M., and Montgomerie, R., 2007. Continent-wide variation in feather colour of a migratory songbird in relation to body condition and moulting locality. Biol. Lett., 3, 16-19.

Olivo, G.R., Chang, F., and Kyser, T.K., 2006. Formation of the Auriferous and Barren North Dipper Veins in the Sigma Mine, Val d'Or, Canada: Constraints from Structural, Mineralogical, Fluid Inclusion, and Isotopic Data. Economic Geology, 101, 607-631.

Palmer S.E. , Kyser T.K. and Hiatt E.E., 2004. Provenance of the Proterozoic Thelon Basin, Nunavut, from detrital zircon geochronology and detrital quartz oxygen isotopes. Precambrain Geology, 129, 115-140.

Polito, P.A., Kyser, T.K., Marlatt, J., Alexandre, P., 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. Economic Geology, 99, 113-139

Polito, P.A., Kyser, T.K., Thomas, D., Marlatt, J, and Drever, G., 2005. Re-evaluation of the petrogenesis of the Proterozoic Jabiluka unconformity-related uranium deposit, Northern Territory, Australia. Mineralium Deposita, 40, 257-288

Polito, P.A., and Kyser, T.K., 2005. A Paragenetic and Isotopic Study of the Proterozoic Westmoreland Uranium Deposits, Southern McArthur Basin, Northern Territory, Australia Economic Geology, 100, 1243-1260

Polito, P.A., and Kyser, T.K., 2006. Zinc Deposits and Related Mineralization of the Burketown Mineral Field, Including the World-Class Century Deposit, Northern Australia: Fluid Inclusion and Stable Isotope Evidence for Basin Fluid Sources Economic Geology, 101, 1251-1273

Polito, P.A., and Kyser, T.K., 2006. The Role of Sandstone Diagenesis and Aquifer Evolution in the Formation of Uranium and Zinc-Lead Deposits, Southern McArthur Basin, Northern Territory, Australia. Economic Geology, 101, 1189-1209

Polito, P.A., and Kyser, T.K., 2006. Sandstone Diagenesis in the Mount Isa Basin: An Isotopic and Fluid Inclusion Perspective in Relationship to District-Wide Zn, Pb, and Cu Mineralization Economic Geology, 101, 1159-1188

Polito, P., Kyser, K., Lawie, D., Cook, S., and Oates, C., 2007. Application of sulphur isotopes to discriminate Cu-Zn VHMS mineralization from barren Fe sulphide mineralization in the greenschist to granulite facies Flin Flon - Snow Lake - Hargrave River region, Manitoba, Canada. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis, 7, 129-138

Polito, P.A., Kyser, T.K., and Stanley, C., 2009. The Proterozoic, albitite-hosted, Valhalla uranium deposit, Queensland, Australia: a description of the alteration assemblage associated with uranium mineralisation in diamond drill hole V39. Miner Deposita, 44, 11-40

Praamsma, T., Novakowski, K., Kyser, K., and Hall, K., 2009. Using stable isotopes and hydraulic head data to investigate groundwater recharge and discharge in a fractured rock aquifer. Journal of Hydrology, 366, 35-45.

Pretorius W., Kyser K. and Helmstaedt H., 2003. Direct determination of trace levels of Os, Ir, Ru, Pt and Re in kimberlite and other geological materials, using HR-ICP-MS. J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 18, 302-309.

Pufahl, P.K., James, N.P., Kyser, T.K., Lukasik, J.J., and Bone, Y. 2006. Brachiopods in Epeiric Seas as Monitors of Secular Changes in Ocean Chemistry: A Miocene Example from the Murray Basin, South Australia. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 76, 926-941.

Rainbow, A., Clark, A.H., Kyser, T.K., Gaboury, F., and Hodgson, C.J., 2006. The Pierina epithermal Au-Ag deposit, Ancash, Peru: paragenetic relationships, alunite textures, and stable-isotope geochemistry. Chemical Geology, 215, 235-252.

Rainbow, A., Kyser, T.K., and Clark, A.H., 2006. Isotopic evidence for microbial activity during supergene oxidation of a high-sulfidation epithermal Au-Ag deposit Journal of Sedimentary Research, 34, 269-272.

Reid, C.M., James, N.P., Kyser, T.K., and Beauchamp, B., 2008. Diagenetic Cycling of Nutrients in Seafloor Sediments and the Carbonate-Silica Balance in a Paleozoic Cool-Water Carbonate System, Sverdrup Basin, Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 78, 562-578.

Renac C., Kyser T.K., Durocher K., Drever G. and O’Connor T., 2002. Comparison of diagenetic fluids in the Proterozoic Thelon and Athabasca Basins, Canada: Implications for protracted fluid histories in stable intracratonic basins. Canadian Journal of Earth Science, 39, 113-132.

Reudink, M.W., Marra, P.P., Kyser, T.K., Boag, P.T., Langin, K.M., and Ratcliffe, L.M., 2008. Non-breeding season events influence sexual selection in a long-distance migratory bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 276, 1619-1626.

Reudink, M.W., Studds, C.E., Marra, P.P., Kyser, T.K., and Ratcliffe, L.M., 2009. Plumage brightness predicts non-breeding season territory quality in a long-distance migratory songbird, the American redstart Setophaga ruticilla. J Avian Biol, 40, 34-41.

Rivers, J.M., James, N.P., Kyser, T.K., and Bone, Y., 2007. Genesis of Palimpsest Cool-Water Carbonate Sediment on the Continental Margin of Southern Australia. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 77, 480-494.

Rivers, J.M., Kyser, T.K., and James, N.P.,, 2009. Isotopic composition of a large photosymbiotic foraminifer: Evidence for hypersaline environments across the Great Australian Bight during the late Pleistocene. Sedimentary Geology, 213, 113-120.

Silva, M., Kyser, K., Oates, C., Beauchemin, D., 2007. Microwave-assisted continuous leaching on-line with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry for exploration and environmental geochemistry. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 94, 30-42.

Silva, M., Kyser, K., and Beauchemin, D., 2007. Enhanced flow injection leaching of rocks by focused microwave heating with in-line monitoring of released elements by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Analytica Chimica Acta, 584, 447-454.

Sorensen, M.C., Hipfner, J.M., Kyser, T.K., and Norris, D.R., 2008. Carry-over effects in a Pacific seabird: stable isotope evidence that pre-breeding diet quality influences reproductive success. Journal of Animal Ecology, 78, 460-467.

Southgate, P.N., Kyser, T.K., Scott, D.L., Large, R.R., Golding, S.D., and Polito, P.A., 2006. A Basin System and Fluid-Flow Analysis of the Zn-Pb-Ag Mount Isa-Type Deposits of Northern Australia: Identifying Metal Source, Basinal Brine Reservoirs, Times of Fluid Expulsion, and Organic Matter Reactions. Economic Geology, 101, 1103-1115.

Stern C.R., Kilian R., Olker B., Hauri E.H. and Kyser T.K., 1999. Evidence from mantle xenoliths for relatively thin (< 100 Km) continental lithosphere below the Phanerozoic crust of southernmost South America. Lithos, 48, 217-235.

Studds, C.E., Kyser, T.K., and Marra, P.P., 2008. Natal dispersal driven by environmental conditions interacting across the annual cycle of a migratory songbird. PNAS, 105, 2829-2933

Urqueta, E., Kyser, T.K., Clark, A.H., Stanley, C.R., and Oates, C.J., 2009. Lithogeochemistry of the Collahausi porphyry Cu-Mo and epithermal Cu-Ag (-Au) cluster, northern Chile: Pearce element ratio vectors to ore. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment Analysis, 9, 9-17

Yang X.M., Lentz, D.R., Chi, G., and Kyser, T.K., 2004. Fluid-Mineral Reaction in the Lake George Granodiorite, New Brunswick, Canada: Implications for Au-W-Mo-Sb Mineralization The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 2004.