1) Auteur : Jean-Philippe Arguin, étudiant à la maîtrise en Science de la Terre à l’Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC).
- L’auteur à contribuer à l’échantillonnage, à la réalisation de toutes les analyses
in situ par LA-ICP-MS, à la collecte des données pétrographiques et
géochimiques, ainsi qu’à l’interprétation des résultats descriptifs et analytiques.
De plus, l’auteur a rédigé la totalité du mémoire ainsi que la publication
scientifique qui y est incluse. Il est également le concepteur de toutes les figures
présentées dans le mémoire.
2) 1er collaborateur : Philippe Pagé, directeur du projet et professeur sous-octroi à l’UQAC.
3) 2e collaborateur : Sarah-Jane Barnes, co-directrice du projet, professeur à l’UQAC
et titulaire de la Chaire de Recherche du Canada en Métallogénie Magmatique.
- Les 1er et 2e collaborateurs ont tous deux contribué à la planification et la direction du projet ainsi qu’à la correction du manuscrit. Le 1er
collaborateur a également contribué à l’échantillonnage et à la réalisation d’une partie des
analyses in situ par LA-ICP-MS. Certaines interprétations peuvent également lui
être attribuées.
4) 3e collaborateur : Song-Yue Yu, professeur sous-octroi à la Institute of
Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences à Guiyang en Chine.
5) 4e collaborateur : Xie-Yan Song, professeur à la Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese
Academy of Sciences à Guiyang en Chine.
- Les 3e et 4e collaborateurs ont essentiellement contribué à l’accessibilité aux sites d’échantillonnage ainsi qu’à l’échantillonnage proprement dit.
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