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International Journal Papers

Kraus, J. and Williams, P.F. 2001. A new spin on "non-rotating" porphyroblasts: implications of cleavage refraction and reference frames. Journal of Structural Geology, 23, 963-971. [pdf]

Kraus, J. 2000. Back-rotation during crenulation cleavage development: implications for structural facing and cleavage-forming processes: Discussion. Journal of Structural Geology, 22, 149-151. [pdf]

Kraus, J. and Williams, P.F. 1999. The structural development of the Snow Lake Allochthon and its role in the evolution of the southeastern Trans-Hudson Orogen in Manitoba, Central Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 36, 1881-1899. [pdf]

Kraus, J. and Williams, P.F. 1998. Relationships between foliation development, porphyroblast growth and large-scale folding in a metaturbidite suite, Snow Lake, Canada. Journal of Structural Geology, 20, 61-76. [pdf]

Kraus, J. and Menard, T. 1997. A thermal gradient at constant pressure: implications for low to medium pressure metamorphism in a compressional tectonic setting, Flin Flon and Kisseynew Domains, Trans-Hudson Orogen, Canada. Tectonometamorphic Studies in the Canadian Shield, special volume of the Canadian Mineralogist, edited by R.G. Berman and R.M. Easton, 35, 1117-1136. [pdf]

Vollbrecht, A., Dürrast, H., Kraus, J. and Weber, K., 1994. Paleostress directions deduced from microcrack fabrics in KTB core samples and granites from the surrounding area. Scientific Drilling, 4, 233-241. [pdf]


Selected Abstracts and Conference Presentations

Kraus J., Rott, C., and Damte, A. 2017. Tectonic Evolution and Hydrocarbon Exploration of a Multiply Overprinted Caledonian Continental Collision Zone in the German Baltic Sea. Oral presentation at AAPG ICE, London, Oct. 2017 [abstract].

Kraus J. 2017. The Geology of Beer. Invited oral presentation at Geoconvention, Calgary,16th May 2017 [abstract].

Kraus J. and McMechan, R.G. 2017. Perspectiva Canadiense de Exploraćion en México. Presentation at the Mature Fields Conference in Mexico City, 22nd February 2017 [slide deck].

Kraus J. and Williams P.F. 2016. The Emperor’s New Clothes - the Discrepancy between Observation and Interpretation in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Canadian Tectonics Group Annual Meeting, Muskoka, Bracebridge, Ontario, 21-23 Oct. 2016. Oral presentation [abstract].

Kraus J. and Williams P.F. 2016. Fold-Thrust Interactions in the Canadian Rocky Mountains Revisited – A New Kinematic Model and Its Implications for Other Shallow Fold-Thrust Belts. Oral presentation at AAPG ACE, Calgary, 20th June 2016. [abstract and slide deck].
Kraus, J. and Lau, T. 2011. A fractured gas reservoir in a composite foreland basin, Sichuan Province, China. CSPG CSEP CWLS Joint Annual Convention, Program with Abstracts (talk). [abstract]

Cliveti, M.J., Coulson, I.M. and Kraus, J. 2006. New insights into the Neoarchaean volcanism of the Central Hearne supracrustal belt, northeast Saskatchewan. Geological Association of Canada/Mineralogical Association of Canada Annual Meeting, Montréal, Québec. Abstract Volume 31, ISBN Number: 1-897095-17-1, p. 28.

Harper, C.T., Kraus, J., Demmans, C.J., Huebert, C., Coulson, I.M. and Shives, R.B.K. 2002. The Phelps Lake Project: A New Look at the Northwest Margin of the Hearne Province, Northeast Saskatchewan. Geological Association of Canada/Mineralogical Association of Canada Annual Meeting, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Abstracts Volume 27, p. A-46.

Coulson, I.M. and Kraus, J. 2002. New insights into the Archaean Ennadai-Rankin greenstone belt, northeast Saskatchewan, Canada. Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group annual meeting, University College, London. Program with Abstracts, p. 18.

Coulson, I.M., Kraus, J., Harper, C.T. and Shives, R.B.K. 2001. Some aspects on the geology of the Archaean Ennadai-Rankin greenstone belt, northeast Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan Geological Survey Open House, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Abstract Volume, p. 6. [abstract]

Harper, C.T., Kraus, J., Demmans, C.J., Huebert, C., Coulson, I.M. and Rainville, S. 2001. Phelps Lake Project: geology and mineral potential of the Bonokoski Lake area. Saskatchewan Geological Survey Open House, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Abstract Volume, p. 3.

Hilgers, C., Büker, C., Urai, J.L., Littke, R., Post, A.D., van der Zee, W. and Kraus, J. 2000. Field study on an exhumed lower Devonian high pressure reservoir. European Geophysical Society, XXV General Assembly, Millennium Conference on Earth, Planetary & Solar Systems Sciences, Nice, France.

Kraus, J., Peck D.C., Bleeker, W. and Lucas, S.B. 1998. Geological investigation of the Thompson Mine South Pit, Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba. Manitoba Energy and Mines Department, Open House, Winnipeg, Manitoba (poster).

Kraus, J. and Williams, P.F. 1998b. Porphyroblast rotation during folding: does it exist in nature? Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Program with Abstracts (talk).

Kraus, J. and Williams, P.F. 1998a. Porphyroblast rotation during folding: real or unreal? Canadian Tectonics Group Annual Meeting (NUNA Conference in the Honour of P.F. Williams), Canmore, Alberta, Program with Abstracts (talk).

Ryan, J.J., Kraus, J. and Williams, P.F. 1998. Simple geophysically-imaged shear zones with complex histories: An example from the southern Trans-Hudson Orogen, Manitoba. Atlantic Geology 34, p. 75.

Kraus, J. and Williams, P.F. 1997. Relationships between foliation development, porphyroblast growth and large-scale folding in a metaturbidite, Snow Lake. Canadian Tectonics Group Annual Meeting, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Program with Abstracts (talk).

Lucas, S.B., Stern, R.A., Froese, E., Syme, E.C., Zwanzig, H.V., Bailes, A.H., Ashton, K.E., Maxeiner, R.O., Ansdell, K.M., Lewry, J.F., Ryan, J.J. and Kraus, J. 1997. Tectonics and terminology of the southeastern Reindeer Zone, Trans-Hudson Orogen (Manitoba and Saskatchewan). Geological Association of Canada/Mineralogical Association of Canada Annual Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario, Program with Abstracts, A-93 (poster).

Kraus, J. and Menard, T. 1996. Low-medium pressure, low to high temperatures metamorphism during shortening of thinned crust: Transition Flin Flon-Kisseynew Belts, Snow Lake segment, Manitoba. Geological Association of Canada/Mineralogical Association of Canada Annual Meeting, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Program with Abstracts A-52 (talk).

Kraus, J., Menard, T., Gordon, T.M. and Williams, P.F. 1996. Low- to high-temperature, low- to medium-pressure metamorphism during compressional deformation, Kisseynew sedimentary gneiss belt, internal Trans-Hudson Orogen, Canada. Tectonics Studies Group Meeting, Birmingham, UK, December 1996, Program with Abstracts (talk).

Kraus, J. and Williams, P.F. 1995c. Porphyroblast-matrix relationships and a simple answer to porphyroblast rotation from Snow Lake, Manitoba. Canadian Tectonics Group Annual Meeting, Rawdon, Quebec, Program with Abstracts (talk).

Kraus, J. and Williams, P.F. 1995b. History of a single foliation during the Hudsonian Orogeny, Kisseynew belt, Snow Lake, Manitoba. Geological Association of Canada/Mineralogical Association of Canada Annual Meeting, Victoria, B.C., Program with Abstracts, A- 54 (talk).

Kraus, J. and Williams, P.F. 1995a. The tectonometamorphic history of the Snow Lake area, Manitoba, revisited. Lithoprobe Trans-Hudson Orogen Transect workshop, Regina, Saskatchewan (talk).

Kraus, J. and Williams, P.F. 1994c. Cleavage development and timing of metamorphism in the File Lake formation across the Threehouse synform, Snow Lake. Manitoba Energy and Mines Department, Open House, Winnipeg, Manitoba (poster).

Kraus, J. and Williams P.F. 1994b. Structure of the Squall Lake area, Flin Flon-Snow Lake domain-Kisseynew boundary, Trans-Hudson Orogen, Snow Lake, Manitoba. Canadian Tectonics Group Annual Meeting, Belleville, Ontario, Program with Abstracts (talk).

Kraus, J. and Williams, P.F. 1994a. Cleavage development and timing of metamorphism in the File Lake Formation across the Threehouse synform, Snow Lake, Manitoba: A new paradigm. Lithoprobe Trans-Hudson Orogen Transect workshop, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (poster).

Kraus, J. and Williams, P.F. 1993b. Structural studies in the eastern segment of the Flin Flon-Snow Lake greenstone belt, Trans-Hudson Orogen, Snow Lake, Manitoba. Canadian Tectonics Group Annual Meeting, Espanola, Ontario, Program with Abstracts (talk).

Kraus, J. and Williams, P.F. 1993a. Tectonometamorphic development of the eastern segment of the Flin Flon-Snow Lake greenstone belt, Trans-Hudson Orogen, Manitoba. Geological Association of Canada/Mineralogical Association of Canada Annual Meeting, Edmonton, Alberta, Program with abstracts, A-54 (poster).


Geological Maps

Demmans, C.J., Harper, C.T, Huebert, C. and Kraus, J. 2001. Phelps Lake Project: Geology of the Bonokoski Lake Area (NTS 64M-11, -12, -13, and -14). Preliminary geological map, Saskatchewan Energy and Resources, scale 1:100 000.

Ashton, K.E., Kraus, J. and Morelli, R. 2000a. Geology of the Langley Bay Area (part of NTS 74N-6 and -7). Preliminary geology map. Saskatchewan Energy and Resources, scale 1:20 000. [pdf]

Ashton, K.E., Kraus, J. and Morelli, R. 2000b. Geology of the Gunnar Area (part of NTS 74N-6 and -7). Preliminary geology map. Saskatchewan Energy and Resources, scale 1:20 000. [pdf]

Ashton, K.E., Kraus, J. and Morelli, R. 2000c. Geology of the Bushell Area (part of NTS 74N-6 and -7). Preliminary geology map. Saskatchewan Energy and Resources, scale 1:20 000. [pdf]

Ashton, K.E., Kraus, J. and Morelli, R. 2000d. Geology of the Elliott Bay Area (part of NTS 74N-6 and -7). Preliminary geology map. Saskatchewan Energy and Resources, scale 1:20 000. [pdf]

Hartlaub, R., Ashton, K.E., Kraus, J. and Morelli, R. 2000a. Geology of the Goldfields Area (part of NTS 74N-6 and -7). Preliminary geology map. Saskatchewan Energy and Resources, scale 1:20 000. [pdf]

Hartlaub, R., Ashton, K.E., Kraus, J. and Morelli, R. 2000b. Geology of the Eldorado Area (part of NTS 74N-6 and -7). Preliminary geology map. Saskatchewan Energy and Resources, scale 1:20 000. [pdf]


Publications for the Canadian Government

Harper, C.T., Kraus, J., Demmans, C.J., Hueber, C., Coulson, I.M. and Rainville, S. 2001: Phelps Lake Project: Geology and Mineral Potential of the Bonokoski Lake area (NTS 64M-11, -12, -13, and -14). Summary of Investigations 2001, Volume 2, Saskatchewan Geological Survey, Sask. Energy Mines, Misc. Rep. 2001-4.2, 3-18.

Coulson, I.M., Kraus, J., Harper, C.T. and Shives, R.B.K. 2001. Some aspects on the geology of the Archean Ennadai-Rankin greenstone belt, Northeast Saskatchewan Summary of Investigations 2001, Volume 2, Saskatchewan Geological Survey, Sask. Energy Mines, Misc. Rep. 2001-4.2, 43-49.

Kraus, J. and Ashton, K.E. 2000. New insights into the structural geology and tectonic setting of the Uranium City area, northwestern Saskatchewan. Summary of Investigations 2000, Volume 2, Saskatchewan Geological Survey, Sask. Energy Mines, Misc. Rep. 2000-4.2. [pdf]

Ashton, K.E., Kraus, J., Hartlaub, R.P. and Morelli, R. 2000: Uranium City revisited: A new look at the rocks of the Beaverlodge Mining Camp. Summary of Investigations 2000, Volume 2, Saskatchewan Geological Survey, Sask. Energy Mines, Misc. Rep. 2000-4.2.

Kraus, J. and Williams, P.F. 1999. The structural and metamorphic history of the Snow Lake area, internal Trans-Hudson orogen: A synopsis. Lithoprobe Trans-Hudson Orogen Transect, Report No. xx, xx-xx.

Kraus, J., Peck D.C. and Bleeker, W. 1998. Structural investigation of the Thompson Mine South Pit, Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba.Manitoba Energy and Mines, Minerals Division, Report of Activities, 60-65. [pdf]

Ryan, J.J., Kraus, J. and Williams, P.F. 1997. The enigmatic Berry Creek shear zone. Lithoprobe Trans-Hudson Orogen Transect, Report No. xx, xx-xx.

Kraus, J. and Menard, T. 1995. Metamorphism of the File Lake Formation, Snow Lake: Preliminary results. Manitoba Energy and Mines, Minerals Division, Report of Activities, 160-163.

Kraus, J. and Williams, P.F. 1995. The tectonometamorphic history of the Snow Lake area, Manitoba, revisited. Lithoprobe Trans-Hudson Orogen Transect, Report No. 48, 206-212.

Kraus, J. and Williams, P.F. 1994b. Cleavage development and the timing of metamorphism in the File Lake Formation across the Threehouse synform, Snow Lake, Manitoba: A new paradigm. Lithoprobe Trans-Hudson Orogen Transect, Report No. 38, 230-237.

Kraus, J. and Williams, P.F. 1994a. Structure of the Squall Lake area, Snow Lake (NTS 63K/16). Manitoba Energy and Mines, Minerals Division, Report of Activities, 189-193.

Kraus, J. and Williams, P.F. 1993. Structural studies along the northern margin of the Flin Flon - Snow Lake greenstone belt, Snow Lake. Manitoba Energy and Mines, Minerals Division, Report of Activities, 117-118. 


Selected Unpublished Notes and Reports

Kraus, J. , 2010a. Nyalga PSC XVI, Mongolia: Structural Interpretation and Sequence Stratigraphy and Correlation. Report for the Petroleum Authority of Mongolia. [pdf]

Kraus, J. , 2010b. Nyalga PSC XVI, Mongolia: Structure Development History Study and Evaluation of Basin. Report for the Petroleum Authority of Mongolia. [pdf]

Kraus, J. , 2006. Technical Report Abigail Gold Property, Cochopata and Morasloma, Azuay and Zamora-Chinchipe Provinces, Southern Equador. NI 43-101 Report. [pdf]

Kraus, J. 1998. Structural and Metamorphic Studies in the Snow Lake area, Trans-Hudson Orogen, Manitoba, central Canada. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of New Brunswick. [pdf]