Appendix 6: 2015 Abstract titles

 

A FULL LIST OF CCFS ABSTRACTS FOR CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS IS AVAILABLE AT: http://www.ccfs.mq.edu.au/   

 

4th Australasian Universities Geoscience Educators Network (AUGEN) Meeting, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12-13 January 2015

Using a Virtual Petrographic Microscope in undergraduate teaching
N.R. Daczko

ASEG-PESA 24th International Geophysical Conference and Exhibition, Perth, Australia, 15-18 February 2015

A major geophysical experiment in the Capricorn Orogeny, Western Australia
A. Aitken, S. Banasazczyk, M. Dentith, M. Lindsay, J. Shragge, P. Piña-Varas, D. Annetts, J. Austin, Y. Ley-Cooper, T. Monday, B. Kennett, R. Murdie and H. Yuan

Geoscience data integration: Insights into mapping lithospheric architecture
G.C. Begg, W.L. Griffin, S.Y. O‘Reilly and L. Natapov   Keynote

13thBiennial AMAS Symposium, Hobart, Australia, 11-13 February 2015

Quantitative microstructural analysis of geological materials: New views on glacier flow, meteorite impacts and deep mantle processes
S. Piazolo   Invited

WA Geophysics Workshop, Perth, Australia, 18 February 2015

Large scale issues in the WA lithosphere
H. Yuan   Invited

46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA, 16-20 March 2015

REE and Ti in lunar zircons reflect temperature and oxygen fugacity of lunar magmas?
M. Grange, A.A. Nemchin, M.J. Whitehouse and R.E. Merle

Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGG-CAS), Beijing, China, 30 March 2015

Seismic jigsaw of the Western Australian Craton and insights into early Archean crust formation tectonics, Institute of Geology and Geophysics
H. Yuan

European Geosciences Union (EGU), Vienna, Austria, 12-17 April 2015

Decarbonation of subducting slabs: insight from thermomechanical-petrological numerical modeling
C.M. Gonzalez, W. Gorczyk and T. Gerya

Databases related to Large Igneous Provinces
R.E. Ernst and S.A. Pisarevsky

Age and paleomagnetism of the Precambrian Listvyanka dyke swarm (South Siberia): implications for Nuna and Rodinia
S.A. Pisarevsky, D.P. Gladkochub, R.E. Ernst, T.V. Donskaya, M. Hamilton, A.M. Mazukabzov, K. Konstantinov and A.M. Stanevich

Hydration through melt-rock interaction triggers local partial melting in the lower crust: Example from Fiordland, New Zealand
C. Stuart, S. Piazolo and N. Daczko

Multi-stage supra-subduction metasomatism in the Cabo Ortegal Complex, Spain
R. Tilhac
, S.Y. O‘Reilly, W.L. Griffin, N.J. Pearson, G. Ceuleneer and M. Grégoire

Estimation of uncertainties in a 3D geological model of the Sandstone Greenstone Belt, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia
F. Wellmann, R. Murdie and K. Gessner

2015 Joint Assembly: Canadian Cratons Through Time: 4.0 Ga of Chemical Evolution and Tectonism, Montreal, Canada, 3-6 May 2015

Using U-Pb, Lu-Hf and O Isotopes in zircons to unlock the crust-mantle evolution and relationships to mineral systems of the Marmion Terrane (3.02-2.68 Ga), Superior Province, Canada
K.E. Björkman, Y.J. Lu, T. C. McCuaig and P. Hollings

AGU-GAC-MAC Joint Assembly, Montreal, Canada, 3-7 May 2015

The Large Igneous Provinces Industry Consortium Project: Accomplishments and next steps

R.E. Ernst, W. Bleeker, U. Söderlund, M.A. Hamilton, K. Chamberlain, P.J. Sylvester, M.T.D. Wingate, S.A. Pisarevsky, B. Cousens, P.N. Hollings, A.C. Kerr and S.M. Jowitt

Supercontinent-superplume coupling in Earth history: toward a new tectonic paradigm
Z.X. Li

Paleoproterozoic paleogeographic reconstructions: Based on paleomagnetic data and lips barcode constraints.
S.A. Pisarevsky and R.E. Ernst

WA, Multiscale Seismic Workshop, ARRC, Perth, Australia, 19 May 2015

Passive seismic studies in the Capricorn orogen
H. Yuan   Invited

Astrobiology Science Conference 2015, Habitability, Habitable Worlds and Life, Chicago, USA, 15-19 June 2015

The evidence for hydrothermal formation of talc-carbonate at Nili Fossae and implications for astrobiology on Mars
A.J. Brown, C. Viviano-Beck, J.L. Bishop, N.A. Cabrol, D. Anderson, P. Sobron, J.Moersch, M. Van Kranendonk and M.J. Russell

SIMS δ18O of stromatolitic cherts and sandstones in the 3.4 Ga Strelley Pool Formation: implications for PaleoArchean δ18O values
J.N. Cammack, M.J. Spicuzza, M.J. Van Kranendonk, A.H. Hickman, R. Kozdon, A.J. Cavosie and J.W. Valley

Microstructure-specific carbon isotopic signature of organic matter supports biologic origin in ~3.5 Ga cherts of the Pilbara Craton
N. Morag, K.H. Williford, K. Kitajima, P. Philippot, M.J. Van Kranendonk, K. Lepot and J.W. Valley

Early Archean carbonates on Early Earth - Microbial biosignature versus hydrothermal origin
J. Reitner, J.-P. Duda, N. Schäfer, M. Hoppert and M.J. Van Kranendonk

The elements of life at a 3.5 Ga subaerial hotspring: Evidence from the Dresser Formation, Pilbara Craton, Australia
M.J. Van Kranendonk, T. Djokic, G. Poole and E. Nakamura

World Chinese Geoscience Conferences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, 15-21 June 2015

Supercontinent-superplume coupling in Earth history: toward a new tectonic paradigm
Z.X. Li   Invited

Inaugural Advanced Resource Characterisation Facility Conference, Perth, Australia, 18 June 2015

High-impact atom probe research: A case study on shocked zircon
S.M. Reddy   Invited

The NRSP's geoscience atom probe: Context and future research
S.M. Reddy   Invited

78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical-Society, Berkeley, CA, USA, 27-31 July 2015

Characterising the role of mineral orientation on IR microspectroscopy
G.K. Benedix, V.E. Hamilton and S.M. Reddy

New Pb-isotopic constraints on the age of the moon
J.F. Snape, A.A. Nemchin, J.J. Bellucci, M.J. Whitehouse, R. Tartese, J.J. Barnes, M. Anand, I.A. Crawford and K.H. Joy

Record of the early impact history of the Earth-Moon system: targeted geochronology of shocked zircon
N.E. Timms, S.M. Reddy, A.J. Cavosie, A.A. Nemchin, M.L. Grange and T.M. Erickson   Invited

Microscopy and Microanalysis 2015, Portland, USA, 2-6 August 2015

Solving the controversy of Earth's oldest fossils using electron microscopy
D. Wacey, M. Saunders, C. Kong and M. Brasier

Saying goodbye to a 2D Earth, International Conference, Margaret River, WA, Australia, 2-7 August 2015

The future of 3D modeling in Geological Surveys
K. Gessner, R.E. Murdie, L. Brisbout, H. Yuan, and C. Sippl

A 3D fault model of the NW Yilgarn
R.E. Murdie, T. Ivanic, I. Zibra and K. Gessner

The Capricorn Orogen Passive Source Array
R.E. Murdie, H. Yuan, M. Denith, S. Johnson, J. Brett and K. Gessner

12th Annual Meeting Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS), Singapore, 2-7 August 2015

The effect of crustal heterogeneities on the formation of Dabashan Orocline and the growth of the Tibetan Plateau: Evidence from ambient noise tomography
C. Jiang, Y. Yang and Y. Zheng

Imaging lithospheric structures using broadband surface waves from ambient noise
Y. Yang

Heterogeneous crust in the Western Australian Craton: Seismic characteristics and tectonic implications
H. Yuan   Invited

IGCP-649 Workshop on: Ophiolites and Related High-Pressure Rocks in the Qilian Mountains, Xining, China, 5-10 August 2015

Transition-zone mineral assemblages in peridotite massifs, Tibet: Implications for collision-zone dynamics and orogenic peridotites
W.L. Griffin, N.M. McGowan, J.M. Gonzalez-Jimenez, E.A. Belousova, D. Howell, J.C. Afonso, J.S. Yang, R. Shi, S.Y. O‘Reilly and N.J. Pearson

Ophiolitic chromitites originated from ancient SCLM
R.D. Shi, W.L. Griffin, S.Y. O‘Reilly, Q.S. Huang, D.L. Liu, X.H. Gong, S.S. Cheng, K. Wu and G.D. Yi

Diamonds and highly reduced minerals from chromitite of the Ray-Iz Ophiolite of the Polar Urals: Deep origin of podiform chromitites and ophiolitic diamonds
J.S. Yang, R. Wirth, M. Wiedenbeck, W.L. Griffin, F.C. Meng, S.Y. Chen, W.J. Bai, X.X. Xu, A.B. Makeeve and N.I. Bryanchan Iiniova

2015 Goldschmidt Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, 16-21 August 2015

Crystal/melt partitioning of volatile and non-volatile elements during peridotite melting: Implications for mantle fractionation
J. Adam, M. Turner, E. Hauri and S. Turner

The genesis of silicic magmas in shallow crustal cold zones
J. Adam, S. Turner and T. Rushmer

Low-Ni olivine from silica-undersaturated ultrapotassic rocks as evidence for carbonate metasomatism in the mantle
E. Ammannati, D.E. Jacob, R. Avanzinelli, S.F. Foley and S. Conticelli

Mg and Fe isotope geochemistry of garnet peridotites from the Kaapvaal and Siberia Cratons
Y. An, F. Huang, J. Huang, W.L. Griffin and C. Liu

Magmatic controls on the genesis of Ni-Cu±(PGE) sulphide mineralisation on Mars
R.J. Baumgartner, M.L. Fiorentini, D. Baratoux, S., Micklethwaite, A.K. Sener, J.P. Lorand and T.C. McCuaig

The impact of subducted slab components on back-arc melting
C. Beier, S. Turner, M. Regelous and K. Haase

Towards a coherent radiogenic isotopic model for Mars
J.J. Bellucci, A. Nemchin, M. Whitehouse and J. Snape

A cautionary tale on zircon ages from mafic-ultramafic rocks: a case example from ophiolites, SE Australia
E. Belousova, J.-M. González-Jiménez, I. Graham, W. Griffin, S.Y. O‘Reilly and N. Pearson

Age and hafnium isotopic evolution of the Western Ethiopian Shield
M. Blades, A. Collins, J. Foden, J. Payne, T. Alemu, G. Woldetinsae, C. Clark and R. Taylor

Geochronology of ex situ shocked zircons: Towards dating impacts
A.J. Cavosie, S.M. Reddy, N.E. Timms, T.M. Erickson and M.R. Pincus     Invited

Thermodynamic modelling of the mobility of minor and trace elements in metamorphosed chromites
V. Colás, J.M. González-Jiménez, I. Fanlo, W.L. Griffin,F. Gervilla, S.Y. O‘Reilly, N.J. Pearson and T. Kerestedjian

Subducting the Mozambique Ocean: Cryogenian arc formation throughout the East African Orogen
A.S. Collins, D. Archibald, M. Blades, F. Robinson, D. Plavsa, J. Foden, S. Pisarevsky, C. Clark and R. Taylor

Laser ablation in situ (U-Th-Sm)/He and U-Pb double dating of apatite
M. Danišík, B. McDonald, N. Evans, B. McInnes, C. Kirkland and T. Becker

To subduct or not to subduct? That is the Archaean question…
V. Debaille, C. O'Neill and A.D. Brandon   Invited

Eclogite xeoliths with subducted oceanic crust signatures from the Wajrakarur Kimberlites, Southern India: evidences from trace element and O isotope geochemistry
A. Dongre, D. Jacob, R. Stern and F. Viljoen

Geobiology of an exceptionally preserved Archean microbial mat facies (Strelley Pool Formation, Western Australia)
J.-P. Duda, V. Thiel, M. Blumenberg, D. Ionescu, N. Schäfer, M.J. VanKranendonk and J. Reitner

Iron-mineralized microfossils from the Great Oxygenation Event
A. Fadel, K. Lepot, V. Busigny, A. Addad and M.J. Van Kranendonk

Magmatic processes at persistently active arc volcanoes
C. Firth, S. Turner, M. Turner, S. Cronin and H. Handley

The important role of incipient melting in the compositional and petrological evolution of the mantle
S. Foley and G. Yaxley

From MARID to lamproite: melting phase relations of MARID-like xenoliths from Kimberley, South Africa
M.W. Förster, D. Prelevic, H.R. Schmück, S. Buhre S and D.E. Jacob

Timescales of magma transfer, degassing and crustal assimilation at Merapi Volcano, Indonesia
R. Gertisser, H. Handley, M. Reagan, K. Preece, K. Berlo, J. Barclay and R. Herd   Invited

HP-HT metasomatic garnetite associated with lherzolite complexes in the Urals: An indicator of timing of mantle upwelling and exhumation
I. Gottman, E. Pushkarev and E. Belousova

New insights into the lithospheric and deeper mantle
W.L. Griffin, J.C. Afonso, T. Satsukawa, N. McGowan, N. Pearson and S.Y. O‘Reilly   Invited

Modeling microstructural disequilibria during generation of oceanic basalts
C. Grose and J.C. Afonso

Constraints from Sr-Nd-Hf-Pb-Os isotopes for enriched and depleted Hawaiian Plume components in the oldest Emperor Seamounts
K. Hoernle, B. Schaefer, M. Portnyagin, F. Hauff and R. Werner   Invited

Mg isotopes in Roberts Victor xenolithic eclogites: no crustal origin
J.-X. Huang, W. Griffin, Y. Xiang, L. Xie, N. Pearson and S.Y. O‘Reilly

Nanostructure of Arctica islandica Shells: Implications for formation pathways
D. Jacob, R. Wirth, S. Piazolo and P. Trimby

LASS-ICPMS zircon geochronology: comparisons with SHRIMP
I. Jahn, C. Clark, S.M. Reddy, R. Taylor and A. Kylander-Clark

Metallic lead nanospheres discovered in ancient Antarctic zircons
M. Kusiak, D. Dunkley, M. Whitehouse, S. Wilde, R. Wirth and K. Marquardt     Invited

Extrapolating regolith geochemical data for regional analysis of the critical layer using ASTER remote sensing data
H. Lampinen

Probing the record of mantle processes and crust-mantle interactions in minerals, rocks and their geochemical properties
N. Liptai

Geochemical signatures of spinel peridotite xenoliths from the northernmost locations of the Pannonian Basin
N. Liptai, S.Y. O‘Reilly, W. L. Griffin, N.J. Pearson and C. Szabó

Zircon multi-isotopic mapping: Imaging lithospheric architecture and continental crust evolution
Y. Lu, T. Kemp, T.C. McCuaig and Z. Hou

Composition and characterisation of chromites, alloys and sulphide inclusions from the Indo-Myanmar Ophiolite Belt of northeastern India
B. Maibam, S.F. Foley, D.E. Jacob, T.B. Singh, D. Ray and D. Panda

Integration of electron, laser and ion microprobe techniques to create an open source digital mineral library of Western Australia
B. McInnes, A. Brown, N. Evans, N. McNaughton and M. Wingate

The individuality of ascent paths in small volcanic systems: Small eruptive centres near Villarrica Volcano, Chile
L. McGee, E. Morgado, H. Handley, M. Turner, L.E. Lara, R. Brahm and M.A. Parada

Quantitative microstructural and trace element geochemical analysis of a mineralogically zoned vein
H. Meadows, S. Reddy, C. Clark and R. Taylor

In situ U-Pb zircon dating on metapelitic granulites of Beni Bousera (Betico-Rifean Belt, N Morocco)
M. Melchiorre, A. Álvarez-Valero, M. Fernàndez, J. Vergés, E. Belousova, A. El Maz and A. Moukadiri

Pro- and retrograde igneous activity during the Neoarchaean Skjoldungen Orogeny in the SE Greenland
T. Næraa, L. Bagas, J. Tusch, T.F. Kokfelt and C. Münker

The evolution of the Hadean Earth
C. O'Neill   Keynote

Variations in intraplate melting regimes during Earth's Evolution
C. O'Neill and S. Zhang   Invited

Cratons, metasomatism and metallogeny
S.Y. O‘Reilly, W. Griffiin, N. Pearson, G. Begg and J. Hronsky   Invited

Zircon Hf- and O-Isotope constraints on the evolution of the Paleoproterozoic Baoulé-Mossi domain of the West African Craton
L.A. Parra, M.L. Fiorentini, E. Belousova, A.I.S. Kemp, J. Miller and T.C. McCuaig

U-Pb geochronology of zircon by femtosecond laser ablation
N. Pearson, W. Powell, Y. Gréau,R. Murphy, J. Payne, E. Belousova, W. Griffin and S.Y. O‘Reilly

Multidisciplinary study of a recent oceanic pluton: The syenitic complex of Rallier du Baty, Kerguelen (TAAF)
L. Ponthus, D. Guillaume, M. SaintBlanquat, M., Benoit, N. Pearson, M. Gregoire, S. Y. O‘Reilly and M. LeRomancer

Making new felsic crust in primitive arc settings: Contrasting case studies
T. Rushmer, S. Foley, R. Brens, J. Adam and S. Turner

Mantle wedge heterogeneties recorded by microstructural evolution
T. Satsukawa, T. Mizukami, T. Morishita, W.L. Griffin, S.Y. O‘Reilly and K. Michibayashi

Os isotope evidence for a heterogeneous source for the world's largest phanerozoic volcanic event
B. Schaefer, K. Hoernle, I. Parkinson, R. Golowin, M. Portnyagin, S. Turner, F. Hauff and R. Werner

Analytical and experimental study of post-collisional volcanism in the Alpine-Himalayan belt
D. Prelević, H.R. Schmück, S. Buhre, Y. Wang and S. Foley

Linking mineralization, isotopic composition, chemical composition and pyrite textures in the Neoarchaean Paulsens Au deposit
V. Selvaraja, M. Fiorentini, C. LaFlamme, H. Jeon and B. Wing

Mass independent sulfur signature in Archean orogenic Au deposits
V. Selvaraja, M. Fiorentini, C. LaFlamme, B. Wing, T.H. Bui and I. Fielding

Manganese speciation in bivalve shell aragonite
A. Soldati, D.E. Jacob, P. Glatzel, J. Grattage and J. Geck

C-isotopes of diamonds in eclogites from the Nyurbinskaya Pipe, Yakutia: Evidence for metasomatic origin
Z. Spetsius, W. Griffin and S.Y. O‘Reilly

Rare earth element partition coefficients during high-grade metamorphism: Experiments, realities, and large datasets
R. Taylor, C. Clark, P. Kinny and A. Kylander-Clark

Metasomatized segregates of high-Ca boninites: Cabo Ortegal Pyroxenites
R. Tilhac, M. Grégoire, G. Ceuleneer, S.Y. O‘Reilly, W.L. Griffin and N.J. Pearson

Crustal evolution of the Markha Terrane, Siberian Craton: Evidence from U-Pb, Hf- and O-isotope data for zircons from the Nakyn Kimberlites
I. Tretiakova, E. Belousova, W. Griffin, V. Malkovets and N.J. Pearson

The Tonga-Kermadec arc - Lau back-arc: recent progress and future research directions
S. Turner   Keynote

Maturity of Archean sandstones and ancient detrial zircons
J.W. Valley, M.J. Spicuzza, J.N. Cammack, K. Kitajima, N.T. Kita and M.J. VanKranendonk

Identifying the origin of olivines in ultramafic lamprophyres from Labrador, Canada, by minor and trace elements
M. Veter, S. Foley and D. Prelevic

Composition of the lithospheric mantle beneath the Khamar Daban Ridge, South Russian Siberia: Constraints from mantle xenoliths
K.L. Wang, S. D'rill, S.Y. O‘Reilly, M. Kuzmin, W.L. Griffin and N.J. Pearson

Lawsonite blueschists in recycled mélange involved in K-rich orogenic magmatism
Y. Wang, D. Prelević, S. Foley, S. Buhre and S. Galer

Estimating atmospheric lead concentrations and isotopic composition using two Lichen Genera over the past 120 years in Australia
L. Wu, M. Taylor, H. Handley and M. Wu

Two-layered Neo-Tethyan oceanic lithospheric mantle in a Tibetan ophiolite, China
Q. Xiong, W.L. Griffin, S.Y. O‘Reilly, N.J. Pearson and J.P. Zheng

13th SGA Conference, Nancy, France, 24-27 August 2015

Linking crustal evolution to mineral systems using U-Pb geochronology in zircons from the Marmion Terrane (3.02-2.68 Ga), western Superior Craton, Canada
K.E. Björkman, T.C. McCuaig, Y. J. Lu, P. Hollings and G.P. Beakhouse

Sulfur cycle in the deep continental crust: insight from the Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposits of the Ivrea Zone (Italy)
M. Fiorentini, G. Garuti, F. Zaccarini, P. Kolleger, L. Martin and J. Cliff

Magmatic controls on the genesis of Ni-Cu±(PGE) sulphide mineralisation on Mars
R.J. Baumgartner, M.L. Fiorentini, D. Baratoux, S. Micklethwaite, A.K. Sener, J.P. Lorand and T.C. McCuaig

Hypozonal orogenic gold mineralisation: a Precambrian mineral system
J. Kolb, A. Dziggel and L. Bagas

Fluid flow and rock permeability considerations for Au mineral systems: inputs from numerical simulations
J. Poh, N. Thébaud, M. Lindsay, M. Fiorentini, F. Wellmann and P. Rey

Sulfur sources in the Glenburgh Orogenic Gold Deposit
V. Selvaraja, M.L. Fiorentini, B. Wing, T.H. Bui, L. Roche, S. Occhipinti and J. Goldsworthy

Evolution of the Siberian Craton lithosphere: evidence from U-Pb and Hf isotope data for zircons from kimberlites
I. Tretiakova, E. Belousova, W. Griffin, N. Pearson, V. Malkovets and S. Kostrovitsky

2nd European Mantle Workshop, Wroclaw, Poland, 24-28 August 2015

Super-reducing conditions in the upper mantle beneath the lower Galilee (Israel)
W.L. Griffin, S.E.M. Gain, V. Toledo,D. Adams, S.Y. O‘Reilly, D.E. Jacob and N.J. Pearson

Constraints on the geochemical properties and processes of the upper mantle beneath the northernmost part of the Pannonian Basin
N. Liptai, S.Y. O‘Reilly, W. L. Griffin, N.J. Pearson and C. Szabó

Geodynamic and geophysical consequences of stealthy mantle metasomatism
S.Y. O‘Reilly, W.L. Griffin and N.J. Pearson   Invited

Large Igneous Provinces, Mantle Plumes and Metallogeny in the Earth's History, Irkutsk-Listvyanka, Russia, 1-8 September 2015

Three stages of the intracontinental mafic magmatism in the south-eastern part of the Sharyzhalgai Inlier of the Siberian Cratonic basement
D.P. Gladkochub, T.V. Donskaya, R.E. Ernst, S.A. Pisarevsky and A.M. Mazukabzov

8th Hutton Symposium on Granites and Related Rocks, Florianópolis, Brazil, 20-25 September 2015

Post-collisional Late Neoproterozoic high Ba-Sr granitic magmatism of adakitic affinity from the Dom Feliciano belt and its cratonic foreland, Uruguay
P. Lara, P. Oyhantcabal and K.A. Dadd

Neoproterozoic and Late Paleozoic granitoids of Wrangel Island and Central Chukotka: Age, composition and setting in the structure of Arctic Region
M.V. Luchitskaya, S.D. Sokolov, S.A. Sergeev, A.B. Kotov, L.M. Natapov, E.A. Belousova and S.M. Katkov

Petrogenesis of the 2.09 Ga Laouni granitic magmatic granite basement (central Hoggar, southern Algeria): in-situ zircon U-Pb age and Nd-Hf isotopic constraints
N. Remaci-Benaouda, E. Belousova, Y. Greau, P. Bowden, J.Y. Cottin, D. Bouziani, W.L. Griffin and S.Y. O‘Reilly

Six-stage Mesozoic granitoids in an Andean-type orogenic cycle in South China
K. Zhu, Z. Li, X. Xu, S.A. Wilde and H. Chen

First China-Russia International Meeting on the Central Asian Orogenic Belt and IGCP 592 Workshop, Beijing, China, 23-25 September 2015

The scenario of the Paleo-Asian Ocean development with focus on detrital zircon ages spectra in the Late Precambrian sediments of the Southern Siberian craton
D.P. Gladkochub, T.V. Donskaya, S. Zhang, K.-L. Wang, S.A. Pisarevsky, A.M. Stanevich, A.M. Mazukabzov and Z. Motova

TIGeR Conference, Curtin University, Perth, Australia, 23-25 September 2015

Geologic applications for high-resolution secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) to study fluid-rock interaction
H. Jeon, C. LaFlamme, L. Martin, M. Kilburn, J. Cliff and M. Fiorentini

The chemical signature of syn-deformational fluid-rock interaction: Nano - to microscale
S. Piazolo   Invited

A shocking transformation: probing Precambrian reidite using state of-the-art micro- to sub-nanometer 3D imaging. Key issues in fluid-rock interaction: From the nano to the macroscale
S.M. Reddy, T.E. Johnson, W. Rickard, A. van Riessen, R.J.M. Taylor, D.W. Saxey, D. Fougerouse, S. Fischer, T.J. Prosa, D.A. Reinhard, K.P. Rice and Y. Chen

Hydration through melt-rock interaction triggers local partial melting in the lower crust: Example from Fiordland, New Zealand
C. Stuart, S. Piazolo and N. Daczko

SEG 2015: World-Class Ore Deposits: Discovery to Recovery, Hobart, Australia, 27-30 September 2015

Massive chalcopyrite mineralization at Red Bore, WA: The deep roots of a sea-floor hydrothermal system
A. Agangi, C. Vieru, S. Reddy, D. Plavsa and V. Selvaraja

Linking crustal growth to orogenic gold and Ni-Cu-PGE mineralization using U-Pb geochronology in zircons in the Marmion Terrane (3.0 Ga), Western Superior Craton, Canada
K. Bjorkman, Y. Lu and T. Campbell

Stratigraphy-controlled minero-chemical and isotopic imprints for primary sulfur degassing of lavas in komatiite-hosted Ni-PGE ores at Wannaway deposit, Western Australia
S. Caruso, M. Moroni, M.L. Fiorentini, S.J. Barnes, C. Carissa, B. Wing and J. Cliff

In search of high flux magma conduits: 3D photogrammetry, analyzing emplacement mechanisms of mafic intrusion networks
G. Dering, S. Micklethwaite, M. Fiorentini, S. Barnes and A. Cruden

The spatial and temporal significance of alteration associated with gold-bearing structures in the Greater Revenge Area, St. Ives, Western Australia
B.M. Duggan, T.C. McCuaig and J.M. Miller

High-K to shoshonitic magmatism across the northern Archean Kéména Man margin (Guinea): Implications for the late Eburnean orogenic gold mineralization
A. Eglinger, N. Thébaud, J. Davis, J. Miller, A. Zeh, T.C. McCuaig and E. Belousova

Sulfur and metal fertilization of the lower continental crust
M.L. Fiorentini, M. Locmelis, J. Adam, T.Rushmer, F. Zaccarini, G. Garuti, Z. Vukmanovic, S. Caruso, M. Moroni, S. Barnes, S. Reddy and B. Godel   Invited

Postorogenic Paleoproterozoic mafic intrusions within the Rae Craton
C. LaFlamme, D. Lentz and C. McFarlane

Mapping mineral systems footprints THROUGH cover - linking remote and proximal surface geochemical and mineralogical data to bedrock geology
H. Lampinen, C. Laukamp, S. Halley, L. Hardy, S. Occhipinti, T.C. McCuaig and M. Fiorentini

Effects of hydrous alteration on the distribution of base metals and platinum group elements within the Kevitsa Magmatic Nickel Sulfide Deposit
M. Le Vaillant, S.J. Barnes, M.L. Fiorentini, F. Santaguida and T. Törmänen

High magmatic water content disproves genesis of post-collisional copper-ore-forming high Sr/Y magmas by dehydration melting of lower crust
Y.J. Lu, R.R. Loucks, M. L. Fiorentini, Z.M. Yang, Z.M. and Z.Q. Hou

Petrochemistry of the Ntaka Hill Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusion and implications for Ni-Cu mineralization
D.R. Mole, S.J. Barnes and M. Campbell

The Formation of the Ntaka Hill Ni-Cu Deposit: Plume magmas captured by an Island Arc
D.R. Mole, R. Taylor, P. Kinny and S.J. Barnes

Evidence for fluid- and gas-driven magmatic Ni-Fe-Cu-PGE-rich sulfide ore deposition associated with mantle metasomatism in the Valmaggia ultramafic pipe, Ivrea-Verbano, Italy
M. Moroni, M.L. Fiorentini, S. Caruso, M.L. Frezzotti and G. Sessa

Trace element variations in TiO2 due to polymorphism and age: Implications for rutile as a pathfinder mineral in complex terranes
D. Plavsa, S. Reddy, C. Clark and A. Kylander-Clark

Using TiO2 as pathfinder for mineralized ore systems: A combined EBSD and petrochronology approach
D.S. Plavsa, S. Reddy, C. Clark and A. Kylander-Clark

Crustal architecture and under cover exploration: The Granites-Tanami orogen example
D. Stevenson, L. Iaccheri, L. Bagas, C. McCuaig and A. Aitken

In situ sulfur isotopes from mineral systems in the Proterozoic Capricorn Orogen
S. Vikraman, C. LaFlamme, M. Fiorentini and H. Jeon

15th Australian Space Research Conference, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 29 September - 1 October 2015

The role of core-differentiation in ejection of a Moon-forming disk
C. O'Neill and S. Zhang

Dating late thermal events on the Moon from the annealing of radiation damage in zircon
R.T. Pidgeon, R.E. Merle, M.L. Grange and A.A. Nemchin

Early Earth and the making of Mankind: Astrobiology in our own backyard
M.J. Van Kranendonk   Plenary Speaker

Viscosity formulations and the effect of uncertain parameters
J. Wasiliev, C. O'Neill and S. Zhang

Thermal evolution of the Moon modelled by core-mantle coupling
S. Zhang and C. O'Neill

Geological Society of America Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 1-4 November 2015

Revisiting the impact chronology of the Moon: a terrestrial perspective on using ex situ shocked zircons to date meteorite impacts
A.J. Cavosie, T.E. Erickson, N.E. Timms, S.M. Reddy, C. Talavera, S.M. Montalvo, M.R. Pincus, R. Gibbon and D. Moser

Growth of continental lithosphere by accretion of arc terranes along the Laurentian margin throughout the Proterozoic: evidence from Hf isotopes
M.E. Holland, K.E. Karlstrom, M.F. Doe, T.A. Grambling, E.G. Gehrels, E. George, M. Pecha, W.L. Griffin, E. Belousova, G.C. Begg and C.A. Mako

Precambrian reidite unearthed
S.M. Reddy, T. Johnson, W. Rickard, A. van Riessen, S. Fischer, R. Taylor, T. Prosa, D. Reinhard, K. Rice and Y. Chen   Invited

2nd Lithosphere Dynamics Workshop, Perth, Australia, 19-20 November 2015

Ruthenium in spinel from Chassignite and olivine-phyric Shergottite meteorites: constraints on the behaviour of platinum-group elements and sulphur in Martian magmatic systems
R.J. Baumgartner, M.L. Fiorentini, D. Baratoux, L. Ferrière, M. Locmelis and A.K. Sener

Cassiterite as a multiprocess recorder in Sn bearing systems
J. Bennett, A. Kemp, S.G. Hagemann and M. Fiorentini

2nd Lithosphere Dynamics Workshop, Perth, Australia, 19-20 November 2015

Unravelling crustal growth and geodynamics in the Meso to Neoarchaean using U-Pb-O isotopes in zircons and stratigraphic reconstructions from the Marmion Terrane (3.0 Ga)
K.E. Björkman,T.C. McCuaig, Y. J. Lu, A.I.S. Kemp and P. Hollings

Crust-mantle interactions in hot orogens characterised by counterclockwise P-T-t paths and slow cooling
M. Brown   Invited

Sulfur and metal fertilization of the lower continental crust
M. Fiorentini   Invited

Evolution of the lithospheric mantle by melt/rock interaction and its effects on the composition of lithosphere-derived volcanic melts
S. Foley   Invited

Constraints on kimberlite ascent mechanisms revealed by phlogopite compositions in kimberlites and mantle xenoliths
A. Giuliani   Invited

in-situ U-Pb, O and Hf isotopic compositions of detrital zircons from the North Australian Craton
L.M. Iaccheri

Neutral-buoyancy rule over-ruled: Crustal underplating by buoyant magmas during orogeny
R. Loucks   Invited

Secular change in Archean crust formation recorded in Western Australia
H. Yuan   Invited

Specialist Group in Tectonics and Structural Geology (SGTSG) conference: Riding the Wave, Caloundra, Queensland, Australia, 22-27 November 2015

Arc root buoyancy: metastable igneous assemblages in deformed lower crust
T. Chapman, G.L. Clarke and N.R. Daczko

Undergraduate teaching with a Virtual Petrographic Microscope
N.R. Daczko

The Neoproterozoic East Gondwana suture: Reconciling geological and geophysical evidence
N.R. Daczko, J.A. Halpin, J.M. Whittaker and I.C.W. Fitzsimons

Does microstructure matter? Investigating the effect of spatial distribution of viscosity on bulk strength and strain localisation
R.L. Gardner, S. Piazolo, L. Evans and N.R. Daczko

Microcontinents offshore Western Australia: insights into the make-up and break-up of East Gondwana
J.A. Halpin, N.R. Daczko, J.M. Whittaker, S.E. Williams, R.L. Gardner, M.E. Kobler and P.G. Quilty

A new map of the Wongwibinda Metamorphic Complex: its relationship to other HTLP complexes of the New England Orogen
K. Jessop, N.R. Daczko and S. Piazolo

Steep metamorphic field gradients in HTLP regional aureoles
K. Jessop, N.R. Daczko and S. Piazolo

Supercontinent-superplume coupling and a new global geodynamic working model
Z.X. Li

GSWA 2015 Annual Lectures, Perth, Australia, 3 December 2015

Inferring past and current tectonic activities using Earthquake seismology
H. Yuan   Invited

Greenland Day Conference, Perth, Australia, 9 December 2015

Nickel-sulfide ore forming processes in the deep continental crust, Thrym Complex, southeastern Greenland
M. Fiorentini

A window into Greenland's geological past: a new geochronology database with implications for mineral exploration
C. Kirkland

The Paleoproterozoic Karrat Group and Rinkian Belt: geology, Black Angel Zn-Pb deposit and other mineralization styles
J. Kolb

59th Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association, Cardiff, UK, 14-17 December 2015

Solving the controversy of Earth's oldest fossils using electron microscopy
D. Wacey, M. Saunders, C. Kong and M. Brasier

AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 14-18 December 2015

Multi-observable thermochemical tomography of the lithosphere and upper mantle
J.C. Afonso, Y. Yang, N. Rawlinson, A. Jones, J. Fullea and M. Qashqai

Erosion and assimilation of substrate by Martian low-viscosity lava flows: implications for sulphur degassing and the genesis of orthomagmatic Ni-Cu-(PGE) sulphide mineralisation
R. Baumgartner, D. Baratoux, F. Gaillard and M.L. Fiorentini

Imaging anisotropic layering with Bayesian Inversion of multiple data types
T. Bodin, J. Leiva, B. Romanowicz, V. Maupin and H. Yuan

Were Amazonia and Baltica connected in Nuna and Rodinia?
S.V. Bogdanova and S.A. Pisarevsky

A Sm-Nd eclogite and U-Pb detrital zircon study of a probable Baltic HP-UHP metamorphic terrane in the Greenland Caledonides
H. Brueckner, E. Belousova, L. Medaris, S. Johnston, W. Griffin, E. Hartz, S. Hemming and R. Bubbico

Constraints on biogenic emplacement of crystalline calcium carbonate and dolomite
B. Colas, S.M. Clark and D.E. Jacob

Paleoproterozoic collisional structures in the Hudson Bay lithosphere constrained by multi-observable probabilistic inversion
F. Darbyshire, J.C. Afonso and R. Porritt

Supercontinent cyclicity: Relevant data, constraints, limitations and aspects requiring particular attention
B. Eglington, D.A.D. Evans, S. Pehrsson and Z.X. Li

The Capricorn Orogen Passive Source Array (COPA) in Western Australia
K. Gessner, H. Yuan, R. Murdie, M.l. Dentith, S. Johnson and J. Brett

REE chemistry of MORB and OIB explained by microchemical disequilibrium melting models
C. Grose and J. Afonso

Tasmania in Nuna: Witness to a ~1.4 Ga East Antarctica-Laurentia connection
J. Halpin, J. Mulder and N.R. Daczko

Extreme variability of deformation mechanisms at tiny scale in natural peridotite: the effect of phase distribution and mineral reactions

M.A. Kaczmarek, S. Reddy and P. Vonlanthen

Little and large: Implications for preservation of radiogenic-Pb in titanite. An example from the Albany-Fraser Orogen, Australia: Resolving process through Geochronology: New techniques, applications, and interpretations
C.L. Kirkland

Anomalous sulfur isotope signatures preserved in the Proterozoic rock record: insight into the link between fluid-driving tectonic processes and ore genesis at cratonic margins
C. LaFlamme, M.L. Fiorentini, S. Johnson, B. Wing, H. Jeon and S. Occhipinti

Using multiple sulfur isotope signatures to delineate terrane boundaries and investigate crustal formation mechanisms during the Paleoproterozoic
C. LaFlamme, M. Fiorentini, B. Wing and H. Jeon

First row transition metals in olivine - Petrogenetic tracers for the evolution of mantle-derived magmas
M. Locmelis, R. Jr. Arevalo, I.S. Puchtel, S.J. Barnes and M.L. Fiorentini

How Earth works 100 years after Wegener's continental drift theory and IGCP 648
Z.X. Li, D.A.D. Evans, S. Zhong and B. Eglington

New Insight into the crustal structures of SE Australian continent from a combined study of ambient noise tomography and gravity modelling
C.X. Jiang, Y.J. Yang and N. Rawlinson

Petrologically-constrained thermo-chemical modelling of cratonic upper mantle consistent with elevation, geoid, surface heat flow, seismic surface waves and MT data
A. Jones and J. Afonso   Invited

Extreme variability of deformation mechanisms at tiny scale in natural peridotite: the effect of phase distribution and mineral reactions
M.A. Kaczmarek, S.M. Reddy and P. Vonlanthen

Morphological characteristics of detrital zircon grains from source to sink (Western Australia); Geochemistry of sediments and sediment recycling and implications for crust and mantle evolution over Earth history
V. Markwitz and C.L. Kirkland

Tracking CO2 geosequestration using downhole gravity gradiometry, Otway Basin, Victoria, Australia
S. Matthews and C. O'Neill

The oxidation state of iron in chromite as a record of deep Earth processes
N.M. McGowan, W.L. Griffin, N.J. Pearson, S.Y. O‘Reilly,S.M. Clark, J. Roque-Rosell, M.A. Marcus and C.A. McCammon

Multi-phase multi-component reactive flow in geodynamics
B. Oliveira, J.C. Afonso and S. Zlotnik

An early, transient, impact-driven tectonic regime in the Hadean
C. O‘Neill, S. Marchi and S. Zhang   Invited

Mapping sub-crustal reflectors in southwestern Spain
I. Palomeras, P. Ayarza, R. Carbonell, S. Ehsan, J. Afonso and J. Diaz Cusi

Mesoproterozoic - Tonian paleogeography: new insights
S.A. Pisarevsky

Why lithospheric extension separated the Aegean from Turkey
T. Ring, K. Gessner, S. Thomson and V. Markwitz

Os isotope evidence for a differentiated plume head reservoir for the Ontong Java Nui source
B. Schaefer, K. Hoernle, I. Parkinson, R. Golowin, M. Portnyagin, S. Turner and R. Werner

The formation of micro diamonds in dislocation creep controlled by the C:O:H ratio of NAMS
H. Sommer, K. Regenauer-Lieb, D. Jacob and B. Gasharova

Rare earth element partition coefficients during high-grade metamorphism: experiments, realities, and large datasets
R. Taylor, C. Clark, A. Kylander-Clark and B. Hacker

Thermophysical structure of the crust beneath the US Intermountain West from Multi-Observable Probabilistic Inversion
M.T. Qashqai, J.C. Afonso, Y. Yang and D. Schutt

Viscosity formulations and the effect of uncertain parameters
J. Wasiliev and C. O'Neill

Interactions among mid-ocean ridges, plumes and Large Igneous Provinces
J. Whittaker, J. Afonso, S. Masterton, D. Müller, P. Wessel, S. Williams and M. Seton   Invited

Unraveling the unusual morphology of the Cretaceous Dirck Hartog extinct mid-ocean ridge
S. Watson, J. Whittaker, J. Halpin, S. Williams, L. Milan, N. Daczko and D. Wyman

Density effects of shallow structures on the crustal shear wavespeeds in surface wave tomography
G. Xing, M. Chen, F. Niu and Y. Yang

Unraveling overtone interferences in Love-wave phase velocity measurements by array-based, radon transform
Y. Yang and Y. Luo

Integrated in situ U-Pb age and Hf-O analyses of zircon from the Northern Yangtze Block: New insights into the Neoproterozoic Low-δ18O Magmas in the South China Block
Y.N. Yang, X.C. Wang, Q.L. Li and X.H. Li

South China connected to north India in Gondwana: sedimentary basin and detrital provenance analyses
W. Yao, Z.X. Li, W.X. Li, X.H. Lia and J.H. Yang

Secular change in Archean crust formation recorded in Western Australia
H. Yuan

Broadband finite frequency ambient noise tomography
K. Zhao, Y. Yang, Y. Luo and J. Xie

A reduced basis approach for implementing thermodynamic phase-equilibria information in geophysical and geodynamic studies
S. Zlotnik, J. Afonso and P. Diez