Appendix 6: 2017 Abstract titles
A FULL LIST OF CCFS ABSTRACTS FOR CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS IS AVAILABLE AT: http://www.ccfs.mq.edu.au/
XLIX (49) Tectonic meeting, Tectonics of modern and ancient oceans and their margins, Москва, Russia, January 31- 4 February 2017 | Results of a study of detrital zircons from the Bakal and Shalinskoi suites of the typical Riphean section (Bashkir uplift, the southern Urals) using the TerraneChron® method |
Granitoids Through Time, Monash University, Australia, 2 February 2017 | Post-collisional, Late Neoproterozoic, high-Ba-Sr granitic magmatism from the Dom Feliciano Belt and its cratonic foreland, Uruguay |
The 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, Texas, 20-24 March 2017 | The hunt for shocked zircon in the Jack Hills: 21,000 and counting |
3rd Deep Carbon Observatory International Science Meeting, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, 23-25 March 2017 | Insights into diamond formation from polycrystalline diamond aggregates |
Conference of the Israeli Geology Society, Mitzpe Ramon, Israel, 21 March 2017 | The hibonite-grossite-vanadium assemblage in Mt Carmel corundum: extreme desilication and reduction in a volcanic plumbing system The Mt. Carmel birdshot assemblage: Immiscibility of metal, metal-oxide and silicate melts during basalt-methane interaction in a volcanic plumbing system Moissanite (SiC) in Mt Carmel pyroclastics and alluvial deposits: Super-reduced conditions in volcanic systems |
International Symposium on Zircon Geochronology and Crustal Evolution, Kunming, China, 12-20 April 2017 | Can too much information spoil a good story? |
TARGET 2017: Innovating Now for Our Future, Perth, Western Australia, 19-21 April 2017 | Rutile as an indicator mineral in gold exploration Structural controls on the localization of Au and Ni deposits in the Halls Creek Orogen, insight from geodynamic numerical modeling and geophysical interpretation Fingerprinting ore forming processes with sulfur isotopes: craton to camp scale Ground truthing remote sensing maps – mineralogical composition of regolith and its implications to hydrothermal alteration Recent advances and potential leads in lithogeochemical exploration for magmatic nickel sulphide deposits Terrane-scale porphyry Cu fertility in the Lhasa terrane, southern Tibet Methods of targeting across all scales – what important elements to consider? Controls and genesis of high-grade ore-shoots at Callie world-class gold deposit, Northern Territory, Australia The future(s) of minerals exploration Tracing sulfur-sources in the Agnew gold camp: an illustration of Archean orogenic gold deposits diversity |
European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2017, Vienna, Austria, 23-28 April 2017 | Linking geodynamics and geophysical inversion with multiobservable probabilistic tomography Preservation of a 2.4 Ga ecosystem in the Kazput formation of the Turee Creek Group, Western Australia Ubiquity and diversity of nodular and digitate micro-stromatolites in New Zealand’s siliceous hot springs: relevance for Mars biosignature exploration The behaviour of monazite at high temperature and high stress in the lower crust Redistribution of iron and titanium in subduction zones: insights from high-pressure serpentinites An origin of life in terrestrial fresh water hydrothermal pools Exceptional Preservation of Biosignatures in c. 3.48 Ga Terrestrial Hot Spring Deposits, Pilbara, Western Australia Astrobiology ‘Down Under’: A comprehensive virtual field trip of the c. 3.48 Ga Dresser Formation, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia Rehydration reactions and microstructure development in lower crustal granulites from the Bergen Arcs, Norway The topography of the Iberian Peninsula from coupled geophysical-petrological inversion of multiple data sets Continental geodynamics and mineral exploration-the Western Australian perspective Peering into the deep: Illuminating the crustal evolution of the Eucla basement and its relationship to the Albany-Fraser Orogen of southwest Australia Keep it real and visual: Dissecting social media engagement and its potential to influence trust in space science Long term evolution of Earth’s magnetic field strength: Supercontinent cycles and nucleation of the inner core Ignimbrites of Armenia – Paleomagnetic constraints on flow direction and stratigraphy of pyroclastic activity of Mount Aragats The importance of the Gurian stage: magnetostratigraphic correlation of the Calabrian in the southern Caucasus and its paleoclimatic implications Tracing Archean sulfur across stitched lithospheric blocks Tracing sulfur across lithospheric boundaries Numerical Modelling of Multi-Phase Multi-Component Reactive Transport in the Earth’s Interior Model order reduction for the fast solution of 3D Stokes problems and its application in geophysical inversion How ‘cyclic’ is the Supercontinental Cycle Mechanism and duration of plutonic processes in oceanic crust: the example of the South Rallier du Baty intrusive complex, Kerguelen Archipelago Nano is the next big thing: Revealing geochemical processes with atom probe microscopy Thermochronology across tectonic contacts in southwest Turkey defines extensional South Menderes Monocline Very broad band seismic constraints on the LAB and lithospheric layering in the north American Craton Unravelling the complexities of a high-grade Paleoarchean terrane: Saglek Block, Labrador, Canada Crustal structure of a Proterozoic craton boundary: east Albany-Fraser Orogen, Western Australia, imaged with passive seismic and gravity Seismic structure of a late-Archean microcontinent in the middle of the Western Australian Craton Geochemical, zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopic study on metabasalt in the Cathaysia Block: Implications of Paleozoic migmatization of Precambrian crustal and mantle materials in South China |
Astrobiology Science Convention (Abscicon), Mesa, USA, 24-28 April 2017 | Preservation of a 2.4 Ga ecosystem in the Kazput Formation of the Turee Creek Group, Western Australia |
AIG Workshop, Perth, WA, 2 May 2017 | Crustal structure of the Capricorn Orogen inferred from passive source seismology |
Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology and Tectonics, Inverness, Scotland, 30 April - 7 May 2017 | Recognition of melt flux through shear zones Melt flux through the root of a magmatic arc under static versus dynamic conditions Flow behaviour of the middle and lower crust: Insights from field observations and numerical modelling Patterns of strain localization in heterogeneous, polycrystalline rocks – a numerical perspective Microstructural indicators of channelled melt flow through the lower crust Earthquakes at depth: Insights from high resolution orientation and chemical analysis Deformation-resembling microstructure created by fluid-mediated dissolution-precipitation reactions |
EMAS-15 / IUMAS-7, Konstanz, Germany, 7-11 May 2017 | Integration of Electron Backscatter Diffraction, Transmission Kikuchi Diffraction and Atom Probe Microscopy: A superior workflow for nanoscale geochemistry High-resolution imaging, EBSD analysis and isotope mapping of experimentally produced micro and nanocrystalline geological materials |
JPGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2017, Chiba, Japan, 20-25 May 2017 | South China in the assembled Gondwana |
GAC-MAC Annual Meeting, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 21-23 May 2017 | Post-accretionary uplift of the Meguma Terrane relative to the Avalon Terrane in the Canadian Appalachians |
2017 GSA Cordilleran Section Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, 23-25 May 2017 | The influence of hydrous melting on the electrical conductivity in feldspar labradorite |
2017 Interior of the Earth, Gordon Research Conference, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, USA, 4-9 June 2017 | The long legacy of deep mantle processes |
FUTORES II (Future Understanding of Tectonics, Ores, Resources, Environment and Sustainability) Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 4-7 June 2017 | Atmospheric sulfur in the orogenic gold deposits of the Archean Yilgarn Craton Metallogeny of the Capricorn Orogen, Western Australia The effect of magmatic oxidation state, hydration state and temperature on incorporation of cerium in zircon: bad news for Ce-in-zircon oxybarometry Calibration of a new magmatic oxybarometer using uranium, cerium and titanium in zircon as a pathfinder to Cu-fertile arc igneous complexes |
ARCF Project Workshop, Perth, Australia, 7 June 2017 | Nanoscale characterisation of trace element mobility: implications for rutile as a pathfinder mineral |
Rodinia 2017: Supercontinent Cycles and Global Geodynamics, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 11-14 June 2017 | A full-plate global reconstruction of the Neoproterozoic: An essential step in quantifying ancient geodynamics The Derim Derim Event of Northern Australia - Geochemical characterisation and impact on hydrocarbon development Does the Earth have a fundamental frequency? Precambrian mantle plume centres and breakup margins identified using the large igneous province record Gulf of Nuna: Mesoproterozoic hydrocarbon burial during supercontinent Breakup Decoding Earth’s rhythm: Modulation of supercontinent cycles by longer superocean cycles Palaeomagnetism of the Boonadgin Dyke Suite, Yilgarn Craton: Implications for the assembly of the Western Australian Craton and possible connection with India Evaluation of full-plate reconstructions of the Neoproterozoic using Hf isotopes in zircon Girdle Earth: The snowball Earth arc magmatism system Laurentian crust in NE Australia: A critical tie-point during the assembly of the supercontinent Nuna New progress and constraints on supercontinent reconstructions Tectonic evolution of NE Australia during the assembly of supercontinent Nuna: a multi-disciplinary reappraisal A multi-scale structural and metamorphic study of the Georgetown Inlier, NE Queensland –– Implications for the assembly of the supercontinent Nuna Long-travelled sediments from India to Australia in the assembled Gondwana Ca. 750–720 Ma tectonic transition recorded in the Bemarivo terrane balances the global plate kinematic budget during Rodinia break-up |
ECROFI 2017, Nancy, France, 23-29 June 2017 | Silicate melt inclusions recording metasomatism in an upper mantle lherzolite xenolith from the northern Pannonian Basin Tracking wehrlitization process using silicate melt inclusions in upper mantle xenoliths from Nógrád-Gömör Volcanic Field (Northern Pannonian Basin) |
5th Australian Atom Probe Workshop, Magnetic Island, Australia, 27-30 June 2017 | Trace element nanocluster in natural rutile (TiO2) and their geological significance |
Shock Metamorphism in Terrestrial and Extra-Terrestrial Rocks Workshop, Perth, Australia, 26 June - 2 July 2017 | Nanoscale trace element analysis of shocked zircon using FIB-ToF-SIMS and atom probe microscopy |
6th Augen Conference, Sydney University, 5-6 August 2017 | Meeting tomorrow’s needs: The national decadal plan for Earth Sciences, and implementing it in the classroom |
IAVCEI 2017 Scientific Assembly, Portland, Oregon, USA, 14-18 August 2017 | The remnant Paleoproterozoic Hart-Carson LIP of north Western Australia |
Goldschmidt 2017 Conference, Paris, France, 13-18 August 2017 | Changes in clinopyroxene crystal structure and chemistry as functions of pressure, temperature, and dissolved H2O concentrations in coexisting basanitic melts: implications for thermobarometry and the compositions of near-solidus mantle melts Reappraisal of MORB redox state using both Fe and S speciation Origin of zircons from the Kondyor Platinum-Bearing Massif (Russia): Evidence from U-Pb and Hf-O isotopic data The role of sulfides in the fractionation of highly siderophile and chalcophile elements during the formation of shergottite meteorites Halogen and Cl Isotope compositions of martian phosphates: implications for surface chemistry and bulk Mars U-Pb and Lu-Hf Isotopic systems in zircon within Ediacaran – Paibian Granitoid “Taourirt” ring-complexes (Silet Terrane, Tuareg Shield, Algeria, West Africa): Implications for tectonic setting and regional correlation Scandium speciation in a world-class lateritic deposit Occurrence of Ge-bearing accessory minerals within the Variscan Pb-Zn deposits of the Bossost Dome, French Pyrenean Axial Zone Re-Os geochronology of sub-micrometre meteoritic alloys through atom probe microscopy Eoarchean crust in the Napier Complex of East Antarctica: Isotopic insights from U-Pb-Hf in zircon New constraints on MARID- and PIC-Style mantle metasomatism and their relationship to continental alkaline magmatism Partitioning of nitrogen during partial melting of phlogopite-rich metasomes Zircon O-Li isotopic constraints on the origins of the Cretaceous Low-δ18O Nianzishan Granite, NE China Southwestern Africa on the burner: Pleistocene carbonatite volcanism linked to mantle upwelling in Angola Recycling and growth of zircons in chromitites from the subcontinental lithospheric mantle Recrystallisation and short-lived lattice disruptions along mantle fluid pathways CH4 interaction with basalt magma: Super-reducing conditions beneath Mt Carmel, Israel The unexplored potential impact of pyroxenitic layering on upper mantle seismic properties Moissanite in volcanic systems: super-reduced conditions in the mantle Insights into diamond formation from polycrystalline diamond aggregates Zircon O isotope (18O/16O) single grain mapping using LG-SIMS Microstructural investigations of Ureilite Meteorite Sayh Al Uhaymir 559 Zircon below the micron scale: on the trail of errant elements A monazite and zircon record of Neoarchean polymetamorphism in the Saglek Block of Labrador Tracing the final collision of accretionary orogens: Terminal magmatic activities in the southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) Role of deep-Earth water cycling in Cretaceous magmatism in southeast China Deformation and tectonic evolution of the upper mantle in the Northern Pannonian Basin Garnet pyroxenites in Southeastern Australia: Tracing deep lithospheric events Evaluation of full-plate reconstructions of the Neoproterozoic using Hf isotopes in zircon Textural, chemical and isotopic record of fluid-rock interactions in lawsonite-eclogite from Port Macquarie (Australia) Chronology of the lunar magma ocean A. Nemchin, J. Snape and M. Whitehouse Invited Geodynamic processes during heroic collisions revealed from geochemical, microstructural and geodynamic information Numerical modelling of Multi-Phase Multi-Component Reactive Transport in the Earth’s interior Model order reduction for the fast solution of 3D Stokes problems and its application in geophysical inversion Studying sub-crustal reflectors in SW-Spain with wide-angle profiles The Paleoproterozoic Baoulé-Mossi domain, West African Craton: plate tectonics at 2.3-2.0 Ga? Using U-Th-Pb monazite geochronology to constrain emplacement ages and melt production rates of leucocratic granites Archean to Permian zircons in Cretaceous mantle-hosted ophiolitic chromitites from Eastern Cuba Atmospheric sulfur in the orogenic gold deposits of the Archean Yilgarn Craton Amphibole as a proxy for the volatile content of the Archean mantle Tracing the sources of lunar volcanism with Pb isotopes J. Snape, A. Nemchin, J. Bellucci and M. Whitehouse Invited Fluid Induced transition from banded kyanite- to bimineralic eclogite and implications for the evolution of cratons Radiogenic isotope geochemistry of Cabo Ortegal Pyroxenites: Origin and age of a sub-arc mantle domain Remnant ancient lithospheric fragments in Proterozoic Dunzhugur Ophiolites in Southern Siberia Episodic subduction of Tethyan slabs recorded in a Tibetan Ophiolite Ultrapotassic rocks and xenoliths from South Tibet: Contrasting styles of interaction between lithospheric mantle and asthenosphere during continental collision Tracing an intraoceanic Paleozoic subduction zone in Western Junggar of China by geophysical imaging 3D crustal structure of the Tibetan Plateau revealed by ambient noise tomography: Implications for the deformation and growth of tibet Crustal structure of the Capricorn Orogen of Western Australia – The role of a microcontinent during Paleoproterozoic dubduction and intra-cratonic crust reworking |
14th SGA Biennial Meeting, Quebec, 20-23 August 2017 | Proterozoic West African gold: why ‘When’ leads to ‘Where’ The bimodal fluid evolution of the Nimbus Zn-Ag deposit: an Archean VHMS with epithermal characteristics Form and emplacement of chonoliths A.R. Cruden, S. Barnes, C. Magee, J. Van Otterloo, A. Bunger, M. Fiorentini and S. Micklethwaite Zircon composition: indicator of fertile igneous rocks related to porphyry copper deposits Gold metallogeny of Greenland J. Kolb, N. Thébaud, E. Lebrun, M. Fiorentini and T. Nielsen Multiple sulfur isotopes monitor fluid evolution in MIF-S-bearing orogenic gold Southern Mali crustal evolution, a geochemical and isotopic study and its implications for the petrogenesis and metallogenesis of the Rhyacian Baoulé-Mossi domain, southern West African Craton Controls on high-grade ore-shoots at Callie world-class gold deposit, Northern Territory, Australia The making of Archean orogenic gold deposits: tracing sulfur sources in the Agnew gold camp |
12th International Eclogite Conference. High- and ultrahigh-pressure rocks - Keys to lithosphere dynamics through geologic time, Åre, Sweden, 26-29 August 2017 | Major and trace element fluxes at carbonated metabasite-peridotite interface: insight from experimental modeling Peridotites and eclogites in the SCLM: The evolution of an understanding Major and trace element fluxes at carbonated metabasite-peridotite interface: insight from experimental modeling Tectonostratigraphy, structure and petrology of the Averøy layered eclogite and relations to the Nordøyane UHP domain, W Norway Modeling of Rare Earth Elements redistribution in HP/LT metamorphic rocks: Record of lawsonite, titanite and epidote breakdown by garnet |
24th Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography, Hyderabad, India, 21-28 September 2017 | Determination of proton conduction in olivine and hydrogarnet |
SIMS 21, 21st International Conference on Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry, Krakow, Poland, 10-16 September 2017 | Stable isotope labelling as a tool to investigate mineral-fluid interaction |
Comparative Tectonic Analysis of Melanges, Accretionary Orogens, and Arc-Continent Collisions Through Time, Wuhan, China, 16-21 September 2017 | Permo-Triassic to Cretaceous Magmatism along the northern margin of the North China Craton: Implications for the junction of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt |
SEG 2017. Ore Deposits of Asia: China and Beyond, Beijing, China, 17-20 September 2017 | Fe-Ti-V deposits of China and Russia: Tectonic setting, geochemistry and paleomagnetic data Porphyry Cu fertility in the Lhasa Terrane, southern Tibet: Insights from terrane-scale whole-rock geochemistry and zircon trace element and Hf-O isotopes Zircon compositions as fertility indicator of Archean granites Zircon characterization as a pathfinder for porphyry Cu deposits Mass dependent fractionation in pyrite from the Golden Mile: Evidence for a mantle connection during gold mineralization Large copper and gold systems of Kazakhstan and Tienshan: Geodynamics and metallogeny revisited Ultrapotassic rocks and xenoliths from South Tibet: Contrasting styles of interaction between lithospheric mantle and asthenosphere during continental collision |
11th International Kimberlite Conference, Gaborone, Botswana, 18-22 September 2017 | New constraints on the origin of carbonates in kimberlites using petrography, mineral chemistry and in situ stable isotope analysis Metasomatic evolution of the SCLM beneath the Lunda Norte province (NE Angola) Mineralogy, geochemistry, and petrogenesis of paleoproterozoic alkaline magmas in the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia Melt evolution of the Finsch orangeite, South Africa New constraints on the origins of MARID and PIC rocks based on mineral and bulk-rock geochemical data: Implication for mantle metasomatism and alkaline magmatism Multiple metasomatic events recorded in MARID xenoliths The carbon cycle in the continental lithosphere and the generation of alkaline mafic melts in cratonic and rift regions Olivine zoning and the evolution of kimberlite systems Tracing mantle metasomatism using combined stable (C, O, N) and radiogenic (Sr, Nd, Hf, Pb) isotope geochemistry: case studies from mantle xenoliths of the Kimberley kimberlites Complex zoning of olivine in archetypal kimberlites provides new insights into the evolution of kimberlite magmas A comparison of geochronology methods applied to kimberlites and related rocks from the Karelian Craton, Finland Primitive melt composition of the Bultfontein Kimberlite Apatite from the Kimberley Kimberlites (South Africa): Petrography and mineral chemistry Tracking continental-scale modification of the Earth’s mantle using Hf-isotopes in zircon megacrysts Ilmenite as a recorder of the kimberlite history from mantle to surface: examples from Indian kimberlites Magma mingling at the Menominee pipe, USA? Contributions from texture and mineral chemistry Styles of alteration of Ti oxides of the kimberlite groundmass: implications on the petrogenesis and classification of kimberlites and similar rocks Ilmenite generations in a mixed orangeite-kimberlite from Banankoro, Guinea: implications for exploration |
Exploration 17: Sixth Decennial International Conference on Mineral Exploration, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 21-25 October 2017 | Exploration targeting |
FAMOS (From Arc Magmas to Ores) Conference, University of Bristol, UK, 2 November 2017 | Applications of zircon chemistry to mineral exploration |
Third Lithosphere Dynamics Workshop, CET UWA, Perth, November 5-6 2017 | From Archean craton to Tibet: application of isotopic mapping, whole-rock fertility indicator and zircon compositions to understanding lithospheric evolution and mineral systems Deep mantle processes: rheology, mixing, and how it’s changed Finite-frequency P wave tomography of the upper mantle beneath Capricorn Orogen and adjacent areas Bayesian transdimensional inversion for a probabilistic shear wave velocity model of the crust in the central West Australian Craton |
Asian Orogeny and Continental Evolution: New Advances from Geologic, Geophysical and Geochemical Perspectives, Taipei, Taiwan, 6-12 November 2017 | Extrusion-style growth of the Tibetan Plateau since 40 Ma: New insights from the Longmenshan Fault Zone How extensive are microcontinents within the Chinese segment of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt? |
Specialist Group in Tectonics and Structural Geology, The Geological Society of Australia, Denmark, WA, 8-12 November 2017 | Emplacement mechanisms for small mafic-ultramafic intrusions hosting Ni-Cu sulfide ores: evidence from the Savannah (Sally Malay) deposit Our blind side – Aligning structural geology, tectonics, and a whole of lithosphere reality Deep density structure of the Albany-Fraser Orogen and Yilgarn Craton margin from constrained 3D gravity modelling Structural and fluid mechanical controls on the formation of Ni-Cu-PGE trapping chonoliths Melt flux through the root of a magmatic arc under static versus dynamic conditions Patterns of strain localization in heterogeneous, polycrystalline rocks – a numerical perspective Uncovering the Yilgarn Craton’s hidden crustal structure by integrating geochemistry and geophysics Distinguishing hydration in shear zones by aqueous fluid versus silicate melt Reactivation of an Archean craton margin – Albany–Fraser Orogen numerical case study Uncovering terra incognita: new insights into the evolution of Antarctica and constraints for ice sheet models Structural controls on Au and Ni mineralization in the Halls Creek Orogen, insight from geodynamic numerical modeling and geophysical interpretation Terrane-scale porphyry Cu fertility in the Lhasa terrane, southern Tibet An Australian source for Pacific-Gondwanan zircons: Implications for the assembly of northeastern Gondwana Localisation of high strain and high temperature into the Chalba Shear Zone, Gascoyne Province Microstructural and microchemical evidence for deep crustal melt-rock interaction in mass transfer zones, Finero Complex, Ivrea Verbano Zone, Italy poster Multifractal topography: a case study of structurally-controlled landforms across the Menderes Massif, western Turkey Advances in geodynamic modelling High-T, low-P c. 1.7 Ga tectonism in the West Australian Craton triggered by magma flux into the crust 500 Ma of post-Mesoproterozoic intracontinental reactivation in the west Musgrave Province, Central Australia Variations in regional stresses, geometry and shape of low strength zones controls the periodic Alice Springs orogeny The recognition of former melt flux through high-strain zones The geometry of hydrothermal veins in the 3.5 Ga Dresser Formation, North Pole Dome, Western Australia Tectono-metamorphic evolution of the Georgetown Inlier, NE Australia and its implications for the assembly of the supercontinent Nuna Crustal structure of the Capricorn Orogen of Western Australia and its role in Paleoproterozoic craton assembly and reworking: a high-density passive seismic receiver function study |
Geological Society of Australia (GSA) Earth Science Student Symposium (GESSS)Sydney, Australia, 10 November 2017 | Physical artefacts or biological structures: the difficulty in interpreting Precambrian fossils The origin and mantle dynamics of Quaternary intra-plate volcanism in Northeast China from joint inversion of surface wave and body wave Silica phases and the effects of phase transformation on electrical conductivity – Just another mineral to test or a major player in the Earth’s field? Hydrous melting of Labradorite: An electrical conductivity investigation Time-frequency domain phase weighted stacking and its application to phase velocity extraction from ambient noise’s empirical Green’s functions The composition of melts in the incipient melt regime |
TIGeR Conference 2017, Timescales of Geological Processes, Curtin University, Perth, 13-15 September 2017 | Gigayear periodicity of mantle circulation on Earth Insights into sulphur cycling at subduction zones from in-situ isotopic analysis of sulphides in high-pressure serpentinites and ‘hybrid’ rocks from alpine Corsica Melting Earth’s Ancient Mantle Visualizing temporal and spatial patterns of U-Pb disturbance Detrital zircon grain shape analysis in 3D and the effect on preservation bias (Murchison River, Western Australia) Is true polar wander a thermometer? Dating monazite to constrain emplacement ages and melt production rates of leucocratic granites 500 Ma of a magmatic intracontinental reactivation: a case study from the west Musgrave Province, central Australia Time-resolved, microstructurally-controlled, trace element mobility in deformed Witwatersrand pyrite Dating basalts by pyroxene 40Ar/39Ar with implications for large igneous provinces and correlations of Precambrian basins |
17th Australian Space Research Conference, Sydney, Australia, 15-17, November 2017 | Hydrothermal systems, early life on Earth and implications for astrobiology |
CCFS Whole-of-Centre Meeting, Cairns, Australia, 27-29 November 2017 | 116 abstracts The CCFS Whole-of-Centre Meeting Abstract Volume ISSN:2209-1351 (Online) is available for download http://ccfs.mq.edu.au/WoCMeeting17/2017WoCMAbstractVolume.pdf |
AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, USA, 11-15 December 2017 | Extended Late-Cretaceous magnetostratigraphy of the James Ross Basin Island, Antarctica Looking for the edge: Does lateral change in azimuthal anisotropy mark the limit of the North American Craton? Numerical geodynamic modelling of slab derived carbonate melting at upper mantle condition Magma emplacement in 3D W. Gorczyk and K. Vogt Water and metasomatism in the Slave cratonic lithosphere (Canada): an FTIR study Palaeomagnetism of the Palaeoproterozoic Boonadgin Dyke Suite, Yilgarn Craton: Possible connection with India Adjoint tomography of empirical Green’s functions from ambient noise in Southern California Mountain building in central and western Tien Shan orogen: Insight from joint inversion of surface wave phase velocities and body wave travel times |
Franco-Australian Astrobiology and Exoplanet Workshop (FAAbExo), Canberra, Australia, 16-20 December 2017 | Towards an understanding life on early Earth: microfossils from the c. 2.4 Ga Turee Creek Group, Western Australia High-pressure silicate phases in exoplanets: Implications for dynamics and thermal evolution |