GEOCHEMISTRY and plumes: Questions and discussion

What geochemical signatures are characteristic for mantle plumes? How signatures from deep mantle differ from signatures from shallow mantle? Komatiites and LIPs – what the isotopes are telling us?

PROCESSES and MINERAL SYSTEMS : The Case for Mantle Plumes and their influence on mineral systems

A debate on fundamental questions about the dynamics of the processes that lead to plumes, LIP’s, hot spots and intra-plate volcanoes. The discussion will concentrate on processes that effect continental lithosphere, as they are relevant to the Australian continent and mi...

GEOCHEMISTRY - Plumes: the petrological and geochemical evidence for the plume origin of LIP and hotspot volcanism

A debate on fundamental questions about the dynamics of the processes that lead to plumes, LIP’s, hot spots and intra-plate volcanoes. The discussion will concentrate on processes that effect continental lithosphere, as they are relevant to the Australian continent and mi...

PROCESSES and MINERAL SYSTEMS and plumes: Questions and discussion

Are the mineral systems far from subduction zones products of mantle plumes interacting with mantle lithosphere and crust? Is there difference in terms of metal endowment between thermal anomalies from deep mantle and shallow mantle?

MECHANICS and TECTONICS: Plumes in discussion

A debate on fundamental questions about the dynamics of the processes that lead to plumes, LIP’s, hot spots and intra-plate volcanoes. The discussion will concentrate on processes that effect continental lithosphere, as they are relevant to the Australian continent and mi...

The lithospheric mantle from collision to collapse

This presentation will begin with a description of the Rhodope-Aegean system to show that it does not fit the simple collisional thickening-orogenic collapse history invoked in many mountain systems.

3D X-ray microscopy: a new tool for investigation of igneous rocks and magmatic ores

At CSIRO, we have been applying 3D image processing techniques to high-resolution CT images of komatiites and magmatic sulphide ores to gain insights into crystallisation mechanisms and ore-forming processes. This talk describes how extending petrography into the third dimensio...

Science to tackle the challenges facing the Mineral Exploration Industry

A misalignment is apparent between the future material resource needs of society and current
minerals industry practice.Concurrently, we are moving into an increasingly energy-constrained and environmentally-concerned world, where society’s demands that the mining i...

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