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Wednesday 6th August 12 – 1 pm Rm 312.222 Zoja Vukmanovic Department of Applied Geology Curtin University, Perth WA Morphology And Microstructures Of Chromite Crystals From The Merensky Reef: Implications For Inclusion Entrapment Mechanism Abstract The Merensky Reef of the Bushveld Complex consists of two chromitite layers separated by coarse-grained melanorite. Microstructural analysis of the chromitite layers using electron backscatter diffraction analysis […]

Wednesday 30th July 12 – 1 pm Rm 312.222 Ken McNamara Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge Effects of environmental changes on the evolution and extinction of Late Devonian trilobites, northern Canning Basin, W.A. Abstract The Frasnian-Famennian Virgin Hills Formation represents fore reef facies deposited as part of the extensive Late Devonian reef system […]

Wednesday 23rd July 12 – 1 pm Rm 312.222 Paolo Raiteri Department of Chemistry and Nanochemistry Research Institute Curtin University, Perth WA On the existence of prenucleation clusters of alkaline earth carbonates Abstract Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) is arguably the most studied mineral because of its importance in industrial applications, geo-sequestration and bio-mineralisation. Despite this global interest a full understanding of the […]

Wednesday 9th July 12 – 1 pm Rm 312.222 Simon Lewis Department of Chemistry, Curtin University Contacts Leaving Traces: Synchrotron source infrared spectroscopy of forensic exchange evidence Abstract Locard’s Exchange Principle is a key tenet of forensic science, and is relied upon by forensic investigators in order to establish links between persons, objects and locales. […]

Wednesday 25th June 12 – 1 pm Rm 201.322 Louise Fisher CESRE, CSIRO Case studies from the XFM beamline at the Australian Synchrotron – high resolution, quantified whole thin-section mapping of geological samples Abstract The first part of this talk will aim to give a broad overview of the available beamlines at the Australian Synchrotron […]

Wednesday 4th June 12 – 1 pm Rm 312.222 Diana Plavsa Curtin University, Dept. Applied Geology The tectonic evolution of the Southern Granulite Terrane of India and its role in the amalgamation of Gondwana Abstract The southernmost portion of the Indian subcontinent, the Southern Granulite Terrane of India, holds a pivotal role in the reconstructions […]

Friday 23rd May 10 – 11 am Rm 312.207 Chris Marone Curtin University, Dept. Applied Geology Slow Earthquakes and Weakness of Major Tectonic Faults: Connections Between Fault Strength, Fabric, and the Mode of Frictional Sliding Abstract Earthquakes have long been understood as frictional stick-slip instabilities in which stored elastic energy is released suddenly, driving catastrophic failure. In normal earthquakes the […]

NEXT WEEK Tuesday 15th April at 4pm, 312.207 at Curtin University Dr Kate Trinajstic Curtin University Dept. of Chemistry The evolution of sexual reproduction: an examination of fossilized copulatory structures in the earliest jawed vertebrates. Placoderms, an extinct paraphyletic group of armoured fishes resolved near the base of jawed vertebrates, are the first vertebrates to […]

Curtin Applied Geology Seminars Seminar series webpage Wed 2nd April 12 – 1 pm Rm 312.222 Greg Lester Curtin Applied Geology Trace element partitioning between immiscible silicate melts with H2O, P, S, F, and Cl: The effects of anions on metal, REE and HFSE partitioning during silicate melt un-mixing. Implications for the concentration and transport of economically desirable elements Abstract In silicate melts, […]