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Curtin Applied Geology Seminars Seminar series webpage Wed 26th March 12 – 1 pm Rm 312.222 Jeffrey Dick Curtin University, Dept. Chemistry Bringing Geochemistry to Life Abstract Among the thermodynamic concepts used in theoretical geochemistry are oxidation-reduction reactions, Gibbs energy changes, and equilibrium models. These are powerful tools to quantify the conditions and products of reactions involving […]

Curtin Applied Geology Seminars Seminar series webpage Friday 21st March 1 – 2 pm Rm 312.222 Julian Pearce Cardiff University, Wales Geochemical Fingerprinting of Rocks and Minerals Biographical Details Julian is internationally recognised for his work on the use of immobile trace elements in magmatic rocks  to discriminate tectonic settings in the Phanerozoic  (the famous ‘Pearce diagrams’). […]

Curtin Applied Geology Seminars Seminar series webpage Wed 19th March 12 – 1 pm Rm 312.222 Julien Bourdet CSIRO CESRE Gas detection in fluid inclusions using Raman spectroscopy Abstract Fluids in subsurface can be naturally sampled in rock micro-cavities and preserved for millions of years. Fluid inclusion analysis can provide useful data for geoscientists and Raman micro-spectrometry […]

Curtin Applied Geology Candidacy Seminar Seminar series webpage Weds 12th March 12 – 1 pm Rm 312.222 Korien Oostingh Curtin Applied Geology PhD Candidate Using ultra-precise 40Ar/39Ar data for development of new geochronology techniques, in order to model the emplacement and land surface evolution of the Cainozoic Newer Volcanic Province, Victoria, Australia. Abstract Young basalts are extremely difficult to date by […]

Curtin Applied Geology Special Seminar Seminar series webpage Tues 11th March 2 – 3 pm Rm 312.222 Boris Kaus Professor, Geophysics and Geodynamics, Johannes-Gutenberg Universität. Mainz Insights in the physics of the Earth by combining models and observations Abstract Better understanding the physics of the Earth is remains one of the goals of the solid Earth sciences. Whereas geophysical […]

Curtin Applied Geology Seminars Seminar series webpage Wed 5th March 12 – 1 pm Rm 312.222 Kliti Grice WA-OIGC, Curtin University Mass Extinctions and Environmental Implications Abstract Kliti will present research findings from her team using a multidisciplinary approach  (ranging from biomarkers, stable carbon and hydrogen isotopes of molecules, palynology, paleontology, petroleum systems and sedimentary geochemistry). She will […]

Wed 26th February 12 – 1 pm Rm 312.222 Peng Peng Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences A tale of the North China Craton by Proterozoic mafic dyke swarms Abstract The major Proterozoic mafic dyke swarms, as well as rift systems in the North China Craton and their implications for palaeogeography reconstruction and lithospheric evolution will be […]

Wed 12th February 12 – 1 pm Rm 312.222 Holly Stein Director, AIRIE Program, Colorado State University, USA, and Professor, CEED-University of Oslo, Norway The Re-Os library in earth’s crust Abstract Re-Os has irreversibly changed our geochemical understanding of earth’s crust.  What was first a gateway to directly dating sulfides in ore deposits is now […]

Wed 4th December 12 – 1 pm Rm 312.222 Oliver Nebel Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University Isotopic mantle reservoirs in space and time Abstract It is complicated. In the early- to mid-1980’s, geochemists noticed that intra-plate oceanic island basalts (OIB) are isotopically distinct from their mantle-derived cousins born at divergent plate margins, the mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORB). […]

Galen Halveson Applied Geology, Curtin University The Neoproterozoic record of Rodinia break-up and biospheric evolution in Northwestern Canada Abstract Northwestern Canada preserves an exceptional stratigraphic record that spans from the time of the purported assembly of Rodinia ca. 1.0 Ga to Laurentia’s definitive break-out from the supercontinent sometime close to the Precambrian–Cambrian boundary. It has long bean appreciated that western Laurentia’s […]