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Carbonate spots: understanding the relationship to gold mineralization in Central Victoria. Abstract Carbonate spots are ubiquitously associated with gold mineralization in the central Victorian gold-fields and they provide the most obvious visual sign of hydrothermal alteration. However, the absolute timing of the growth and change in composition of these spots is not so obvious and […]

Tony Kemp Centre for Exploration Targeting, University of Western Australia Lies, Damned Lies and Crust Formation Ages Abstract Radiogenic isotopes have been used to gain spectacular insights into the differentiation of the Earth and the growth of continental crust through time. That said, indiscriminant application of model ‘crust formation ages’ can lead to a spectacularly inaccurate […]

Mitigation of I-DBPs and Control of Bromate Formation During Ozonation pre-Treatment Dr Sebastian Allard Department of Chemistry and Water Quality Research Center, Curtin University, Perth WA The presence of iodinated disinfection by-products (I-DBPs) in drinking water poses a potential health concern since it has been shown that I-DBPs are generally more genotoxic and cytotoxic than their […]

Resolving the Bombardment history of the early Earth using ancient zircons Meteorite impacting is an important geologic process within the solar system and has been invoked to explain loss and introduction of volatiles to the planets, magmatic activity, modifications of magnetic field and even introduction of life to Earth. However, the nature of the impact flux rate […]