TITLES OF ABSTRACTS FOR CONFERENCE
PRESENTATIONS IN 2001
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The 12th International Conference of the Geological Society of Africa (GSAF), Yaounde I, Cameroon, 27 March - 2nd April 2001
European Union Of Geosciences Conference, Strasbourg, France, 8-12 April 2001
20th International Geochemical Exploration Symposium, Santiago, Chile, 6-10 May, 2001
2001: A Hydrothermal Odyssey, Townsville, Queensland, 17 - 19 May 2001
Eleventh Annual V. M. Goldschmidt Conference, Hot Springs, Virginia, USA, 20-24 May 2001
2001 Japan Earth and Planetary Science Joint Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, June 4-8, 2001
Chapman Conference: Exploration Geodynamics, Perth, Western Australia, 19 - 24 August, 2001
Slave-Kaapvaal Workshop, Merrickville, Ontario, Canada, 5-9 September, 2001
4th International Archaean Symposium, Perth, Western Australia, 24-28 September, 2001
THE 12TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AFRICA (GSAF), YAOUNDE I, CAMEROON, 27 MARCH - 2ND APRIL 2001
Structure profonde de la ligne volcanique du Cameroun à partir
des études gravimétriques
J.Q Yene Atanga1, Y.H. Poudjom Djomani2 et I. Njilah
1
1. Département des Sciences de la Terre, Université
de Yaoundé I. Cameroun, 2. GEMOC Macquarie
abstract
EUROPEAN UNION OF GEOSCIENCES CONFERENCE, STRASBOURG, FRANCE, 8-12 APRIL 2001
Anomalous oceanic crust beneath Kerguelen process from petrological
and petrophysical evidence: result of a Plume-Ridge interaction
J.Y. Cottin1, M. Grégoire2, B.N. Moine
3 , G. Michon1, S. Sheppard4, S.Y. O'Reilly
5 , A. Giret1
1. Département de Géologie-Pétrologie-Géochimie,
Université Jean Monnet, St Etienne, France, 2. Department of Geological
Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa, 3. Laboratoire de Géochimie
des Systèmes Volcaniques, Université P.&M. Curie, Paris,
France, 4. Département des Sciences de la Terre, ENS-Lyon, France,
5. GEMOC Macquarie
abstract
Multiple sulfide generations in mantle peridotites: Delineating lithospheric
mantle terranes and dating mantle events
Griffin, W.L., Alard, O., Pearson, N.J., O'Reilly, Suzanne Y., GEMOC Macquarie
abstract
Tracking petrologic and geophysical and geophysical characteristics
in the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary through Earth's evolution.
Suzanne Y. O'Reilly, William L. Griffin, Yvette Poudjom Djomani and Paul
Morgan, GEMOC Macquarie
abstract
Structure of the lithosphere from integrated analysis of geophysical
and geochemical data. Examples from Siberia and Fennoscandia.
Yvette Poudjom Djomani, Suzanne Y. O'Reilly, William L. Griffin, Lev Natapov,
GEMOC Macquarie
abstract
Carbonates in ultramafic xenoliths from the Kerguelen Archipelago (southern
Indian Ocean): evidence for carbonatite magmas in the mantle
Bertrand MOINE1, Simon M.F. SHEPPARD2, Sue Y. O'REILLY
3, Jean-Yves COTTIN4, Michel GREGOIRE5 , Peter
BOWDEN4, and André GIRET4
1. Lab. De Géochimie des Systèmes Volcaniques, ESA 7046 CNRS,
IPGP & Université. P.M. Curie, case 109, 4 Pl. Jussieu, F-75005
Paris, 2. Dept. des Sciences de la Terre, UMR 5570 CNRS, France, 3. GEMOC
Macquarie, 4. Dept. de Géologie UMR 6524 CNRS, Université J.
Monnet, 23 rue Dr. P. Michelon, F-42023 cedex 02Saint-Etienne, 5. Dept. of
Geological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7700, South Africa
abstract
20TH INTERNATIONAL GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION SYMPOSIUM, SANTIAGO, CHILE, 6-10 MAY, 2001
Application of groundwater geochemistry to exploration for paleochannel
roll front uranium, Frome Embayment, South Australia
Mark C. Pirlo1 & Angela M. Giblin2
1: GEMOC ARC National Key Centre, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences,
Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
2: CSIRO Exploration and Mining, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia
abstract
2001: A HYDROTHERMAL ODYSSEY, TOWNSVILLE, QUEENSLAND, 17 - 19 MAY 2001
Crustal Evolution and Crust-Mantle Interaction in the Mount Isa
Eastern Succession: TerraneChron Analysis of Detrital Zircons
E.A. Belousova1, W.L. Griffin1,2, S.G.
Walters 1, 3, and S.Y. O'Reilly1
1. GEMOC ARC National Key Centre, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia
2. CSIRO Exploration and Mining, P.O.Box 136, N. Ryde, NSW 1670, Australia,
GeoDiscovery Group, Level 1, 14 Primrose Street, Sherwood, Qld 4075, Australia.
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ELEVENTH ANNUAL V. M. GOLDSCHMIDT CONFERENCE, HOT SPRINGS, VIRGINIA, USA, 20-24 MAY 2001
Age and formation of thick cratonic mantle, Slave Craton, Canada: constraints
from in-situ Re-Os analysis of silicate-hosted sulfides.
S. Aulbach1, W.L. Griffin1,2, S.Y. O'Reilly1
, B.J. Doyle3 and K. Kivi3
1. GEMOC ARC National Key Centre, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia,
2. CSIRO Exploration and Mining, P.O.Box 136, N. Ryde, NSW 1670, Australia,
3. Kennecott Canada Inc., 200 Granville St., Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6C1S4
abstract
Possible link of eclogitic and websteritic diamond sources via slab
melting: an example from the Venetia mine, South Africa.
S. Aulbach1,*, T. Stachel1, K.S. Viljoen2
, G.P. Brey1 and J.W. Harris3
1. Institut fur Mineralogie, Universität Frankfurt, Senckenberganlage
28, 60054 Frankfurt, Germany,
2. De Beers GeoScience Centre, PO Box 82232, Southdale, 2135, South Africa,
3. Division of Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland,
UK,
* present address: GEMOC ARC National Key Centre, Macquarie University,
NSW 2109, Australia
abstract
Geochemical, Re-Os and Sm-Nd isotope constraints on the kimberlite-melnoite-carbonatite
genetic link.
S. Graham1, D. D. Lambert2 and S. R. Shee3
.
1. sgraham@laurel.ocs.mq.edu.au, GEMOC Key Centre Macquarie University Sydney
2109 Australia,
2. VIEPS Monash University 3168 Australia,
3. De Beers Australia Limited 60 Wilson Street South Yarra 3141 Australia
abstract
Re-Os isotopic constraints on the generation of the low-Cr megacryst
suite.
S. Graham1, W. L. Griffin1, S. R. Shee2
and D. D. Lambert3.
1. sgraham@laurel.ocs.mq.edu.au, GEMOC Key Centre Macquarie University Sydney
2109 Australia,
2. DeBeers Australia Exploration Limited 60 Wilson Street South Yarra 3141
Australia,
3. VIEPS Monash University 3168 Australia
abstract
Chemical tomography: structure and origin of continental keels.
W.L. Griffin1,2, S.Y. O'Reilly1 and N.I. Fisher
1,3
1. bill.griffin@mq.edu.au, GEMOC Key Centre Macquarie University, NSW 2109,
Australia.
2. CSIRO Exploration & Mining, NSW 2113, Australia.
3. CSIRO Math. & Inform. Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia
abstract
Oxidation during metasomatism: implications for the survival of diamond.
C.A. McCammon1, W.L. Griffin2, S.R. Shee3
and H. St. C. O'Neill4,
1. Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Universitat Bayreuth, Germany, 2. CSIRO Exploration
and Mining, 3. Stockdale Prospecting Ltd, Victoria, Australia, 4. Research
School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
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Geochemical remote sensing of the deep earth: tales of longevity, transformation
and destruction.
S. Y. O'Reilly1, W. L. Griffin1,2, Y. H. Poudjom Djomani
1 and P. Morgan1,3
1. Earth and Planetary Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia
(sue.oreilly@mq.edu.au),
2. CSIRO Exploration and Mining, PO Box 136, North Ryde, NSW 1670, Australia,
3. Dept. of Geology, N. Arizona Univ., Flagstaff, USA
abstract
Re-Os isotopes in sulfides in mantle peridotites: a record of melt
depletion and metasomatism.
N.J. Pearson1, O. Alard1,2, W.L. Griffin1
and S.Y. O'Reilly1
1. GEMOC Key Centre, Dept of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Macquarie University,
Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
2. Dept of Earth Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK
abstract
PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS OF LASER ABLATION-MASS SPECTROMETRY IN THE EARTH SCIENCES, NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADA, 26 - 27 MAY 2001
The application of Nd:YAG lasers in LA-ICP-MS
S.E. Jackson, GEMOC Macquarie
Double-focussing magnetic sector ICP-MS instrumentation
S.E. Jackson, GEMOC Macquarie
In situ isotope ratio determination using LA-MC-ICP-MS
S.E. Jackson, N.J. Pearson and W. L. Griffin, GEMOC Macquarie
E. van Achterbergh1, C.G. Ryan 2, S.E. Jackson1 and W.L. Griffin1,2
1. GEMOC Macquarie, 2. CSIRO Exploration and Mining
2001 JAPAN EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE JOINT MEETING, TOKYO, JAPAN, JUNE 4-8, 2001
Petrochemistry of the non-volcanic continental margin peridotite
from the Iberia Abyssal Plain (ODP Leg 173)
Natsue ABE, GEMOC Macquarie
abstract
Geochemical signatures of high-T mantle xenoliths from Noyamadake,
SW Japan: Implications from trace-element characteristics
Natsue ABE1, Hisatoshi Hirai2, Shoji Arai3
, and Suzanne Y. O'Reilly1
1: GEMOC ARC National Key Centre, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences,
Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia 2: Metallurgical
Engineering Section, Kusyu National Industrial Research Institute, Agency
of Industrial Science and Technology, Ministry of International Trade and
Industry, 807-1 Shuku-machi, Tosu, Saga 841-0052, Japan 3: Department of
Earth Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
abstract
10TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON WATER-ROCK INTERACTIONS, VILLASIMIUS, SARDINIA, ITALY, 10-15 JUNE, 2001
Geochemical modelling of wastewater disposal at the Honeymoon in-situ
leach uranium mine, South Australia
Mark C. Pirlo, GEMOC Macquarie
abstract
AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY OF EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICISTS, 15TH GEOPHYSICAL CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION, BRISBANE, 6-8 AUGUST 2001
Lithospheric boundaries on the eastern Siberian platform
Y.H. Poudjom Djomani1, W.L. Griffin12, S.Y. O'Reilly1, L. Natapov1, Y.
Erinchek3, J. Hronsky4
1. GEMOC Macquarie 2. CSIRO Exploration and Mining 3. VSEGEI, St. Petersburg,
Russia 4. WMC Resources, Belmont, W.A.
abstract
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CHAPMAN CONFERENCE: EXPLORATION GEODYNAMICS, PERTH,
WESTERN
AUSTRALIA, 19 - 24 AUGUST, 2001
Composition, thermal structure and density of lithospheric
mantle: implications for tectonics and geophysics
W. L. Griffin1,2, S. Y. O'Reilly1, Y. H. Poudjom Djomani
1and P. Morgan1,3.
1. GEMOC, Macquarie University, Australia,
2.CSIRO Exploration and Mining, North Ryde, Australia, 3.
Dept. of
Geology, N. Arizona Univ., Flagstaff, USA
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How should we model syntectonic hydrothermal fluid flow ? some theoretical
and empirical constraints
J Ridley, GEMOC Macquarie
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SLAVE-KAAPVAAL WORKSHOP, MERRICKVILLE, ONTARIO, CANADA, 5-9 SEPTEMBER, 2001
Re-Os isotope evidence for Meso-Archaean Mantle beneath 2.7 GA Contwoyto
Terrane, Slave Craton, Canada: Implications for the techtonic history of
the Slave Craton
S. Aulbach1, W.L. Griffin1,2, N.J. Pearson1
, S.Y. O'Reilly1, B.J. Doyle3, K. Kivi3
1. GEMOC Macquarie 2. CSIRO Exploration and Mining, 3. Kennecott Canada
Inc., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
abstract
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Lithospheric mantle beneath southern Africa: Composition, structure
and evolution
W. L. Griffin1,2, Suzanne Y. O'Reilly1and L. M. Natapov
1
1. GEMOC Macquarie 2. CSIRO Exploration and Mining.
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In Situ Estimates of Sub-Crustal Continental Lithospheric Heat
Flow: Application to the Slave and Kaapvaal Cratons
P. Morgan1,2 and S. Y. O'Reilly2
1 Department of Geology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, USA. 2
GEMOC, Macquarie
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In-situ Re-Os analysis of mantle sulfides: a new microanalytical
technique to unravel the evolution of the lithospheric mantle
N.J. Pearson1 ,W.L.Griffin1,2, Z.Spetsius
3 and S.Y. O'Reilly 1
1. GEMOC Macquarie 2. CSIRO Exploration and Mining
3. Institute of Diamond Industry, ALROSA Co. Ltd., Mirny, Yakutia, Russia
abstract
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The Mantle beneath the Slave Craton (Canada):Composition and Architecture
S. Y. O'Reilly1, W.L. Griffin1,2, Yvette Poudjom
Djomani1, L.M. Natapov1, N.J. Pearson1,
R.M. Davies1, B.J. Doyle3and K. Kivi4
1. GEMOC Macquarie 2. CSIRO Exploration and Mining. 3. Canada Exploration
Ltd., Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 4. Canada Exploration Ltd., Thunder Bay,
Ontario, Canada.
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DYNAMIQUE DU MANTEAU TERRESTRE, UNIVERSITE BLAISE PASCAL-CNRS, CLERMONT-FERRAND, FRANCE, 10-11 SEPTEMBER 2001
Poikiloblastic Harzburgites from Kerguelen Islands (Indian Ocean):
record of extensive partial melting and two different types of metasomatism
G. Delpech 1,2, M. Grégoire1,3, J.Y Cottin
1,2, G. Michon2 and S.Y O'Reilly1
1. GEMOC Macquarie 2. Département de Géologie,
Université Jean Monnet, Saint-Etienne, France 3. Department of Geological
Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa
abstract
C. Harris 1, G. Delpech 1,2, B. Moine 1, M. Grégoire 3 , A. Giret1, G. Michon 1 and J.Y. Cottin
1. Department de Geologie, Universite Jean Monnet, St-Etienne, France, 2. GEMOC Macquarie, 3. Department of Geological Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Magmas carbonatitiques au sein du manteau oceanique, example des Iles Kerguelen (Ocean Indien, TAAF)
B. Moine 1, S.M.F. Sheppard 2, S.Y. O'Reilly3 , G. Delpech 3,1, M. Grégoire 4 , C. Renac1, P. Bowden 1, A. Giret1 and J.Y. Cottin 1
1. Department de Geologie, Universite J. Monnet, 2. Department des Sciences de la Terre, 3. GEMOC Macquarie, 4. Observatoire midi-Pyrenees, CNRS-Toulouse
4TH INTERNATIONAL ARCHAEAN SYMPOSIUM, PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 24-28 SEPTEMBER, 2001
Dating mantle events by in situ Re-Os analysis of sulfides: Slave Craton,
Canada
S. Aulbach1, W.L. Griffin1,2, S.Y. O'Reilly
1, B.J. Doyle3 and K. Kivi3
1. GEMOC Macquarie, 2. CSIRO Exploration and Mining,, 3. Kennecott Canada
Inc
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Archean crust-mantle interaction in the northern Yilgarn Craton: Hf-isotope
evidence
E.A. Belousova1, W.L. Griffin1,2, S.R. Shee3
and S.Y. O'Reilly1
1. GEMOC Macquarie 2. CSIRO Exploration and Mining 3. De Beers Australia
Exploration Ltd, Australia
abstract
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The origin and evolution of Archean lithospheric mantle
W.L. Griffin1,2, S.Y. O'Reilly1
, N. Abe1, N.J. Pearson1, S. Aulbach1 and
B.J. Doyle3
1. GEMOC Macquarie 2. CSIRO Exploration and Mining 3. Kennecott Canada Inc,
Vancouver, BC, Canada
abstract
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Heterogeneity of Archean continental roots: Evidence from Chemical
Tomography
S. Y. O'Reilly1, W.L. Griffin1,2, B. Doyle3
, N.J. Pearson1, O. Gaul1 and C.G. Ryan2
1. GEMOC Macquarie 2. CSIRO Exploration and Mining 3.
Kennecott Canada Inc, Vancouver, BC, Canada
abstract
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Geophysical and geochemical signatures of Archaean and Proterozoic
lithosphere in Siberia and Fennoscandia
Y.H. Poudjom Djomani1, S.Y. O'Reilly1, W.L. Griffin
1,2, L. Natapov1 and J. Hronsky3
1. GEMOC Macquarie 2. CSIRO Exploration and Mining, 3. WMC Resources,
191 Great Eastern Highway, Belmont, WA, 6104, Australia.
abstract
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The impact of body forces on Archean Continental Lithosphere
P.F. Rey1, G. Houseman2, Y.H. Poudjom Djomani
3 , W.L. Griffin3 and S.Y. O'Reilly3
1. School of GeoSciences, University of Sydney, 2.School of Earth
Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, 3. GEMOC Macquarie
The Brockman Creek Kimberlite. East Pilbara, Australia
B.A Wyatt1, M. Mitchell1, B. White2, S.R.
Shee1 W.L. Griffin3 and N. Tomlinson4
1. De Beers Australia Exploration Ltd, Bassendean, WA, Australia 2.GEMOC
Macquarie 3.University of Melbourne Parkville, Vic, Australia, 3. GeoScience
Centre, De Beers Corporate Headquarters, Theta, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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