GEMOC ARC National Key Centre

TITLES OF ABSTRACTS FOR CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS IN 2001

Abstracts are linked after each title.

Abstracts for the 1998 7th International Kimberlite Conference are available in a booklet

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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

Principles and Applications of Laser Ablation-Mass Spectrometry in the Earth Sciences, Newfoundland, Canada, 26 - 27 May 2001

2001 Japan Earth and Planetary Science Joint Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, June 4-8, 2001

10th International Symposium on Water-Rock Interactions, Villasimius, Sardinia, Italy, 10-15 June, 2001

Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 15th Geophysical Conference and Exhibition, Brisbane, 6-8 August 2001

Chapman Conference: Exploration Geodynamics, Perth, Western Australia, 19 - 24 August, 2001

Slave-Kaapvaal Workshop, Merrickville, Ontario, Canada, 5-9 September, 2001

Dynamique Du Manteau Terrestre, Universite Blaise Pascal-CNRS, Clermont-Ferrand, France, 10-11 September 2001

4^th International Archaean Symposium, Perth, Western Australia, 24-28 September, 2001

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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 

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 

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  
 

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.  PDF format
 
 

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. Griffin^1,2, 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. Aulbach^1,*, 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. Griffin^1,2, 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. PDF format

Geochemical remote sensing of the deep earth: tales of longevity, transformation and destruction.
S. Y. O'Reilly¹, W. L. Griffin^1,2, Y. H. Poudjom Djomani ¹ and P. Morgan^1,3
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. Alard^1,2, 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

Data Reduction Software for LA-ICP-MS
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 modeling 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     PDF format
 
 

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. Griffin^1,2, S. Y. O'Reilly¹, Y. H. Poudjom Djomani ¹and P. Morgan^1,3.
1. GEMOC, Macquarie University, Australia, 2.CSIRO Exploration and Mining, North Ryde, Australia, 3. Dept. of
Geology, N. Arizona Univ., Flagstaff, USA PDF format

How should we model syntectonic hydrothermal fluid flow ? some theoretical and empirical constraints
J Ridley, GEMOC Macquarie PDF format
 
 

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. Griffin^1,2, 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    PDF format

Lithospheric mantle beneath southern Africa: Composition, structure and evolution
W. L. Griffin^1,2, Suzanne Y. O'Reilly¹and L. M. Natapov ¹
1. GEMOC Macquarie 2. CSIRO Exploration and Mining.     PDF format

In Situ Estimates of Sub-Crustal Continental Lithospheric Heat Flow: Application to the Slave and Kaapvaal Cratons
P. Morgan^1,2 and S. Y. O'Reilly²
1 Department of Geology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, USA. 2 GEMOC, Macquarie       PDF format

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.Griffin^1,2, 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 PDF format

The Mantle beneath the Slave Craton (Canada):Composition and Architecture
S. Y. O'Reilly¹, W.L. Griffin^1,2, 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. PDF format
 
 

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. Grégoire^1,3, 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

Oxygen isotope composition of meta-igneous granulite xenoliths from the Kerguelen Archipelago
C. Harris 1, G. Delpech 1,2, B. Moine 1, M. Grégoire 3 , A. Giret1, G. Michon 1 and J.Y. Cottin
1. Departement 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. Departement de Geologie, Universite J. Monnet, 2. Departement des Sciences de la Terre, 3. GEMOC Macquarie, 4. Observatoire midi-Pyrenees, CNRS-Toulouse

4^TH 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     abstract      PDF format

Archean crust-mantle interaction in the northern Yilgarn Craton: Hf-isotope evidence
E.A. Belousova¹, W.L. Griffin^1,2, S.R. Shee³ and S.Y. O'Reilly¹
1. GEMOC Macquarie 2. CSIRO Exploration and Mining 3. De Beers Australia Exploration Ltd, Australia abstract     PDF format

The origin and evolution of Archean lithospheric mantle
W.L. Griffin^1,2, 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     PDF format

Heterogeneity of Archean continental roots: Evidence from Chemical Tomography
S. Y. O'Reilly¹, W.L. Griffin^1,2, 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     PDF format

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      PDF format

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.   PDF format