TITLES OF ABSTRACTS FOR CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS IN 1996 AND SUBMITTED FOR 1997
 

13TH AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL CONVENTION, CANBERRA, FEBRUARY 1996

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Megabreccia Blocks and Calderas in the Silurian Goobarragandra Volcanics, Southeastern NSW

Kelsie A. Dadd, Key Centre for Geochemical Evolution and Metallogeny of Continents, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109 and Department of Applied Geology, University of Technology, Sydney, PO Box 123, Broadway, NSW 2007 abstract

Metamorphic PTt Paths and Granite Tectonics

R.G.Warren and D.J. Ellis, Geology Department, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200 abstract

Thermal State of the Lithosphere Beneath Mongolia and Southern Baikal Area: Implications for Lithospheric Structure and Mantle Dynamics in Central Asia

Dmitri A. Ionov1, Suzanne Y. O'Reilly 1 and William L. Griffin1,2, 1Key Centre for Geochemical Evolution and Metallogeny of Continents (GEMOC), School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109

2CSIRO Exploration and Mining, Box 136, North Ryde, NSW 2113 abstract

The Role of Subcontinental Lithospheric Mantle in the Generation of Continental Basalts: Geochemical Evidence from Lava-Field Provinces in New South Wales

Ming Zhang and Suzanne Y. O'Reilly, Key Centre for the Geochemical Evolution and Metallogeny of Continents (GEMOC), School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, New South Wales 2109 abstract

Tertiary Lithosphere Erosion in Eastern China

Suzanne Y. O'REILLY1, Xisheng XU2, Andi ZHANG3 and W.L. GRIFFIN1,4, 1GEMOC, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia, 2Dept. of Geology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, 3Ministry of Geology, Beijing, China

4CSIRO Exploration and Mining, P.O. Box 136, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia abstract

Laser Ablation ICPMS: Applications to Diamond Exploration

N.J. Pearson1, M. Norman1, A. Sharma1 and W.L. Griffin1,2, 1. GEMOC, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109

2. CSIRO Exploration and Mining, P.O. Box 136, North Ryde, NSW 2113 abstract

Geochemistry, Tectonics and the Peridotites of the Northeastern Solomon Islands

Ian J. Parkinson1, R. J. Arculus1, E. McPherson1, R. A. Duncan2, and R. L. Stanton3, 1GEMOC, Department of Geology, Australian National University, ACT 0200, AUSTRALIA, 2College of Oceanography, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA, 3Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, AUSTRALIA abstract

Mantle Provinciality of the Western Pacific - Evidence from Pb Isotopes

David A. Gust1, Richard J. Arculus2, and Annie B. Kersting3, 1School of Geology, Queensland University of Technology, QLD 4001, AUSTRALIA

2GEMOC, Department of Geology, Australian National University ACT 0200, AUSTRALIA, 3Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 91125, USA abstract

Clarence River Supersuite: Primitive I-Type Granites of Eastern Australia

Colleen J. Bryant, R.J. Arculus and B. W. Chappell

GEMOC, Department of Geology, Australian National University, ACT 0200, AUSTRALIA abstract

Secular Evolution of Sub-Continental Mantle

W.L Griffin1,2, Suzanne Y. O'Reilly2, Dmitri A. Ionov2 and C.G. Ryan1, 1. CSIRO Exploration and Mining, P.O. Box 136, North Ryde, NSW 2113, 2. GEMOC, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney NSW 2109 abstract

A New Analytical Technique for Measuring Element Partitioning between Experimental Vapour and Melt

Geoffrey T. Nichols,Trevor H. Green, Norm Pearson and Ashwini Sharma, GEMOC, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University NSW 2109 abstract

Preliminary Monazite Ages of Second Generation Mylonites, Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica

Geoffrey T. Nichols1, 2 and Albert Fahey2

1GEMOC, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University NSW 2109, AUSTRALIA, 2California Institute of Technology, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Mail Code 170-25, Pasadena CA 91125, USA abstract

Experimental Versus Natural Two-Mineral Partition Coefficients - A "High-Tech" Controversy

Trevor H. Green, GEMOC, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109 abstract

Experimental Pt Phase Relations of Silicic, Alkaline, Aluminous Glasses Trapped in Mantle Xenoliths

David S. Draper and Trevor H. Green, Key Centre for Geochemical Evolution and Metallogeny of Continents (GEMOC), School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney NSW 2109 Australia abstract

The Effect of Slab-Derived Hydrous Fluids on the Oxidation State of Mantle Beneath the Cascade Arc: Constraints from Mössbauer-Determined Fe3+/Fe2+ in Spinel

David S. Draper, Key Centre for Geochemical Evolution and Metallogeny of Continents (GEMOC), School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney NSW 2109 Australia; Alan D. Brandon

Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Road, NW, Washington DC 20015 USA abstract
 

14TH AUSTRALIAN CONFERENCE ON ELECTRON MICROSCOPY, ADVANCED MICROBEAM ANALYSIS WORKSHOP, SYDNEY, FEBRUARY 1996, SPONSORED BY THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF MICROBEAM ANALYSIS SOCIETIES

Trace Element Analysis of Solid Samples Using Laser Ablation ICPMS

Marc D. Norman, GEMOC Key Centre, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde NSW 2109 abstract
 

LUNAR AND PLANETARY SCIENCE CONFERENCE, HOUSTON, 27 MARCH 1996

Archean Crustal Components in Georgia Tektites? Trace Element Compositions of Georgiaites by Laser Ablation ICPMS

Edward F. Albin1 and Marc Norman2

1Department of Space Sciences, Fernbank Science Center, Atlanta, Georgia 30307 and Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens GA 30602-2501 USA 2GEMOC, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, N. Ryde NSW 2109 Australia abstract

Primitive Lower Mantle in the Hawaiian Plume? Evidence from Correlated Os-Pb-Sr-Nd Isotopes in Picrites

Marc Norman1, Vickie Bennett2 and Tezer Esat2

1GEMOC, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde NSW 2109 Australia.

2Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200 Australia abstract
 

SIXTH V.M. GOLDSCHMIDT CONFERENCE, AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF GEOCHEMISTRY, HEIDELBERG GERMANY, MARCH-APRIL 1996

Distribution and Residence of Lithophile Trace Elements in Minerals of Garnet and Spinel Peridotites: an ICP-MS Study

Dmitri IONOV, GEMOC, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, 2109 N.S.W., Australia

Dmitri.Ionov@mq.edu.au abstract

Volatiles in Magmas and the Primary Mantle

John Adam, GEMOC, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University NSW 2109 Australia abstract

PT Phase Relations of Silicic, Alkaline, Aluminous Glasses Trapped in Mantle Xenoliths

David S. Draper GEMOC, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney NSW 2109 Australia david.draper@mq.edu.au

Trevor H. Green GEMOC, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney NSW 2109 Australia abstract
 

2ND DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE WORKSHOP ON NAGSSUGTOQIDIAN GEOLOGY, COPENHAGEN, 18-19 APRIL 1996

Trace element zonation in granulite-facies garnet porphyroblasts, Ikertôq, Nagssugtoqidian Orogen, west Greenland

Geoff T. Nichols and Norman J. Pearson, Macquarie University, GEMOC, School of Earth Sciences, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia. abstract

A structural and metamorphic transect across the West Greenland Nagssugtoqidian orogen, near the inland ice

Leo Kriegsman1, Jeroen van Gool2, Geoff Nichols3, Mogens Marker2, 1Dept. of Applied Geology, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia, 2Danish Lithosphere Centre, Øster Voldgade 10, 1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark

3GEMOC, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, New South Wales 2109, Australia abstract

Low-P partial melting in the Nordre Isortoq area: Petrology of spinel-bearing, partially melted pelites

Leo Kriegsman1 and Geoff Nichols2

1Department of Applied Geology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia

2GEMOC, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW, 2109, Australia. abstract
 

EMPG-VI SYMPOSIUM, BAYREUTH, GERMANY, APRIL 1996

Partitioning behaviour of Hf and Zr between amphibole, clinopyroxene, garnet, and silicate melts at high pressure.

T.H. Green and A. Fujinawa

(GEMOC, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, N.S.W. 2109, Australia) abstract

Trace Element Partitioning between H2O-Fluids And Silicate Melts

J. Adam, T.H. Green, and S.H. Sie

(GEMOC, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, N.S.W. 2109, Australia) abstract
 

AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION (WESTERN PACIFIC GEOPHYSICAL UNION MEETING), BRISBANE, JULY 1996

Melting and Metasomatism in the Lithospheric Mantle Beneath SE Australia: Trace Element Studies by Laser Microprobe

Marc Norman and Suzanne O'Reilly, GEMOC, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109 Australia abstract

Osmium Isotopic Constraints on the Nature of the Hawaiian Plume Source

V. C. Bennett, (RSES, The Australian National Univ, Canberra, ACT 0200), M. D. Norman (GEMOC, Macquarie Univ. North Ryde),T. M. Esat (RSES, ANU) abstract

Secular Evolution of Sub-Continental Mantle: Geophysical Effects

W L Griffin (GEMOC, Macquarie Univ., Sydney 2109, and CSIRO-EM, Box 136, NSW 2113, Australia)

S Y O'Reilly, O Gaul, D Ionov (all at GEMOC, Earth Sciences, Macquarie Univ., Sydney 2109, Australia) and C G Ryan (CSIRO-EM, P.O. Box 136, NSW 2113, Australia) abstract

A lithospheric transect in southern Australia

Oliver F. Gaul (GEMOC, Earth Sciences, Macquarie Univ., Sydney 2109, Australia) abstract

Geophysical Consequences of Lithosphere Erosion: Eastern Sino-Korean Craton

W L Griffin (GEMOC, Earth Sciences, Macquarie Univ., Sydney 2109, and CSIRO-EM, Box 136, NSW 2113)

S Y O'Reilly (GEMOC, Earth Sciences, Macquarie Univ., Sydney 2109, Australia), A Zhang (Institute of Mineral Deposits, CAGS, Beijing 100037, China) and C G Ryan (CSIRO-EM, Box 136, NSW 2113, Australia) abstract

4-D Lithosphere Mapping: the integration of geological and geophysical datasets

Suzanne Y. O'Reilly (GEMOC, Earth Sciences, Macquarie Univ., Sydney 2109, Australia)

W L Griffin (GEMOC, Earth Sciences, Macquarie Univ., Sydney 2109, and CSIRO-EM, Box 136, NSW 2113, Australia) abstract

Fluid-Peridotite Interactions in Mantle Wedge Xenoliths

Brent I.A. McInnes, GEMOC Key Centre and CSIRO Exp & Mining, Sydney, Australia, B.McInnes@syd.dem.csiro.au) abstract

Geochemistry of Ontong Java Plateau Basalt and Gabbro Sequences, Santa Isabel, Solomon Islands

Ian J. Parkinson, and R. J. Arculus (Department of Geology, Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T. 0200, Australia; e-mail: iparkins@geology.anu.edu.au).

R. A. Duncan (College of Oceanography, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.) abstract

Evidence for the Existence of Oceanic Mantle in the Subcontinental Lithospheric Mantle of Eastern Australia

J M McCarron, S Y O'Reilly, W L Griffin and M D Norman (all at GEMOC, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, Nth Ryde 2109) abstract

Geochemical and U-Th isotopic study of Cenozoic high-K volcanics from Wudalianchi and Keluo, NE China

J.-X. Zhao (Dept. of Earth Sci., Univ. of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072; M. Zhang (School of Earth Sci., Macquarie Univ., NSW 2109); K. D. Collerson (Dept. of Earth Sci., Univ. of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072) abstract
 

WORKSHOP ON "NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN BROKEN HILL-STYLE DEPOSITS", HOBART, TASMANIA, 8-9 JULY, 1996

Structural Evidence of Parent Rocks in High-Grade Metamorphic Areas - especially Broken Hill

Ron H. Vernon, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109 abstract
 

CHAPMAN CONFERENCE, LONG LAVA FLOWS, 12-13 JULY 1996

Trace element and Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic systematics of North Queensland basalts: A preliminary study

Ming Zhang1, J. Stephenson2, S.Y. O'Reilly1, M. Norman1, M.T. McCulloch3, 1, GEMOC, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia, 2, Dept of Earth Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia, 3, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National Univ., ACT 0200, Australia abstract
 

30TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS, BEIJING, AUGUST, 1996

Lower Crust Geotherms

N.J. PEARSON (GEMOC, School Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, 2109, Australia), Suzanne Y. O'REILLY (GEMOC, School Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, 2109, Australia), and W.L GRIFFIN (CSIRO Explor. and Mining, North Ryde, 2113, Australia) abstract

Secular Evolution of Sub-Continental Mantle

W.L. GRIFFIN (CSIRO Explor. and Mining, North Ryde, 2113, Australia), Suzanne Y. O'REILLY (GEMOC, School Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, 2109, Australia), Dmitri A. IONOV (GEMOC, Macquarie University, 2109, Australia) and C.G. RYAN (CSIRO Expl. and Mining, Australia) abstract

Lithospheric Thinning and Accretion in Mesozoic-Cenozoic in Eastern China: An Isotopic Study of Mantle Xenoliths

Wei-Ming FAN1) and M.A. MENZIES2)

1) Changsha Institute of Geotectonics, Academia Sinica, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China

2) Department of Geology, Royal Holloway University of London, UK. abstract

Mantle domains in southeastern Siberia (Russia) and Mongolia

IONOV, D.A. and O'REILLY, S.Y. (GEMOC, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, 2109 Australia) abstract

Thermal and redox states of subcontinental lithospheric mantle: Constraints from basalt-borne mantle xenoliths in East China

Xisheng XU,a,b S.Y. O'REILLY,b Xinmin ZHOU,a W.L. GRIFFIN,c Ming ZHANGb

(a, Department of Earth Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China; b, GEMOC, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia; c, CSIRO Exploration and Mining, North Ryde, Sydney 2113, Australia) abstract

Magmatic inclusions in olivine leucitites from NE China: implications for evolution of potassic magmas

Ming ZHANG, Norm Pearson and Suzanne Y. O'Reilly (GEMOC, Macquarie Univ., Australia) abstract

Enriched subcontinental lithospheric mantle (SCLM) in NE China: geochemical evidence from mafic volcanic rocks

Ming ZHANG and Suzanne Y. O'Reilly (GEMOC, Macquarie Univ., Australia) abstract

4-D Lithosphere Mapping: methodology, applications and implications

Suzanne Y. O'REILLY (Key Centre for the Geochemical Evolution and Metallogeny of Continents (GEMOC), School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, 2109, Australia and W.L. GRIFFIN (GEMOC and CSIRO Explor. and Mining, North Ryde, 2113, Australia abstract

Tertiary Lithosphere Erosion in Eastern China

Suzanne Y. O'REILLY (GEMOC, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia), Xisheng XU, (Dept. of Geology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China), Andi ZHANG (Ministry of Geology, Beijing, China) and W.L. GRIFFIN (GEMOC and CSIRO Exploration and Mining, P.O. Box 136, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia) abstract

The Kerguelen archipelago : evidences of a refractory mantle percolated by basaltic melts and of the formation of granulites in an oceanic setting

Michel GREGOIRE (National Key Centre for Geochemical Evolution and Metallogeny of Continents, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, 2109 NSW, Australia), Jean Yves COTTIN (Département de Géologie, Université Jean Monnet-CNRS URA10, 23 rue du Dr P. Michelon, F-42023 Saint Etienne, France), André GIRET (Département de Géologie, Université Jean Monnet-CNRS URA10, 23 rue du Dr P. Michelon, F-42023 Saint Etienne, France), Nadine MATTIELLI (Laboratoire de Pétrologie et géodynamique chimique, CP 160/02, Av. F.D. Roosevelt 50, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium) and Dominique WEIS (Laboratoire de Pétrologie et géodynamique chimique, CP 160/02, Av. F.D. Roosevelt 50, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium). abstract
 

MEETING OF THE GERMAN MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY, KIEL, GERMANY, 9-12 SEPTEMBER, 1996

P-T-D Evolution of a Transpressional Orogen: a Structural and Petrological Traverse through the Nagssugtoqidian Orogen, Western Greenland

KRIEGSMAN, LEO M.1, NICHOLS, G.T.2, VAN GOOL, J.3, MARKER, M.3, 1Dept. of Applied Geology, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia, 2School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, New South Wales 2109, Australia, 3Danish Lithosphere Centre, Oster Voldgade 10, 1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark abstract
 

MINERALOGICAL STUDIES GROUP INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON "WHAT CONTROLS METAMORPHISM AND THE RATES OF METAMORPHIC PROCESSES?" KINGSTON UNIVERSITY, UK, 11-13 SEPTEMBER, 1996

Relationships between metamorphism and deformation

R.H. Vernon, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia abstract
 

MESOZOIC GEOLOGY OF THE EASTERN AUSTRALIA PLATE CONFERENCE, BRISBANE, SEPTEMBER, 1996

The Petrogenesis of the Mesozoic Rocks, Bowen Region, Queensland, and Changes of Tectonic Setting from 145 to 100 Ma

Charlotte M. Allen and B.W. Chappell, Key Centre for the Geochemical Evolution and Metallogeny of Continents, Department of Geology, Australian National University, Canberra 0200 abstract

Permo-Triassic Granite Metallogeny of the New England Orogen

Phillip L. Blevin and Bruce W. Chappell

National Key Centre for Geochemical Evolution and Metallogeny of Continents, Geology Department, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200 abstract

Thermal events in the Sydney-Bowen Basin as defined by palaeomagnetism

M.A. Lackie, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney NSW 2109, P.W. Schmidt, CSIRO, Division of Exploration and Mining, P.O. Box 136. North Ryde NSW 2113 abstract
 

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, DENVER, COLORADO, OCTOBER 1996

Porphyroblast-Matrix Microstructures as a Tool for Understanding Orogenic Processes

JOHNSON, Scott E., School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, New South Wales, 2109, Australia (Scott.Johnson@mq.edu.au) abstract
 

CONFERENCE ON "EVOLUTION OF METAMORPHIC BELTS", LA TROBE UNIVERSITY, 16-17 DECEMBER, 1996

Megacrystic felsic gneisses at Broken Hill: pre to syn-tectonic granites?

J.J. Vassallo and R.H. Vernon, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia abstract
 

AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION, SPECIAL SESSION ON ANALYTICAL METHODOLOGIES AND GEOCHEMICAL APPLICATIONS OF LASER ABLATION ICPMS, SAN FRANCISCO, DECEMBER 1996

Laser Microprobe ICPMS: A Robust and Cost Effective Microbeam Technique for In Situ Quantitative Trace Element Analysis

M.D. Norman, N.J. Pearson, A. Sharma, and W.L. Griffin, (GEMOC, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde NSW 2109 AU) abstract

PT Phase Relations of Silicic, Alkaline, Aluminous Glasses Trapped in Mantle Xenoliths

David S. Draper and Trevor H. Green (School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney NSW 2109 Australia, +61-2-9850-8347, email david.draper@mq.edu.au) abstract

Low-Pressure Water-Undersaturated PT Phase Relations of Mafic High-Alumina Basalt: Preliminary Results

A. Dana Johnston (Dept. Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-12721 USA, +1-541-346-5588 email adjohn@oregon.uoregon.edu) and David S. Draper (School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney NSW 2109 Australia, +61-2-9850-8347, email david.draper@mq.edu.au) abstract
 

GEOL SOC AUST SGEG (SPECIALIST GROUP IN ECONOMIC GEOLOGY) CONFERENCE ANU, CANBERRA, 30-31 JANUARY, 1997

Probing Ore Forming Processes Using the Scanning Proton Microprobe

C.G. Ryan1, Khin Zaw2, C.A. Heinrich3, D.N. Jamieson4 and E. van Achterbergh1

1 GEMOC and CSIRO Exploration and Mining, PO Box 136, North Ryde NSW 2113, Australia, 2 CODES, Geology Department, University of Tasmania, Hobart,

TAS 7001, Australia, 3 Department Erdwissenschaften, ETH Zentrum, Z|rich CH-8092,

Switzerland, 4 School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville VIC 3152, Australia. abstract

Igneous Metallogeny: Templates, Provinces and the Future

P. L. Blevin, National Key Centre for Geochemical Evolution and Metallogeny of Continents, Department of Geology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 0200 abstract

Metallogenic Implications of Granite Tectonics: The Lachlan Fold Belt as a Case Study

Phillip L. Blevin, David J. Ellis, Rosalyn G. Warren

National Key Centre for Geochemical Evolution and Metallogeny of Continents, Department of Geology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 0200 abstract
 

STATE OF THE ARC, ISLAND ARC MAGMA GENESIS WORKSHOP, ADELAIDE, 2-7 FEBRUARY 1997

Application of Mineral/Fluid/Melt Trace Element Partitioning Data to Models of Arc Magma Genesis

Trevor H. Green, GEMOC, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW, 2109 abstract

Geochemistry and Petrogenesis of Basaltic Rocks from North Queensland: Has Subduction-Modified Mantle Played a Role?

Ming Zhang1, Jon Stephenson2, Suzanne Y O'Reilly1, Marc Norman1, Malcolm T McCulloch3, 1, GEMOC, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia,

2, Dept of Earth Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia, 3, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia abstract

In Search of Fluid - Melt Partitioning Values; Development of the Laser Ablation ICPM-S Method

Geoffrey T. Nichols, Trevor H. Green, Norman J. Pearson, GEMOC, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109 abstract

Lithospheric Mantle Source for Continental Arc Crust? Trace Element Compositions of Diopside in Spinel Lherzolites

Marc D. Norman, GEMOC, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde NSW 2109 abstract

Can Island Arc Tectonic Models be applied to Major Continental Marginal Batholiths?

Charlotte M. Allen, Department of Geology, Key Centre for the Geochemical Evolution and Metallogeny of Continents, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, charlotte.allen@anu.edu.au abstract
 

EUROPEAN UNION OF GEOSCIENCES, BIANNUAL MEETING, STRASBOURG, MARCH 1997

Terranes and tectonic boundaries in the southern Nagssugtoqudian orogen, West Greenland

Mogens Marker1, Leo M. Kriegsman2, Jeroen A.M. van Gool1 & Geoff T. Nichols3, 1Danish Lithosphere Centre, Oster Voldgade 10, 1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark, 2Dept. of Applied Geology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia, 3GEMOC, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia. abstract

The Ferric-Ferrous Ratio in Granitic Rocks and the Interpretation of Relative Oxidation States

P. L. Blevin1 and P. A. Candela2, 1GEMOC, Dept Geology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia, 2Geology Department, University of Maryland, Maryland, 20742-4211, USA abstract

Harzburgite xenoliths in alkali basalts from Kerguelen islands: refractory mantle affected by multi-metasomatic events above the Kerguelen plume

Gregoire, M.1, O'Reilly, S.Y.1, Cottin, J.Y.2 and Giret, A.2 1. National Key Centre for the Geochemical Evolution and Metallogeny of Continents, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University NSW 2109 Australia; 2. Département de Géologie, Université Jean Monnet-CNRS URA10, 23 rue du Dr P. Michelon, F-42023 Saint Etienne, France. abstract

Geochemistry of hydrous ultrabasic-basic xenoliths: Fluids in the Kerguelen plume

Moine, B.N.1, Cottin, J.Y.1, Sheppard, S.M.F.2 , Gregoire, M.3 and Giret, A.1 1. Département de Géologie, Université Jean Monnet-CNRS URA10, 23 rue du Dr P. Michelon, F-42023 Saint Etienne, France; 2. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France; National Key Centre for the Geochemical Evolution and Metallogeny of Continents, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University NSW 2109 Australia. abstract
 

GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA/MINERALOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA MEETING, OTTAWA, 19-21 MAY 1997

Carbonate-Bearing Mantle Xenoliths in Alkali Basalts: Phase Relationships, Mineral Compositions and Implications for Mantle Carbonate Metasomatism

Ionov, Dmitri, Griffin, W.L. and O'Reilly, S.Y., GEMOC (ARC National Key Centre), School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney 2109, Australia

Malkovets, Vladimir, Institute of Mineralogy and Petrography, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia abstract

Transition to Migmatite and Peraluminous Granite in the Cooma Complex, SE Australia

Vernon, R.H. and Johnson, S.E., School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney NSW 2109, Australia abstract

Quartz and Feldspar Microstructures in Metamorphic Rocks

Vernon, R.H., School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney NSW 2109, Australia abstract
 

SUBMITTED TO THE SEVENTH V.M. GOLDSCHMIDT CONFERENCE, AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF GEOCHEMISTRY, TUSCON, ARIZONA, 2-6 JUNE 1997

Mantle Apatite Revisited: Major Reservoir for U and Th in the Mantle and Reflector of Mantle Fluid Sources

Suzanne Y. O'Reilly1, W. L. Griffin1,2, P. Morgan1,3, D. A. Ionov1 and M. D.Norman1: 1GEMOC National Key Centre, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia (sue.oreilly@mq.edu.au), 2CSIRO Div. of Exploration and Mining, Box 136, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia, 3Department of Geology, University of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA. abstract

Secular Variation in the Composition of Subcontinental Lithospheric Mantle

W. L. Griffin1,2, S. Y. O'Reilly1, C. G. Ryan2, O. Gaul1 and D. A. Ionov: 1National Key Centre for Geochemical Evolution and Metallogeny of Continents, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia (bill.griffin@mq.edu.au), 2CSIRO Exploration and Mining, P.O. Box 136, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia. abstract

A New Type of Mantle Metasomatism? Trace Element Composition of Feldspar-Bearing Peridotite Xenoliths in Basalts from Southern Siberia

D. A. Ionov1, W. L. Griffin1, V. S. Prikhodko2 and S. Y. O'Reilly1, 1GEMOC, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, 2109 NSW, Australia; dmitri.ionov@mq.edu.au, 2Institute of Tectonics and Geophysics, Far-Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 65 Kim Yu Chen str., Khabarovsk 680063, Russia. abstract

Mantle Domains and Crust-Mantle Coupling in SE Siberia (Russia) and Mongolia

D. A. Ionov1, S. Y. O'Reilly1 and W. L. Griffin1, 1GEMOC, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University (Sydney), N.S.W. 2109, Australia (dmitri.ionov@mq.edu.au). abstract

Compositions of Primitive Magmas and Source Characteristics of the Hawaiian Plume: Constraints from Picritic Lavas

M.D. Norman1 and M.O. Garcia2, 1GEMOC, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde NSW 2109 Australia, marc.norman@mq.edu.au; 2Geology-Geophysics Dept., University of Hawaii, Honolulu HI 96822 USA, garcia@soest.hawaii.edu abstractposter

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