CODES – Centre for Ore Deposit and Earth Sciences
Program 3
SEDIMENTATION, TECTONICS AND EARTH EVOLUTION
OBJECTIVE
This Program aims to understand the formation and evolution of sedimentary basins, including their metamorphic and deformation histories, within the broader context of geodynamic processes and Earth evolution through time. Our goal is ultimately to develop new and refined genetic and exploration models for diverse sediment-hosted mineral systems across all time periods of Earth history.
LEADER: Robert Scott | DEPUTY LEADER: Jeff Steadman |
ACTIVE PROJECTS
- Trace elements in ancient oceans
- Kansanshi gold
- Ore deposits and tectonic evolution of the Lachlan Orogen, SE Australia (ARC Linkage project number LP160100483)
- Building Tasmania: The Cambrian and beyond
- Ore deposit cycles and ocean/atmosphere conditions
- Mineral chemistry vectoring: uncovering Northwest Queensland's hidden potential
- Identifying unique resistate indicator mineral (RIM) chemistry as a guide in prospectivity for sediment-hosted copper mineralisation (AMIRA P1206) (TMVC project)
COMPLETED PROJECTS
- Uranium concentrations in basins