Minerals Alert September 2015
September 2015
A monthly online newsletter with product news, data releases and project highlights relating to the minerals and energy exploration industries.
1. New Journal papers
Four new journal papers with senior authors from Geoscience Australia have been published online by the international journal Ore Geology Reviews. The papers form part of Geoscience Australia's contribution to an Australian Mineral Systems Special Issue of this journal, with final publication of the volume due later this year. The authors and titles of the papers are:
- S. Jaireth; I.C. Roach; E. Bastrakov; S. Liu - Basin-Related Uranium Mineral Systems in Australia: A Review of Critical Features
- R.J. Korsch and M.P. Doublier - Major crustal boundaries of Australia, and their significance in mineral systems targeting
- D.L. Huston; D.C. Champion; T.P. Mernagh; P.M. Downes; P. Jones; G. Carr; D. Forster; V. David - Metallogenesis and geodynamics of the Lachlan Orogen: new (and old) insights from spatial and temporal variations in lead isotopes
- G.M. Gibson; A.J. Meixner; I.W. Withnall; R.J. Korsch; L.J. Hutton; L.E.A. Jones; J. Holzschuch; R.D. Costelloe; P.A. Henson; E. Saygin - Basin architecture and evolution in the Mount Isa mineral province, northern Australia: Constraints from deep seismic reflection profiling and implications for ore genesis
2. Update on geophysical data acquisition
Geoscience Australia is managing the geophysical data acquisition programs in Western Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and the Northern Territory on behalf of the state/territory geological surveys.
The current status of Geoscience Australia's geophysical survey data acquisition is available in a comprehensive table.
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