https://ec.lakeheadu.ca/ni-cu/scientific-program en https://ec.lakeheadu.ca/ni-cu/scientific-program/node/676 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-rss"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>scientific program for the conference is now available and can be downloaded <a href="http://ec.lakeheadu.ca/sites/default/files/digital_program.pdf" target="_blank">here</a> and the abstract volume can be downloaded <a href="http://ec.lakeheadu.ca/sites/default/files/abstract_voume_final.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>. please note that we will not be providing a hard copy of the abstracts.</p> <p>given the location of the conference, a number of sessions will be dedicated to deposits in the midcontinent rift system (mrs), but talks on other global settings, including more unconventional deposits, such as those in collisional/post-collisional settings, will also be a focus.</p> <p>below is a list of session themes that cover a broad range of topics that are of interest to mineral deposit geologists, isotope geochemists, petrologists, and geophysicists:</p> <ul> <li>mrs magmatism and sulfide deposits <ul> <li>discussion on the magmatic evolution of the midcontinent rift system, with emphasis on how this evolution relates to the formation of sulfide deposits in the region.</li> </ul> </li> <li>structure in regional exploration <ul> <li>the importance of structure to focusing magma flow and controlling magmatic processes (e.g., contamination).</li> <li>applicability of structure to identifying mineral deposits at the regional scale.</li> </ul> </li> <li>what we know and don't know about magmatic sulfide deposits <ul> <li>title speaks for itself!</li> </ul> </li> <li>geophysics and petrophysics applied to magmatic sulfide deposits <ul> <li>application of rock properties to help guide exploration for magmatic sulfide deposits.</li> <li>novel geophysical techniques that can help delineate orebodies, vector towards mineralization, and characterize the structure of mineralizing systems.</li> </ul> </li> <li>hydrochemistry of ni, cu, and pge <ul> <li>mobility of ni, cu, and pge in hydrothermal fluids related to magmatic sulfide deposits, focusing primarily on experimental work, but field-based studies are also welcome.</li> <li>work relating magmatic sulfide deposits to hydrothermal deposits via fluid-related processes may also be welcome.</li> </ul> </li> <li>metal stable isotope systematics of magmatic sulfide deposits <ul> <li>emphasis on the application of non-traditional metal stable isotopes (e.g., cu, fe, zn, mg) to magmatic sulfide research</li> <li>comparative research with traditional (e.g., s, c, o) stable isotope techniques.</li> </ul> </li> <li>mineral chemistry as petrogenetic and exploration tools <ul> <li>discussions on the utility of mineral chemistry to characterizing magmatic and hydrothermal processes in sulfide deposits, and to identifying and vectoring to fertile rock in these systems.</li> </ul> </li> <li>mantle sources to magmatic sulfide deposits <ul> <li>contributions of mantle sources (e.g., plume, sclm, subduction-modified mantle) to the generation of metal-rich magmas that feed fertile intrusive systems.</li> </ul> </li> <li>convergent margin-related sulfide deposits <ul> <li>development of ni-cu-pge-rich sulfide deposits in convergent-margin settings, with a focus on identifying how these mineral systems differ from the more typical plume-related deposits (e.g., physicochemical conditions, mineralizing processes).</li> </ul> </li> <li>machine learning for petrogenesis and exploration <ul> <li>development of machine-learning algorithms to assist in differentiating between barren and fertile rock, vectoring towards mineralization, characterizing physicochemical conditions (e.g., fo 2 ), and identifying mineralizing processes.</li> </ul> </li> <li>general topics in ni-cu-pge sulfide deposits <ul> <li>ni-cu-pge research on themes that may not fit into the broad topics above.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div></div></div> thu, 07 dec 2023 21:07:00 +0000 jpmichel 676 at https://ec.lakeheadu.ca https://ec.lakeheadu.ca/ni-cu/scientific-program/node/676#comments