News: Honours projects - Geology
The Proterozoic Planetary Pivot: Oxygen, Snowballs and Metals
Honours project: A MinEx CRC project looking at how sediments of the Adelaide Superbasin record the Neoproterozoic Oxygenation Event.
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Noble gases in ancient fluid droplets in minerals
Honours projects: Extract rare noble gas isotopes from specific mineral phases such as quartz.
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ORE-SOME: OZ Minerals Carrapateena (Cu-Au) deposit projects
Honours project: Exciting new honours projects investigating the origin of copper and gold at South Australia's newest mine.
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Why are only some peraluminous granites hot?
An honours project combining an interest in chemistry and rocks to understand why some granites are so hot.
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The Face of the Neoproterozoic Earth
A multidisciplinary project reconstructing the largest mountain belt of the last billion years.
Beneath the Never-Never: be the first to explore under Southeast Northern Territory
Honours project: A MinEx CRC project looking at exploring unknown sedimentary basins deep beneath the Northern Territory.
What’s beneath the Murray?
Honours project: A MinEx CRC project looking at mapping the ancient sedimentary rocks buried beneath the Murray Basin.
Untapped potential: How did the Mount Gunson sediment-hosted Cu deposits form?
Honours project: Research the origin of deposits which produced over a billion dollars' worth of copper, silver and cobalt.
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The fire down below: Heat generation in the lower crust
Honours project: Help develop a crustal radioactivity model using pieces of rock brought to the surface and trapped in lavas.
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Depths of erosion: A global map of denudation
Honours project: Where were the rocks at the surface created? Help discover why in this geology honours project.
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