The tectonic significant of mafic/ultramafic igneous rocks in western Tasmania
Department of State Growth (Tas)2 Dec 2019 - 31 Dec 2023
People funded by this grant:
Belousov I,
Olin P,
Le'Gallais B
Project Total: $18,800; Geochemistry of igneous rocks is an important indicator of the tectonic settings of their formation used to constrain both the origin of geological formations in ancient terrains and geodynamic models of Earth evolution. The project will be undertaken in close collaboration with Mineral Resources Tasmania. The project will focus on detailed understanding of geochemical features and field relationships of several mafic/ultramafic magmatic series occurring within Cambrian orogenic sequences in western Tasmania formed during the Tyennan Orogeny when the proto-Tasmanian continental block had collided with an intra-oceanic subduction zone. Funded by: Department of State Growth (Tas) ($18,800); University of Tasmania.
