Dear all, due to the withdrawal of a candidate we are readvertising a fully-funded NERC-CASE PhD project, supported by Rio Tinto. Full funding is only available to UK-based students with Home Fees status. The successful applicant must be available to start the project by March 2018.
Titanite occurrence and chemistry as a monitor of melt redox state, magmatic fertility and hydrothermal alteration in porphyry ore systems
The aim of the project is to establish titanite chemistry and crystallization history in a suite of igneous rocks and associated, propylitically altered, country rocks from selected magmatic-hydrothermal systems. Timing and conditions of formation of titanite will be constrained using a range of geothermobarometers and oxybarometers, and titanite chemistry will be modelled utilizing crystal-chemical considerations. By comparing results from barren granite-related environments (e.g. Augusta, Maine) with mineralized porphyry systems (e.g. Oyu Tolgoi, Mongolia) we will be able to assess whether a diagnostic fingerprint exists for titanite from mineralized systems that can be developed into a tool for porphyry exploration using multivariate statistical techniques. The project has significant cash funding from Rio Tinto including a top-up of the standard NERC stipend, and at least two placements with the Rio Tinto Project Generation Group in Bundoora, Melbourne, will enable the student to gain first-hand experience of how R&D of this kind is translated into real-life exploration methodology. In addition, attendance at several international conferences and/or training courses will be possible. This is a very exciting opportunity to join an active research group working on highly exploration-relevant research.
Full details in the attached outline.
Please draw this opportunity to the attention of any well-qualified recent graduates who may be interested. No closing date is currently specified.
Regards,
Jamie
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Dr Jamie Wilkinson
Research Leader in Mineral Deposits
LODE Director
Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum
London SW7 5BD, UK
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