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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/FT150100541
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Funded Activity Summary
Measuring mantle hydrogen to map ore fluids and model plate tectonics. The goal of this project is to use magnetotellurics to measure mantle hydrogen content to aid in the discovery of new mineral deposits. Hydrogen controls the strength of Earth’s mantle and is a vital component of the systems that form giant ore deposits. However, mantle hydrogen content is unconstrained. Ore-forming fluids hydrate the mantle pathways on which they travel. The first aim of this project is to image these fluid pathways to improve mineral exploration techniques. Plate tectonic models assume that the lithospheric mantle is dehydrated but existing data from magnetotellurics and mantle rocks show high hydrogen contents. The second aim of this project is to create a map of the hydrogen content of the plates, which may lead to new models for continental evolution and mantle dynamics.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2017
End Date: 12-2022
Funding Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships
Funding Amount: $648,852.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Geophysics | Geodynamics | Tectonics | Electrical and Electromagnetic Methods in Geophysics
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences | Iron Ore Exploration | Precious (Noble) Metal Ore Exploration |
