6th International Archean Symposium

8:30 am - 9:00 am - 26 July 2023

Theme 1 Keynote Address

Keynote - Early Earth evolution: perspectives from the oldest minerals and rocks - Room 1

8:30 am

Perspectives and progress on Earth’s Hadean evolution

Prof. Martin Whitehouse - Professor - Swedish Museum of Natural History

9:00 am - 9:30 am - 26 July 2023

Theme 4 Keynote Address

Keynote - The role of Archean lithosphere in the evolution of younger terranes - Room 1

9:00 am

Archean lithospheric mantle beneath Proterozoic Central Asia Orogenic Belt

Dr. Kuo-Lung Wang - Associate Research Fellow - Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica

9:30 am - 10:00 am - 26 July 2023

Theme 7 Keynote Address

Keynote - Mineral systems of Archean terranes and their margins (including Paleoproterozoic terranes) - Room 1

9:30 am

Convergent margin metallogenic cycling during the Archean: insights from the Abitibi and other Archean terranesConvergent margin metallogenic cycling during the Archean: insights from the Abitibi and other Archean terranes

Dr Patrick Mercier-Langevin - Research Scientist - Natural Resources Canada - Geological Survey of Canada

10:00 am - 10:30 am - 26 July 2023

Morning tea/coffee

Break - Break

10:30 am - 12:30 pm - 26 July 2023

Session 1.4 (T5)

Concurrent - Cratons and craton margins: structure, composition and tectonic history - Room 1

10:30 am

Neoarchean Vertical Tectonism in eastern North China Craton: Structure, Metamorphism and Numerical Modeling

Prof. Jian Zhang - The University of Hong Kong

10:45 am

Subduction of continental crust in the Paleoproterozoic: Insights from ~1.9 Ga nepheline syenite in the North China Craton

Dr Jianli KANG - Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

11:00 am

Paleoproterozoic tectonic evolution from subduction to collision of the Khondalite Belt in North China: Evidence from multiple magmatism in the Qianlishan Complex

Miss Wenxuan Li - 1Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo

11:15 am

Linking the Paleoproterozoic tectono-magmatic lull with Archean supercraton: a geochemical study on the early Paleoproterozoic rocks in the North China Craton

Dr Zhen-Xin Li - University of Science and Technology of China

11:30 am

Exhumation of an Archean Granulite Terrane by Paleoproterozoic Orogenesis: Evidence from the North China Craton

Ass.Prof Dan Wang - Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, China

11:45 am

Late Archean accretion of continental crust through oceanic subduction in the North China Craton

Dr Xi Wang - Associate professor - Ocean University of China

12:00 pm

Proterozoic magmatic destabilisation and refertilisation of the Yilgarn Craton lithosphere

Ass.Prof Alan Aitken - University of Western Australia

12:15 pm

Internal structures and flow patterns of the Mt Edgar dome, East Pilbara Terrane using anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS)

(He/His/Him) Nicolas Roberts - Assistant Professor of Geosciences - Hamilton College

10:30 am - 12:30 pm - 26 July 2023

Session 2.4 (T7)

Concurrent - Mineral systems of Archean terranes and their margins (including Paleoproterozoic terranes) - Room 2

10:30 am

Big Data and Machine Learning is Impacting Our Understanding of Archean Mineral Systems: Targeting Li-bearing Pegmatites.

Dr Patricia Durance - SensOre Ltd.

10:45 am

Structural controls on giant spodumene pegmatite deposits of the northern Pilbara Craton, Western Australia

John Grigson - PhD student - The University of Western Australia

11:00 am

Illuminating transcrustal upflow zones with implications for ore localization and reusage of crustal architecture

Taus Jørgensen - Research Associate - Mineral Exploration Research Centre, Harquail School of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University

11:15 am

Oldest magmatic Ni-Cu deposit a consequence of secular change in global tectonic regime

Dr Hugo Olierook - Curtin University

11:30 am

The Carr Boyd intrusive complex: New insights on the sole mineralised intrusion-hosted Ni system within the Eastern Goldfields Superterrane, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia

Dr Margaux Le Vaillant - CSIRO

11:45 am

Crustal S sources for komatiite hosted Ni deposits and implications for sulfide transport and deposition

Ms Anne Brandt Virnes - PhD Candidate - Centre for Exploration Targeting, School of Earth Sciences, The University of Western Australia

12:00 pm

Unravelling post-volcanic deformation of komatiite associated nickel sulphides: Cassini deposit, Yilgarn Craton

Dr Helen McFarlane - Senior Research Scientist - CSIRO

12:15 pm

The origin of volatiles in the Ni-Cu-Co Ovoid deposit of the Voisey’s Bay complex. New insights on the role of accessory minerals in tracing ore-forming processes

Stefano Caruso - CERC+ postdoctoral fellow - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm - 26 July 2023

Lunch

Break - Break

1:30 pm - 3:15 pm - 26 July 2023

Session 1.5 (T5)

Concurrent - Cratons and craton margins: structure, composition and tectonic history - Room 1

1:30 pm

Inter-dome sedimentary response to vertical tectonics in the pre-orogenic Yilgarn Craton

Dr Christopher Phillips - Geological Survey of Western Australia

1:45 pm

Ultra-high thermal gradient granulites in the Narryer Terrane, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia, provide a window into the composition and formation of Archean lower crust

Dr Naomi Tucker - University of Western Australia

2:00 pm

Neoarchean tectonic evolution of the Yilgarn Craton (Western Australia)

Mr ivan zibra - GSWA

2:15 pm

Formation of the Yilgarn protocraton by rift-related magmatism from 3.01 to 2.92 Ga

Dr Tim Ivanic - Senior Geoscientist - Geological Survey of Western Australia

2:30 pm

Refining key constraints for the tectonometamorphic evolution of the Neoarchean eastern Youanmi margin, Yilgarn Craton

Dr Matthew De Paoli - Geological Survey of Western Australia

2:45 pm

A modern analogue for partial convective overturn basins: Provenance and sedimentology of the Parriott salt minibasin

Ms Emily Stoll - Harvard University

3:00 pm

Seismic imaging of the southwest Yilgarn Craton with ambient noise tomography

Dr Ping Zhang - Postdoc - Australian National University

1:30 pm - 3:15 pm - 26 July 2023

Session 2.5 (T7)

Concurrent - Mineral systems of Archean terranes and their margins (including Paleoproterozoic terranes) - Room 2

1:30 pm

Does the underlying Archean always influence the development of Proterozoic mineralisation?

Dr Sandra Occhipinti - Research Director - CSIRO

1:45 pm

Proterozoic Sediment-hosted Copper Mineral Systems in the Birrindudu Basin, NT

Dr Susanne Schmid - Group Leader - CSIRO Mineral Resources

2:00 pm

Assessing REE mobility during supergene and hypogene alteration and the preservation of seawater signatures in the Weld Range BIF, Western Australia

Miss Samantha Russo - IsoTropics Geochemistry Laboratory, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia 4811

2:15 pm

Radioactive mineral detection through hydrothermal alteration mapping using Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) and airborne geophysical data: Preliminary results on Central Hoggar (Algeria)

Dr Brahim Ayad - Assistant Professor - University of Sciences and Technonolgy Houari Boumediene

2:30 pm

The Meso-Archaean Murchison Belt, Kaapvaal Craton: an island arc with early gold mineralisation

Dr Julian Vearncombe - University of Stellenbosch, RSA & Effective Investments Pty Ltd, Western Australia

3:15 pm - 3:45 pm - 26 July 2023

Afternoon tea/coffee

Break - Break

3:45 pm - 5:30 pm - 26 July 2023

Session 2.6 (T1)

Concurrent - Early Earth evolution: perspectives from the oldest minerals and rocks - Room 2

3:45 pm

40 Years of Jack Hills Research: Global contributions to Zirconology and early Earth Science

Prof. Simon Wilde - John Curtin Distinguished Emeritus Professor - Curtin University

4:00 pm

Eoarchean crust in East Antarctica

Prof. Monika A. Kusiak - Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences

4:15 pm

Episodes of Eoarchean crustal growth and recycling in the Saglek Block of the North Atlantic Craton, Labrador

Dr Daniel Dunkley - Associate Professor - Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences

4:30 pm

New insights into the oldest crust in the Pilbara Craton

Mr Andreas Zametzer - Timescales of Mineral Systems Group, Curtin University

4:45 pm

Still Hunting For An Archean Impact Structure

Dr Aaron Cavosie - Senior Research Fellow - Curtin University

5:00 pm

Magmatic oxygen fugacity and water content of Archean granitoids indicate subduction since the Eoarchean

Dr Rongfeng Ge - Associate Professor - School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University

5:15 pm

Low-δ18O zircon in the Napier Complex, East Antarctica, indicates emergent land in the Eoarchean

Dr Piotr Król - Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences

3:45 pm - 5:30 pm - 26 July 2023

Sessions 1.6 (T5)

Concurrent - Cratons and craton margins: structure, composition and tectonic history - Room 1

3:45 pm

Unravelling Archean Continental Evolution: Insights from the boundary between the Youanmi and South West Terranes, Yilgarn Craton (Western Australia)

Miss Catherine Gill - University of Western Australia, Geological Survey of Western Australia

4:00 pm

Elevated radiogenic heat production as a thermal driver for Neoarchean metamorphism in the southwest Yilgarn Craton, Australia

Dr Fawna Korhonen - Manager Proterozoic Margins - Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety

4:15 pm

Structural and lithostratigraphic record of the Agnew Wiluna Belt: tectonic implications for the Yilgarn Craton

Ass.Prof Nicolas Thebaud - UWA, Centre for Exploration Targeting, School of Earth Sciences

4:30 pm

Where did all the 2 Ga grains go? Detrital zircon and apatite trace enigmatic Yilgarn Craton rift-magmatism

Mr Anthony Clarke - Timescales of Mineral Systems Group, Curtin University

4:45 pm

Crustal growth in the Archean: Insights from zircon petrochronology of the far-east Yilgarn Craton

Mr Ravi Schreefel - Centre For Exploration Targeting, The University of Western Australia

5:00 pm

New workflow for the spatial prediction of isotopic data: Example from the Neoarchean Yilgarn Craton

Mr Azim Rossalim - The University of Western Australia

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