Research Grant
[Cite as http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT150100541]Researchers Dr Katherine Selway
Brief description 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.
Funding Amount $648,852
Funding Scheme Future Fellowships
- PURL : http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT150100541
- ARC : FT150100541