From arc magmas to ores (FAMOS): A mineral systems approach
Lead Research Organisation:
Natural History Museum
Department Name: Earth Sciences
Abstract
Society is dependent on a reliable supply of metals and minerals for economic growth, improved standards of living, and development of infrastructure. Population growth means that even with increased recycling and resource efficiency, new mineral deposits still need to be discovered. The efficient exploration for, and discovery of, new resources requires new concepts and new tools.
The Mineral Systems approach to exploration considers ore deposits on a lithospheric scale, in terms of the "ingredients", processes and environments that favour their formation. This approach amounts to a "source-pathway-trap" model, with an increased emphasis on predictive capacity, rather than just feature recognition. Historically, much research has focused on the trap, and characterisation of the ore deposits themselves; here we aim to focus deeper in the system by integrating ore deposit formation with concepts of magmatism that arise from igneous petrology and volcanology. Therein lies a challenge because extant models for porphyry systems are increasingly at odds with magmatic models for crustal construction and arc volcanism. Rather than seeing magmatic systems in terms of large, liquid-rich magma chambers, emerging petrological models for crustal magmatism are turning instead to crystal-dominated, volatile-bearing "mushy" systems that traverse most or all of the crust. The dynamics of such systems have important consequences not just for arc magmatism, but also for the chemistry of the volatiles that are exsolved. These same volatiles fuel mineralisation and this is the synergy that we aim to exploit by assembling a multidisciplinary team of researchers from economic geology, igneous and metamorphic petrology, volcanology, geochemistry, numerical modelling and fluid dynamics. Our team embraces almost everyone currently engaged in porphyry mineralisation research in the UK and capitalises on strong existing links between UK ROs and the mining industry, many of who are Project Partners.
The research will involve analysis of minerals from a wide variety of mineralised and barren settings using a wealth of modern analytical tools that enable determination of an extensive suite of trace elements and isotope tracers. As each trace element responds to magmatic processes in subtly different ways due to the affinity of different elements for different phases (minerals, melts and fluids), so the multi-element approach affords many advantages over conventional proxies in which the full potential of the Periodic Table is not exploited. The analysis of natural systems will be underpinned by high pressure and temperature experiments to establish the phase relationships of ascending arc magmas and the partition coefficients that capture the affinities of elements for certain phases. As fluid accumulation and migration is an essential, but poorly understood, final step in ore deposit formation, we will develop, in tandem with the geochemistry, numerical models for fluid-bearing mushy systems. Finally, consideration will be given to critical metals that are passengers through the main ore-forming processes, but constitute important, often under-explored, by-products of porphyry mineralisation.
The research proposed has a strong element of blue skies investigation, but a particular focus on outcomes that will benefit industry through improved exploration tools. Thus the project bridges the divide between academic and applied research in a way that is not normally possible through industry-funded projects. This bridging activity lies at the heart of the Highlight Topic call, specifically through the integration of new advances in the study of mineral systems, igneous petrology and geochemistry, with a view to identifying conditions that can act as pathfinders for new targets. A key outcome will be a range of trace element proxies that will enable the mining industry to establish the potential fertility of a magmatic arc on local to regional scales.
The Mineral Systems approach to exploration considers ore deposits on a lithospheric scale, in terms of the "ingredients", processes and environments that favour their formation. This approach amounts to a "source-pathway-trap" model, with an increased emphasis on predictive capacity, rather than just feature recognition. Historically, much research has focused on the trap, and characterisation of the ore deposits themselves; here we aim to focus deeper in the system by integrating ore deposit formation with concepts of magmatism that arise from igneous petrology and volcanology. Therein lies a challenge because extant models for porphyry systems are increasingly at odds with magmatic models for crustal construction and arc volcanism. Rather than seeing magmatic systems in terms of large, liquid-rich magma chambers, emerging petrological models for crustal magmatism are turning instead to crystal-dominated, volatile-bearing "mushy" systems that traverse most or all of the crust. The dynamics of such systems have important consequences not just for arc magmatism, but also for the chemistry of the volatiles that are exsolved. These same volatiles fuel mineralisation and this is the synergy that we aim to exploit by assembling a multidisciplinary team of researchers from economic geology, igneous and metamorphic petrology, volcanology, geochemistry, numerical modelling and fluid dynamics. Our team embraces almost everyone currently engaged in porphyry mineralisation research in the UK and capitalises on strong existing links between UK ROs and the mining industry, many of who are Project Partners.
The research will involve analysis of minerals from a wide variety of mineralised and barren settings using a wealth of modern analytical tools that enable determination of an extensive suite of trace elements and isotope tracers. As each trace element responds to magmatic processes in subtly different ways due to the affinity of different elements for different phases (minerals, melts and fluids), so the multi-element approach affords many advantages over conventional proxies in which the full potential of the Periodic Table is not exploited. The analysis of natural systems will be underpinned by high pressure and temperature experiments to establish the phase relationships of ascending arc magmas and the partition coefficients that capture the affinities of elements for certain phases. As fluid accumulation and migration is an essential, but poorly understood, final step in ore deposit formation, we will develop, in tandem with the geochemistry, numerical models for fluid-bearing mushy systems. Finally, consideration will be given to critical metals that are passengers through the main ore-forming processes, but constitute important, often under-explored, by-products of porphyry mineralisation.
The research proposed has a strong element of blue skies investigation, but a particular focus on outcomes that will benefit industry through improved exploration tools. Thus the project bridges the divide between academic and applied research in a way that is not normally possible through industry-funded projects. This bridging activity lies at the heart of the Highlight Topic call, specifically through the integration of new advances in the study of mineral systems, igneous petrology and geochemistry, with a view to identifying conditions that can act as pathfinders for new targets. A key outcome will be a range of trace element proxies that will enable the mining industry to establish the potential fertility of a magmatic arc on local to regional scales.
Planned Impact
We have taken an "embedded impact" approach with FAMOS. Stakeholders and beneficiaries have been involved with the development of the project from its initiation (including the initial Highlight Topic suggestion). The scientific content of the proposal was developed in discussion with representatives from industry, and the final consortium has assembled an Advisory Board that includes industry representatives so as to maintain two-way knowledge exchange and ensure development of impact. We have also engaged an international set of project partners (PP) who will extend the reach of our impact (see letters of support). The embedded impact will be delivered through various activities to support outreach, engagement and dissemination.
The key impact goal for FAMOS is to improve discovery rates of porphyry deposits by aiding exploration under cover, influencing decision making in the exploration process, reducing exploration risk and reducing the environmental impacts of drilling and associated disruptive fieldwork through more efficient prospectivity assessment.
There are four impact objectives within FAMOS:
1) A revised Mineral Systems model of porphyry deposit formation. This will lead to improved targeting at regional and igneous complex scales and better inputs to national strategies on mineral resources. Beneficiaries include PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIES involved in mining, exploration and consultancy (e.g. PPs Anglo American, Rio Tinto, BHPBilliton, Freeport McMoRan), and NATIONAL AGENCIES charged with encouraging exploration and developing strategic resources (e.g. BGS and PP USGS).
2) New proxies for porphyry fertility. This will provide low-cost tools and approaches that will support improved decision-making during exploration. By using multiple proxies within a single sample, more data-rich exploration is possible, and in turn less sampling is required and less environmental impact is caused. Beneficiaries will include PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIES involved in exploration, consultancy, and the provision of data and analytical equipment to industry (i.e. service companies, e.g. see PPs Olympus, Zeiss and SRK ES letters of support).
3) E-tech elements in porphyries. We will generate vital data for better global and national e-tech resource estimation. This facilitates improved targeting for specific e-techs during exploration, and improved metallurgical characterisation of them. Beneficiaries will be GOVERNMENT AGENCIES who advise on resource strategy (e.g. BGS, PP USGS), and POLICY MAKERS IN GOVERNMENT planning future clean energy strategies. PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIES exploring for resources (see PP Anglo American letter of support) and end-users of e-techs will benefit through improved strategic knowledge of future supplies and the WIDER PUBLIC will gain through support of sustainable environmental technologies for a low-carbon society.
4) Outreach, education and training. We have planned activities to increase public understanding of resource issues (discovery, depletion, environmental and social impacts, the 'e-tech' concept), particularly through NHM outreach, and activities to encourage the uptake of the new model and proxies with professional geoscientists through training workshops, short courses and engagement at high profile conferences. Beneficiaries include the WIDER PUBLIC, PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIES as publicly traded bodies and employers of skilled professionals and PROFESSIONAL BODIES such as the IOM3 and Mineral Deposits Studies Group (see letter of support) who support training and professional development for their members.
The key impact goal for FAMOS is to improve discovery rates of porphyry deposits by aiding exploration under cover, influencing decision making in the exploration process, reducing exploration risk and reducing the environmental impacts of drilling and associated disruptive fieldwork through more efficient prospectivity assessment.
There are four impact objectives within FAMOS:
1) A revised Mineral Systems model of porphyry deposit formation. This will lead to improved targeting at regional and igneous complex scales and better inputs to national strategies on mineral resources. Beneficiaries include PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIES involved in mining, exploration and consultancy (e.g. PPs Anglo American, Rio Tinto, BHPBilliton, Freeport McMoRan), and NATIONAL AGENCIES charged with encouraging exploration and developing strategic resources (e.g. BGS and PP USGS).
2) New proxies for porphyry fertility. This will provide low-cost tools and approaches that will support improved decision-making during exploration. By using multiple proxies within a single sample, more data-rich exploration is possible, and in turn less sampling is required and less environmental impact is caused. Beneficiaries will include PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIES involved in exploration, consultancy, and the provision of data and analytical equipment to industry (i.e. service companies, e.g. see PPs Olympus, Zeiss and SRK ES letters of support).
3) E-tech elements in porphyries. We will generate vital data for better global and national e-tech resource estimation. This facilitates improved targeting for specific e-techs during exploration, and improved metallurgical characterisation of them. Beneficiaries will be GOVERNMENT AGENCIES who advise on resource strategy (e.g. BGS, PP USGS), and POLICY MAKERS IN GOVERNMENT planning future clean energy strategies. PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIES exploring for resources (see PP Anglo American letter of support) and end-users of e-techs will benefit through improved strategic knowledge of future supplies and the WIDER PUBLIC will gain through support of sustainable environmental technologies for a low-carbon society.
4) Outreach, education and training. We have planned activities to increase public understanding of resource issues (discovery, depletion, environmental and social impacts, the 'e-tech' concept), particularly through NHM outreach, and activities to encourage the uptake of the new model and proxies with professional geoscientists through training workshops, short courses and engagement at high profile conferences. Beneficiaries include the WIDER PUBLIC, PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIES as publicly traded bodies and employers of skilled professionals and PROFESSIONAL BODIES such as the IOM3 and Mineral Deposits Studies Group (see letter of support) who support training and professional development for their members.
Organisations
- Natural History Museum (Lead Research Organisation, Project Partner)
- Quantum Pacific Exploration SpA (Collaboration)
- Rio Tinto Group (Collaboration)
- Carl Zeiss AG (Collaboration)
- BHP (Australia) (Collaboration)
- SRK Consulting (Collaboration)
- Anglo American PLC (Collaboration)
- Olympus Scientific Solutions Americas (Project Partner)
- BHP Billiton plc (UK) (Project Partner)
- Private Address (Project Partner)
- Michigan Technological University (Project Partner)
- Anglo American (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Lomonosov Moscow State University (Project Partner)
- Rio Tinto (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Freeport McMoRan Exploration Copper (Project Partner)
- University of Tasmania (Project Partner)
- United States Geological Survey (Project Partner)
- Akita University (Project Partner)
- Carl Zeiss (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- SRK Exploration Services Ltd (Project Partner)
- Unknown (Project Partner)
- Cornell University (Project Partner)
- Mineral Deposits Studies Group (Project Partner)
Publications
Carter L
(2019)
Yerington District, Nevada: New Petrogeochronology
Carter L
(2021)
Crystal mush dykes as conduits for mineralising fluids in the Yerington porphyry copper district, Nevada
in Communications Earth & Environment
Carter L
(2022)
Textural indicators of mineralisation potential in porphyry magmatic systems - A framework from the archetypal Yerington district, Nevada
in Ore Geology Reviews
Carter LC
(2022)
A rapid change in magma plumbing taps porphyry copper deposit-forming magmas.
in Scientific reports
Carter, L.
(2018)
Extracting and focusing fluids
Chelle-Michou C.
(2017)
Amphibole and apatite ''volatilemeters'': and mass balance constraints on the formation of PCDs
Contreras C
(2020)
Modelling fluids in crystal mush systems at the pore-to-crystal scale
Contreras Hildago C
(2021)
Perspectives on Magma and Fluid Mobilization
Contreras Hildago C
(2022)
The role of crystal textures in the permeability of mush systems
Title | Megalith |
Description | We worked with Bristol-based theatre-maker Tom Bailey and his company Mechanimal to create a piece of theatre around humankind's complex and longstanding relationship with mining, specifically copper. The resulting piece of theatre, Megalith, was completed in 2022 and played to audiences at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Oxford Ideas Festival and international festivals in Montenegro and Slovenia. |
Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Impact | Brought awareness of the importance and copper mining to audiences not usually exposed to the related issues. |
Description | The FAMOS project has delivered, and continues to deliver, new understanding about how major copper deposits form in magmatic arcs as well as useful tools to help the minerals industry explore more efficiently for these resources. Key results include: (1) a new understanding of the controls on mobility of metals from the mantle during melting; (2) a model by which copper can become trapped in the lower crust in the form of molten sulphide, which could be remobilised by later processes; (3) experimental results which improve our understanding of the pressure-temperature conditions under which different minerals crystallise in crustal magmas; (4) new partitioning data that allow us to model how metals and other elements move between melts and fluids under deep crustal conditions; (5) a new model for interpreting mineral assemblages in arc magmas and constraining their pressure/depths of formation and water content; (6) a detailed understanding of the timescales required to generate magmas capable of forming porphyry ore deposits and the required geochemical characteristics of these magmas; (7) the identification of a short timescale switch that operates to change an arc segment from non-productive to productive in terms of copper mineralisation; (8) a model for how volatile components like chlorine and sulphur build up and are released from crustal magma reservoirs; (9) new experimental constraints on how sulphur and chlorine partition from magmas into fluids (key ingredients needed to make ore deposits); (10) new experimental constraints on how melts and volatiles migrate through crystal-rich mushes; (11) a new numerical code that allows modelling of three phase flow and some chemical reaction / partitioning behaviour in crystal-melt-water systems; (12) a machine learning tool that allows igneous rocks potentially associated with copper deposits to be identified with a high degree of confidence; (13) a convolutional neural network tool that allows images of zircon crystals from igneous rocks potentially associated with copper deposits to be identified with a reasonable degree of confidence; (14) a machine learning tool based on mineral chemistry that allows zircon crystals from igneous rocks potentially associated with copper deposits to be identified with a very high degree of confidence. |
Exploitation Route | We have developed several exploration tools that are sufficiently developed for companies to take them and integrate them into their exploration workflows. |
Sectors | Culture Heritage Museums and Collections Other |
Description | Research objectives in relation to industry applications and the wider relevance of resources (especially copper) to the green energy transition have been communicated to UK government science advisors, HM Treasury, and via a government POST secondment (Dan Smith). We have participated in 24 outreach talks and events, delivering wide public engagement, plus a number of online presentations and webinars reaching in total around 1000 participants in the industry and investment sectors worldwide. We helped advise and sponsored the Mechanimal theatre production "Megalith" which premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe and which has been on tour around the UK. Scientific outputs from the grant have garnered significant coverage in the popular press and industry magazines because of their relevance to the energy transition. Some the exploration tools developed in the project have been incorporated into industry workflows for Cu exploration. |
First Year Of Impact | 2018 |
Sector | Government, Democracy and Justice,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections,Other |
Impact Types | Societal Policy & public services |
Description | Incorporation of fertility assessment tools for copper exploration by industry |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
Impact | Improved efficiency in assessment of target areas for exploration |
Description | Parliamentary Office of Science & Technology - Academic Fellow |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | Richard Herrington gave oral evidence to the Lords Science and Technology Committee |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/c1e06ecf-bdab-4638-a740-b9be9a69010f |
Description | 1. Hotter and deeper geothermal - a novel strategy for Net Zero |
Amount | $135,894 (NZD) |
Funding ID | 2023-2025 ILF-GNS2201 |
Organisation | Royal Society of New Zealand |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | New Zealand |
Start |
Description | Enabling the energy transition on the island of Montserrat and the wider Caribbean |
Amount | £252,431 (GBP) |
Funding ID | KCD00150 - DG01 |
Organisation | Official Development Assistance |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start |
Description | Funding PhD student Emily Brugge at Imperial College and The Natural History Museum |
Amount | £94,776 (GBP) |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2016 |
End | 03/2020 |
Description | Funding PhD student Emily Brugge at Imperial College and The Natural History Museum |
Amount | £35,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Rio Tinto Group |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2016 |
End | 03/2020 |
Description | Funding for PhD student Catherine Booth at Imperial College |
Amount | £96,292 (GBP) |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2018 |
End | 03/2022 |
Description | Funding for PhD student Chetan Nathwani at Imperial College and The Natural History Museum |
Amount | £96,292 (GBP) |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2018 |
End | 03/2022 |
Description | Funding for PhD student Chetan Nathwani at Imperial College and The Natural History Museum |
Amount | £27,300 (GBP) |
Organisation | Anglo American PLC |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2018 |
End | 03/2022 |
Description | Funding for PhD student Jess Berry at Leicester University |
Amount | £89,114 (GBP) |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2018 |
End | 03/2022 |
Description | Funding for PhD student Jess Berry at University of Leicester |
Amount | £3,500 (GBP) |
Organisation | Carl Zeiss AG |
Sector | Private |
Country | Germany |
Start | 09/2018 |
End | 03/2022 |
Description | Funding for PhD student Lawrence Carter at the University of Exeter and The Natural History Museum |
Amount | £89,292 (GBP) |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2017 |
End | 03/2021 |
Description | Funding for PhD student Tom Matthews at Imperial College and The Natural History Museum |
Amount | £35,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Rio Tinto Group |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2018 |
End | 03/2022 |
Description | Funding for PhD student Tom Matthews at Imperial College and The Natural History Museum |
Amount | £96,292 (GBP) |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2018 |
End | 03/2022 |
Description | Funding for PhD students Ed Bunker and Simon Dahlstrom at Bristol University |
Amount | £120,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | BHP Billiton |
Sector | Private |
Country | Australia |
Start | 09/2017 |
End | 03/2021 |
Description | Funding for PhD students Rebecca Perkins and Damaris Butters at Bristol University |
Amount | £178,228 (GBP) |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2018 |
End | 03/2022 |
Description | NERC Isotope Geosciences Facilities Steering Committee grant |
Amount | £85,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | IP-1876-1118 |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start |
Description | Pump Priming Grant |
Amount | £6,496 (GBP) |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start |
Description | Recovery of metals from geothermal brines |
Amount | £934,132 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/Y009568/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 04/2024 |
End | 04/2028 |
Description | Reframing Metal Mining for a Sustainable Energy Transition |
Amount | £999,963 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Oxford |
Department | Oxford Martin School |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start |
Description | Tracking the volatile evolution of magmas forming porphyry copper deposits using apatite inclusions in zircon |
Amount | £12,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | IMF722/1121 |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2022 |
End | 02/2022 |
Title | Chemical microanalysis of mineral inclusions |
Description | A method was developed for the accurate microanalysis of ultrafine apatite inclusions hosted within zircon crystals using laser ablation ICP-MS |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2020 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Method is delivering critical data for the FAMOS project, and affiliated PhD and postdoctoral research |
Title | Microanalysis of melt inclusions in zircon |
Description | A method has been developed for the microanalysis of melt inclusions in zircon using high P melt homogenization coupled with analysis by electron and ion microprobe to yield chemical compositional data, including volatiles |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2020 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Key preliminary insights into volatiles in porphyry melts has been gained via the affiliated PhD student project. |
Title | Microanalysis of mineral inclusions in zircon |
Description | Using standards, optimal operating conditions and methodology for the microanalysis of small (~10 micron) mineral inclusions in zircon, in particular apatite, have been developed using both electron microprobe and laser ablation ICP-MS. |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Key research findings currently being prepared for publication have been made possible by the development of this technique. |
Description | Anglo American - Los Bronces district, Chile |
Organisation | Anglo American PLC |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | The research team will analyse individual accessory minerals, using microanalytical techniques, in order to isolate signals that represent specific time increments in the evolution of the magma chambers or mush zones sourcing mineralizing fluids with the aim of confidently being able to assess the likely fertility of a magmatic arc segment, or of individual intrusive centres within a district, at an early stage of exploration. |
Collaborator Contribution | Anglo American has agreed to grant access to the Los Bronces district and make available confidential data and information for the study. Anglo American will provide the team with logistical field support, certain general geological and geochronological data relating to the Rio-Blanco-Los Bronces district. Anglo American representative David Braxton gave a presentation in November 2018 highlighting key areas of research of relevance to mineral exploration activities to help guide the programme. Anglo American representative Christian Ihlenfeld gave a presentation in August 2019 at SGA Glasgow on fertility assessment in porphyryr copper exploration - an industry perspective. |
Impact | The research team have carried out two sampling campaigns at the Los Bronces mine, central Chile. |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | Anglo-American collaborators co-author FAMOS papers |
Organisation | Anglo American PLC |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Access to project data and scientific outputs, invitation to attend project update meetings |
Collaborator Contribution | Papers on Quellaveco and machine learning by PhD student Chetan Nathwani both had co-authors from Anglo American collaborators. |
Impact | Two papers: 1. FAMOS paper 18 published in Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology: Nathwani et al. "From long-lived batholith construction to giant porphyry copper deposit formation: petrological and zircon chemical evolution of the Quellaveco District, Southern Peru". Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology volume 176, Article number: 12 (2021) 2. FAMOS paper 28 published in Mineralium Deposita: Nathwani et al "Machine learning for geochemical exploration: classifying metallogenic fertility in arc magmas and insights into porphyry copper deposit formation". Mineralium Deposita (2022) https://doi.org/10.1007/s00126-021-01086-9 |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | BHP |
Organisation | BHP Billiton |
Country | Australia |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Presented initial project results to representatives from BHP in May and November 2018, highlighting industry-relevant aspects. |
Collaborator Contribution | BHP agreed to open up project results from two PhD projects they are supporting and provide access to samples from several of their operations. |
Impact | None |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Quantum Discoveries - Fertility Fingerprints Project (2016-2019) |
Organisation | Quantum Pacific Exploration SpA |
Country | Chile |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | A postdoctoral research associate - Dr Matthew Loader - was affiliated to the FAMOS team (2017-2019) and shared the results of his relevant research project with the consortium. He was working full time collecting mineral chemistry data on a suite of samples from Northern and Central Chile that brought a wider context to our planned case studies in Chile. A number of whole rock analyses and a large number of major and trace element analyses were completed on zircon and apatite separates. |
Collaborator Contribution | The project (2016-2019) was fully funded by an industry partner, Quantum Discoveries, and was worth around £320,000 as an in-kind contribution to the project. The company also supplied the time of a project manager within the company, technical input on results, samples, and additional geological data. |
Impact | Exploration tools based on whole rock multivariate geochemistry have been delivered to the sponsor. Publications arising from this work are currently in preparation. |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | Rio Tinto |
Organisation | Rio Tinto Group |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | We presented initial project results to representatives from the partner companies in May and November 2018, highlighting industry-relevant aspects. |
Collaborator Contribution | Rio Tinto agreed to fully open up two PhD projects they are supporting, including results obtained from their own in-house mineral separate samples. |
Impact | No outputs to report yet. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | SRK Consulting |
Organisation | SRK Consulting |
Country | Canada |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Delivery of research outputs via 6-monthly meetings to staff from the company. |
Collaborator Contribution | Regular attendance at progress meetings by company representatives, providing giudance and insights on research objectives and also giving technical presentations on topics of mutual interest. |
Impact | None |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | Zeiss |
Organisation | Carl Zeiss AG |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Case study material, meeting and networking connections |
Collaborator Contribution | Analytical equipment training, follow on research, student support. |
Impact | Publications by Holwell, funding opportunities |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | @NORMS_IC Twitter account |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | NORMS Twitter account promotes and publicizes activities of group |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019,2020,2021,2022,2023 |
Description | Article in Mining.com |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Article entitled "Understanding how porphyry-type copper deposits are formed may lead to new resources - study" that addresses the missing link in models that explain the formation of porphyry-type copper deposits. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.mining.com/understanding-how-porphyry-type-copper-deposits-are-formed-may-lead-to-new-re... |
Description | Article on formation of copper deposits |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Article on the University of Exeter website entitled "Pioneering study gives new insight into formation of copper deposits" about the new theory for how porphyry copper deposits formed, a study by a team of geologists led by Lawrence Carter, PhD student from the Camborne School of Mines. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.exeter.ac.uk/news/research/title_849061_en.html |
Description | COP26 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | FAMOS members were part of a panel event at COP26, discussing the material requirements of green energy. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Co-edited Futurum (online outreach resource for young people) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Jamie Wilkinson, Jon Blundy, Matt Jackson and Dan Smith co-edited an article on FAMOS-related research for Futurum which produces online and print articles and outreach resources to encourage young people into STEM/STEMM/STEAM subjects. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://futurumcareers.com/magma-detectives-studying-volcanic-arcs-to-find-valuable-minerals-in-eart... |
Description | Development of FAMOS website |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Development of website including information on the project collaborators, project outline, project outputs and project updates. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/our-work/sustainability/from-arc-magmas-to-ores.html |
Description | Development of Twitter account @FAMOS_ores |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Development of Twitter account @FAMOS_ores including information on project outputs, conference participation and project updates |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | ESTA workshops |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Workshops on critical metals, circular economy and mining, delivered to Earth Science Teachers Association to help school teachers prepare teaching material. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Essex Rock & Mineral Society |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talk for local geological society on raw materials for the green transition. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | INFACT Online Discussion Event - Green Mining |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Natural History Museum including FAMOS researchers hosted an online discussion meeting on "Can mining make the world a greener place?", 3-4th December, 2020 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.can-mining-make-the-world-a-greener-place.com/ |
Description | IPGP Paris Seminar Series 2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | IPGP (Institut de Phisique du Globe) Paris, Natural Risk seminar series 2022 - Elemental diffusion chronostratigraphy: insights into magma dynamics, 9 December 2022. About 30 students, post-grad and researchers from IPGP Paris attended the seminar which sparked questions and ideas for new collaborations. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | LODE Symposium (March 2019) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | FAMOS-related research was presented as part of The London Centre for Ore Deposits and Exploration (LODE) symposium in March 2019. This symposium forms part of the project's engagement activity with industry stakeholders. Senior staff from Anglo American, Rio Tinto and First Quantum were in attendance. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Letter regarding resources for UK net zero carbon policy |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Letter regarding resource demands of new government policy for "net zero carbon emissions" by 2050. Sent to Committee on Climate Change, and BBC. Distributed by a number of news outlets. (Lead author Herrington). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.nhm.ac.uk/press-office/press-releases/leading-scientists-set-out-resource-challenge-of-m... |
Description | Live Talk on YouTube |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | FAMOS PhD student Chetan Nathwani gave a live talk on the Natural History Museum's YouTube channel about valuable metals and how we will depend on them for a greener future, entitled "Down the Mines" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://youtu.be/UV21ylW6SNs |
Description | Megalith - an interactive installation that explores the relationships between mining, technology & society |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Megalith is a piece of performance theatre with a focus towards landscape, rocks, beats and geological time; it's a violent, fun, loud and lyrical experience, with projection design from award-winning Limbic Cinema. Copper mining has fuelled the growth of human civilization for the last 10,000 years. In Megalith a silent physical performer and digital sound artist explore the ever-growing trajectory of mining and technological development, and what it means in the 21st century. Playfully dueting to Deep-Time techno, metamorphic soundscapes and the Internet of Things, performers Charles Sandford and Xavier Velastin journey deep down to the origins of mining. Harnessing Neolithic tools to smash up to 200kg of rocks, Herald Angel winners MECHANIMAL explore the mysterious activity of bashing stone and getting metals. Megalith premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2022, ZOO Southside Main Space. Megalith also toured the UK, including a show as part of the Oxford University Cultural Programme 2024-2025. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLHpdrYt-Kc |
Description | Mineral Resources Economics and Management Msci Course, University of Bologna (Italy) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Around 30 students of the Mineral Resources Economics and Management Msci Course of the University of Bologna (Italy) attended the lecture of volcanoes. The lectures focussed on several aspects of magmatic and volcanic activity and sparked questions and discussion afterward. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021,2022 |
Description | Mineralogical Society Distinguished Lecturer |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland has invited Dan Smith to tour the UK and Ireland as a 2017-18 Distinguished Lecturer. He has delivered multiple talks on his research and its impact to audiences from academia (all levels), professional societies, and amateur interest groups. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018 |
URL | https://www.minersoc.org/distinguished-lectures-17-18.html |
Description | Mineralogical Society Research Topic on Diffusion |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Around 80 researchers attended the first research topic on diffusion organised virtually by the Mineralogical Society. The title of the invited talk was Elemental diffusion chronostatigraphy: a non-isothermal approach to magma dynamics. During the workshop there was a good discussion among the research on the new advancements of the research on elemental diffusion. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.minersoc.org/diffusion.html |
Description | Nottingham Green Festival |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Outreach event - invited talk at Nottingham Green Festival regarding future of resource supply for a decarbonised economy |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Outreach article (local newsletter) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Jamie Wilkinson published a short outreach article in a local newsletter "A life with minerals" The Lee Newsletter, April 2020 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Pint of Science 2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Speaker at Pint of Science 2022. Presented a talk title "Volcanoes hidden secrets", 9 May 2022. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Promoting FAMOS (PDAC) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Members of FAMOS team attended the PDAC conventions and promoted FAMOS research to industry and academics. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019,2020,2021 |
Description | Promoting FAMOS - EGU |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Members of the FAMOS consortium attended EGU 2019 & 2020 conference to promote FAMOS research with industry and academics |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
Description | Promoting FAMOS - EGU 2020 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Jamie Wilkinson co-chaired session GD5.2 of the virtual EGU 2020 conference - "Subduction zones: volatiles, dynamics, and melts". |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Promoting FAMOS - Exploration 17 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Members of the FAMOS consortium attended the Exploration 17, Decennial Mining Exploration Conference in Toronto to promote FAMOS research to industry and academics. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://www.exploration17.com/Program-Schedule.aspx |
Description | Promoting FAMOS - Goldschmidt conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Chiara Petrone attended the virtual Goldschmidt conference and convened a session on "From mush to magma: the dynamics of volcanic systems and their link with volcanism". |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Promoting FAMOS - Harold Wilson Memorial Lecture |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Jamie Wilkinson gave a lecture at the Harold Wilson Memorial Lecture supported by Geological Survey Northern Ireland "Copper Giants: Geology, Genesis and new Pathways to Discovery", Imperial College London. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Promoting FAMOS - Hutton Symposium |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Members of the FAMOS consortium give keynote talks at the Hutton Symposium on Granites, Nanjing, October 2019 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Promoting FAMOS - ICNMTA 2020 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | FAMOS PhD student Lawrence Carter gave a talk at the virtual 17th International Conference on Nuclear Microprobe Technology and Applications (ICNMTA2020), 13-18 September 2020 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Promoting FAMOS - Imperial College Festival |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Members of the FAMOS consortium had a "How water fuels volcanoes" stand at the outreach event at the Imperial College Festival, April 2018. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/186026/imperial-festival-gold-mine-earth-science/ |
Description | Promoting FAMOS - MDSG |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Members of the FAMOS consortium attended the Mineral Deposits Studies Group meetings in 2019 & 2020 to promote FAMOS research with industry and academics |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
URL | http://mdsg.org.uk/ |
Description | Promoting FAMOS - NHM "European Researchers Night" 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | FAMOS staff represented the project at Then Natural History Museum's flagship outreach event, "European Researchers Night", September 2018 & 2019 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019 |
Description | Promoting FAMOS - SEG |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Members of the FAMOS consortium attended SEG 2018, 2019 & 2020 conferences to promote FAMOS research with industry and academics |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019,2020 |
URL | https://www.segweb.org/SEG/_Events/Conference_Archive/2018/Website/index.html |
Description | Promoting FAMOS - SEG |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Members of the FAMOS consortium attended SEG 2017 "Ore deposits of China and Beyond" conference to promote FAMOS research with industry and academics. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://www.segweb.org/SEG/Events/SEG_Conference_Archives/SEG/_Events/SEG_Conference_Archives.aspx?h... |
Description | Promoting FAMOS - SGA |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Members of the FAMOS team attended the 14th SGA Biennial Meeting in Quebec City, Canada and promoted FAMOS research to industry and academics. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://sga2017.ca/ |
Description | Promoting FAMOS - SGA |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Members of the FAMOS consortium attended SGA 2018 & 2019 conferences to promote FAMOS research with industry and academics |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019 |
URL | https://www.sga2019glasgow.com/ |
Description | Promoting FAMOS - Students into Mining Symposium |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Jamie Wilkinson gave an invited talk at the annual Students into Mining Symposium at Imperial College, London, January 2019, organised by the SEG Student Chapter, about research careers related to mining and mineral exploration and gave a summary of the FAMOS research project. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Promoting FAMOS - Symposium of Society of Resource Geology |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Member of the FAMOS Consortium attended the International Symposium of the 67th Annual Meeting of the Society of Resource Geology to promote FAMOS research with industry and academics. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://www.gipc.akita-u.ac.jp/~yasushiwatanabe/images/porphyry.pdf |
Description | Promoting FAMOS - VMSG |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Members of the FAMOS consortium attended and presented at the Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group conferences to promote FAMOS to industry partners and fellow academics. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2021 |
Description | Research highlight, BGS News |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | British Geological Survey research highlight entitled "Insights into the 'missing link' of how copper ore deposits form" about the study led by PhD student Lawrence Carter. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.bgs.ac.uk/news/insights-into-the-missing-link-of-how-copper-ore-deposits-form/ |
Description | Royal Society Summer Exhibition |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Online talks and Q&As by FAMOS members, primary audience being the general public. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2021/07/mining-for-sustainable-future/ |
Description | Ruhr Universitat Bochum seminar series 2021 on Diffusion modelling to determine timescales of processes (diffusion chronometry) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Ruhr Universitat Bochum is organising a series of seminars focussed on discussing diffusion modelling and the latests advancement in the field. In November 2021 I was invited to present my Non-Isothermal Diffusion Model and around 80 researchers attended the talk virtually. The talk sparked good discussion among the attendees. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://diffchron.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/seminar-october-28/ |
Description | Schools Outreach (Great Missenden CofE Primary, Year 3) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Explanation of arc magmatism and copper deposits to Year 3 students using NHM collection rock specimens, 16th Feb 2022 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Science-A-Thon 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Barbara Kunz, at the Open University participated in Science-A-Thon 2019 which is a five-day social media celebration of STEM. The goal of Science-A-Thon is to increase visibility of science and the important role it plays in the world. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.scienceathon.org/science-a-thon-2019 |
Description | Soapbox Science (Milton Keynes) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Dr Barbara Kunz, research project officer working in the geochemistry lab of the School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences at the Open University (OU) spoke about the FAMOS project at Soapbox Science, Milton Keynes in June 2019. Soapbox Science is a novel public outreach platform for promoting women scientists and the science they do. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://mksoapboxscience.wordpress.com/2019/07/01/soapbox-science-mk-life-changing/ |
Description | Volcano Day at the Natural History Museum in London |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | A day of outreach activity focussed on Volcanoes at the Natural History Museum in London. Over 20,000 people visited the Museum on the day. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Volcano talk at NHM |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | A talk on volcanoes during the outreach Volcano Day at the Natural History Museum in London. Over 20,000 people visited the Museum on the day. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Webinar presentation to Chinese geoscientists |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | The title of the talk was 'New tools for discovery of porphyry deposits under cover' and highlighted recent research within the LODE research group, largely within the FAMOS programme, that is directed towards the understanding of what makes arc magmas fertile for porphyry mineralisation and how alteration minerals can be used to target deposits within them. Numerous questions were asked after the presentation for elaboration on a range of points. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |