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The Centre for Exploration Targeting (CET) is pleased to invite you to a Guest Lecture in the CET Seminar Series given by Prof. Bill Collins.
ABSTRACT
Combined U-Pb-Hf isotope studies of zircon provide new insights into the evolution of large-scale, long-term orogenic systems. Expressed as time-dependent epilson Hf arrays, this presentation will demonstrate how to recognise different and evolving tectonic settings, and larger-scale orogenic systems. The arrays can be utilised to determine the timing and mechanisms of continental breakup and amalgamation events, key aspects of the supercontinental cycle. Examples will include the proto- type area for Wilson cycles (Phanerozoic Europe) and the Musgraves Orogen of central Australia.
BIOGRAPHY
Professor Bill Collins is the Director of the NSW Institute for Frontier Geoscience at the University of Newcastle. His expertise is the application of petrological and geochemical principals to understand the tectonic setting and evolution of orogenic belts. He has published papers on Archean, Proterozoic and Phanerozoic terrains in Australia, and is the recipient of the SW Carey Medal for contributions to tectonics.
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