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VOLCANICPROCESSES,DEPOSITS,GEOLOGYandRESOURCES

SHORTCOURSE:MODERNANDANCIENTSYSTEMS

3rdto9thDecember,2017Merimbula,NewSouthWales.

ThisprofessionalshortcourseispresentedbyMonashUniversity,andtheCentreforOreDepositsResearch,CODES,UniversityofTasmania.

COURSEOVERVIEW• This week long professional shortcourse has been presented annually since 1982 in anannuallyupdatedformat.Itsstructureis:• 3daysoflecturesonvolcanicandasssociatedsedimentaryprocesses,andrelevancetoore

deposits• 2 outstanding field days comparing the products, facies associations and stratigraphic

relationsofsubaerialandsubaqueousvolcanicandassociatedturbiditeandredbedsediments• Practicalworkbasedonanextremelycomprehensivedisplayofrockspecimensandtextures,

thinsections,posters,maps,booksandkeyresearchliterature• DVDsofvolcaniceruptionphenomenaandevents.

•Allpartsofthiscourseincorporatethelatestconceptsappliedtotheinterpretationofmodernandancientvolcanicsettingsandsuccessions,andrelevancetomineralisation.• Thecoursefeeincludesallaccommodationandmealsfortheweek,exceptduringtraveltoandfromthecourseonthefirstandlastdays.

WHOISTHECOURSEFOR?

• Thosewhoneedtounderstandphysicalvolcaniceruptionandemplacementprocesses,volcanicrock textures, the identification of rock types and their emplacement origins, facies andstratigraphic architecture of volcanic successions, associated sedimentary host rocks, and sub-volcanicintrusions,alterationeffects,rockunitrelationshipsandtiming.

•Industrygeologists/geoscientists•Governmentgeologists/geoscientists•Researchscientistsandresearchstudents•Academics

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COURSELEADERSThecourse instructorsare internationally renowned for their combined skills in thevolcanologyofmodernandancientsubaerialandsubmarinevolcanicsystems,includingmineralisedsuccessions.

RayCas PatrickHaymanJozuavanOtterloo

RAY CAS (PhD, Macquarie Uni): Emeritus Professor, School of Geosciences, Monash University; VisitingProfessor, CODES, University of Tasmania; Past-President of the International Association for Volcanology(IAVCEI).ExtensiveresearchandconsultingexperienceinPalaeozoicandPrecambrianvolcanicandsedimentarysuccessionsofAustralia(Yilgarn,PilbaraCratons,LachlanFoldBelt),Canada(Abitibi),Britain,Greenland,SouthAfrica,andmodernvolcanic terrains (Andes,Australia, Japan,NewZealand,Canaries,Azores, Italy,Greece),includingVHMS,epithermal,orogenicgold,komatiiteNiSanddiamondkimberlitesystems.Co-authoroftheinternationally acclaimed book:Volcanic Successions:Modern and Ancient (1987), which is currently beingrewritten.

PATRICKHAYMAN (PhD,MonashUni):Lecturer inEconomicGeology,QueenslandUniversityofTechnology,Brisbane.ResearchandexplorationexperienceworkingonyoungvolcanicterranesinAustralia,Italy,Germany,Iceland,JapanandNewZealand,andPrecambriangreenstonebeltsmainlyinAustralia(YilgarnCraton,WesternAustralia),Canada(Ontario,Manitoba,Alberta,NunavutandNorthwestTerritories),andWestAfrica.Pathasextensiveexperienceinkimberlitesanddiamonds,andworkedinVMS,komatiite-hostedNisulphideandgoldsystems.PatrecentlycompletedaresearchfellowshipworkingonalargeindustrycollaborativeprojectintheArchean Yilgarn Craton focussing on a terrane-scale volcano-sedimentary reconstruction. Recent work hasfocussedon theemplacement and formationofAu-mineralisedmafic-ultramafic sills.He is now involved inAMIRAWAXIprojectinWestAfricawithCET,UniversityofWesternAustraliaandMonashUniversity,focusingonPaleo-Proterozoicgreenstoneterranes.

JOZUAvanOTTERLOO(PhD,MonashUni):LecturerinVolcanologyandPetrology,MonashUniversity.Jozuais a volcanologist and field geologist who likes to apply sedimentology, structural geology andgeochemistrytobetterunderstandtheproductsofmagma-waterinteractionandhowcoolingaffectsmagmaticintrusions.HisPhDresearch(MonashUniversity2013)focussedonunderstandingthegreatstratigraphic and compositional complexity of Australia's youngest volcano, Mt Gambier, SouthAustralia. Currently, he researches complex dyke and sill formation from multiple sources usinganaloguelaboratorymodelsofgelatine.HealsoteachesvolcanologyandigneouspetrologyatMonashUniversityandsupervisesstudentresearchprojects.

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COURSEDESCRIPTIONANDTOPICS

•TheCoursewillconsistof•3daysofillustratedlectures,viewingoferuptionDVDs,specimens,andthinsections•2daysoffieldworkonoutstandingcoastalvolcanicandsedimentaryrockexposures

•Thelecturecoursethemeswillemphasise•understandingofmodernvolcanicprocesses,depositsandcentres•howtoapplythistounderstandingancientvolcanicsystems•faciesandstratigraphicarchitectureofvolcanicandsedimentarysuccessions•understandingthehostrocksuccessionstovolcanichostedmineraldeposits.

•Duringfieldworkthefollowingaspectswillbeemphasised:•differencesbetweencontinentalandsubmarinevolcanicprocessesandsuccessions•themethodsoffieldfaciesdocumentation,andfaciesandstratigraphicarchitecture•palaeoenvironmentalinterpretationofvolcanics,andhostturbiditesand“redbeds”•volcanologicalinterpretationintermsoferuptionstyles•assessmentofenvironment,deposittypes,proximitytoeruptivecentre,•basinsettingandtectoniccontext.

•Practicalworkwillinvolveexaminationof•spectrumofrockslabs,drillcoreandmoderndepositsfromaroundtheworld•slabbedrockspecimenswithdiagnostictextures,includingalterationeffects•thinsectionsofrepresentativedisplayspecimens•displaymaps,posters,andaerialphotos•ahugedisplayofbooksandjournalliteraturerelevanttocoursetopics

LectureTopicstobecoveredinclude:

•Introductoryconcepts -diversityofprocessesandproducts,andfaciesapproach•Magmas:physicalpropertiesrelevanttotheireruptionbehaviour•Lavas:-subaerialandsubaqueousrhyolites,andesites/latites,basaltsandkomatiites

-distinguishinglavasfromintrusions•Pyroclasticfalloutdeposits:typesandtheireruptions•Pyroclasticflows,ignimbritesandsurges: -intracalderaandoutflowignimbrites:transportanddepositionalmechanisms•Subaqueouspyroclasticflowsorflowsofpyroclasticdebris: -fact,fictionoraprobleminterminology?•Sedimentaryprocessesandproductsinvolcanicterrains: -theirimportanceininterpretingancientsuccessions -theirimpactandhazardsinvolcanicsettings•Terminology:theappropriatedescriptiveandgeneticapproaches•Ancientvolcanicsuccessions: -understandingthestructureanditsorigins -reconstructingthestratigraphyandfaciesarchitecture -faciesmodels•Volcanismandmineralisation: -volcanologicalmodelsformineralisedvolcanicsuccessions

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COURSELOCATION&GETTINGTHERE•ThecoursewillbetaughtresidentiallyattheBlackDolphinMotel,Merimbula,onthescenicsouthcoastofNewSouthWales.ThemotelhasmodernconferenceroomfacilitiesandisideallysituatedforeasyaccesstotheLateDevonianBoydVolcanicComplexduringthe2fielddays.•Accomodationwillbeonatwinsharebasis,unlessa$360surchargeispaidforasingleroomfortheweek.• Sunday 3rd December and Saturday 9th December are travel days to and from Merimbula.ParticipantscanflytoMerimbulafromMelbourne,orfromSydneybyREXAirlines.AirfarestoandfromMerimbula will be at the participants OWN COST, and participants will have to make their ownbookingswellinadvance.FlighttimefromMelbourneandSydneytoMerimbulaisaboutanhouranda half. If enough people indicate an interest in travelling by road a minibus from Melbourne toMerimbula will be provided on Sunday, 3rd December, and back to Melbourne on Saturday 9thDecemberforthescenic9hourdrive.•Thecoursestartspromptlyat8.30a.m.onMonday4thDecember,soallparticipantsshouldarriveinMerimbulaonSunday3rdDecember.

COURSEFEEANDENROLMENTINFORMATION

•TheEARLYBIRDCOURSEFEEforprofessionalsisAustralian$3890perperson(includingGoodsandServicesTax [GST]of10%), ii paidby23rdAugust. The feeafter23rdofAugust isAustralian$4150(includingGST).•ThecoursefeeforpostgraduatestudentsisAustralian$850thatperson(includingGST).•THEFEEISALL-INCLUSIVEandwillcover: •Coursenotes •ACCOMMODATIONatMerimbulaforsixdaysfromthenightofthirdofDecember. •ALLMEALSattheBlackDolphinMotel. •Minibustransport,fieldguidebookletandlunchesforthe2fielddays.•Registrationdeadline:1stNovember,thereafteronanavailabilitybasisonly.•Pleaseemailormailtheattachedregistrationform(nextPage)to: ProfessorRayCas([email protected]) SchoolofEarth,Atmosphere,andEnvironment, 9RainforestWalk, MonashUniversity, Clayton,Victoria3800 Australia•Payonline,bycheque,orontheinvoice(seeattachedregistrationform)•Forinquiriesandpreliminaryregistration •Telephone: 0400967610 •email: [email protected]•ENROLMENTSWILLBEONAFIRSTCOMEBASIS.•Earlyregistrationwillensureaplaceforthisusuallyoversubscribedcourse.•However,lateenrolmentswillbeacceptedifvacanciesstillexist.

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2017VOLCANICPROCESSESSHORTCOURSEREGISTRATIONFORM([email protected])

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