Numerical modelling of deformation partitioning and its role in metamorphism, tectonism and mineralization

定位盲矿化是澳大利亚矿业面临的最大问题。本项目开发的模型将整合变形、流体和化学过程，并为理解局部区域和部分大型构造的变形分配提供了一种手段。将其应用于已知的矿床，可以描绘出邻近的区域分布带，在这些区域内，导致矿化的变形事件在当地以足够的强度存在，从而形成矿石。这将允许在没有矿石接近地表的情况下进行有针对性的深部钻探，节省数百万美元的钻探成本，并大大提高该行业的财务可行性。

Targeting blind mineralization is the biggest problem facing the Australian mining industry. The modelling developed in this project will integrate deformation, fluid and chemical processes and provide a means for understanding the deformation partitioning that localizes epigenetic ore regionally as well as along portions of large-scale structures. Applying this to known ore deposits may delineate adjacent plus regionally distributed zones where the deformation event responsible for mineralization is locally present at sufficient intensity to form ore. This would allow targeted deep drilling in ground with no ore close to the surface saving millions in drilling costs and dramatically increasing the financial viability of this industry.