Stability of accessory minerals during low temperature geological processes

该项目旨在通过确定沉积盆地中的碎屑附属矿物是否可以作为有效的勘探工具，提高澳大利亚在沉积盆地下发现矿床的能力。该项目希望通过对天然岩石的观察和实验室实验，产生关于沉积旋回中碎屑附属矿物稳定性的新知识。预期结果包括对最适合于沉积盆地勘探矢量研究的辅助矿物进行评估。这将通过改进矿物勘探方法为政府和工业界带来重大利益，并对地质年代学和物源研究产生影响。

The project aims to improve Australia’s ability to discover mineral deposits beneath sedimentary basins by determining whether detrital accessory minerals in sedimentary basins can be an effective exploration tool. This project expects to generate new knowledge on the stability of detrital accessory minerals in the sedimentary cycle using observations from natural rocks and laboratory experiments. Expected outcomes include an assessment of the accessory minerals that are best suited to exploration vectoring studies in sedimentary basins. This should provide significant benefits to government and industry by improving mineral exploration methods and also has implications for geochronology and provenance studies.