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SEG Thayer Lindsley Visiting Lecturer Program

Prior Lecturers and Topics

2007 Jamie Wilkinson - Intracratonic hydrothermal flow systems and the genesis of sediment-hosted Zn-Pb ore deposits
- Metal sources and sinks: searching for the key ingredients to make hydrothermal ore deposits
- The potential of Zn, Cu and Fe isotopes in the science and exploration of ore deposits
- Determining ore fluid chemistry using laser ablation ICPMS analysis of fluid inclusions
2005-06 A. James Macdonald - Why Geoscience?
2004-05 David R. Cooke - Breccias in epithermal and porphyry deposits: the birth and death of magmatic- hydrothermal systems
- The giant stratiform sediment-hosted Zn-Pb-Ag deposits of Northern Australia
- Porphyry copper-gold deposits: characteristics, genesis and on-going controversies
- El Teniente porphyry copper-molybdenum deposit, Chile: formation of the world's largest porphyry copper-molybdenum deposit in an active continental margin
2003-04 Francois Robert - Gold-quartz vein field of the Val d'Or district of Abitibi: A type example of a synorogenic system
- Giant gold deposits of the Abitibi greenstone belt and related models
- A comparison of gold deposits in the Abitibi, Canada, and Eastern Goldfields, Australia, Archean greenstone terranes
- Geology and setting of gold deposits of the north Carlin trend, Nevada
2002-03 Richard Goldfarb -Lode gold deposits through earth history - patterns in space and time
-The tectonic evolution of Alaska and controls on regional metallogenesis
-Gold deposits of China - Precambrian cratons and Phanerozoic orogens
-Orogenic vs. intrusion-related gold deposits - similarities and differences
-Geo-environmental aspects of Alaska gold deposits
2001-02 Antonio Arribas R. -From volcanoes and geothermal systems to world-class precious metals deposits
- Exploration for epithermal deposits
- Case studies of epithermal and porphyry mineralization
2001-02 J. Richard Kyle -The economic geology of microbes: relation between mineral resources and bacterial processes
- The rise and fall of an industrial minerals giant: a century of fire and brimstone
- The giant Pliocene porphyry-skarn copper-gold deposits, Ertsberg District, Indonesia: exploration, production and research in a challenging environment
2000-01 Graham Farquharson -Reflections of the Bre-X Saga
- Pioneering mining in the arctic
2000-01 William X. Chavez, Jr. -Mineral resources and mining: supply, demand and the environment
- Supergene oxidation of copper deposits: the zoning of copper oxide minerals and applications to minerals exploration
1999-2000 Murray W. Hitzman -The Zambian Copper Belt - a new look at a classic world-class district
- Geology and genesis of the Irish Zn-Pb orefield
- Olympic Dam-type iron oxide Cu-Au-U deposits
1999-2000 John F.H. Thompson -Research and mineral exploration
- Cordilleran metallogeny of Western Canada
- Intrusion-related mineral deposits; tectonics, magmas and fluids
1998-99 Michael J. Knuckey -World-wide exploration, can we afford it?
- Exploration - Strategic Planning
- Economic implications of world-wide exploration
1998-99 C. Michael Lesher -Physical volcanology, geochemistry and petrogenesis of komatiitic basalt lava channels and channelized sheet flows in the Cape Smith Belt, New Quebec
- Genesis of magmatic Ni-Cu-(PGE) sulphide deposits
1997-98 Hugo T. Dummett -Discovery of the Northwest Territories, Canada, diamond-bearing kimberlite province and implications for future discoveries
- Hydrothermal brecciation in porphyry copper deposits, an essential component of main stage mineralization
1997-98 Jeffrey W. Hedenquist -Volcanoes, geothermal systems, and hydrothermal ore deposits: an intimate relationship
- Evolution of intrusion-centered hydrothermal systems: coupling of porphyry and epithermal ore environments
- Exploration for epithermal gold deposits in the Circum-Pacific region
1996-97 Richard W. Henley -Exploration in a chaotic world
1996-97 Lawrence D. Meinert -Exploration geology on the frontier - the search for gold in exotic places
- Hydrothermal fluid flow and mineral zonation in skarns associated with magmatic systems
1995-96 Robert J. Bodnar -Volatile evolution and the source and distribution of metals in porphyry copper systems
- Fluid inclusion techniques in the exploration for mineral and hydrocarbon deposits
1995-96 Odin Christensen -Sedimentary rock-hosted gold deposits of the Carlin Trend, Nevada
- Gold deposits in sedimentary rocks
- Mining geology today: applying geologic knowledge for resource stewardship and environmental protection
- What makes a successful explorer
1994-95 Bruce A. Bouley -Metamorphic core complexes, detachment faults, extensional tectonics, and gold mineralization - progression of a paradigm
-Calc-alkalic (Shoshonitic) lamprophyres and gold: the Mt. Estelle connection
- Geology and exploration at the Pebble porphyry copper-gold deposits, Alaska
1994-95 Stephen E. Kesler -Origin of Appalachian Mississippi Valley-type deposits
- What can we learn from fluid inclusion gas chemistry
- Application of oxygen isotope geochemistry in mineral exploration
- Metallogenesis of Middle America and the Caribbean
1993-94 Alex C. Brown -Genesis of stratiform copper deposits
- Genesis of Abitibi gold deposits
- Genesis of volcanogenic massive deposits
- Moroccan base metal deposits
1993-94 Kenneth F. Clark -Metallogenetic provinces and epochs of Mexico
- Gold and silver deposits in Mexico
1992-93 Gilles O. Allard -Mineralogical anomalies - exploration targets for metamorphosed ore deposits
- The Dore Lake Complex, Quebec; a metamorphosed Archean layered igneous complex
- The tectonic and metallogenetic evolution of the Chibougamau Mining District, Quebec
- The exploration potential of the Carolina Terrane (Slate Belt and Charlotte Belt) of Georgia
1992-93 Richard E. Beane -Fluid inclusions: a record of ancient geologic environments
- Hydrothermal fluids associated with shallow intrusions: what were they like and where did they come from?
-Interpreting hydrothermal processes in high-level gold systems
1991-92 Donald E. Ranta -New gold mines of the Western United States
- Geologic evaluation of ore deposits - from discovery to production
1991-92 William H. Spence -Continental tectonics, intraplate earthquakes, and metallogenic provinces - a hypothesis
- Gold deposits of the Southern Appalachians
1990-91 James M. Franklin -Volcanic massive sulfide deposits, ancient and modern
- Geochemical and isotope studies of sulfides and alteration - Pipes associated with modern and ancient massive sulfide deposits
1990-91 Peter G. Vikre -Trends in the gold mining industry in Nevada
- Precious metal deposits in the Great Basin
- Mineral exploration and geology
1989-90 William E. Seyfried -Experimental and theoretical constraints on hydrothermal alteration processes at mid-ocean ridges
- Geochemical processes affecting base metal mobility in submarine hydrothermal systems
1989-90 William C. Shanks III -Geology and geochemistry of hydrothermal vent fluids, sediment alteration, and massive sulfide deposits in the Escanaba trough, Gorda Ridge, Northeast Pacific
- Geochemical reaction modeling of fluid mixing, water-rock interaction, and stable isotope evolution in submarine hydrothermal systems
1988-89 Richard W. Hutchinson -Re-evaluation of gold source in Witwatersrand ores
metallogency of Precambrian gold deposits: space and time relationships
- Regional metallogency in the Northwestern U.S. and its significance in ore deposits geology
- Mineral deposits as guides to supracrustal evolution
1988-89 Richard H. Sillitoe -Ores in volcanoes
- Gold deposits in Western Pacific Island arcs
1987-88 Robert E. Folinsbee -Mineral exploration and exploitation into the 21st Century
- Zipf's Law and the log normal size distribution of ore deposits
- The USSR as a mining colossus
- Mineral exploration and exploitation in Australia: 1968, Before and After
1987-88 Ernest L. Ohle -The genesis of Mississippi Valley-Type lead-zinc deposits; how strong is the evidence
- Professional ethics for geologists
- The history of ore discovery in the world's largest lead district, southeast Missouri
1986-87 William S. Fyfe -Plate tectonics and resources
- Organisms and mineral deposits
- Formation of gold deposits
1986-87 Frederick J. Sawkins -Ore generating systems through geologic time: uniformitarian and non-uniformitarian aspects
- Depositional controls and metal sources for epithermal precious metal deposits: A view from Mexico
1985-86 Allan V. Heyl -Little known types of ore deposits found in recent years including invisible or new types of deposits
-Geologic characteristics of three major Mississippi Valley Districts
-Types of massive sulfide deposits from Kuroko, Rammelsberg, Falun to Balmat
-The Rio Grande trough or rift and some related ore deposits
-Summary of major deposits of the Appalachian fold, thrust, and Piedmont Belts of the Eastern U.S. and Canada
1985-86 Spencer R. Titley -The types and styles of mineralization of the Pacific Ocean perimeter
- The nature of intrusion-centered ore systems
- The interplay of process and environment in ore formation
1984-85 Steven D. Scott -Polymetallic sulfide deposits of the modern Pacific Ocean and their ancient analogues
-Lithogeochemical and mineralogical haloes as exploration guides for volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits
-Sulfide and sulfide-silicate equilibria in hydrothermal and metamorphic environments: experiments and applications
1984-85 Paul K. Sims -Geology and metallogency of Archean and Proterozoic terranes in the Great Lakes Region
-Tectono-stratigraphic environments of depositiojn of Archean and Proterozoic iron formations - with emphasis on Lake Superior Region
1983-84 Leo Miller -Distribution of ore deposits and their environments through geologic time
-Massive sulfide deposits within volcanic arcs
-Deep drilling for ore fluids within modern volcanic arcs
-Sulphur ore controls within evaporite basins
1983-84 Brian J. Skinner -The tenuous resource base
-The evolution of mineral deposits through time
-Submarine ore-depositing processes in the modern ocean
1982-83 C. Wayne Burnham -Magmas and hydrothermal fluids
-Processes of hydrous magma generation
-Evolution of hydrothermal fluids from magmas
-Hydrothermal mineralization and alteration by magmatically- derived fluids
1982-83 Marco T. Einaudi -The geologic environment and compositions of skarn deposits: implications for mineral exploration
-Geology and exploration at Anaconda's Carr Fork Property, Bingham Canyon Mining District, Utah
-The Yerington Mining District, Nevada: A 5km vertical section through porphyry copper and related deposits
1981-82 Heinrich D. Holland -Hydrothermal vents on the East Pacific Rise at 21"
-Metals in black shales
-Marine evaporites and the history of sea water
1981-82 Donald F. Sangster -Sandstone-hosted lead deposits: a review of their geology and genesis
-Physical parameters of ore fluids and depositional environments -Controlling formative sites of submarine exhalative deposits in volcanic and sedimentary terranes
1980-81 H.L. Barnes -Clues to ore genesis from modern geothermal systems
-Mineral solubilities and ore formation
-Mississippi Valley-type deposits - a genetic model
1980-81 Stanley H. Ward -The search for hydrothermal systems
-Geophysics and ore deposits
1979-80 Robert O. Fournier -Hydrothermal systems in the shallow magmatic environment
-Estimation of underground temperatures in active hydrothermal systems
-The active hydrothermal system at Yellowstone National Park
1979-80 John P. Hunt -Geology of porphyry copper
-Geology as applied to mining
-Geology and exploration
-Mineral resources and political power
1978-79 Samuel S. Adams -Aspects of the geology of the Jackpile-Paguate uranium deposits, New Mexico
-Uranium geology, exploration, reserves and resource assessment
-Ore deposits, exploration and curricula
1978-79 Allan F. Agnew -Illusions - the Congressional process and geologists
-Risks - the geologist and public policy
1977-78 A.M. Goodwin -Precambrian metallogenesis and tectonism
-Archean metallogenesis in the Superior Geotraverse Project, Canadian Shield
1977-78 J. David Lowell -Mineral Exploration: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
1976-77 Eugene N. Cameron -A Mineral Policy for the United States
-The Bushveld Complex - evolution of a treasure house
1976-77 A. J. Naldrett -Recent ideas with respect to genesis of nickel sulfide deposits
-Ultramafic Volcanism - morphology, magma chemistry, and magma genesis
-Sudbury - impact, eruption and mineralization
1975-76 Paul B. Barton, Jr. No specific title available
1975-76 William C. Kelly -The tin-tungsten deposits of Panasqueira, Portugal
-Deformational features in the common ore sulfides
-Geological applications of fluid inclusions
1974-75 Konrad B. Krauskopf -Ore deposits and igneous processes
-Tungsten: Geochemical behavior and ore deposits
1974-75 Walter S. White -The native copper and copper-shale deposits of Northern Michigan
-The regional geology of the Keweenawan Copper Province, Lake Superior Region
1973-74 Donald Everhart -Geologic controls and genesis of phosphate and potash deposits
1973-74 Louis Gustafson -Evolution of porphyry copper mineralization at El Salvador, Chile
1973-74 Ulrich Petersen -Metallogenic provinces of South America
1972-73 Charles Meyer -Evolution of ore-forming processes through geologic time
1972-73 Donald E. White -Hydrothermal fluids of diverse origin
-Geothermal energy - principles and potential
1972 James A. Noble -Metallogenic provinces and metal ore finding in the Western U.S.
1972 H.D.B. Wilson T-he significance of copper lead belts
-Ore deposits of Archean shields