Geodynamics and metallogeny of North Queensland: Insights from new deep crustal seismic data  

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Korsch, R.J. | Huston, D.L.

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As part of the Australian Government's Onshore Energy Security Program and the Queensland Government's Smart Mining and Smart Exploration initiatives, deep seismic reflection surveys were conducted in North Queensland to establish the architecture and geodynamic framework of this area in 2006 (Mt Isa Survey; also involving OZ Minerals and pmd*CRC) and 2007 (Cloncurry-Georgetown-Charters Towers Survey; also involving AuScope). Nearly 2300 line km of seismic data were acquired during these surveys. Geochemical, geochronological and complementary geophysical studies were undertaken in support of the seismic acquisition. Overviews of the geology of North Queensland and more detailed descriptions and the results of these surveys are presented in Hutton et al. (2009a, b), Korsch et al. (2009a), Withnall et al. (2009a, b), Henderson and Withnall (2009), and Henderson et al. (2009). The purpose here is to use the new geodynamic insights inferred from these data to provide comments on the large-scale geodynamic controls on energy and other mineral potential in North Queensland. This contribution draws on geodynamic and metallogenic overviews presented by Korsch et al. (2009b) and Huston et al. (2009)

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• geodynamics

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• metallogenesis

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• seismic sections

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2009-05-06T00:00:00

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