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Kevin FaurePetrology & Geochemistry Team Leader / Lead Scientist - Stable Isotopes Lab
Biography
I have a wide range of research interests. Primarily, I am interested in the application of stable isotope geochemistry (C, H, O and S) to many natural processes that occur in both terrestrial and extraterrestrial situations. I have published in the fields of crustal and mantle evolution, the formation of a wide variety of hydrothermal mineral deposits, fluid-rock interaction of the crust, gas hydrates and paleoenvironmental reconstruction of sedimentary formations. My current research focus is on New Zealand granites, volcanic rocks in the Taupo Volcanic Zone and Kermadec arc and quartz/calcite vein formation surrounding the Tauhara geothermal system.
Qualifications
- MSc, Geochemistry
- PhD, Geochemistry
- BSc Hons, Geochemistry
- BSc, Geology
Areas of expertise
- Geology: Paleoclimatology
- Geology: Stratigraphy
- Geology: Mineral deposit research
- Geology: Geological mapping
- Geology: Petrography
- Geochemist: Stable Isotope Chemistry
- Business Development: Stable Isotope Mass Spectrometry
- Business Development: Mineral Exploration
- Business Development: Stable Isotope Geology
- Business Development: Stable isotope analysis
Major Publications
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- The subseafloor thermal gradient at Iheya North Knoll, Okinawa Trough, based on oxygen and hydrogen isotope ratios of clay minerals, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 384: p. 263-274. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2019.07.017.
- Heterogeneously hydrated mantle beneath the late Archean Yilgarn Craton, Lithos 238: p. 76-85. DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2015.09.020.
- Local and regional mass transfer during thrusting, veining, and boudinage in the genesis of the giant shale-hosted paracatu gold deposit, minas gerais, Brazil, Economic Geology 110(7): p. 1803-1834. DOI: 10.2113/econgeo.110.7.1803.
- Pyrite-coated granite cobbles at Lee Bay, Stewart Island, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 57(1): p. 57-64. DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2013.864317.
- Mineralization, U-Pb geochronology, and stable isotope geochemistry of the Lower Main zone of the Lorraine deposit, North-Central British Columbia : a replacement-style alkalic Cu-Au porphyry, Economic Geology 109(4): p. 979-1004. DOI: 10.2113/econgeo.109.4.979.
- Geology, mineralogy and geochemistry of the rhyolite-hosted Maungaparerua clay deposit, Northland, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 57(4): p. 357-368. DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2014.920889.
- Mg-rich clay mineral formation associated with marine shallow-water hydrothermal activity in an arc volcanic caldera setting, Chemical Geology 355: p. 28-44. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.05.033.
- Assessing the geochemical and tectonic impacts of fluid-rock interaction in mid-crustal shear zones : a case study from the intracontinental Alice Springs Orogen, central Australia, Journal of metamorphic geology 29(8): p. 821-850.
- Focussed fluid flow on the Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand : evidence from possible local upwarping of the base of gas hydrate stability, Marine Geology 272(1-4): p. 99-113. DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.10.006.
- Methane seepage along the Hikurangi Margin of New Zealand : geochemical and physical data from the water column, sea surface and atmosphere, Marine Geology 272(1-4): p. 170-188. DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.01.001.
- Sources of solutes and heat in low-enthalpy mineral waters and their relation to tectonic setting, New Zealand, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 192(3/4): p. 117-141. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.02.015.
- Hydrothermal systems of intraoceanic arcs, Awards ceremony speeches and abstracts of the 19th annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Davos, Switzerland, June 21-26, 2009 : p. A282.
- U-Pb geochronology of mid-Paleozoic plutonism in western New Zealand : implications for S-type granite generation and growth of the east Gondwana margin, Geological Society of America Bulletin 121(9/10): p. 1236-1261.
- Olivine in the Udachnaya-East Kimberlite (Yakutia, Russia) : types, compositions and origins, Journal of Petrology 49(4): p. 823-839. DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egm033.
- The importance of talc and chlorite "hybrid" rocks for volatile recycling through subduction zones : evidence from the high-pressure subduction melange of New Caledonia, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 155(2): p. 181-198. DOI: 10.1007/s00410-007-0236-2.
- Chloride and carbonate immiscible liquids at the closure of the kimberlite magma evolution (Udachnaya-East kimberlite, Siberia), Chemical Geology 237(3/4): p. 384-400. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.07.010.
- Methane seepage and its relation to slumping and gas hydrate at the Hikurangi margin, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 49(4): p. 503-516.
- Mineralogical and stable isotope studies of gold-arsenic mineralisation in the Sams Creek peralkaline porphyritic granite, South Island, New Zealand, Mineralium Deposita 40(8): p. 802-827.
- Gold and sulphide minerals in Tertiary quartz pebble conglomerate gold placers, Southland, New Zealand, Ore geology reviews 28(4): p. 525-545. DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.03.009.
- deltaD values of fluid inclusion water in quartz and calcite ejecta from active geothermal systems : do values reflect those of original hydrothermal water?, Economic Geology 98(3): p. 657-660. DOI: doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.98.3.657.
- The Waihi epithermal gold-silver-base metal sulfide-quartz vein system, New Zealand : temperature and salinity controls on electrum and sulfide deposition, Economic Geology 97: p. 269-290.
- The Hishikari Au-Ag epithermal deposit, Japan : oxygen and hydrogen isotope evidence in determining the source of paleohydrothermal fluids, Economic Geology 97(3): p. 481-498.
- Round Hill shear zone-hosted gold deposit, Macraes Flat, Otago, New Zealand : Evidence of a magmatic ore fluid, Economic Geology 95(5): p. 1025-1048.
- Geochemical evidence for lacustrine microbial blooms in the vast Permian Main Karoo, Parana, Falkland Islands and Huab basins of southwestern Gondwana, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 152(3-4): p. 189-213. DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(99)00062-0.
- Oxygen and hydrogen isotope geochemistry of S- and I-type granitoids : the Cape Granite suite, South Africa, Chemical Geology 143: p. 95-114.
- Fluid chemistry of Archean seafloor hydrothermal vents : implications for the composition of circa 3.2 Ga seawater, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 61(19): p. 4025-4042.
- Late Permian global coal hiatus linked to 13C-depleted CO2 flux into the atmosphere during the final consolidation of Pangea, Geology 23(6): p. 507-510.
- A profound meteoric water influence on genesis in the Permian Waterberg Coalfield, South Africa : evidence from stable isotopes, Journal of sedimentary research. Section A, Sedimentary petrology and processes A65(4): p. 605-613.
- Oxygen and carbon isotope geochemistry of the 3.2 Ga Kaap Valley Tonalite, Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa, Precambrian research 52(3-4): p. 301-319.