7th SEMACRET Consortium Meeting: SEMINAR, discussions about the future and fieldtrip
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SEMACRET at EGU General Assembly
SEMACRET organised a session at EGU General Assembly
The things we do in SEMACRET: Plant geochemistry
Large regional campaigns developed at the initial stages of mineral exploration aim at identifying areas of interest with higher (“anomalous”) concentrations of certain metals that can indicate the presence of an orebody concealed underground. It is fundamental to narrow areas of potential interest for further investigation. Besides geological knowledge, researchers and explorers usually rely on…
Orogenic arc‑related Ni‑Cu‑(PGE) mineralization of the Ransko massif, Czech Republic, and implications for the metallogeny of the European Variscan belt
This is the first publication fully devoted to the geology and metallogeny of one of SEMACRET study cases: The Ransko Ni-Cu-(PGE) mineralization in Czech Republic. This paper reports a comprehensive study including geochronology, isotope (Nd-Sr-Hf-Pb-O) and elemental geochemistry in barren and variably mineralized rocks. Compositional variations indicate that the Ransko parental melts derived from metasomatized,…
Source reservoir controls on the size, frequency, and composition of large-scale volcanic eruptions
A new paper from SEMACRET team focus on understanding magma pathways by unravelling the link between deep source reservoirs, shallow magma chambers and large-scale volcanic eruptions. Through numerical modelling, our scientists expand on previous thermal models of magmatic processes by considering key controls on magma accumulation in deep reservoirs. Results from this work suggest that…
The things we do in SEMACRET- Why is mineral policy important?
Mineral resources, are currently reported and classified in different ways across the EU and the world. Many countries are not using internationally recognized classification systems and reporting standards, but rather their national ones. This makes communication and evaluation of exploration potential or production capacity of a country or region difficult. In the support of European…
6th Consortium meeting in Milan
Another SEMACRET consortium meeting, this time hosted by our colleagues from Università degli Studi di Milano. One day and a half of multidisciplinary presentations and discussions marked a hallmark in the project, where members and partners are starting to wrap up their work and preparing their outputs. For our usual field trip, our geophysicists partners…
EGU25 Call for abstracts
SEMACRET is promoting a session dedicated to advances in ore forming models and innovative methods in mineral exploration in EGU25 with the sponsorship of SGA. Submit your abstract until 15 January, join us at EGU25! Innovative Approaches in Mineral Exploration: From Ore Forming Processes to New Exploration methods Critical raw materials are fundamental to supply…
New paper on Lapland komatiites as a source rock for Ni-Cu magmatic sulfides
Ville_et_al_2024_From the mantle source to the crustal sink: magmatic differentiation
and sulfide saturation of the Paleoproterozoic komatiites of the
Central Lapland Greenstone Belt, Finland
Consortium meeting in Czech Republic
Time flies and we have now hit the 2 year milestone. Our semestral meeting was hosted by our Czech partners in the beautiful city of Prague. For 2 days we discussed our achievements, shared knowledge and defined the roadmap to the finish line. Integrating datasets as diverse as surface geochemistry, rock geochemistry, geophysics, at regional…
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