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A/PROF DAVID PHILLIPS



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Organization: Earth Sciences
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
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Homepage: http://www.earthsci.unimelb.edu.au/php/view_profile.php?id=dphillip
Work: 8344 7455
Fax: 8344 7761
Building: Mccoy Building/Earth Sciences
Campus: Parkville

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science Rhodes College
Master of Science Rhodes College
Doctor of Philosophy Princeton University 31-Dec-1989

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Volatile recycling at the crust-mantle interface: Evidence from halogens and noble gases in deep-crustal fluids. Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2008
INVESTIGATING THE STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION OF THE CONTINENTAL CRUST: A VIRTUAL FACILITY FOR THERMOCHRONOLOGY, NOBLE GAS GEOCHEMISTRY AND GEOCHRONOLOGY Chief Investigator UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND Linkage Infrastructure (Equipment and Facilities) (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2008
Controls on Gold Mineralisation in Central Victoria: Towards New Exploration Models. Chief Investigator PERSEVERANCE CORPORATION LTD,
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL,
BENDIGO MINING N.L.,
DEPT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES - VIC,
LIHIR GOLD LTD
Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2008
The Cosmogenic 21Ne Exposure Dating Method: Calibration for Application to Volcanic Chronology, Landscape Evolution and Palaeo-Climate Change Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2009
A NEW GENERATION NOBLE GAS MASS SPECTROMETER FACILITY FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH IN THE EARTH, PLANETARY AND ENVIRONMENT SCIENCES Chief Investigator AUST NATIONAL UNIVERSITY Linkage Infrastructure (Equipment and Facilities) (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL)

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
H6 AR-AR GEOCHROMONOLOGY AND HALOGEN AND NOBLE GAS GEOCHEMISTRY OF MINERALISING SYSTEMS Chief Investigator PREDICTIVE MINERAL DISCOVERY COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE (PMD*CRC) 01/01/2005
EARTH COMPOSITION AND EVOLUTION COMPONENT OF THE AUSCOPE NATIONAL COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITY Chief Investigator AUSCOPE LTD,
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
26/10/2007

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Noble gas and halogen constraints on regionally extensive mid-crustal Na-Ca metasomatism, the Proterozoic Eastern Mount Isa Block, Australia


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Precambrian Research
    Volume: 163
    Page numbers: 131-150
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  • Lake Boga Granite, northwestern Victoria, mineralogy, geochemistry and geochronology
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
    Volume: 55
    Page numbers: 281-299
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  • New constraints on regional brecciation in the Wernecke Mountains, Canada, from He,Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe, Cl, Br and I in fluid inclusions
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Chemical Geology
    Volume: 255
    Page numbers: 33-46
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  • Provenance studies from 40Ar/39Ar dating of mineral inclusions in diamonds: Methodological tests on the Orapa kimberlite, Botswana
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
    Volume: 274
    Page numbers: 169-178
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Early Palaeozoic intracratonic  shears and post-tectonic cooling in the Rauer group, Prydz bay, East Antarctica constrained by 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Antarctic Science
    Volume: 19
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 339-353
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  • Isotopic ages of Lentiira-Kuhmo-Kostomuksha olivine lamproite-Group II kimberlites
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland
    Volume: 79
    Page numbers: 203-215
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  • Mid-crustal fluid mixing in a Proterozoic Fe oxide-Cu-Au deposit, Ernest Henry, Australia: Evidence from Ar, Kr, Xe, Cl, Br and I
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
    Volume: 256
    Page numbers: 328-343
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  • New insights into the genesis of Indian kimberlites from the Dharwar Craton via in situ Sr isotope analysis of groundmass perovskite
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Geology
    Volume: 35
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 1011-1014
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  • Strontium isotope analysis of kimberlitic groundmass perovskite via LA-MC-ICP-MS
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research
    Volume: 31
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 321-330
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  • Thermochronological (40Ar/39Ar) evidence of Early Palaeozoic basin inversion within the southern Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica: implications for East Gondwana
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of the Geological Society
    Volume: 164
    Page numbers: 771-784
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology of the Kampa Dome, southern Tibet: Implications for tectonic evolution of the North Himalayan gneiss domes


    Year: 2006
    Journal: Tectonophysics
    Volume: 421
    Page numbers: 269-297
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  • 40Ar/39Ar dating of mica-bearing pyrite from thermally overprinted Archean gold deposits
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Geology
    Volume: 34
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 397-400
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  • Noble gas and halogen constraints on mineralizing fluids of metamorphic versus surficial origin: Mt Isa, Australia.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Chemical Geology
    Volume: 235
    Page numbers: 325-351
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  • Part I: Decrepitation and degassing behaviour of quartz up to 1560 0C: Analysis of noble gases and halogens in complex fluid inclusion assemblages.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
    Volume: 70
    Page numbers: 2540-2561
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  • Part II: Evaluation of 40Ar-39Ar quartz ages: Implications for fluid inclusion retentivity and determination of initial 40Ar-36Ar  values in Proterozoic samples
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
    Volume: 70
    Page numbers: 2562-2576
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  • The Kalkarindji Continental Flood Basalt Province: A new Cambrian Large Igneous Province in Australia with possible links to faunal extinctions
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Geology
    Volume: 34
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 461-464
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Evolution of a reworked orogenic zone: the boundary between the Delamerian and Lachlan Fold Belts, southeastern Australia
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
    Volume: 52
    Page numbers: 921-940
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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  • Magnetic and chemical stratigraphy for the Werribee Plains basaltic lava flow-field, Newer Volcanics Province, southeast Australia: implications for eruption frequency
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
    Volume: 52
    Page numbers: 41-57
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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  • Mesozoic cooling across the Yidun Arc, central -eastern Tibetan Plateau: A reconnaissance 40Ar/39Ar study
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Tectonophysics
    Volume: 398
    Page numbers: 45-66
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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  • Monazite U-Pb dating and 40Ar-39Ar thermochronology of metamorphic events in the Central African Copperbelt during the Pan-African Lufilian Orogeny
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of African Earth Sciences
    Volume: 42
    Page numbers: 183-199
    Publisher: Pergamon-Elsevier Science(Oxford)
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  • Provenance ages of the Neoproterozoic Katanga Supergroup (Central African Copperbelt), with implications for basin evolution
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of African Earth Sciences
    Volume: 42
    Page numbers: 41-60
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  • Structural evolution and tectonic context of the Mfongosi Group, Natal thrust front, Tugela terrane, South Africa
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of African Earth Sciences
    Volume: 43
    Page numbers: 415-432
    Publisher: Pergamon-Elsevier Science(Oxford)
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  • Structure of the Early Palaeozoic Cape River Metamorphics, Tasmanides of north Queensland: evaluation of the roles of convergent and extensional tectonics
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
    Volume: 52
    Page numbers: 261-277
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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  • Structure, detrital zircon U-Pb ages and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of the Early Palaeozoic Girilambone Group, central New South Wales: subduction, contraction and extension associated with the Benambran Orogeny
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
    Volume: 52
    Page numbers: 133-155
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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  • Thermochronology of the Yidun Arc, central eastern Tibetan Plateau: constraints from 40Ar/39Ar K-feldspar and apatite fission track data
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
    Volume: 25
    Page numbers: 915-935
    Publisher: Elsevier(Oxford)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • 40Ar/39Ar analyses of clinopyroxene inclusions in African diamonds: Implications for source ages of detrital diamonds
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
    Volume: 68
    Page numbers: 151-165
    Publisher: Pergamon
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  • Controls on Skarn Mineralization and Alteration at the Cadia Deposits, New South Wales, Australia
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Economic Geology and the Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists
    Volume: 99
    Page numbers: 761-788
    Publisher: Economic Geology Publishing Co
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  • Mineral chemistry and thermobarometry of inclusions from De Beers Pool diamonds, Kimberley, South Africa
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Lithos
    Volume: 77
    Page numbers: 155-179
    Publisher: Elsevier Science
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  • Siliciclastic record of rapid denudation in response to convergent-margin orogenesis, Ross Orogen, Antarctica
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Geological Society of America - Special Papers
    Volume: 378
    Page numbers: 105-126
    Publisher: Geological Society of America(Colorado)
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  • The nature of magmatism at Palinpinon geothermal field, Negros Island, Philippines: implications for Geothermal activity and regional tectonics
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
    Volume: 129
    Page numbers: 321-342
    Publisher: Elsevier Science
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  • Unusual noble gas compositions in polycrystalline diamonds: preliminary results from the Jwaneng kimberlite, Botswana
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Chemical Geology
    Volume: 203
    Page numbers: 347-358
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • A new tectonic model for the Delamerian and western Lachlan orogens
    Year: 2004
    Event name: 17th Australian Geological Convention
    Conference Publication: Dynamic Earth: Past, present and future, 17th Australian Geological Convention
    Volume: 73
    Page numbers: 174
    Publisher: Geological Society of Australia(Sydney)
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  • Testing the 'Fool's Clock' and tales from fluid inclusions
    Year: 2004
    Event name: Predictive Mineral Discovery Cooperative Research Centre, June 2004 conference
    Conference Publication: Predictive Mineral Discovery Cooperative Research Centre - Extended Abstracts for the June 2004 Conference
    Volume: 9
    Page numbers: 133-137
    Publisher: Geoscience Australia Records(Sydney)
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Reports

  • 40Ar/39Ar Dating of mineralisation - developments and application. Annual Report, 30 June 2004.
    Year: 2004
    Publisher: PMD-CRC, University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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  • 40Ar/39Ar Dating of mineralisation - developments and application. Quarterly Report, 30 September 2004.
    Year: 2004
    Publisher: PMD-CRC, University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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  • 40Ar/39Ar Dating of mineralisation - developments and application. Quarterly report, 31 December 2004.
    Year: 2004
    Publisher: PMD-CRC, University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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  • 40Ar/39Ar Dating of mineralisation - developments and application. Quarterly report, 31 March 2004.
    Year: 2004
    Publisher: PMD-CRC, University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2003

Book Chapters

  • Spatial and Temporal Relationships between Hydrothermal Alteration Assemblages at the Palinpinon Geothermal Field, Philippines - Implications for Porphyry and Epithermal Ore Deposits
    Year: 2003
    Book: Society of Economic Geologists Special Publication 10: Volcanic, Geothermal, and Ore-Forming Fluids: Rulers and Witnesses of Processes within the Earth
    Publisher: Society of Economic Geologists(Littleton)
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Reports

  • 40Ar/39Ar Laser Probe Analyses
    Year: 2003
    Report No:: UM03-102
    Publisher: Geological Survey of Victoria(Melbourne)
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  • 40Ar/39Ar Laser Probe Analyses
    Year: 2003
    Report No:: UM03-151
    Publisher: De Beers Geoscience Centre(Southdale)
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  • 40Ar/39Ar Laser Probe Analyses
    Year: 2003
    Report No:: UM03-101
    Publisher: De Beers(Southdale)
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  • 40Ar/39Ar Step-Heating Analyses of Single Biotite Grains from Granite Sample SU2a, Suriname
    Year: 2003
    Publisher: BRGM(Paris)
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  • 40Ar/39Ar Step-Heating Analyses of Single Biotite Grains from Sample ARK75B, Mauritania
    Year: 2003
    Publisher: BRGM(Paris)
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  • 40Ar/39Ar Step-Heating Analyses of Single Biotite Grains from Sample OOKER5, Guinea
    Year: 2003
    Publisher: BRGM(Paris)
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  • 40Ar/39Ar Step-Heating Analyses of Single Phlogopite Grains from Kimberlite Sample 84JCM6 (68-94), Mali
    Year: 2003
    Publisher: BRGM(Paris)
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  • 40Ar/39Ar Step-Heating Analyses of Single Phlogopite Grains from Kimberlite Sample Cirque, Mali
    Year: 2003
    Publisher: BRGM(Paris)
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  • 40Ar/39Ar Step-Heating Analyses of Single Phlogopite Grains from Kimberlite Sample KER7000, Guinea
    Year: 2003
    Publisher: BRGM(Paris)
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  • 40Ar/39Ar Step-Heating Analyses of Single Phlogopite Grains from Kimberlite Sample MAC4000, Guinea
    Year: 2003
    Publisher: BRGM(Paris)
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  • 40Ar/39Ar Step-Heating Analyses of Single Phlogopite Grains from Kimberlite Samples KT19 and ZW52, Mauritania
    Year: 2003
    Publisher: BRGM(Paris)
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  • 40Ar/39Ar Step-Heating Analyses of Whole-Rock Slate Samples W5C, 13623 and 13595
    Year: 2003
    Publisher: University of Newcastle(Newcastle)
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  • Annual Report: 40Ar/39Ar Dating of Mineralisation, Metamorphism and Deformation
    Year: 2003
    Publisher: PMD-CRC, University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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  • Progress Report: 40Ar/39Ar Dating of Mineralisation, Metamorphism and Deformation
    Year: 2003
    Publisher: PMD-CRC, University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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  • Quarterly Report: 40Ar/39Ar Dating of Mineralisation, Metamorphism and Deformation
    Year: 2003
    Report No:: Oct-Dec
    Publisher: PMD-CRC, University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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  • Quarterly Report: 40Ar/39Ar Dating of Mineralisation, Metamorphism and Deformation
    Year: 2003
    Report No:: July-Sept
    Publisher: PMD-CRC, University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Age and significance of the Marble Hall breccia, Bushveld Complex, South Africa
    Year: 2002
    Journal: South African Journal of Geology
    Volume: 105
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 227-240
    Publisher: South African Bureau for Scientific Publications
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  • Petrogenesis of the Mesozoic Sistefjell syenite intrusion, Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica and surrounding low-δ18O lavas
    Year: 2002
    Journal: South African Journal of Geology
    Volume: 105
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 205-226
    Publisher: South African Bureau for Scientific Publications
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  • The tectonostratigraphy, granitoid geochronology and geological evolution of the precambrian of southern Ethiopia
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of African Earth Sciences
    Volume: 34
    Page numbers: 57-84
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  • The timing of mineralization in the Archean North Pilbara terrain, Western Australia
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Economic Geology and the Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists
    Volume: 97
    Page numbers: 733-755
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • 40Ar/ 39Ar and K-Ar constraints on the timing of regional deformation, south coast of new South Wales, Lachlan Ford Belt: problems and implications


    Year: 2001
    Journal: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
    Volume: 48
    Page numbers: 395-408
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