Chemical evolution and origin of granites in the Lachlan Fold Belt

Abstract

The author has been involved in studying the granites of the Lachlan Fold Belt (LFB) since 1963 with this being the main focus of his scientific studies since 1973. This thesis brings together many of the publications that have arisen from that work and those 20 papers that are being submitted for examination are listed in Section 1 (pp. 2-3) and are bound together at the back of this volume. A complete list of the 114 publications for which this writer is an author is given in Section 10 (pp. 43-51). That list is comprehensive and again includes the 20 papers being examined. The remaining 94 papers are listed in support of the candidacy. Among those other papers, 37 deal with various aspects of granite studies, both in the LFB and elsewhere, and the remainder with a variety of geological and geochemical subjects. Show more