The University of Western Australia

Adj/A/Prof Neal McNaughton

Adjunct Associate Professor
Adjunct and Honorary Staff (Earth and Environment)

Contact details

Address

Adjunct and Honorary Staff (Earth and Environment)
The University of Western Australia (M004)
35 Stirling Highway
CRAWLEY WA 6009
Australia

Phone

6488 2686 / 6488 3149

Fax

6488 1178

Email

nmcnaugh@cyllene.uwa.edu.au

Key research

Isotope geoscience;

Geochronology;

Petrology & geochemistry;

Xenotime & monazite in (meta)sediments;

Ion microprobe research developments.

Publications

2000-2004: Refereed papers = 56; includes Science (1), Geology (5), Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta (1), Econ. Geol. (4), Mineralium Deposita (5), Precamb. Res. (6), Ore Geology Reviews (1), Chem. Geol. (1).

Future research

Xenotime & monazite origin & geochemistry;
Xenotime & zircon chronostratigraphy;
Geochronology of hydrothermal minerals;
In situ stable isotope developments.

Funding received

ARC Discovery;
AMIRA & ARC Linkage;
Centre for Global Metallogeny.

Industrial relevance

Geochronology of lode-gold deposits;
Chronostratigraphy for petroleum industry.
Precambrian geochronology.

Languages

English

Teaching

2nd & 3rd year petrology, geochemistry, mineralogy and field mapping;
Honours & postgraduate research supervision.

Current external positions

University of Western Australia representative of joint research facilities:
- thermal ionisation mass spectrometry;
- argon-argon dating;
- stable isotopes (WA Biogeochemistry Centre)

Current projects

Eastern Goldfields (Yilgarn): geochronology of lode-gold ore systems;
Geochronology of hydrothermal events in Pilbara;
Ion microprobe and standards R&D.

Research profile

Research profile and publications