Assoc Prof. Roberto Weinberg

Supervisor/s: Roberto Weinberg

Field of study: Travel, field and analytical costs

Support Offered: Travel, field and analytical costs.

Collaborating organisation/s: Pending on funds
Preferred Program: Honours

This Honours project will be carried out as part of a broader project on understanding the Zanskar Shear Zone (Zanskar, Ladakh, NW India). It consists of mapping structurally part of the shear zone where an early thrusting event was overprinted by normal movement. This shear zone is the local equivalent of the South Tibetan Detachment Zone, a key feature of the Himalayas extending for over 2000 km. Yes, there will be one month field work in Zanskar included, working closely with another honours student and supervisors, in July-August, and the aim is to document the two deformation phases. There is some flexibility in the project to adapt to your preferences.

If you are interested come and have a chat, or contact Roberto Weinberg.
 

Supervisor/s: Roberto Weinberg & Pavlina Hasalova

Field of study: Metamorphic Petrology/Geological Mapping
Support Offered: Travel, field and analytical costs
Preferred Program: Honours

This Honours project will be carried out as part of a broader project on understanding the Zanskar Shear Zone (Zanskar, Ladakh, NW India). It consists of documenting the metamorphic gradient across the shear zone where preliminary work indicates a rapid increase in metamorphic facies from hanging wall to footwall.  This shear zone is the local equivalent of the South Tibetan Detachment Zone, a key feature of the Himalayas extending for over 2000 km. You will spend one month in the field in Zanskar, in July-August working closely with the structural student and supervisors. There is some flexibility in the project to adapt to your preferences.

If you are interested come and have a chat, or contact Roberto Weinberg.
 

Supervisor/s: Roberto Weinberg & Ian Nicholls
Field of study: Granite emplacement mechanisms, petrology, geochemistry
Support Offered: Field and analytical costs
Preferred Program: Honours

The Tynong Granite complex is a large area of Late Devonian granitic rocks, consisting of 5 closely spaced plutons, in the Tynong-Neerim area north of Warragul. One of the best exposures is in a large working quarry near Tynong North, just off the Princes Hwy. Here, a zone of mingling/mixing between more mafic and more felsic magma phases is spectacularly exposed, with the mafic phases forming large pillow-like enclaves. This occurrence is suitable for detailed mapping and petrological/geochemical study. This may provide evidence as to whether the occurrence formed within the lower zone or near the sides of an existing partially crystallized granitic pluton. In addition, other plutons within the Tynong complex have a range of more felsic rock types whose distribution and petrology are worth a study. This work could be carried out in conjunction with a new PhD student who will be working on the larger-scale aspects of the Tynong complex, its emplacement mechanisms and petrology/geochemistry.