Dr Terry Mernagh
Areas of expertise
- Geochemistry Not Elsewhere Classified 040299
- Structural Chemistry And Spectroscopy 030606
- Ore Deposit Petrology 040307
Research interests
Laser Raman spectroscopy
Fluid inclusion analysis
Hydrothermal geochemistry
Ore deposits
Biography
Terrence Patrick Mernagh obtained a B.Sc. (Hons) and a Ph.D. from the University of Newcastle. He is currently a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences. Previously, he worked at the Bureau of Mineral Resources/AGSO/Geoscience Australia from 1984 to 2014. His work involves studies of mineral systems and the geochemical modelling of fluids and alteration associated with ore deposits and he has over 30 years experience in fluid inclusion, laser Raman and infrared spectroscopic techniques. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of Australia and has over 100 refereed publications in scientific journals. These publications cover work on a large variety of mineral deposits including copper mineralisation at Mt Isa, gold deposits in the Yilgarn Craton, Pilbara Craton, Lachlan Fold Belt, Tennant Creek, and the Tanami region, unconformity uranium deposits in the Northern Territory, tin-tungsten deposits in the New England Fold Belt and China, VHMS deposits at Hellyer and Mt. Chalmers, porphyry copper-gold deposits in Papua and the Philippines, platinum group minerals in layered intrusions in the Pilbara Block, and a number of related mineralogical studies. He has also conducted research on CO2 sequestration and Australian salt lakes.
Publications
- Mernagh, T, Leys, C & Henley, R 2020, 'Fluid inclusion systematics in porphyry copper deposits: The super-giant Grasberg deposit, Indonesia, as a case study', Ore Geology Reviews, vol. 123, pp. 1-3.
- Gigon, J, Deloule, E, Mercadier, J et al. 2020, 'Tracing metal sources for the giant McArthur River Zn-Pb deposit (Australia) using lead isotopes', Geology, vol. 48, no. 5, pp. 478-482.
- Khosravi, M, Rajabzadeh, M, Mernagh, T Qin, K-Z., Bagheri H., Su S-O., 2020, 'Origin of the ore-forming fluids of the Zefreh porphyry Cu-Mo prospect, central Iran: Constraints from fluid inclusions and sulfur isotopes', Ore Geology Reviews, vol. 127, pp. 15, doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103876
- Zhou, L, Mernagh, T, Mo, B et al. 2020, 'Raman study of barite and celestine at various temperatures', Minerals, vol. 10, no. 3, 260: doi:10.3390/min10030260
- Zhou, L, Mernagh, T, Lan, T et al. 2019, 'Intrusion related gold deposits in the Tanami and Kurundi-Kurinelli goldfields, Northern Territory, Australia: Constraints from LA-ICPMS analysis of fluid inclusions', Ore Geology Reviews, vol. 115, no. 0.
- Iswadi Basori, M, Zaw, K, Mernagh, T et al. 2019, 'Microthermometric evidence for the formation of Permian VHMS deposits in Tasik Chini area, Central Belt of Peninsular Malaysia', Ore Geology Reviews, vol. 111, pp. 1-16.
- Mernagh, T & Mavrogenes, J 2019, 'Significance of high temperature fluids and melts in the Grasberg porphyry copper?gold deposit', Chemical Geology, vol. 508, pp. 210-224.
- Zhou, L, Mernagh, T & Le Losq, C 2019, 'Observation of the Chemical Structure of Water up to the Critical Point by Raman Spectroscopic Analysis of Fluid Inclusions', Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 123, no. 27, pp. 5841-5847.
- De Caritat De Peruzzis, P, Bastrakov, E, Jaireth, S et al. 2019, 'Groundwater geochemistry, hydrogeology and potash mineral potential of the Lake Woods region, Northern Territory, Australia', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 66, no. 3, pp. 411-430.
- Dalby, K, Berger, J, Brand, H et al. 2018, 'Analytical Techniques for Probing Small-Scale Layers that Preserve Information on Gas-Solid Interactions', Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, vol. 84, pp. 103-175.
- King, P, Wheeler, V, Renggli, C et al. 2018, 'Gas-Solid Reactions: Theory, Experiments and Case Studies Relevant to Earth and Planetary Processes', Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, vol. 84, no. 1, pp. 1-56.
- Palm, A, King, P, Renggli, C et al. 2018, 'Unravelling the Consequences of SO2-Basalt Reactions for Geochemical Fractionation and Mineral Formation', Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, vol. 84, pp. 257-283.
- Mernagh, T, King, P, McMillan, P et al. 2018, 'Using Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy to Analyze Gas-Solid Reactions', Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, vol. 84, no. 1, pp. 177-228.
- Henley, R, Brink, F, King, P et al. 2017, 'High temperature gas-solid reactions in calc-silicate Cu-Au skarn formation; Ertsberg, Papua Province, Indonesia', Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol. 172, pp. 1-19pp.
- Barron, L, Barron, B & Mernagh, T 2017, 'Modelling the combination of birefringence retardations from strain envelopes around multiple inclusions in diamond', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 64, no. 4, pp. 557-564pp.
- Magee, C, DaniÅ¡Ãk, M & Mernagh, T 2017, 'Extreme isotopologue disequilibrium in molecular SIMS species during SHRIMP geochronology', Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 523-536pp.
- Mernagh, T, Wygralak, A & Bastrakov, E 2017, 'The Relevance of Fluid Inclusions to Mineral Systems and Ore Deposit Exploration', Journal Geological Society of India, vol. 90, no. 5, pp. 531-537pp.
- Huston, D, Maas, R, Cross, A et al. 2016, 'The Nolans Bore rare-earth element-phosphorus-uranium mineral system: geology, origin and post-depositional modifications', Mineralium Deposita, vol. 51, no. 6, pp. 797-822pp.
- Mernagh, T, Bastrakov, E, Jaireth, S et al. 2016, 'A review of Australian salt lakes and associated mineral systems', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 63, no. 2, pp. 131-157.
- Mernagh, T, Bastrakov, E, Jaireth, S et al. 2016, 'A review of Australian salt lakes and associated mineral systems', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 63, no. 2, pp. 131-157.
- Fu, B, Mernagh, T, Fairmaid, A et al. 2014, 'CH4-N-2 in the Maldon gold deposit, central Victoria, Australia', Ore Geology Reviews, vol. 58, pp. 225-237.
