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Dr Derek Wyman, PhD

Senior Lecturer

Madsen building (F09), Rm 464
Phone: +61 2 9351 2924
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Research Interests

Derek Wyman’s research includes studies in Western Australia’s Yilgarn Craton and similar well-mineralised rocks in Canada. He also supervises Honours and Postgraduate students in studies of granitic rocks, gold deposits and other types of mineralization in eastern Australia. Derek maintains strong links with national and international research teams, as exemplified by his collaborative research with P. Hollings and R. Mitchell (Lakehead University, Canada) and the Ontario Geological Survey. This work focuses on the world’s oldest in situ diamond deposits (2.7 billion year old) that challenge conventional models of diamond formation. He is also undertaking studies of the regolith that have applications for mineral exploration and the mitigation of dryland salinity hazards.

A China-sponsored year-long visit by Dr Wang Qiang (Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry) in 2005 initiated a strong new collaborative effort on the petrology of a wide variety of igneous suites in China. The studies explore the relationship of these rocks to ore deposits and China’s tectonic history. This collaborative research involved joint field work in Xinjiang and Tibet in 2006 and 2007 and provides new insights into magmatism in the ancient mountain belts of Australia and the world.

  • Wyman, D.A., and Kerrich, R., 2008. Plume and Arc magmatism in the Abitibi Subprovince: implications for the origin of Archean Continental Lithospheric Mantle. Precambrian Research (in press).
  • Wyman. D.A. O’Neill, C., and Ayer, J.A., 2008. Evidence for Modern-Style Subduction to 3.1 Ga: A Plateau – Adakite – Gold (Diamond) Association. GSA Special Paper 440, When Did Plate Tectonics Begin on Planet Earth? (edited by Kent C. Condie and Victoria Pease), 129-148.

    Wang, Q., Wyman, D.A., , Xu, J., , Dong, Y , Vasconcelos, P.M., Pearson, N., Wan, Y., Dong, H., Li, C., Yu, Y., Zhu, T., Feng, X., Zhang, Q., Feng Z., Chu, Z., 2008, Eocene melting of subducting continental crust and early uplifting of central Tibet: evidence from central-western Qiangtang high-K calc-alkaline andesites, dacites and rhyolites. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 272, 158-171.
  • Wang, Q., Wyman, D.A., Xu, J, Jian, P., Zhao, Z., Li, C., , Xu, W., Ma¬, J., and He, B.,, 2007, Early Cretaceous adakitic granites in the Northern Dabie complex, central China: implications for partial melting and delamination of thickened lower crust. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 71, 2609-2639. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2007.03.008.
  • Wang, Q., Wyman, D.A., Xu, J.F., Zhao Z.H., Jian, P., Zi, F., 2007. Partial melting of thickened or delaminated lower crust in the middle of eastern China: implications for Cu-Au mineralization. Journal of Geology 115, 149-161.
  • Wang, Q., Wyman, D.A., Zhao Z.H., Xu, J.F., Bai, z.H., Xiong, X.L., Dai, T.M., Li, C.H., Chu, Z.Y., 2007, Petrogenesis of Carboniferous adakites and Nb-enriched arc basalts in the Alataw area, northern Tianshan Range (western China): Implications for Phanerozoic crustal growth in the Central Asia Orogenic Belt. Chemical Geology 236, 42-64. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.08.013
  • Wyman, D.A. , Ayer, J.A. , Conceição, R.V., and Sage, R.P. , 2006, Mantle processes in an Archean orogen: Evidence from 2.67 Ga diamond-bearing lamprophyres and xenoliths. Lithos 89, 300-328. 10.1016/j.lithos.2005.12.005
  • Wyman, D.A., and Hollings, P., 2006, Late Archean convergent margin volcanism in the Superior Province: A comparison of the Blake River Group and Confederation Assemblage. American Geophysical Union Monograph 164 Archean Geodynamics and Environments, Benn, K., Mareschal, J.-C., and Condie, K., (ed.s), 215 – 238.
  • Wang, Q., Wyman, D.A., Xu J.F. ., Zhao Z.H., Ping J., Xiong X.L, Bao Z.W. Li, C.F., Bai Z.H., 2006, Petrogenesis of Cretaceous adakitic and shoshonitic igneous rocks in the Luzong area, Anhui Province (eastern China): Implications for geodynamics and Cu-Au mineralization., Lithos 89, 424-446. doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2006.02.001
  • O’Neill, C., and Wyman, D.A., 2006, Geodynamic Modeling of Late Archean Subduction: P-T Constraints from Greenstone Belt Diamond Deposits. American Geophysical Union Monograph 164 Archean Geodynamics and Environments, Benn, K., Mareschal, J.-C., and Condie, K., (ed.s), 177-188.
  • Hollings, P. and Wyman, D., 2004. The Geochemistry of Trace Elements in Igneous Systems: Principles and Examples from Basaltic Systems. In Linnen, R., and Samson, I. (Eds), Rare Element Geochemistry and Ore Deposits, Geological Association of Canada Short Course Notes, Volume 17, 1-24.
  • Wyman, D.A., 2003, Upper mantle processes beneath the 2.7 Ga Abitibi belt, Canada: a trace element perspective. Precambrian Research v. 127, p.143-165.
  • Wyman, D.A., and Kerrich, R., 2002, Formation of Archean Continental Lithospheric Roots: the Role of Mantle Plumes, Geology v. 30, p. 543-546.
  • Wyman, D.A., Kerrich, R. and Polat, A., 2002, Assembly of Archean Cratonic Mantle Lithosphere and Crust: Plume-Arc Interaction in the Abitibi-Wawa Subduction-Accretion Complex, Precambrian Research Precambrian Research v. 115 p. 37–62.
  • Barley, M.E., Rak, P., and Wyman, D., 2002, Tectonic controls on magmatic-hydrothermal gold mineralization in the magmatic arcs of Southeast Asia. In Blundell, D.J., Neubauer, F., and von Quadt, A., (eds.) The Timinng and Location of Major Ore Deposits in an Evolving Orogen, Geological Society of London Special Publication 204, 39-47.
  • Wyman, D.A., 2001, Mantle plume – subduction zone interaction: A major late Archaean crustal growth process. in Cassidy et al (eds.) 4th International Archaean Symposium 2001, AGSO – Geoscience Australia Record 2001/37, 211-213.
  • Wyman, D.A., 2000, High-precision exploration geochemistry: applications for volcanogenic massive sulphide exploration, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences v. 47, p. 861-871.
  • Wyman, D.A., Ayer, J. and Devaney, J. R., 2000, Niobium-enriched basalts from the Wabigoon subprovince, Canada: evidence for adakitic metasomatism above an Archean subduction zone. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 179, p. 21-30.
  • Hollings, P., Stott, G. and Wyman, D., 2000, Trace element geochemistry of the Meen-Dempster greenstone belt, Uchi Subprovince, Superior Province, Canada: back arc development on the margins of an Archean protocontinent. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 37, p. 1021-1038.
  • Wyman, D.A., 1999, Paleoproterozoic boninites in an ophiolite-like setting, Trans-Hudson orogen, Canada. Geology v. 27, p. 455-458.
  • Wyman, D.A., 1999, A. 2.7 Ga depleted tholeiite suite: evidence of plume-arc interaction in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt, Canada. Precambrian Research v. 97, p. 27-42.
  • Wyman, D.A., Kerrich, R., and Groves, D.I., 1999, Lode Gold Deposits and Archean Mantle Plume – Island Arc Interaction, Abitibi Subprovince, Canada. Journal of Geology v. 107, p. 715-725.
  • Hollings, P. and Wyman, D.A., 1999, Trace Element and Sm-Nd isotope systematics of volcanic and intrusive rocks from the 3 Ga Lumby Lake greenstone belt, Superior Province: evidence for Archean plume-arc interaction. Lithos v. 46, p. 189-213.
  • Hollings, P., Wyman, D.A., and Kerrich, R., 1999, Komatiite - basalt - rhyolite volcanic associations in Northern Superior Province greenstone belts: Significance of plume-arc interaction in the generation of the proto continental Superior Province. Lithos v. 46, p. 137-161.
  • Kerrich, R., Wyman, D.A., Hollings, P. and POLAT, A., 1999, Variability of Nb/U and Th/La in 3.0 to 2.7 Ga Superior Province ocean plateau basalts: implications for the timing of continental growth and lithosphere recycling, Earth and Planetary Science Letters v. 168, p. 101-115.
  • Kerrich, R., Polat, A., Wyman, D.A., and P. Hollings, 1999, Trace element systematics of Mg-, to Fe- tholeiitic basalt suites of the Superior Province: implications for Archean mantle reservoirs and greenstone belt genesis. Lithos v. 46, p. 163-167.
  • Polat, A., Kerrich, R., and Wyman, D.A., 1999, Geochemical diversity in oceanic komatiites and basalts from the late Archean Wawa greenstone belts, Superior Province, Canada: trace element and Nd-isotopic evidence for a heterogeneous mantle. Precambrian Research v. 94, p. 139-173.
  • Kerrich, R., Wyman, D., Polat, A., Hollings, P., 1999. An evaluation of hypothesis for the mechanisms and timing of Archean continenal growth based on new trace element data for the Superior Province. Pan Lithoprobe Meeting, October, 1999. Lithoprobe Report #75, p. 132-138..
  • Wyman, D.A., and Hollings, P., 1998, Long-lived mantle-plume influence on an Archean protocontinent: Geochemical evidence from the 3 Ga Lumby Lake greenstone belt. Geology v. 26, p. 719-722.
  • Kerrich, R., Wyman, D.A., Fan, J. and Bleeker, W., 1998, Boninite Series - Low Ti-tholeiite associations from the 2.7 Ga Abitibi Greenstone belt. Earth and Planetary Science Letters v. 164, p. 303-316.
  • Polat, A., Kerrich, R., and Wyman, D.A, 1998, The late Archean Schreiber-Hemlo and White River-Dayohessarah greenstone belts, Superior Province: collages of oceanic plateaus, oceanic arcs, and subduction-accretion complexes. Tectonophysics v. 289, p. 295-326.
  • Kerrich, R. and Wyman, D.A, 1996, A Review of Developments in Trace Element Fingerprinting of Geodynamic Settings and Their Implications for Mineral Exploration. Special Volume of the Australian Journal of Earth Sciences v. 44, p. 465-488.
  • Wyman, D.A., Kerrich, R., and Sun, M., 1995, Noble metal abundances of late-Archean (2.7 Ga) accretion-related shoshonitic lamprophyres, Superior Province, Canada. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta v. 59, p.47-57.
  • Kerrich, R.., and Wyman, D.A, 1994, The mesothermal gold-lamprophyre association: Significance for an accretionary geodynamic setting, supercontinent cycles, and metallogenic processes. Mineralogy and Petrology v. 51, p.147–172.
  • Wyman, D.A, and Kerrich, R., 1993, Archean shoshonitic lamprophyres of the Abitibi Subprovince, Canada: Petrogenesis, age, and tectonic setting. Journal of Petrology v.34, p. 1067-1109.
  • Kerrich, R., and Wyman, D.A, 1990, The geodynamic setting of mesothermal gold deposits: An association with accretionary tectonic regimes. Geology v. 18, p.882-885.
  • Wyman, D.A, and Kerrich, R., 1989, Archean shoshonitic lamprophyres of the Superior Province, Canada: Distribution, petrology, and geochemical characteristics. Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 94B, p.4667-4696.
  • Wyman, D.A, and Kerrich, R., 1989, Archean shoshonitic lamprophyres associated with Superior Province gold deposits: Distribution, tectonic setting, noble metal abundances, and significance for gold mineralization. Economic Geology Monograph 6, p.651-667.

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