PhD student - Vincent Carboni
Basic Aims
Faults play a crucial role in the formation and the structure of Irish Carboniferous mineral deposits, acting as both the main conduits for sourcing mineralising fluids and forming the main bounding structures to the deposits. This project will investigate both the geometry and kinematics of faulting and the structural history of the newly discovered Lisheen mineral deposit. Detailed mapping, measurement and analysis of faults and related structures exposed in underground mine excavations will be complemented by computer-assisted 3-D analysis and modelling of borehole and laboratory data. The project aims to provide improved constraints on fault kinematics and on fault-controlled mineralisation.