EXPLORATION

New tool for old rocks

RESEARCHERS are working on a fingerprinting tool that will delve deep into rock layers at a couple of Western Australia’s mineral hotspots to shine a light on some very old rocks.

 WA's Yilgarn Craton

WA's Yilgarn Craton

Curtin University researchers, led by Associate Professor Chris Kirkland and Professor Chris Elders from Curtin's School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, will use a recently secured $352,000 grant from...

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