Liam Courtney-Davies

School of Mechanical Engineering

Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences

Combining geochronology, minor to trace element geochemistry and mineralogy at micron-to-atomic scales of observation, to investigate the evolution of Earth’s crust, with particular interest in:
• Characterisation of mineral geochronometers down to the nanoscale and their roles as pathfinders to economic mineralization
• Geochronology: defining high-precision timescales of magmatic-hydrothermal ore deposits
• Synthesis and characterization of U-Pb reference materials for in-situ geochronology
• Analytical method development, principally for ID-TIMS, SIMS and LA-ICP-MS dating of iron oxides

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Combining geochronology, minor to trace element geochemistry and mineralogy at micron-to-atomic scales of observation, to investigate the evolution of Earth’s crust, with particular interest in:

Characterisation of mineral geochronometers down to the nanoscale and their roles as pathfinders to economic mineralization
Geochronology: defining high-precision timescales of magmatic-hydrothermal ore deposits
Synthesis and characterization of U-Pb reference materials for in-situ geochronology
Analytical method development, principally for ID-TIMS, SIMS and LA-ICP-MS dating of iron oxides

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Education

Date Institution name Country Title
— University of Adelaide Australia PhD
— Royal Holloway University of London United Kingdom MSci

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
—	University of Adelaide	Australia	PhD
—	Royal Holloway University of London	United Kingdom	MSci

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Journals

Year	Citation
2020	Verdugo-Ihl, M., Ciobanu, C., Cook, N., Ehrig, K., & Courtney-Davies, L. (2020). Defining early stages of IOCG systems: evidence from iron oxides in the outer shell of the Olympic Dam deposit, South Australia. Mineralium Deposita, 55(3), 429-452. DOI Scopus4 WoS6
2020	Courtney-Davies, L., Ciobanu, C., Verdugo Ihl, M., Cook, N., Ehrig, K., Wade, B., . . . Kamenetsky, V. (2020). ~1760 Ma magnetite-bearing protoliths in the Olympic Dam deposit, South Australia: implications for ore genesis and regional metallogeny. Ore Geology Reviews, 118, 1-13. DOI
2020	Domnick, U., Cook, N., Ciobanu, C., Wade, B., Courtney-Davies, L., & Bluck, R. (2020). A mineralisation age for the sediment-hosted blackbush uranium prospect, north-eastern eyre peninsula, South Australia. Minerals, 10(2), 1-19. DOI
2020	Verdugo Ihl, M. R., Ciobanu, C. L., Cook, N. J., Ehrig, K., Slattery, A., & Courtney-Davies, L. (2020). Trace element remobilisation from W-Sn-U-Pb zoned hematite: Nanoscale insights into a mineral geochronometer behaviour during interaction with fluids. Mineralogical Magazine. DOI
2019	Verdugo Ihl, M., Ciobanu, C. L., Slattery, A., Cook, N. J., Ehrig, K., & Courtney-Davies, L. (2019). Copper-arsenic Nanoparticles in hematite: fingerprinting fluid-mineral interaction. Minerals, 9(7), 1-21. DOI Scopus2 WoS2
2019	Ciobanu, C. L., Verdugo-Ihl, M. R., Slattery, A., Cook, N. J., Ehrig, K., Courtney-Davies, L., & Wade, B. (2019). Silician Magnetite: Si–Fe-nanoprecipitates and other mineral inclusions in magnetite from the Olympic Dam deposit, South Australia. Minerals, 9(5), 1-35. DOI Scopus12 WoS12
2019	Courtney-Davies, L., Ciobanu, C. L., Verdugo Ihl, M., Slattery, A., Cook, N. J., Dmitrijeva, M., . . . Kontonikas-Charos, A. (2019). Zircon at the nanoscale records metasomatic processes leading to large magmatic-hydrothermal ore systems. Minerals, 9(6), 364-1-364-34. DOI Scopus7 WoS6
2019	Courtney-Davies, L., Ciobanu, C., Verdugo-Ihl, M., Dmitrijeva, M., Cook, N., Ehrig, K., & Wade, B. (2019). Hematite geochemistry and geochronology resolve genetic and temporal links among iron-oxide copper gold systems, Olympic Dam district, South Australia. Precambrian Research, 335, 105480-1-105480-19. DOI Scopus3 WoS4
2019	Netting, A., Wade, B., Verdugo Ihl, M., Courtney-Davies, L., Ciobanu, C., Cook, N., . . . Neubauer, K. (2019). A Multi-platform Microanalysis Approach to Unravelling Geological Problems: a Case Study from Olympic Dam South Australia. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 25(2), 2432-2433. DOI
2019	Keyser, W., Ciobanu, C., Cook, N., Dmitrijeva, M., Courtney-Davies, L., Feltus, H., . . . Ehrig, K. (2019). Iron-oxides constrain BIF evolution in terranes with protracted geological histories: the Iron Count prospect, Middleback Ranges, South Australia. Lithos, 324-325, 20-38. DOI Scopus6 WoS6
2019	Keyser, W., Ciobanu, C., Cook, N., Courtney-Davies, L., Kennedy, A., Wade, B., . . . Johnson, G. (2019). Petrographic and geochronological constraints on the granitic basement to the Middleback Ranges, South Australia. Precambrian Research, 324, 170-193. DOI Scopus4 WoS4
2019	Courtney-Davies, L., Ciobanu, C., Richardson, M., Prosser, N., Verdugo-Ihl, M., Wade, B., . . . Cook, N. (2019). Synthesis of U-Pb doped hematite using a hydrated ferric oxide approach. Journal of Crystal Growth, 513, 48-57. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2019	Courtney-Davies, L., Tapster, S., Ciobanu, C., Cook, N., Verdugo-Ihl, M., Ehrig, K., . . . Wade, B. (2019). A multi-technique evaluation of hydrothermal hematite U—Pb isotope systematics: implications for ore deposit geochronology. Chemical Geology, 513, 54-72. DOI Scopus15 WoS17
2017	Verdugo-Ihl, M., Ciobanu, C., Cook, N., Ehrig, K., Courtney-Davies, L., & Gilbert, S. (2017). Textures and U-W-Sn-Mo signatures in hematite from the Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit, South Australia: Defining the archetype for IOCG deposits. Ore Geology Reviews, 91, 173-195. DOI Scopus23 WoS26
2017	Cook, N., Ciobanu, C., Ehrig, K., Slattery, A., Verdugo-Ihl, M., Courtney-Davies, L., & Gao, W. (2017). Advances and opportunities in ore mineralogy. Minerals, 7(12), 1-24. DOI Scopus24 WoS24
2016	Courtney-Davies, L., Zhu, Z., Ciobanu, C., Wade, B., Cook, N., Ehrig, K., . . . Kennedy, A. (2016). Matrix-matched iron-oxide laser ablation ICP-MS U-Pb geochronology using mixed solution standards. Minerals, 6(3), 17 pages. DOI Scopus27 WoS30

Conference Papers

Year	Citation
2017	Verdugo-Ihl, M. R., Ciobanu, C. L., Cook, N. J., Courtney-Davies, L., Ehrig, K. J., & Gilbert, S. (2017). Trace element signatures in U-W-Sn-Mo zoned hematite from the IOCG deposit at Olympic Dam, South Australia. In P. MercierLangevin, B. Dube, M. Bardoux, P. Ross, & C. Dion (Eds.), MINERAL RESOURCES TO DISCOVER, VOLS 1-4 (pp. 967-970). Quebec City, CANADA: SOC GEOLOGY APPLIED MINERAL DEPOSITS-SGA. WoS3
2017	Keyser, W. M., Ciobanu, C. L., Cook, N. J., Courtney-Davies, L., Ehrig, K., Gilbert, S., & McPhie, J. (2017). Links between sedimentary protoliths and IOCG-skarn alteration, Island Dam, South Australia. In P. MercierLangevin, B. Dube, M. Bardoux, P. Ross, & C. Dion (Eds.), MINERAL RESOURCES TO DISCOVER, VOLS 1-4 (pp. 935-938). Quebec City, CANADA: SOC GEOLOGY APPLIED MINERAL DEPOSITS-SGA. WoS5

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2017

Verdugo-Ihl, M. R., Ciobanu, C. L., Cook, N. J., Courtney-Davies, L., Ehrig, K. J., & Gilbert, S. (2017). Trace element signatures in U-W-Sn-Mo zoned hematite from the IOCG deposit at Olympic Dam, South Australia. In P. MercierLangevin, B. Dube, M. Bardoux, P. Ross, & C. Dion (Eds.), MINERAL RESOURCES TO DISCOVER, VOLS 1-4 (pp. 967-970). Quebec City, CANADA: SOC GEOLOGY APPLIED MINERAL DEPOSITS-SGA.
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2017

Keyser, W. M., Ciobanu, C. L., Cook, N. J., Courtney-Davies, L., Ehrig, K., Gilbert, S., & McPhie, J. (2017). Links between sedimentary protoliths and IOCG-skarn alteration, Island Dam, South Australia. In P. MercierLangevin, B. Dube, M. Bardoux, P. Ross, & C. Dion (Eds.), MINERAL RESOURCES TO DISCOVER, VOLS 1-4 (pp. 935-938). Quebec City, CANADA: SOC GEOLOGY APPLIED MINERAL DEPOSITS-SGA.
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Email: liam.courtney-davies@adelaide.edu.au

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