Dr Miryam Glikson
BSc Jerusalem, MSc Jerusalem, PhD ANU
Basinal Thermal History Organic Petrology and Geochemistry
Principal research interests:
Organic petrology.
Relationship between organic matter and minerals.
Role of hydrocarbons in the formation of sediment-hosted ore deposits. Petroleum
source rock evaluation.
Reconstruction of basinal thermal history.
Coal
characterisation relevant to coalbed methane, spontaneous combustion,
dust and gas explosibility.
Application of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to organic matter
characterization and mineral-organic associations.
Current Projects
Thermal history of the northern and central Mount Isa Basin.
The role of organic matter in general, and hydrocarbons in particular, in ore-grade mineralisation in Mount Isa Basin.
Organic matter - mineral associations and thermal processes in Archaean sediments,
Hamersley Basin, Western Australia.
Petroleum prospects in Papuan Fold Belt, Western PNG.
Coal characterisation for coalbed methane evaluations.
Room
229, Steele Building
Tel: +61 7 3365 2819
Fax: +61 7 3365 1277
E-mail: Miryam Glikson
