Dr.
Joseph Michael Magnall
Building
B,
Room
125 (Büro)
Telegrafenberg
14473
Potsdam
Research Interests:
My research is primarily focused on the genesis and paleoenvironmental significance of basin hosted mineral systems and the development of exploration models for future critical mineral resources. Specific aspects include:
- The temporal and spatial distribution of sediment hosted ore deposits within the geological record, from a geodynamic to more regional perspective.
- The parameters that control the formation of the high-grade systems.
- Geochemical footprint of mineral system processes.
This involves using a wide range of petrographic and geochemical datasets:
- Petrographic techniques (transmitted & reflected light microscopy, cathodoluminescence, scanning electron microscopy)
- Fluid inclusion analysis (microthermometry & LA-ICP-MS)
- Whole rock lithogeochemistry & XRD
- Stable (S, C, O, Mo) and radiogenic (Sr) isotopes
- Mineral chemistry (EPMA, LA-ICP-MS)
- Fe speciation
Career:
2022-present – Senior scientist & Group Leader (basin-hosted mineral systems), GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Germany
2015-2022 – Postdoctoral Researcher, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Germany
Education:
2015-present – Postdoctoral Researcher, GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Germany
2011-2015 – PhD, Economic Geology, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
2011-2015 – PhD, Economic Geology, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
2010-11 – MSc, Geochemistry, School of Earth and Environment, Leeds University, England
2006-2009 – BSc, Environmental Geology, School of Earth and Environment, Leeds University, England
Projects:
My working group mainly contributes to Topic 8 (Georesources) and I am also currently involved in two third party funded projects:
1) EU research project VECTOR: co-leading work package 2 on ‘Geoscience Vectors’ towards hidden ore deposits in sedimentary rocks in the Irish Midlands and the Kupferschiefer (Spremberg, eastern Germany).
2) The DFG-Priority Program DOME (Dynamics of Ore Metal Enrichment): research project (PhD) focused on reconstructing metal trap systematics in Zn CD-type deposits using multiple sulfur isotopes.
Research Boards and Committees:
Student Research Grant committee, Society of Economic Geologists (2022 - open)Awards:
2023 - Society of Economic Geologists Waldemar Lindgren Award