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Biography
Ray is an Emeritus Professor in the School of Geosciences, Monash University, and a Visiting Professor at CODES, University of Tasmania.
Ray's research interests are:
- Physical Volcanology
- Clastic sedimentology
- Dynamic processes in modern and ancient volcanic and volcano-sedimentary systems
- Collaborative industry research
Ray Cas is an Emeritus Professor in the School of Geosciences at Monash University, and a Visiting Professor at CODES, University of Tasmania. He is internationally well known in the field of physical volcanology, including understanding explosive and effusive eruption processes, transportation and dispersal processes of erupted products, the hazards posed by volcanic eruptions, and the natural resources that are produced by volcanoes.
He and his research team of postdoctoral research fellows and research students undertake research in many modern volcanic provinces overseas, including Japan, New Zealand, Italy, Canary Islands (Spain, in the Atlantic Ocean), Azores Islands (Portugal, in the mid-Atlantic Ocean), the Andes (northwest Argentina), as well as the still active Newer Volcanics Province of Western Victoria and South Australia.
In addition, the Monash Volcanology Research Group (MONVOLC), undertakes collaborative research with the mining industry, helping companies to develop a better understanding of the origin and characteristics of the volcanic host rock successions to a variety of mineral deposits, including gold, nickel, base metals (Cu, Pb, Zn) and diamonds. This research has involved fieldwork all over Australia, Canada, South Africa and Botswana.
Ray presents an annual week-long industry shortcourse on volcanic processes, titled 'Volcanic Processes, Products, Successions and Resources'. This course has been presented annually in Australia since 1982, and has also been presented by invitation overseas in Spain, Croatia, Slovenia, Canada, and Brazil. Over 1,000 geoscientists and research students have taken this course.
Ray is President of the International Association for Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI), the major international learned society for volcanology, for a 4-year term from 2011 - 2015. He regularly speaks publically and gives media interviews on all aspects related to volcanology.
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Projects
- 13 Finished
Infrared and Raman Microspectoscopic Equipment for Biomolecular and Nanostructural Analysis
McNaughton, D., Barrow, C., Cas, R., Chen, Y., Fox, B., Henderson, L., Vongsvivut, J. & Wood, B.
Australian Research Council (ARC)
1/01/12 → 31/12/12
Project: Research
Prospectivity of late Archean basaltic and gabbroic rocks associated with major gold and base-metal deposits
Cas, R., Amelin, Y., Campbell, I., Weinberg, R., Bleeker, W. & Wingate, M.
Australian Research Council (ARC), Silverlake Resources Limited, St Ives Gold Mining Company Pty Ltd, Jabiru Metals Limited, Agnew Gold Mining Company, Geological Survey of Western Australia
1/07/11 → 31/12/16
Project: Research
Understanding the stratigraphic and structural architecture of late Archean basins and the context of their gold deposits
Cas, R., Campbell, I. & Spaggiari, C.
Australian Research Council (ARC), Gold Fields Limited, Geological Survey of Western Australia, Monash University
9/12/08 → 12/12/11
Project: Research
A new X-ray spectrometer facility for the Victorian Institutes of Earth and Planetary Sciences (VIEPS): major and trace element characterisation of geological materials
Nicholls, I., Buick, I., Cas, R., Hergt, J., Wallace, M. & Woodhead, J. D.
Australian Research Council (ARC), Monash University
27/03/06 → 31/12/06
Project: Research
The eruption, emplacement and characteristics of extremely large volume pyroclastic flow deposits (ignimbrites).
Cas, R., Cashman, K., Giordano, G., Roche, O., Viramonte, J. & de Silva, S.
Australian Research Council (ARC), Monash University
1/03/06 → 31/12/09
Project: Research
Research Output
Complex evolution of volcanic arcs: The lithofacies and palaeogeography of the Cambrian Stavely Arc, Delamerian Fold Belt, Western Victoria
Bowman, N. H., van Otterloo, J., Cairns, C. P., Taylor, D. H. & Cas, R. A. F., 15 Mar 2019, In : Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 373, p. 120-132 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Citations
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Emplacement origins of coarsely-crystalline mafic rocks hosted in greenstone belts: Examples from the 2.7 Ga Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia
Hayman, P. C., Cas, R. A. F., Squire, R. J., Campbell, I. A., Chen, M. & Doutch, D., 1 May 2019, In : Precambrian Research. 324, p. 236-252 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
IAVCEI: From small beginnings to a vibrant international association
Cas, R., 16 Apr 2019, In : History of Geo- and Space Sciences. 10, 1, p. 181-191 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
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A preliminary report on new Ediacaran fossils from Iran
Vickers-Rich, P., Soleimani, S., Farjandi, F., Zand, M., Linnemann, U., Hofmann, M., Wilson, S. A., Cas, R. & Rich, T. H., 2018, In : Alcheringa. 42, 2, p. 230-243 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Why deep-water eruptions are so different from subaerial eruptions
Cas, R. A. F. & Simmons, J., 20 Nov 2018, In : Frontiers in Earth Science. 6, 21 p., 198.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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