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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.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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Exploration targeting from next-generation volcanic facies reconstruction
Carey, R., Cas, R., Cooke, D. R., Meffre, S., Barker, S., Bull, K. & Rowland, J.
29/04/20 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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Infrared and Raman Microspectoscopic Equipment for Biomolecular and Nanostructural Analysis
McNaughton, D., Barrow, C., Cas, R., Chen, Y., Fox, B., Henderson, L. A., Vongsvivut, J. & Wood, B.
Australian Research Council (ARC)
1/01/12 → 31/12/12
Project: Research
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Prospectivity of late Archean basaltic and gabbroic rocks associated with major gold and base-metal deposits
Cas, R., Amelin, Y. V., Campbell, I., Weinberg, R., Bleeker, W. & Wingate, M.
Australian Research Council (ARC), Silver lake Resources Limited, St Ives Gold Mining Company Pty Ltd, Round Oak Jaguar Pty Ltd, Agnew Gold Mining Company, Geological Survey of Western Australia
1/07/11 → 31/12/16
Project: Research
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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), St Ives Gold Mining Company Pty Ltd, Geological Survey of Western Australia, Monash University
9/12/08 → 12/12/11
Project: Research
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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
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Atmospheric and hydrothermal sulfur isotope signatures recorded in Neoarchean deep marine sedimentary pyrites from the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia
Chen, M., Campbell, I. H., Ávila, J. N., Tian, W., Hayman, P. C., Cas, R. A. F. & Ireland, T. R., 1 Apr 2022, In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 322, p. 170-193 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
Tenerife, a complex end member of basaltic oceanic island volcanoes, with explosive polygenetic phonolitic calderas, and phonolitic-basaltic stratovolcanoes
Cas, R. A. F., Wolff, J. A., Martí, J., Olin, P. H., Edgar, C. J., Pittari, A. & Simmons, J. M., Jul 2022, In: Earth-Science Reviews. 230, 45 p., 103990.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
12 Citations (Scopus) -
The centenary of IAVCEI 1919–2019 and beyond: origins and evolution of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior
Cas, R. A. F., Feb 2022, In: Bulletin of Volcanology. 84, 2, 31 p., 15.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Other
Open Access6 Citations (Scopus) -
Classification of ignimbrites and their eruptions
Giordano, G. & Cas, R. A. F., Sept 2021, In: Earth-Science Reviews. 220, 15 p., 103697.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
52 Citations (Scopus) -
Differentiated Archean Dolerites: Igneous and Emplacement Processes that Enhance Prospectivity for Orogenic Gold
Hayman, P. C., Campbell, I. H., Cas, R. A. F., Squire, R. J., Doutch, D. & Outhwaite, M., Dec 2021, In: Economic Geology. 116, 8, p. 1949-1980 32 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
3 Citations (Scopus)