Dr Ignacio Gonzalez-Alvarez
Principal Geochemist
Contact details:
- +61864368687
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PO BOX 1130
BENTLEY WA 6102 AUSTRALIA
Biography
Ignacio is Spanish born and he is Principal Geochemist at CSIRO in Australia. He completed his BSc and MSc specializing in stratigraphy and sedimentary basins analysis. His PhD focussed on the geochemical characterization of sedimentary packages.
Ignacio has conducted geological research and mineral exploration projects on five continents, including countries such as Canada, USA, Papua New Guinea, Australia, China, India, Spain, Norway, Poland, South Africa, Congo and Brazil.
Ignacio’s work at CSIRO involves the coordination of a diverse portfolio of multi-disciplinary and data integration projects in different regions within Australia. At present, his main research is focussed on various aspects related to landscape evolution (climate, erosion, geochemistry), Geochemistry of sedimentary systems, mineral exploration and trace element mobility in the earth’s crust.
In the last 15 years, Ignacio has focussed on studying landscape evolution, geochemical dispersion processes within the cover and the applicability of this to the detection of distal footprints of ore deposits as a mineral exploration tool.
Ignacio is a panel member of several diverse non-profit organizations that promote Earth Sciences, an adjunct Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia, and has a broad experience as Associate Editor of several International Journals such as Ore Geology Reviews, Frontiers for Earth Sciences and Minerals.
Professional Areas
- Trace element mobility in the continental crust (with special emphasis on sedimentary sequences and weathering profiles)
- Weathering processes and landscape evolution
- Mineral exploration (greenfields exploration, under cover, regolith-dominated terrains and large-scale knowledge-driven prospectivity analysis)
- Hydrothermal systems
- Geoarchaeology
Current Roles
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Project Leader, 2019-present
Landscape evolution in the Gawler Craton -
Project Leader
Landscape Pattern recognition -
Project Leader, 2019-2020
Landscape Geochemistry and Gold Exploration in Forrestania -
Project Leader, 2018-2019
Gold Mineral Exploration in Forrestania, Western Australia -
Co-Reseracher, 2017-present
Landscape geochemistry in the Coompana Region, Nullarbor Plain, South Australia, -
Project Leader
AEM geological interpretation in DeGrussa, Capricorn Orogen, Western Australia -
Project Leader, 2016
Landscape Geochemistry in the Albany-Fraser -
Project Leader, 2015
Landscape Evolution and the DeGrussa Geochemical Footprint, Capricorn Orogen, Western Australia -
Project Leader
Greenfields Geochemical Mineral exploration in the Albany-Fraser, Western Australia -
Project Leader
The Doriri Creek Ni-PGE occurrence, Papua New Guinea -
Project Leader, 2014
Termitaria Geochemistry for Uranium Exploration in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia -
Project Leader, 2012-2013
Electromagnetics-regolith exploration in the Yilgarn Craton and Albany-Fraser -
Project Leader, 2012
Airborne electromagnetics and palaeochannel definition in the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia
Academic Qualifications
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BSc
University of Oviedo, Spain "Stratigraphy and Structural Geology" -
MSc
University of Oviedo, Spain "Sedimentology and Stratigraphy" -
PhD
University of Saskatchewan, Canada, "Sedimentary Geochemistry"
Professional Experiences
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2017-present
Principal Geochemist
CSIRO -
2016-2019
Sedimentary basins Team Leader
CSIRO, Australia -
2012-2015
Regolith Team Leader
CSIRO, Australia -
2010-2012
Research Scientist
CSIRO, Australia -
2009-2010
Senior Geologist
ABM Resources NL -
2008-2009
Assistant Professor
Centre for Exploration Targeting, University Western Australia -
2006-2008
Exploration Project Geologist
MERCATOR Gold
Other highlights
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2019-2020
Manager Guest Editor, Special Issue, Mineral Exploration Under Cover, Ore Geology Reviews, v. 104.
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2019-present
Associate Editor, The Frontiers in Earth Sciences in Economic Geology (IF: 2,689)
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2018-2019
Co-Manager Guest Editor, Special Issue, Geologic Remote Sensing, Ore Geology Reviews, v. 108
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2019-present
Member of the Advisory Panel of MDPI Science Open Journal
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2018-present
Expert panel member, European Union Research and Innovation
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2012-present
Associate Editor, Ore Geology Reviews (IF 5y: 3.499)
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2016-present
Associate Editor, Minerals (IF: 2.06)
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2010-present
Adjunct Research Fellow, Centre for Exploration Targeting, University of Western Australia
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2016-2016
Manager Guest Editor, Special Issue, Regolith in Ore Geology Reviews, v. 73P3
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2013-2013
Manager Guest Editor, Special Issue, Hydrothermal Nickel in Ore Geology Reviews, v. 52
Community and Corporate Citizenship
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2017-present
Chair of the Geological Association of Australia (Western Australia Division)
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2018-present
Committee Member of Australian Regolith Geoscientists Association (ARGA)
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2018-present
Committee Member, Geoconferences, Western Australia
