Gan Duan

Postdoctoral Fellow in Geochemistry

I am a geochemist working on fluid/gas rock reactions under different conditions. My research interests include the fluid-rock interactions of diagenesis, hydrothermal ore-forming processes and crustal metasomatism, pressure effect on the re-equilibrium of carbonate mineral fluid systems, thermodynamic modelling of fluid-rock reactions. During my research journey, I have worked on several commercial and scientific projects involving the characterization of alteration minerals as an indicator of deep buried ore deposits, exploring the potential effects of pore fluid pressure on mechanisms for leaching and remobilizing of elements of carbonate minerals, and investigating the effect of halides in the feldspar albitization process.

Currently, with the Deep Earth Imaging Future Science Platform, I am working on the underground storage of hydrogen and understanding the mechanisms that drive natural hydrogen genesis.

Technical skills

  • Familiar with different thermodynamic modelling software tools, such as Geochemist’s Workbench, HCh and GEM-selector
  • Experience in high-end microstructure and chemical characterization, such as SEM, TEM, XRD, EMPA, Nano-SIMS, cathodoluminescence microscope
  • Experience with python for data processing
  • Ability to learn and apply new skills

Professional experience

December 2021 – Present
Postdoctoral Fellow: CSIRO Deep Earth Imaging Future Science Platform

July 2021 – December 2021
Postdoctoral Fellow, Monash University, Clayton

Education

Ph.D Geochemistry
Monash University, Australia (2021)

MS Economic Geology
Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry/China Academy of Sciences, China (2017)

BS Mineral Resources
China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), China (2014)

Selected publications

Duan, G., Wu, C., Baker, M.J., Qi, J., Xu, C. and Zhang, L., 2022. Evolution and genesis of hydrothermal fluids for the Cretaceous Dongnan Cu deposit, Zijinshan ore district (SE China). Ore Geology Reviews, p.104844

Duan, G., Guan, Q., Ram, R., Etschmann, B. and Brugger, J., 2022. Goldilocks effect of fluorine and chlorine in albitisation. Chemical Geology, p.120728

Duan, G., Ram, R., Xing, Y., Etschmann, B. and Brugger, J., 2021. Kinetically driven successive sodic and potassic alteration of feldspar. Nature Communications, 12(1), pp.1-8

Duan, G., Brugger, J., Etschmann, B., Ram, R., Frierdich, A. and Micklethwaite, S., 2021. Formation of Mg-carbonates and Mg-hydroxides via calcite replacement controlled by fluid pressure. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 176(1), pp.1-14.

Ram, R., Owen, N.D., Pownceby, M.I., Duan, G., Ehrig, K., Etschmann, B., Guagliardo, P., Torpy, A. and Brugger, J., 2021. Localised solution environments drive radionuclide fractionation in uraninite. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 412, p.125192.

Duan, G., Chen, H., Hollings, P., Qi, J., Xu, C., Zhang, S., Xiao, B., Liu, G. and Liu, J., 2017. The Mesozoic magmatic sources and tectonic setting of the Zijinshan mineral field, South China: Constraints from geochronology and geochemistry of igneous rocks in the Southeastern Ore Segment. Ore Geology Reviews, 80, pp.800-827.

Xu, C., Chen, H., Huang, W., Qi, J., Duan, G., Zhang, L., Wu, C., Zhang, S. and Zhong, W., 2017. Mesozoic multiphase magmatism at the Xinan Cu–Mo ore deposit (Zijinshan Orefield): Geodynamic setting and metallogenic implications. Ore Geology Reviews, 88, pp.768-790.