Dr. Clifford Patten

  • Institut für Angewandte Geowissenschaften -
    Abteilung Geochemie und Lagerstättenkunde

    KIT - Karlsruher Institut für Technologie,
    Campus Süd

    Adenauerring 20b, Gebäude 50.40
    76131 Karlsruhe

Research activities

The scope of my research is to better constrain the distribution and mobility of metals during the formation and evolution of the oceanic crust.

Important fluxes of metals occur during oceanic crust formation, alteration and, eventually, collision or subduction. These fluxes, when the conditions are appropriates, can lead to the formation of various type of hydrothermal ore deposits such as volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits. The source areas of the metals trapped in these deposits, however, are not well constrained and their investigation can provide important information on their genesis.

Publications since 2018
Author Title Source

Ahmad, Q., Patten, C.G.C., Kolb, J., Kilias, S.P., Lahaye, Y., Pitcairn, I.

GEOBONN 2018, 2–6 September 2018, Bonn, Germany, www.geobonn2018.de/assets/geobonn_2018_abstracts_12092018.pdf (2018)

Eiche, E., Slunitschek, K., Patten, C., Kolb, J.

GEOBONN 2018, 2–6 September 2018, Bonn, Germany, www.geobonn2018.de/assets/geobonn_2018_abstracts_12092018.pdf (2018)

Publications until 2017

Peer reviewed journals

 

Patten C., Pitcairn I.K. and Teagle D. (2017) Hydrothermal mobilisation of Au and other metals in supra-subduction oceanic crust: insight from the Troodos ophiolite. Ore Geology Reviews
Patten C., Pitcairn I.K., Teagle D., Harris M. (2016) Sulphide mineral paragenesis and metal mobility at IODP site 1256D: implications for the generation of metal-rich fluids in the oceanic crust. Geochimica and Cosmochimica Acta, v. 193, 132-159.  
Patten C., Pitcairn I.K., Teagle D., Harris M. (2016) Mobility of Au and related elements during the hydrothermal alteration of the oceanic crust: implications for the sources of metals in VMS deposits. Mineralium Deposita, v. 51, p. 179–200
Patten C., Barnes S.-J., Mathez E.A., Jenner F.E. (2013) Partition coefficients of chalcophile elements between sulfide and silicate melts and the early crystallization history of sulfide liquid: LA-ICP-MS analysis of MORB sulfide droplets. Chemical Geology, v. 358, p. 170-188
Patten C., Barnes S.-J., and Mathez E.A. (2012) Textural variations in MORB sulfide droplets due to differences in crystallization history. The Canadian Mineralogist, v. 50, p. 675-692

 

 Abstracts & Conference Proceedings

 

Patten C., Pitcairn I.K., Teagle D. (2016) Mobility of Au and other metals in supra-subduction zone oceanic crust: insight from the Troodos ophiolite. 26th Goldschmidt Conference, Yokohama, Japan.
Patten C., Pitcairn I.K., Teagle D., Harris M. (2015) Mobility of Au and related elements during the hydrothermal alteration of the oceanic crust: implications for the sources of metals in VMS deposits. 13thSGA Biennal Meetings, Nancy, France
Patten C., Pitcairn I.K., Teagle D., Harris M. (2014) Behaviour of Au, As, Sb, Se and Te during the hydrothermal alteration of the oceanic crust: a study case from IODP site 1256D. 38thMineral Deposits Studies Group, Southampton, United Kingdom
Patten C., and Pitcairn I.K. (2013) Behaviour of Au, As, Sb, Se and Te during the hydrothermal alteration of the oceanic crust: a study case from IODP site 1256D. 31th Nordic Geological Winter Meeting, Lund, Sweden
Patten C., Barnes S.-J. and Mathez, E.A. (2012) Siderophile and chalcophile elements distribution in MORB sulphide droplets: Determination of new sulphide melt-silicate melt partition coefficients and early sulphide crystallisation history. 12th International Ni-Cu-(PGE) Symposium, Guiyang, China
Patten C., Barnes S.-J. and Mathez, E.A. (2011) Concentration of chalcophile and siderophile elements in MORB sulphide droplets: New sulphide melt-silicate melt partition coefficients. GAC-MAC meeting, Ottawa, Canada
Patten C., Barnes, S.-J. and Mathez, E.A. (2011) Concentration of chalcophile and siderophile elements in MORB sulphide droplets: New sulphide melt-silicate melt partition coefficients. 21th Goldschmidt conference- Mineralogical Magasine Vol. 75(3), Praha, Czech Republic
Patten C., Barnes S.-J. and Mathez, E.A. (2010) Platinum-group elements and chalcophile elements content in sulphide droplets from MORB glass. 11th International Platinum Symposium, Sudbury, Canada