Biography
Julian Menuge is a Senior Lecturer in UCD School of Earth Sciences and is an iCRAG funded investigator in Spoke 1 Minerals. His research interests cover the geochemistry of ore deposits and within iCRAG include the origin and detection of Irish-type carbonate-hosted zinc-lead orebodies and the processes that lead to rare metal enrichment in pegmatites. These questions are tackled through a variety of imaging, geochemical and isotope geochemical methods which utilize many of the facilities of Platform 1 (NCIG), in collaboration with mining and mineral exploration companies including Boliden and Blackstairs Lithium as well as other Spoke 1 researchers.
Active iCRAG projects:
- Origin and discovery of Irish-type orebodies: new isotopic methods - Dr Steve Hollis
- Hydrothermal fluid flow in Irish Zn-Pb deposits: a Zn-Cu-S isotope and clumped isotope approach - Aileen Doran
- Origin of SEDEX-Style Mineralisation in the UDL (Lucan Formation) Hanging Wall Rocks at Navan – a New Lithogeochemical Exploration Tool? Dr Lola Yesares
- Rare element enrichment processes in LCT pegmatites and implications for geochemical exploration - David Kaeter
Role
- Funded Investigator
Institution
- UCD
Research Area
- Supply of Raw Materials
Expertise
- Zinc-Lead Mining, Mineral Exploration, Economic Geology, Mineralogy , Chemical Vectoring, Pb Isotopic Analysis, Sulphide
