Tobermory Mackay-Champion

Toby will investigate the geodynamic and thermodynamic processes of Cu-Co ore body formation in the Katanga Basin, Central Africa as part of the NERC Copper Basin Exploration Science (CuBES) team. CuBES will determine the crustal framework of the Katanga basin by conducting passive seismic experiments along a profile of the basin in Zambia. These geophysical data will be used in tandem with structural field observations, metamorphic petrology and U-Pb geochronology to formulate an integrated and coherent process-driven evolution of the Katanga Basin and its Cu-Co pathways and ore bodies.