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Bruce Yardley Prof Bruce Yardley

Professor of Metamorphic Geochemistry

Telephone number: +44(0) 113 34 35227
Email address: B.W.D.Yardley@leeds.ac.uk
Room: 9.114

Biography

Research

My research interests are in fluid processes in the Earth's crust, and span a wide range of topics including aspects of ore formation, diagenesis and prograde and retrograde metamorphism. I am particularly interested in chemical mass transfer by fluids and in the cycle of interactions between fluid flow, temperature, mineralogical reactions and the rheology of the crust. The techniques that my group employ include field and petrographic observations, rock and mineral analysis, fluid inclusion studies (including multi-element chemical analysis), experimental studies and geochemical modelling of fluid rock interaction. I am interested in exploiting results from the study of active processes today for the improved understanding of ancient flow regimes. My major research activity at the present time is in 3 areas. One, in collaboration with David Banks, is centred around an LA-ICP-MS laboratory for fluid inclusion analysis. We have installed an Agilent 7500c ICP-MS and a Geolas Q excimer laser system which has been optimised for laser ablation analysis of fluid inclusions in natural and synthetic quartz, although it is also used for other projects. Secondly, I am involved in research on the effect of the sequestration of CO2 into old oil or gas reservoirs and aquifers, in particular the interactions between gas, minerals and water. I have been part of the UK Carbon Capture and Storage Consortium, and have a new project, the CRIUS Consortium, with Cambridge, Manchester and BGS to investigate the kinetics of solution trapping. Thirdly, I have been collaborating with Prof Wilhelm Heinrich's group at GFZ Potsdam to investigate the kinetics of hydration reactions in crystalline crust.

Other Activities

I am a founding editor of the Blackwells journal "Geofluids" which was set up to disseminate ideas across the range of sub-disciplines in which Geofluids research is carried out.

Publications

  • Houston, S; Smalley, C; Laycock, A; Yardley, BWD (2011) The relative importance of buffering and brine inputs in controlling the abundance of Na and Ca in sedimentary formation waters, MAR PETROL GEOL, 28, pp.1242-1251. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2011.03.002
  • Allan, MM; Turner, A; Yardley, BWD (2011) Relation between the dissolution rates of single minerals and reservoir rocks in acidified pore waters, APPL GEOCHEM, 26, pp.1289-1301. doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.05.002
  • Allan, MM; Morrison, GW; Yardley, BWD (2011) Physicochemical Evolution of a Porphyry-Breccia System: A Laser Ablation ICP-MS Study of Fluid Inclusions in the Mount Leyshon Au Deposit, Queensland, Australia, ECON GEOL, 106, pp.413-436.
  • Yardley, BWD; Harlov, DE; Heinrich, W (2010) Rates of retrograde metamorphism and their implications for crustal rheology, GEOFLUIDS, 10, pp.234-240. doi:10.1111/j.1468-8123.2010.00286.x
  • Garven, G; Manning, CE; Yardley, BWD (2010) Frontiers in geofluids: editorial, GEOFLUIDS, 10, pp.1-2. doi:10.1111/j.1468-8123.2010.00290.x
  • Yardley, BWD (2009) The role of water in the evolution of the continental crust, J GEOL SOC LONDON, 166, pp.585-600. doi:10.1144/0016-76492008-101
  • Masoudi, F; Mehrabi, B; Aghdam, MR; Yardley, BWD (2009) The nature of fluids during pegmatite development in metamorphic terrains: Evidence from Hamadan complex, Sanandaj-Sirjan metamorphic zone, Iran, J GEOL SOC INDIA, 73, pp.407-418. doi:10.1007/s12594-009-0020-1
  • Heijlen, W; Banks, DA; Muchez, P; Stensgard, BM; Yardley, BWD (2008) The Nature of Mineralizing Fluids of the Kipushi Zn-Cu Deposit, Katanga, Democratic Repubic of Congo: Quantitative Fluid Inclusion Analysis using Laser Ablation ICP-MS and Bulk Crush-Leach Methods, ECON GEOL, 103, pp.1459-1482.
  • Smith, A; Yardley, B (2008) The origin of the musical stones of Skiddaw, Proceedings Cumberland Geological Society, 7, pp.285-295.
  • Neumayr, P; Hagemann, SG; Banks, DA; Yardley, BWD; Couture, JF; Landis, GP; Rye, R (2007) Fluid chemistry and evolution of hydrothermal fluids in an Archaean transcrustal fault zone network: the case of the Cadillac Tectonic Zone, Abitibi greenstone belt, Canada, CAN J EARTH SCI, 44, pp.745-773. doi:10.1139/E06-130
  • Allan, MM; Yardley, BWD (2007) Tracking meteoric infiltration into a magmatic-hydrothermal system: A cathodoluminescence, oxygen isotope and trace element study of quartz from Mt. Leyshon, Australia, CHEM GEOL, 240, pp.343-360. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.03.004
  • Houston, SJ; Yardley, BWD; Smalley, PC; Collins, I (2007) Rapid fluid-rock interaction in oilfield reservoirs, GEOLOGY, 35, pp.1143-1146. doi:10.1130/G24264A.1
  • Shmulovich, KI; Yardley, BWD; Graham, CM (2006) Solubility of quartz in crustal fluids: experiments and general equations for salt solutions and H2O-CO2 mixtures at 400-800 degrees C and 0.1-0.9 GPa, GEOFLUIDS, 6, pp.154-167. doi:10.1111/j.1468-8123.2006.00140.x
  • Yardley, BWD (2005) 100th Anniversary Special Paper: Metal concentrations in crustal fluids and their relationship to ore formation, ECON GEOL, 100, pp.613-632.
  • Masoudi, F; Yardley, BWD (2005) Magmatic and metamorphic fluids in pegmatite development: evidence from the Borujerd Complex, Iran, Journal of Sciences, Islamic Republic of Iran, 16, pp.43-53.
  • Allan, M; Yardley, BWD (2005) Hydrothermal evolution of the Mt. Leyshon Intrusive Complex, Australia, In: Baker, T (Ed) Gold deposits of the Drummond Basin and Charters Towers Region, Geological Society of Australia, Specialist Group in Economic Geology, pp.34-42.
  • Allan, MM; Yardley, BWD; Forbes, LJ; Shmulovich, KI; Banks, DA; Shepherd, TJ (2005) Validation of LA-ICP-MS fluid inclusion analysis with synthetic fluid inclusions, AM MINERAL, 90, pp.1767-1775.
  • Mehrabi, B; Yardley, BWD; Komninou, A (2003) Modelling the As-Au association in hydrothermal gold mineralization: example of Zarshuran Deposit, NW Iran, Journal of Sciences, Islamic Republic of Iran, 14, pp.37-52.
  • Gleeson, SA; Yardley, BWD; Munz, IA; Boyce, AJ (2003) Infiltration of basinal fluids into high-grade basement, South Norway: sources and behaviour of waters and brines, GEOFLUIDS, 3, pp.33-48.
  • Yardley, BWD; Bennett, AJ; Banks, DA (2003) Controls on the chemical composition of crustal brines, Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 78-9, pp.133-135. doi:10.1016/S0375-6742(03)00096-7
  • Munz, IA; Yardley, BWD; Gleeson, SA (2002) Petroleum infiltration of high-grade basement, South Norway: Pressure-Temperature-time-composition (P-T-t-X) constraints, GEOFLUIDS, 2, pp.41-53.
  • Yardley, BWD; Graham, JT (2002) The origins of salinity in metamorphic fluids, GEOFLUIDS, 2, pp.249-256.
  • Masoudi, F; Yardley, BWD; Cliff, RA (2002) Rb-Sr geochronology of pegmatites, plutonic rocks and a hornfels in the region south-west of Arak, Iran, Journal of Sciences, Islamic Republic of Iran, 13, pp.249-254.
  • Gleeson, SA; Yardley, BWD (2002) Veins and mineralisation in basement rocks: the role of penetration of sedimentary fluids, In: Stober, I; Bucher, K (Ed) Water-rock Interaction, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp.189-205.
  • Deakin, D; West, LJ; Stewart, DI; Yardley, BWD (2001) Leaching behaviour of a chromium smelter waste heap, WASTE MANAGEMENT, 21, pp.265-270.
  • Schmulovich, K; Graham, C; Yardley, BWD (2001) Quartz, albite and diopside solubilities in H2O-NaCl and H2O-CO2 fluids at 0.5-0.9GPa, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 141, pp.95-108.
  • Deakin, D; West, LJ; Stewart, DI; Yardley, BWD (2001) The leaching characteristics of chromite ore processing residue, ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEALTH, 23, pp.201-206.
  • Cleverley, JS; Yardley, BWD; Willan, RCR; Banks, DA (2001) Measuring salt in magmas: implications for mineralization?, Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy - Section B, B110, pp.51.
  • Banks, DA; Yardley, BWD (2000) Tracing brines in crustal processes, Goldschmidt 2000, 5, pp.187.
  • Banks, DA; Giuliani, G; Yardley, BWD; Cheilletz, A (2000) Emerald mineralisation in Colombia: fluid chemistry and the role of brine mixing, Mineralium Deposita, 35, pp.699-713.
  • Banks, DA; Green, R; Cliff, RA; Yardley, BWD (2000) Chlorine isotopes in fluid inclusions: determination of the origins of salinity in magmatic fluids, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 64, pp.1785-1789.
  • Yardley, BWD; Valley, JW (2000) The petrologic case for a dry lower crust. Reply to a comment by P.E. Wannamaker, Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, pp.6065-6068.
  • Yardley, BWD (2000) Citation analysis: democracy on the rocks, Nature, 403, pp.373.
  • Yardley, BWD; Gleeson, SA; Bruce, S; Banks, DA (2000) Origin of retrograde fluids in metamorphic rocks, Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 69-70, pp.281-285.
  • Gleeson, SA; Yardley, BWD; Boyce, AJ; Fallick, AE; Munz, IA (2000) From basin to basement: the movement of surface fluids into the crust, Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 69-70, pp.527-532.
  • Yardley, BWD (2000) The chemistry of the Earth, Teaching Earth Sciences, 25, .
  • Yardley, BWD; Banks, DA; Barnicoat, AC (2000) The chemistry of crustal brines: tracking their origins, In: Porter, TM (Ed) Hydrothermal iron oxide copper-gold and related deposits, Australian Mineral Foundation, pp.61-70.
  • Hagemann, SG; Barley, ME; Folkert, SL; Yardley, BWD; Banks, DA (1999) A hydrothermal origin for the giant BIF-hosted Tom Price iron ore deposit, In: Stanley, CJ (Ed) Mineral deposits: process to processing, A.A. Balkema, pp.41-44.
  • Barnicoat, AC; Yardley, BWD; Henderson, IHC; Fox, NPC (1999) Detrital origin of hydrothermal Witwatersrand gold - a review (Frimmel, 1997) - Discussion and reply, Terra Nova, 10, pp.347-350.
  • Smith, M; Yardley, BWD (1999) Fluid evolution during metamorphism of the Otago Schist, New Zealand: (I) evidence from fluid inclusions, Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 17, pp.173-186.
  • Bruce, S; Yardley, BWD; Banks, DA; Boyce, AJ; Munoz, M; Courjault-Rade, P; Tollon, F (1999) Mineralising brines in the south west Massif Central, France, In: Stanley, CJ (Ed) Mineral deposits: process to processing, A.A. Balkema, pp.29-32.
  • Smith, M; Yardley, BWD (1999) Fluid evolution during metamorphism of the Otago Schist, New Zealand: (II) influence of detrital apatite on fluid salinity, Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 17, pp.187-193.
  • Svensen, H; Jamtveit, B; Yardley, BWD; Engvik, AE; Austrheim, H; Broman, C (1999) Lead and bromine enrichment in eclogite facies fluids: extreme fractionation during lower crustal hydration, Geology, 27, pp.467-470.
  • Balashov, VN; Yardley, BWD; Lebedeva, M (1999) Metamorphism of marbles: role of feedbacks between reaction, fluid flow, pore pressure and creep, In: Jamtveit, B; Meakin, P (Ed) Growth, dissolution and pattern formation in geosystems, Netherlands: Kluwer, pp.367-380.
  • Mehrabi, B; Yardley, BWD; Cann, JR (1999) Sediment-hosted disseminated gold mineralisation at Zarshuran, NW Iran, Mineralium Deposita, 34, pp.673-696.
  • Smith, MP; Savary, V; Yardley, BWD; Valley, JW; Royer, JJ; Dubois, M (1998) The evolution of the deep flow regime at Soultz-sous-Forets, Rhine graben, eastern France: evidence from a composite quartz vein, Journal of Geophysical Research, 103, pp.27223-27237.
  • Gleeson, SA; Yardley, BWD; Munz, IA (1998) Downward infiltration of fluid into the high grade basement of South Norway I: Brines, Mineralogical Magazine, 62A, pp.527-528.
  • Munz, IA; Yardley, BWD; Gleeson, SA (1998) Downward infiltration of fluid into the high grade basement of South Norway II: Composition and phase-behaviour of petroleum fluids at high temperature, Mineralogical Magazine, 62A, pp.1042-1043.
  • Balashov, VN; Yardley, BWD (1998) Modeling metamorphic fluid flow with reaction-compaction-permeability feedbacks , American Journal of Science, 298, pp.441-470.
  • Lewis, A; Komninou, A; Yardley, BWD; Palmer, MR (1998) Rare earth element speciation in geothermal fluids from Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 62, pp.657-663.
  • Yardley, BWD (1997) Probe of a plate interior, Nature, 389, pp.792-793.
  • Yardley, BWD; Valley, JW (1997) The petrologic case for a dry lower crust, Journal of Geophysical Research, 102, pp.12173-12185.
  • Komninou, A; Yardley, BWD (1997) Fluid-rock interactions in the Rhine Graben: a thermodynamic model of the hydrothermal alteration observed in deep drilling, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 61, pp.515-531.
  • Barnicoat, AC; Henderson, IHC; Knipe, RJ; Yardley, BWD; Napier, RW; Fox, NPC; Kenyon, AK; Muntingh, DJ; Strydom, D; Winkler, KS; Lawrence, SR; Cornford, C (1997) Hydrothermal gold mineralization in the Witwatersrand basin, Nature, 386, pp.820-824.
  • Yardley, BWD (1996) Earthquakes with golden linings, Nature, 382, pp.210-211.
  • Smith, M; Banks, DA; Yardley, BWD; Boyce, AJ (1996) Fluid inclusion and stable isotope constraints on the genesis of the Cligga Head Sn-W deposit, S.W. England, European Journal of Mineralogy, 8, pp.961-974.
  • Yardley, BWD (1996) The evolution of fluids through the metamorphic cycle, Fluid flow and transport in rocks, pp.99-121.
  • Yardley, BWD; Condliffe, E; Lloyd, GE; Harris, DHM (1996) Polyphase garnets from western Ireland: two-phase intergrowths in the grossular-almandine series, European Journal of Mineralogy, 8, pp.383-392.
  • Smith, MP; Yardley, BWD (1996) The boron isotopic composition of tourmaline as a guide to fluid processes in the southwestern England orefield: an ion microprobe study, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 60, pp.1415-1427.
  • Cliff, RA; Yardley, BWD; Bussy, F (1996) U-Pb and Rb-Sr geochronology of magmatism and metamorphism in the Dalradian of Connemara, W. Ireland, Journal of the Geological Society, 153, pp.109-120.
  • Jamtveit, B; Yardley, BWD (1996) Fluid flow and transport in rocks: an overview, Fluid flow and transport in rocks, pp.1-14.
  • Boiron, MC; Cathelineau, M; Banks, DA; Yardley, BWD; Noronha, F; Miller, MF (1996) P-T-X conditions of late Hercynian fluid penetration and the origin of granite-hosted gold quartz veins in northwestern Iberia: a multidisciplinary study of fluid inclusions and their chemistry, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 60, pp.43-57.
  • Jamtveit, B; Yardley, BWD (1996) Fluid flow and transport in rocks,pp.319p.
  • Yardley, BWD (Not yet published) Geofluids(Editorship), Geofluids, .