School of Earth and Environment

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

  • Rosenqvist J; Kilpatrick AD; Yardley BWD (2012) Solubility of carbon dioxide in aqueous fluids and mineral suspensions at 294K and subcritical pressures, Applied Geochemistry, 27, pp.1610-1614. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.03.008
  • 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.
  • 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; 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
  • Yardley B; Banks D (2009) Squeezing out the last drop: LA-ICP-MS analysis of liquid droplets trapped in crystals, Spectroscopy Europe, 21, pp.6-8.
  • Allan M; Yardley B (2009) Silicate dissolution kinetics under acid conditions: Applications to CO2 sequestration, GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA, 73, pp.A28-A28.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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 (2006) Precipitation and dissolution of minerals durina waterfloodina of a North Sea Oil Field, SPE Eighth International Symposium on Oilfield Scale 2006, 2006, pp.300-308.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Williams PJ; Fu B; Pollard PJ; Baker T; Margotomo W; Ryan CG; Van Achterbergh E; Mernagh TP; Condliffe E; Yardley BW (2003) Fluid inclusion geochemistry of the Grasberg Cu-Au porphyry, Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, Section B: Applied Earth Science, 112, .
  • Gleeson SA; Yardley BWD (2003) Surface-derived fluids in basement rocks: Inferences from palaeo-hydrothermal systems, Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 78-79, pp.61-65. doi: 10.1016/S0375-6742(03)00147-X
  • Yardley B; Forbes L; Allan M; Banks D (2003) LA-ICP-MS analysis of gas-water fluid inclusions, Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, Section B: Applied Earth Science, 112, .
  • 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
  • Yardley BWD; Graham JT (2002) The origins of salinity in metamorphic fluids, GEOFLUIDS, 2, pp.249-256.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Deakin D; West LJ; Stewart DI; Yardley BWD (2001) Leaching behaviour of a chromium smelter waste heap, WASTE MANAGEMENT, 21, pp.265-270.
  • 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.pp.51.
  • 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.
  • 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; Gleeson SA; Bruce S; Banks DA (2000) Origin of retrograde fluids in metamorphic rocks, Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 69-70, pp.281-285.
  • Yardley BWD (2000) The chemistry of the Earth, Teaching Earth Sciences, 25, .
  • 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; Yardley BWD (2000) Tracing brines in crustal processes, Goldschmidt 2000, 5, pp.pp.187.
  • 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) Citation analysis: democracy on the rocks, Nature, 403, pp.pp.373.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Mehrabi B; Yardley BWD; Cann JR (1999) Sediment-hosted disseminated gold mineralisation at Zarshuran, NW Iran, Mineralium Deposita, 34, pp.673-696.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Yardley BWD (1997) Probe of a plate interior, Nature, 389, pp.792-793.
  • 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.
  • Yardley BWD; Valley JW (1997) The petrologic case for a dry lower crust, Journal of Geophysical Research, 102, pp.12173-12185.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Yardley BWD (1996) The evolution of fluids through the metamorphic cycle, Fluid flow and transport in rocks, pp.99-121.
  • Yardley BWD (1996) Earthquakes with golden linings, Nature, 382, pp.210-211.
  • Jamtveit B; Yardley BWD (1996) Fluid flow and transport in rocks: an overview, Fluid flow and transport in rocks, pp.1-14.
  • Jamtveit B; Yardley BWD (1996) Fluid flow and transport in rocks, pp.319p.
  • Yardley BWD (Not yet published) Geofluids(Editorship), Geofluids, .