Alicia Escribano

Alicia Escribano completed her B.Sc. at the University of Concepcion (Chile). After that, she worked as an exploration geologist in the mining industry of Chile, including CODELCO Chuquicamata Mine (northern Chile), where her team created a 3D structural model of the deposit that linked the strength of the rock with the different types of mineralization and alteration.  

To grow as an investigator, she attained an M.Sc. in Geology at Acadia University (Nova Scotia, Canada), under the supervision of Dr. Sandra Barr. Using whole-rock and zircon chemistry and geochronology, she studied Neoproterozoic Avalonian rocks of southern New Brunswick (Canada).  

Following her masters, she commenced a Ph.D. at Memorial University under the supervision of Dr. Stephen Piercey. In her research, she studies the role and importance of magmatism in controlling the metal input among different styles of VMS deposits.  

Using whole-rock and zircon chemistry including Nd-Hf isotopes in zircon she investigates the relative roles of the recycled crust and/or juvenile components in the magma genesis and how do these affect the metal budget and style of VMS formation. This includes the use of zircon chemistry that will serve to understand potential metal enrichment processes, and physicochemical conditions of magma formation and relationships to VMS deposits. Geochronology will help elucidate how magmatism and VMS formation vary in time, and if the timing has any impact on metal budgets in VMS deposits. This has important implications for VMS in similar peri-continental settings and for understanding the role of magmatism in VMS deposit genesis, globally.