Groves, David Ian (1942 - )

Summary

David Groves was a geologist whose early career was with the Geological Survey of Tasmania. During this time he undertook mapping surveys of the west and northeast coasts of Tasmania, producing key papers on the Mount Bischoff tin field and the Blue Tier batholith. In 1971 he became Lecturer in economic geology at the University of Western Australia. His research interests was mainly on evolution of the Archaean Yilgarn and Pilbara Blocks and the origin of komatiite-associated nickel deposits. Later his focus shifted to the genesis of gold deposits and the use of GIS in conceptual exploration targeting, and to global metallogeny and the influence of the lithosphere on temporal and spatial distribution of mineral deposits. In 1987 he became Professor of Economic Geology and, in 1988, Director of the ARC Key Centre for Strategic Mineral Deposits at the University. Groves took a leading role on professional organisations. He was President of the Geological Society of Australia, and of the Society of Economic Geologists and the European Society of Economic Geologists. He received a number of awards for his research, including the Clarke Medal (Royal Society of New South Wales) and the Medal of the Royal Society of Western Australia.

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Chronology

1963

Education - BSc (hons), University of Tasmania

1968

Education - PhD, University of Tasmania

1968 - 1971

Career position - Geologist, Geological Survey of Tasmania

1971 - 1987

Career position - Lecturer (later Associate Professor) in economic geology, University of Western Australia

1983

Award - Stillwell Award (shared with G. N. Phillips), Geological Society of Australia

1986

Award - Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales

1988 - 2005

Career position - Director, ARC Key Centre for Strategic Mineral Deposits (later Centre for Global Metallogeny), University of Western Australia

1994 - 1996

Career position - President, Geological Society of Australia

1997 - 2005

Career position - Professor of Economic Geology, University of Western Australia

2005 -

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science

2005

Award - Medal of the Royal Society of Western Australia

2005

Life event - Retired

2008 -

Award - Fellow and Honorary Member, Geological Society of Australia

2010

Award - DSC honoris causa, University of Western Australia

2011

Award - Newmont Gold Medal, Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (SGA)

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Published resources

Books

• Groves, D. I., Cocker, J. D. and Jennings, D. J., The Blue Tier batholith (Hobart: Tasmanian Department of Mines, 1977), 171 pp. Details
• Groves, D. I., Martin, E. L., Murchie, H. and Wellington, H. K., A century of tin mining at Mount Bischoff, 1871 - 1971 (Hobart: Tasmanian Department of Mines, 1972), 310 pp. Details

Edited Books

• Groves, D. I. ed., Western Australian gold deposits (Nedlands, W.A.: Geology Department & Extension, University of Western Australia, 1988), 152 pp. Details
• Ho, Susan E., Groves, Daivd I. and Bennett, Julie M. eds, Gold deposits of the Archaean Yilgarn Block, Western Australia : nature, genesis and exploration guides (Nedlands, W.A.: Geology Key Centre & University Extension, University of Western Australia, 1990), 407 pp. Details

Journal Articles

• Anon, 'Professor David Groves: the Royal Society of Western Australia Medallist, 2005', Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 89 (2006), 87-8. Details
• Phillips, G. N. and Groves, D. I., 'The nature of Archaean gold-bearing fluids a deduced from gold deposits in Western Australia', Australian journal of earth sciences, 30 (1) (1983), 25-39. Details

Resources

• 'Groves, David Ian (1942 - )', The Academy's Fellows [Fellows elected between 2001 and 2010], Australian Academy of Science, Canberra, 2025, https://science.org.au/about-us/academy-fellows/discover-our-fellows/david-groves. https://www.science.org.au/fellowship. Details