Wyatt Bain

The circulation of metal-rich fluids is a key process of mass transport and chemical evolution in the Earth’s crust. My research employs geochemical analysis of minerals, and fluid and melt inclusions to understand the processes that drive the formation of mineralizing fluids and metal-rich deposits. Of particular interest are the fluids involved in the formation of iron oxide-apatite deposits, magmatic-hydrothermal systems (i.e. porphyry and skarn systems), and REE-rich systems.