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APPLICATION OF THE Pt-190-Os-186 ISOTOPE SYSTEM TO DATING PLATINUM MINERALIZATION AND OPHIOLITE FORMATION: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE MERATUS MOUNTAINS, BORNEO (2011)
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Coggon, J., Nowell, G., Pearson, D., & Parman, S. (2011). APPLICATION OF THE Pt-190-Os-186 ISOTOPE SYSTEM TO DATING PLATINUM MINERALIZATION AND OPHIOLITE FORMATION: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE MERATUS MOUNTAINS, BORNEO. Economic geology and the bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists, 106(1), 93-117

The formation age of platinum-group minerals (PGM) in placer deposits has traditionally been difficult to constrain. We have applied the Pt-Os and Re-Os isotope systems to this problem by analyzing a suite of PGM from a placer deposit in southeastern... Read More about APPLICATION OF THE Pt-190-Os-186 ISOTOPE SYSTEM TO DATING PLATINUM MINERALIZATION AND OPHIOLITE FORMATION: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE MERATUS MOUNTAINS, BORNEO.

From source to crust: Tracing magmatic evolution in a kimberlite and a melilitite using microsample geochemistry. (2010)
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Malarkey, J., Pearson, D., Kjarsgaard, B., Davidson, J., Nowell, G., Ottley, C., & Stammer, J. (2010). From source to crust: Tracing magmatic evolution in a kimberlite and a melilitite using microsample geochemistry. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 299(1-2), 80-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2010.08.020

We present an integrated microsampling trace element and isotopic study of primary minerals within the Jos kimberlite, Canada, in order to observe how different phases record progressive crustal interaction in the evolving kimberlite. Identification... Read More about From source to crust: Tracing magmatic evolution in a kimberlite and a melilitite using microsample geochemistry..

Isotopic investigation of diet and residential mobility in the Neolithic of the Lower Rhine Basin (2010)
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Smits, E., Millard, A., Nowell, G., & Pearson, D. (2010). Isotopic investigation of diet and residential mobility in the Neolithic of the Lower Rhine Basin. European Journal of Archaeology, 13(1), 5-31. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461957109355040

Multiple isotopic systems (C, N, O, S, Sr, Pb) are applied to investigate diet and mobility amongst the Middle Neolithic populations at Schipluiden and Swifterbant (Netherlands). A review of carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses of European Mesolithic... Read More about Isotopic investigation of diet and residential mobility in the Neolithic of the Lower Rhine Basin.

Plio-Pleistocene intra-plate magmatism from the southern Sulu Arc, Semporna peninsula, Sabah, Borneo: Implications for high-Nb basalt in subduction zones (2010)
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Macpherson, C., Chiang, K., Hall, R., Nowell, G., Castillo, P., & Thirlwall, M. (2010). Plio-Pleistocene intra-plate magmatism from the southern Sulu Arc, Semporna peninsula, Sabah, Borneo: Implications for high-Nb basalt in subduction zones. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 190(1-2), 25-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.11.004

New analyses of major and trace element concentrations and Sr, Nd and Pb isotopic ratios are presented for Plio-Pleistocene basalts and basaltic andesites from the Semporna peninsula in Sabah, Borneo, at the southern end of the Sulu Arc. Depletion of... Read More about Plio-Pleistocene intra-plate magmatism from the southern Sulu Arc, Semporna peninsula, Sabah, Borneo: Implications for high-Nb basalt in subduction zones.

Comments on Richards et al., Journal of Archaeological Science 35, 2008 "Strontium isotope evidence of Neanderthal mobility at the site of Lakonis, Greece using laser-ablation PIMMS" (2009)
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Nowell, G., & Horstwood, M. (2009). Comments on Richards et al., Journal of Archaeological Science 35, 2008 "Strontium isotope evidence of Neanderthal mobility at the site of Lakonis, Greece using laser-ablation PIMMS". Journal of Archaeological Science, 36(7), 1334-1341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2009.01.019

Precise and accurate 186Os/188Os and 187Os/188Os measurements by Multi-Collector Plasma Ionisation Mass Spectrometry, part II: laser ablation and its application to single-grain Pt–Os and Re–Os geochronology (2008)
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Ionisation Mass Spectrometry, part II: laser ablation and its application to single-grain Pt–Os and Re–Os geochronology. Chemical Geology, 248(3-4), 394-426. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.12.004

The abundance of platinum group alloy (PGA) grains available from some alluvial deposits combined with their great chemical resistance to conventional acid attack generates the need for an alternative method of obtaining routine, rapid yet precise Os... Read More about Precise and accurate 186Os/188Os and 187Os/188Os measurements by Multi-Collector Plasma Ionisation Mass Spectrometry, part II: laser ablation and its application to single-grain Pt–Os and Re–Os geochronology.

Precise and accurate 186Os/188Os and 187Os/188Os measurements by Multi- Collector Plasma Ionisation Mass Spectrometry (MC-ICP-MS) part I: solution analyses. (2008)
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Nowell, G., Luguet, A., Pearson, D., & Horstwood, M. (2008). analyses. Chemical Geology, 248, 363-393

We present new high precision Os isotope data obtained by solution-mode MC-ICPMS for 4 different Os isotope standards and compare the data to that obtained by the N-TIMS method. Mass fractionation effects for MC-ICPMS are evaluated and we demonstrate... Read More about Precise and accurate 186Os/188Os and 187Os/188Os measurements by Multi- Collector Plasma Ionisation Mass Spectrometry (MC-ICP-MS) part I: solution analyses..

Sr and Pb isotope micro-analysis in plagioclase crystals from Skye lavas: An insight into open-system processes in a flood basalt province (2008)
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Font, L., Davidson, J., Pearson, D., Nowell, G., Jerram, D., & Ottley, C. (2008). Sr and Pb isotope micro-analysis in plagioclase crystals from Skye lavas: An insight into open-system processes in a flood basalt province. Journal of Petrology, 49(8), 1449-1471. https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egn032

Crystals in many magmatic rocks are heterogeneous in terms of their isotope composition. Detailed crystal-isotope stratigraphy (CIS) studies have shown that crystals act as reliable recorders of their magma source composition and of the pathways of m... Read More about Sr and Pb isotope micro-analysis in plagioclase crystals from Skye lavas: An insight into open-system processes in a flood basalt province.