Outputs (205)

Large igneous province activity drives oceanic anoxic event 2 environmental change across eastern Asia (2024)
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Takashima, R., Selby, D., Yamanaka, T., Kuwahara, Y., Nakamura, H., Sawada, K., …Gyawali, B. R. (2024). Large igneous province activity drives oceanic anoxic event 2 environmental change across eastern Asia. Communications Earth & Environment, 5(1), Article 85. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01214-z

During mid-Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2, significant increase of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations from the eruption of the large igneous provinces is hypothesized to have induced a humid climate and an elevation in nutrient runoff from... Read More about Large igneous province activity drives oceanic anoxic event 2 environmental change across eastern Asia.

Multi‐proxy palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the Skagerrak from the Lateglacial to Middle Holocene (2024)
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Ownsworth, E., Moros, M., Lloyd, J., Bennike, O., Jensen, J. B., Blanz, T., & Selby, D. (2024). Multi‐proxy palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the Skagerrak from the Lateglacial to Middle Holocene. Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research, https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12652

Enhanced volcanic activity and long-term warmth in the middle Eocene revealed by mercury and osmium isotopes from IODP Expedition 369 Site U1514 (2024)
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Lim, D., Xu, Z., Kim, J., Wang, W., Ownsworth, E., Selby, D., …Chang, T. (2024). Enhanced volcanic activity and long-term warmth in the middle Eocene revealed by mercury and osmium isotopes from IODP Expedition 369 Site U1514. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 627, Article 118565. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118565

Rapid plate reorganization may have influenced global climate during the Eocene; however, its linkage remains poorly constrained, particularly during the middle Eocene. To elucidate this tectonic–climatic relationship, here, we conducted a comprehens... Read More about Enhanced volcanic activity and long-term warmth in the middle Eocene revealed by mercury and osmium isotopes from IODP Expedition 369 Site U1514.

Protracted metallogenic and magmatic evolution of the Kirazlı epithermal Au-Ag and porphyry Cu deposits, Biga Peninsula, NW Turkey: evidence from zircon U-Pb, muscovite 40Ar/39Ar, and molybdenite Re-Os geochronology (2023)
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Aluç, A., Kuşcu, I., Ulyanov, A., Selby, D., Antoine, C., Spikings, R. A., & Moritz, R. (2023). Protracted metallogenic and magmatic evolution of the Kirazlı epithermal Au-Ag and porphyry Cu deposits, Biga Peninsula, NW Turkey: evidence from zircon U-Pb, muscovite 40Ar/39Ar, and molybdenite Re-Os geochronology. Mineralium Deposita, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00126-023-01235-2

The Kirazlı deposit is located at the center of the Biga Peninsula metallogenic province, in a geological setting characterized by an extensional tectonic environment. A NNW-SSE trending high-sulfidation (HS) orebody with a total reserve of 33.86 Mt... Read More about Protracted metallogenic and magmatic evolution of the Kirazlı epithermal Au-Ag and porphyry Cu deposits, Biga Peninsula, NW Turkey: evidence from zircon U-Pb, muscovite 40Ar/39Ar, and molybdenite Re-Os geochronology.

Older than you think: using U–Pb calcite geochronology to better constrain basin-bounding fault reactivation, Inner Moray Firth Basin, western North Sea (2023)
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Tamas, A., Holdsworth, R. E., Tamas, D. M., Dempsey, E. D., Hardman, K., Bird, A., …Selby, D. (2023). Older than you think: using U–Pb calcite geochronology to better constrain basin-bounding fault reactivation, Inner Moray Firth Basin, western North Sea. Journal of the Geological Society, 180(5), https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2022-166

Like many rift basins worldwide, the Inner Moray Firth Basin (IMFB) is bounded by major reactivated fault zones, including the Helmsdale Fault and the Great Glen Fault (GGF). The Jurassic successions exposed onshore close to these faults at Helmsdale... Read More about Older than you think: using U–Pb calcite geochronology to better constrain basin-bounding fault reactivation, Inner Moray Firth Basin, western North Sea.

Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of Loch Duart (NW Scotland, UK) since the Last Glacial Maximum: implications from a multiproxy approach (2023)
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Taylor, J., Selby, D., Lloyd, J. M., Podrecca, L., Masterson, A. L., Sageman, B. B., & Szidat, S. (2023). Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of Loch Duart (NW Scotland, UK) since the Last Glacial Maximum: implications from a multiproxy approach. Journal of Quaternary Science, https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3566

A sediment core from the salt marsh fringing Loch Duart, NW Scotland, UK, containing Lateglacial to Holocene sediments, was analysed using a multi-element geochemical approach to elucidate the relative sea level (RSL) and palaeoenvironmental changes... Read More about Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of Loch Duart (NW Scotland, UK) since the Last Glacial Maximum: implications from a multiproxy approach.

Metallogenic Setting and Temporal Evolution of Porphyry Cu-Mo Mineralization and Alteration in the Delamerian Orogen, South Australia: Insights From Zircon U-Pb, Molybdenite Re-Os, and In Situ White Mica Rb-Sr Geochronology (2023)
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Hong, W., Fabris, A., Wise, T., Collins, A. S., Gilbert, S., Selby, D., …Reid, A. J. (2023). Metallogenic Setting and Temporal Evolution of Porphyry Cu-Mo Mineralization and Alteration in the Delamerian Orogen, South Australia: Insights From Zircon U-Pb, Molybdenite Re-Os, and In Situ White Mica Rb-Sr Geochronology. Economic geology and the bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists, 118(6), 1291-1318. https://doi.org/10.5382/econgeo.5012

Paleozoic porphyry-style hydrothermal alteration and mineralization has previously been recognized within the Delamerian orogen, South Australia, where porphyry prospects include Anabama Hill, Netley Hill, and Bendigo. However, limited exploration du... Read More about Metallogenic Setting and Temporal Evolution of Porphyry Cu-Mo Mineralization and Alteration in the Delamerian Orogen, South Australia: Insights From Zircon U-Pb, Molybdenite Re-Os, and In Situ White Mica Rb-Sr Geochronology.

Formation–exhumation history of the Carboniferous Axi epithermal gold deposit in the Chinese Western Tianshan based on zircon U–Pb and pyrite Re–Os geochronology and (U–Th)/He zircon–apatite thermochronometry (2023)
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Li, N., Zhang, B., Danišík, M., Chen, Y., Selby, D., & Xiao, W. (2023). Formation–exhumation history of the Carboniferous Axi epithermal gold deposit in the Chinese Western Tianshan based on zircon U–Pb and pyrite Re–Os geochronology and (U–Th)/He zircon–apatite thermochronometry. Journal of the Geological Society, 180(4), Article jgs2021–150. https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2021-150

The Central Asian Orogenic Belt represents a Late Paleozoic archipelago, but crustal growth and the reworking and exhumation of the individual microcontinental massifs remain poorly constrained. Here, we use the Axi epithermal deposit to examine cont... Read More about Formation–exhumation history of the Carboniferous Axi epithermal gold deposit in the Chinese Western Tianshan based on zircon U–Pb and pyrite Re–Os geochronology and (U–Th)/He zircon–apatite thermochronometry.

Valanginian climate cooling and environmental change driven by Paraná-Etendeka basalt erosion (2023)
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Percival, L., Ownsworth, E., Robinson, S., Selby, D., Goderis, S., & Claeys, P. (2023). Valanginian climate cooling and environmental change driven by Paraná-Etendeka basalt erosion. Geology, 51(8), 753-757. https://doi.org/10.1130/g51202.1

The Valanginian Weissert Event (ca. 134 Ma) has long been linked to emplacement of the Paraná-Etendeka large igneous province (LIP). Although several Mesozoic crises were triggered by volcanic CO2 emissions and global warming, causing oceanic oxygen... Read More about Valanginian climate cooling and environmental change driven by Paraná-Etendeka basalt erosion.

Gold mineralized diorite beneath the Linglong ore field, North China craton: New insights into the origin of decratonization-related gold deposits (2023)
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Li, Z., Li, J., Sun, H., Zhao, X., Tomkins, A. G., Selby, D., …Zhao, S. (2023). Gold mineralized diorite beneath the Linglong ore field, North China craton: New insights into the origin of decratonization-related gold deposits. GSA Bulletin, https://doi.org/10.1130/b36658.1

Gold deposits in Precambrian cratons were mostly generated during the formation and stabilization of the cratons, but the North China craton is unusual in that its gold deposits were mainly formed ∼1.7 b.y. after its stabilization. A magmatic-hydroth... Read More about Gold mineralized diorite beneath the Linglong ore field, North China craton: New insights into the origin of decratonization-related gold deposits.

Combining Paleomagnetic and Re‐Os Isotope Data to Date Hydrocarbon Generation and Accumulation Processes (2023)
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Hu, J., Zhang, Y., Jia, D., Muxworthy, A., Selby, D., Li, Y., …Li, W. (2023). Combining Paleomagnetic and Re‐Os Isotope Data to Date Hydrocarbon Generation and Accumulation Processes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 128(2), Article e2022JB025955. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022jb025955

Unraveling the complex relationship between orogenesis and hydrocarbon formation and accumulation is challenging and is often hampered by physical and chemical overprints of younger events. The Permian reservoir in the Longmen Shan orogen, South Chin... Read More about Combining Paleomagnetic and Re‐Os Isotope Data to Date Hydrocarbon Generation and Accumulation Processes.

Using UAV-Based Photogrammetry Coupled with In Situ Fieldwork and U-Pb Geochronology to Decipher Multi-Phase Deformation Processes: A Case Study from Sarclet, Inner Moray Firth Basin, UK (2023)
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Tamas, A., Holdsworth, R. E., Tamas, D. M., Dempsey, E. D., Hardman, K., Bird, A., …Selby, D. (2023). Using UAV-Based Photogrammetry Coupled with In Situ Fieldwork and U-Pb Geochronology to Decipher Multi-Phase Deformation Processes: A Case Study from Sarclet, Inner Moray Firth Basin, UK. Remote Sensing, 15(3), Article 695. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15030695

Constraining the age of formation and repeated movements along fault arrays in superimposed rift basins helps us to better unravel the kinematic history as well as the role of inherited structures in basin evolution. The Inner Moray Firth Basin (IMFB... Read More about Using UAV-Based Photogrammetry Coupled with In Situ Fieldwork and U-Pb Geochronology to Decipher Multi-Phase Deformation Processes: A Case Study from Sarclet, Inner Moray Firth Basin, UK.

Abrupt episode of mid-Cretaceous ocean acidification triggered by massive volcanism (2023)
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Jones, M., Sageman, B., Selby, D., Jacobson, A., Batenburg, S., Riquier, L., …Hobbs, R. (2023). Abrupt episode of mid-Cretaceous ocean acidification triggered by massive volcanism. Nature Geoscience, 16(2), 169-174. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-01115-w

Large igneous province volcanic activity during the mid-Cretaceous approximately 94.5 million years ago triggered a global-scale episode of reduced marine oxygen levels known as Oceanic Anoxic Event 2. It has been hypothesized that this geologically... Read More about Abrupt episode of mid-Cretaceous ocean acidification triggered by massive volcanism.

Origin and evolution of a CO2-Rich gas reservoir offshore Angola: Insights from the Gas Composition and isotope analysis (2022)
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Liu, J., Pujol, M., Zhou, H., Selby, D., Li, J., & Cheng, B. (2023). Origin and evolution of a CO2-Rich gas reservoir offshore Angola: Insights from the Gas Composition and isotope analysis. Applied Geochemistry, 148, Article 105552. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2022.105552

The pre-salt sections of the offshore Kwanza Basin, Angola are potentially petroliferous reservoirs like their Brazilian counterparts on the other side of the South Atlantic Ocean. In this study, a pre-salt reservoir of the offshore Kwanza Basin was... Read More about Origin and evolution of a CO2-Rich gas reservoir offshore Angola: Insights from the Gas Composition and isotope analysis.

Evaluation of Re–Os geochronology and Os isotope fingerprinting of Late Cretaceous terrestrial oils in Taranaki Basin, New Zealand (2022)
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Rotich, E. K., Handler, M. R., Sykes, R., Naeher, S., Selby, D., & Kroeger, K. F. (2023). Evaluation of Re–Os geochronology and Os isotope fingerprinting of Late Cretaceous terrestrial oils in Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 149, Article 106071. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2022.106071

The rhenium-osmium (Re–Os) isotope system has been applied to several marine and lacustrine petroleum systems worldwide, showing good potential for dating crude oils and correlating them to their source rocks. Here we explore the applicability of the... Read More about Evaluation of Re–Os geochronology and Os isotope fingerprinting of Late Cretaceous terrestrial oils in Taranaki Basin, New Zealand.

Implications of new geochronological constraints on the Aberfeldy stratiform barite deposits, Scotland, for the depositional continuity and global correlation of the Neoproterozoic Dalradian Supergroup (2022)
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Moles, N., & Selby, D. (2023). Implications of new geochronological constraints on the Aberfeldy stratiform barite deposits, Scotland, for the depositional continuity and global correlation of the Neoproterozoic Dalradian Supergroup. Precambrian Research, 384, Article 106925. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2022.106925

The Dalradian Supergroup of largely clastic metasediments in Scotland and Ireland is a well-known record of Neoproterozoic to Cambrian sedimentation on the Laurentian margin. Its apparent long duration, from ∼ 800 to ∼ 500 Ma, has encouraged a search... Read More about Implications of new geochronological constraints on the Aberfeldy stratiform barite deposits, Scotland, for the depositional continuity and global correlation of the Neoproterozoic Dalradian Supergroup.

High-Precision Geochronology of the Xiaojiayingzi Mo Skarn Deposit: Implications for Prolonged and Episodic Hydrothermal Pulses (2022)
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Ouyang, H., Gaynor, S. P., Selby, D., Mao, J., Shu, Q., & Li, C. (2023). High-Precision Geochronology of the Xiaojiayingzi Mo Skarn Deposit: Implications for Prolonged and Episodic Hydrothermal Pulses. Economic geology and the bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists, 118(2), 485-507. https://doi.org/10.5382/econgeo.4984

The timescales and duration of ore-forming processes in skarn systems are not well constrained. To better understand this, we present high-precision chemical abrasion-isotope dilution-thermal ionization mass spectrometry (CA-ID-TIMS) U-Pb zircon and... Read More about High-Precision Geochronology of the Xiaojiayingzi Mo Skarn Deposit: Implications for Prolonged and Episodic Hydrothermal Pulses.

A rapid change in magma plumbing taps porphyry copper deposit-forming magmas (2022)
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Carter, L. C., Tapster, S. R., Williamson, B. J., Buret, Y., Selby, D., Rollinson, G. K., …Parvaz, D. B. (2022). A rapid change in magma plumbing taps porphyry copper deposit-forming magmas. Scientific Reports, 12(1), Article 17272. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20158-y

Porphyry-type deposits are a vital source of green technology metals such as copper and molybdenum. They typically form in subduction-related settings from large, long-lived magmatic systems. The most widely accepted model for their formation require... Read More about A rapid change in magma plumbing taps porphyry copper deposit-forming magmas.

Organic geochemistry evidence for wildfire and elevated pO2 at the Frasnian–Famennian boundary (2022)
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Liu, Z., Tian, H., Selby, D., Hu, J., & Over, D. J. (2022). Organic geochemistry evidence for wildfire and elevated pO2 at the Frasnian–Famennian boundary. Global and Planetary Change, 216, Article 103904. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2022.103904

The Devonian experienced radiations of plants and animals, as well as a major mass extinction event during the Frasnian–Famennian (Fsingle bondF) interval. Proposed triggers have been linked to volcanism, extraterrestrial impact, sea-level fluctuatio... Read More about Organic geochemistry evidence for wildfire and elevated pO2 at the Frasnian–Famennian boundary.

The bitumen formation and Re-Os characteristics of a CO2-rich pre-salt gas reservoir of the Kwanza Basin, offshore Angola (2022)
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Liu, J., Zhou, H., Pujol, M., Selby, D., Li, J., & Tian, H. (2022). The bitumen formation and Re-Os characteristics of a CO2-rich pre-salt gas reservoir of the Kwanza Basin, offshore Angola. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 143, Article 105786. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2022.105786

Here we present a study on the formation process and Re–Os systematics of the bitumen discovered in a CO2-rich pre-salt gas reservoir, south Kwanza Basin, offshore Angola. The magmatism-derived CO2 may have expanded downwards from the top of the rese... Read More about The bitumen formation and Re-Os characteristics of a CO2-rich pre-salt gas reservoir of the Kwanza Basin, offshore Angola.

The role of organic matter diversity on the Re-Os systematics of organic-rich sedimentary units: Insights into the controls of isochron age determinations from the lacustrine Green River Formation (2022)
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Pietras, J. T., Dennett, A., Selby, D., & Birdwell, J. E. (2022). The role of organic matter diversity on the Re-Os systematics of organic-rich sedimentary units: Insights into the controls of isochron age determinations from the lacustrine Green River Formation. Chemical Geology, 604, Article 120939. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2022.120939

The range of 187Re/188Os values measured from samples of five organic-rich lacustrine mudstones units in the Eocene Green River Formation in the easternmost Uinta Basin covaries with organic matter diversity driven by changing water column conditions... Read More about The role of organic matter diversity on the Re-Os systematics of organic-rich sedimentary units: Insights into the controls of isochron age determinations from the lacustrine Green River Formation.

Correlating deformation events onshore and offshore in superimposed rift basins: The Lossiemouth Fault Zone, Inner Moray Firth Basin, Scotland (2022)
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Tamas, A., Holdsworth, R. E., Underhill, J. R., Tamas, D. M., Dempsey, E. D., McCarthy, D. J., …Selby, D. (2022). Correlating deformation events onshore and offshore in superimposed rift basins: The Lossiemouth Fault Zone, Inner Moray Firth Basin, Scotland. Basin Research, 34(4), 1314-1340. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12661

The separation and characterisation of different deformation events in superimposed basins can be challenging due to the effects of overprinting and/or fault reactivation, combined with a lack of detailed geological or geophysical data. This paper sh... Read More about Correlating deformation events onshore and offshore in superimposed rift basins: The Lossiemouth Fault Zone, Inner Moray Firth Basin, Scotland.

Implications for Ediacaran biological evolution from the ca. 602 Ma Lantian biota in China (2022)
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Yang, C., Li, Y., Selby, D., Wan, B., Guan, C., Zhou, C., & Li, X. (2022). Implications for Ediacaran biological evolution from the ca. 602 Ma Lantian biota in China. Geology, 50(5), 562-566. https://doi.org/10.1130/g49734.1

The morphologically differentiated benthic macrofossils of algae and putative animal affinities of the Lantian biota in China represents the oldest known Ediacaran macroscopic eukaryotic assemblage. Although the biota provides remarkable insights int... Read More about Implications for Ediacaran biological evolution from the ca. 602 Ma Lantian biota in China.

Enhanced ocean connectivity and volcanism instigated global onset of Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (OAE2) ∼94.5 million years ago (2021)
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Li, Y., Liu, X., Selby, D., Liu, Z., Montañez, I. P., & Li, X. (2022). Enhanced ocean connectivity and volcanism instigated global onset of Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (OAE2) ∼94.5 million years ago. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 578, Article 117331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117331

Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (OAE2) exemplifies an episode of global oceanographic and climatic changes in the mid-Cretaceous greenhouse. However, the timing and mechanism of its global initiation remain elusive. Here we report a high-resolution initial os... Read More about Enhanced ocean connectivity and volcanism instigated global onset of Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (OAE2) ∼94.5 million years ago.

New onshore insights into the role of structural inheritance during Mesozoic opening of the Inner Moray Firth Basin, Scotland (2021)
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Tamas, A., Holdsworth, R. E., Underhill, J. R., Tamas, D. M., Dempsey, E. D., Hardman, K., …Selby, D. (2022). New onshore insights into the role of structural inheritance during Mesozoic opening of the Inner Moray Firth Basin, Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society, 179(2), jgs2021-066. https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2021-066

The Inner Moray Firth Basin (IMFB) forms the western arm of the North Sea trilete rift system that initiated mainly during the Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous with the widespread development of major NE–SW-trending dip-slip growth faults. The IMFB is... Read More about New onshore insights into the role of structural inheritance during Mesozoic opening of the Inner Moray Firth Basin, Scotland.

Osmium and lithium isotope evidence for weathering feedbacks linked to orbitally paced organic carbon burial and Silurian glaciations (2021)
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Sproson, A. D., Pogge von Strandmann, P. A., Selby, D., Jarochowska, E., Frýda, J., Hladil, J., …Lenton, T. M. (2022). Osmium and lithium isotope evidence for weathering feedbacks linked to orbitally paced organic carbon burial and Silurian glaciations. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 577, Article 117260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117260

The Ordovician (∼487 to 443 Ma) ended with the formation of extensive Southern Hemisphere ice sheets, known as the Hirnantian glaciation, and the second largest mass extinction in Earth History. It was followed by the Silurian (∼443 to 419 Ma), one o... Read More about Osmium and lithium isotope evidence for weathering feedbacks linked to orbitally paced organic carbon burial and Silurian glaciations.

Melting of the Chhota Shigri Glacier, Western Himalaya, Insensitive to Anthropogenic Emission Residues: Insights From Geochemical Evidence (2021)
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Nizam, S., Sen, I. S., Shukla, T., & Selby, D. (2021). Melting of the Chhota Shigri Glacier, Western Himalaya, Insensitive to Anthropogenic Emission Residues: Insights From Geochemical Evidence. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(19), Article e2021GL092801. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021gl092801

Himalayan glaciers are invariably covered by supra-glacial debris. Of these glaciers, the Chhota Shigri Glacier (CSG) in the western Himalaya has minimal debris cover (3.4%), yet has a comparable melt rate to other Himalayan glaciers. Utilizing osmiu... Read More about Melting of the Chhota Shigri Glacier, Western Himalaya, Insensitive to Anthropogenic Emission Residues: Insights From Geochemical Evidence.

Tracking magmatism and oceanic change through the early Aptian Anoxic Event (OAE 1a) to the late Aptian: Insights from osmium isotopes from the westernmost Tethys (SE Spain) Cau Core (2021)
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Martínez-Rodríguez, R., Selby, D., Castro, J. M., de Gea, G. A., Nieto, L. M., & Ruiz-Ortiz, P. A. (2021). Tracking magmatism and oceanic change through the early Aptian Anoxic Event (OAE 1a) to the late Aptian: Insights from osmium isotopes from the westernmost Tethys (SE Spain) Cau Core. Global and Planetary Change, 207, Article 103652. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103652

Some of the major Carbon cycle perturbations of the Phanerozoic occurred during the Aptian, in relation to magmatism. The highest temperatures reconstructed for the Cretaceous Period correspond to the Oceanic Anoxic Event of the early Aptian (OAE 1a)... Read More about Tracking magmatism and oceanic change through the early Aptian Anoxic Event (OAE 1a) to the late Aptian: Insights from osmium isotopes from the westernmost Tethys (SE Spain) Cau Core.

NEW GEOCHEMICAL INSIGHTS INTO CENOZOIC SOURCE ROCKS IN AZERBAIJAN: IMPLICATIONS FOR PETROLEUM SYSTEMS IN THE SOUTH CASPIAN REGION (2021)
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Aghayeva, V., Sachsenhofer, R., van Baak, C., Bechtel, A., Hoyle, T., Selby, D., …Vincent, S. (2021). NEW GEOCHEMICAL INSIGHTS INTO CENOZOIC SOURCE ROCKS IN AZERBAIJAN: IMPLICATIONS FOR PETROLEUM SYSTEMS IN THE SOUTH CASPIAN REGION. Journal of Petroleum Geology, 44(3), 349-384. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpg.12797

The Maikop Group and the Diatom Formation constitute the two main source rocks in the South Caspian Basin and onshore Azerbaijan where large-scale oil production began more than 150 years ago. However, the stratigraphic distribution of the source roc... Read More about NEW GEOCHEMICAL INSIGHTS INTO CENOZOIC SOURCE ROCKS IN AZERBAIJAN: IMPLICATIONS FOR PETROLEUM SYSTEMS IN THE SOUTH CASPIAN REGION.

Syn-sedimentary to diagenetic Cu ± Co mineralization in Mesoproterozoic pyritic shale driven by magmatic-hydrothermal activity on the edge of the Great Falls tectonic zone – Black Butte, Helena Embayment, Belt-Purcell Basin, USA: Evidence from sulfide Re-Os isotope geochemistry (2021)
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Saintilan, N. J., Sheldrake, T. E., Creaser, R. A., Selby, D., Zieg, J., Boyce, A., & Chelle-Michou, C. (2021). Syn-sedimentary to diagenetic Cu ± Co mineralization in Mesoproterozoic pyritic shale driven by magmatic-hydrothermal activity on the edge of the Great Falls tectonic zone – Black Butte, Helena Embayment, Belt-Purcell Basin, USA: Evidence from sulfide Re-Os isotope geochemistry. Lithosphere, 2021(1), Article 7866186. https://doi.org/10.2113/2021/7866186

The ca. 1,500 to 1,325 Ma Mesoproterozoic Belt-Purcell Basin is an exceptionally preserved archive of Mesoproterozoic Earth and its paleo-environmental conditions. The Belt-Purcell Basin is also host to world-class base metal sediment-hosted minerali... Read More about Syn-sedimentary to diagenetic Cu ± Co mineralization in Mesoproterozoic pyritic shale driven by magmatic-hydrothermal activity on the edge of the Great Falls tectonic zone – Black Butte, Helena Embayment, Belt-Purcell Basin, USA: Evidence from sulfide Re-Os isotope geochemistry.

Upper Devonian mercury record from North America and its implications for the Frasnian–Famennian mass extinction (2021)
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Liu, Z., Percival, L. M., Vandeputte, D., Selby, D., Claeys, P., Over, D. J., & Gao, Y. (2021). Upper Devonian mercury record from North America and its implications for the Frasnian–Famennian mass extinction. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 576, Article 110502. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110502

The Frasnian–Famennian biotic crisis (~372 Ma) was one of the “big five” mass extinction events in the Phanerozoic. This event was associated with dramatic climatic and oceanographic perturbations, including oceanic anoxia, global cooling, sea-level... Read More about Upper Devonian mercury record from North America and its implications for the Frasnian–Famennian mass extinction.

Cretaceous intermediate sulfidation ore system in the Dongkeng Volcanic Basin, SE China: constraints from the Dongji and Maluntou gold deposits (2021)
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Chen, M., Wei, J., Selby, D., Li, Y., Shi, W., & Zhao, Y. (2021). Cretaceous intermediate sulfidation ore system in the Dongkeng Volcanic Basin, SE China: constraints from the Dongji and Maluntou gold deposits. Ore Geology Reviews, 135, Article 104202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2021.104202

The Dongji (>12.5 t Au @ 4.27 g/t) and Maluntou (>5.0 t Au @ 3.70 g/t) gold deposits are the two largest ones in the Dongkeng Volcanic Basin (DVB), SE China, that are hosted by volcanic rocks. Mineralization is represented by three stages (i.e., stag... Read More about Cretaceous intermediate sulfidation ore system in the Dongkeng Volcanic Basin, SE China: constraints from the Dongji and Maluntou gold deposits.

New multicellular marine macroalgae from the early Tonian of northwestern Canada (2021)
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Maloney, K. M., Halverson, G. P., Schiffbauer, J. D., Xiao, S., Gibson, T. M., Lechte, M. A., …Laflamme, M. (2021). New multicellular marine macroalgae from the early Tonian of northwestern Canada. Geology, 49(6), 743-747. https://doi.org/10.1130/g48508.1

Molecular phylogenetic data suggest that photosynthetic eukaryotes first evolved in freshwater environments in the early Proterozoic and diversified into marine environments by the Tonian Period, but early algal evolution is poorly reflected in the f... Read More about New multicellular marine macroalgae from the early Tonian of northwestern Canada.

Sulfide recrystallization and gold remobilization during the 2.0 Ga stage of the Minas Orogeny: implications for gold mineralization in the Quadrilátero Ferrífero area, Brazil (2021)
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Brando Soares, M., Selby, D., Robb, L., & Corrêa Neto, A. V. (2021). Sulfide recrystallization and gold remobilization during the 2.0 Ga stage of the Minas Orogeny: implications for gold mineralization in the Quadrilátero Ferrífero area, Brazil. Economic geology and the bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists, 116(6), 1455-1466. https://doi.org/10.5382/econgeo.4830

The historic Quadrilátero Ferrífero mining district in Brazil is a polydeformed Archean terrane recording several tectonic events. This history has hampered the accurate dating of its important gold deposits, given that most of the geochronological c... Read More about Sulfide recrystallization and gold remobilization during the 2.0 Ga stage of the Minas Orogeny: implications for gold mineralization in the Quadrilátero Ferrífero area, Brazil.

Deep-water osmium-isotope record of the Permian–Triassic interval from Niushan, China reveals potential delayed volcanic signal post the mass extinction (2021)
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Liu, Z., & Selby, D. (2021). Deep-water osmium-isotope record of the Permian–Triassic interval from Niushan, China reveals potential delayed volcanic signal post the mass extinction. Global and Planetary Change, 200, Article 103473. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103473

The end Permian mass extinction event is one of the most severe biotic crisis of the Phanerozoic. The trigger of this event has been widely linked to massive volcanic activity associated with the Siberian Traps Large Igneous Province through the appl... Read More about Deep-water osmium-isotope record of the Permian–Triassic interval from Niushan, China reveals potential delayed volcanic signal post the mass extinction.

A revised age, structural model and origin for the North Pennine Orefield in the Alston Block, northern England: intrusion (Whin Sill)-related base metal (Cu–Pb–Zn–F) mineralization (2021)
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Dempsey, E., Holdsworth, R., Selby, D., Bird, A., Young, B., & Le Cornu, C. (2021). A revised age, structural model and origin for the North Pennine Orefield in the Alston Block, northern England: intrusion (Whin Sill)-related base metal (Cu–Pb–Zn–F) mineralization. Journal of the Geological Society, 178(4), jgs2020-226. https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2020-226

Mineralization and associated fluid migration events in the c. 1500 km2 North Pennine Orefield (NPO) are known to be associated with tectonic activity, but the age of these tectonic events and origins of the base metal sulfide mineralization remain u... Read More about A revised age, structural model and origin for the North Pennine Orefield in the Alston Block, northern England: intrusion (Whin Sill)-related base metal (Cu–Pb–Zn–F) mineralization.

Geology, mineralogy, ore paragenesis, and molybdenite Re-Os geochronology of Sn-W (-Mo) mineralization in Padatgyaung and Dawei, Myanmar: Implications for timing of mineralization and tectonic setting (2021)
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Myint, A. Z., Li, H., Mitchell, A., Selby, D., & Wagner, T. (2021). Geology, mineralogy, ore paragenesis, and molybdenite Re-Os geochronology of Sn-W (-Mo) mineralization in Padatgyaung and Dawei, Myanmar: Implications for timing of mineralization and tectonic setting. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 212, Article 104725. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2021.104725

The Sn-W (-Mo) deposits of Myanmar are mostly located in the Western Granite Province that is well known for its world-class Sn-W (-Mo) deposits. Previous studies have constrained the age of the granitic intrusions of the province and the timing of m... Read More about Geology, mineralogy, ore paragenesis, and molybdenite Re-Os geochronology of Sn-W (-Mo) mineralization in Padatgyaung and Dawei, Myanmar: Implications for timing of mineralization and tectonic setting.

The Giant Chalukou Porphyry Mo Deposit, Northeast China: The Product of a Short-Lived, High Flux Mineralizing Event (2021)
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Zhao, Q., Zhai, D., Mathur, R., Liu, J., Selby, D., & Williams-Jones, A. E. (2021). The Giant Chalukou Porphyry Mo Deposit, Northeast China: The Product of a Short-Lived, High Flux Mineralizing Event. Economic geology and the bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists, 116(5), 1209-1225. https://doi.org/10.5382/econgeo.4818

Whether giant porphyry ore deposits are the products of single, short-lived magmatic-hydrothermal events or multiple events over a prolonged interval is a topic of considerable debate. Previous studies, however, have all been devoted to porphyry Cu a... Read More about The Giant Chalukou Porphyry Mo Deposit, Northeast China: The Product of a Short-Lived, High Flux Mineralizing Event.

Depositional influences on Re-Os systematics of Late Cretaceous–Eocene fluvio-deltaic coals and coaly mudstones, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand (2021)
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Rotich, E. K., Handler, M. R., Sykes, R., Selby, D., & Naeher, S. (2021). Depositional influences on Re-Os systematics of Late Cretaceous–Eocene fluvio-deltaic coals and coaly mudstones, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. International Journal of Coal Geology, 236, Article 103670. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2020.103670

The factors controlling Re-Os systematics and potential for geochronology in organic-rich sedimentary rocks deposited in fully terrestrial to paralic environments are not well understood. Here we present Re-Os, bulk pyrolysis and sulfur data for coal... Read More about Depositional influences on Re-Os systematics of Late Cretaceous–Eocene fluvio-deltaic coals and coaly mudstones, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand.

Osmium isotopic constraints on sulphide formation in the epithermal environment of magmatic-hydrothermal mineral deposits (2021)
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Saintilan, N. J., Sproson, A. D., Selby, D., Rottier, B., Casanova, V., Creaser, R. A., …Zambito, J. J. (2021). Osmium isotopic constraints on sulphide formation in the epithermal environment of magmatic-hydrothermal mineral deposits. Chemical Geology, 564, Article 120053. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.120053

In the magmatic-hydrothermal environment, fluids with similar metal concentrations and sources may yield contrasting mineral assemblages in successive stages of sulphide mineralization. These differences are linked to the physico-chemical conditions... Read More about Osmium isotopic constraints on sulphide formation in the epithermal environment of magmatic-hydrothermal mineral deposits.

Genetic relationship between hydrocarbon system evolution and Carlin-type gold mineralization: Insights from ReOs pyrobitumen and pyrite geochronology in the Nanpanjiang Basin, South China (2020)
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Ge, X., Selby, D., Liu, J., Chen, Y., Cheng, G., & Shen, C. (2021). Genetic relationship between hydrocarbon system evolution and Carlin-type gold mineralization: Insights from ReOs pyrobitumen and pyrite geochronology in the Nanpanjiang Basin, South China. Chemical Geology, 559, Article 119953. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.119953

The spatial association of hydrocarbons with metalliferous ore deposits is found worldwide and is particularly common to Carlin-type gold systems. Both liquid oil and pyrobitumen are found in Carlin-type gold deposits of North Nevada, USA and the Nan... Read More about Genetic relationship between hydrocarbon system evolution and Carlin-type gold mineralization: Insights from ReOs pyrobitumen and pyrite geochronology in the Nanpanjiang Basin, South China.

Regional chronostratigraphic synthesis of the Cenomanian-Turonian Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (OAE2) interval, Western Interior Basin (USA): New Re-Os chemostratigraphy and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology (2020)
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Jones, M. M., Sageman, B. B., Selby, D., Jicha, B. R., Singer, B. S., & Titus, A. L. (2021). Regional chronostratigraphic synthesis of the Cenomanian-Turonian Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (OAE2) interval, Western Interior Basin (USA): New Re-Os chemostratigraphy and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology. GSA Bulletin, 133(5-6), 1090-1104. https://doi.org/10.1130/b35594.1

Fluctuations in depositional conditions during the onset of severe climate events in Earth history predispose stratigraphic archives to hiatuses, often hindering complete reconstructions of paleoclimate events and their triggers. Several studies have... Read More about Regional chronostratigraphic synthesis of the Cenomanian-Turonian Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (OAE2) interval, Western Interior Basin (USA): New Re-Os chemostratigraphy and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology.

Complex Interactions Between Large Igneous Province Emplacement and Global‐Temperature Changes During the Cenomanian‐Turonian Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE 2) (2020)
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Percival, L., Helmond, N., Selby, D., Goderis, S., & Claeys, P. (2020). Complex Interactions Between Large Igneous Province Emplacement and Global‐Temperature Changes During the Cenomanian‐Turonian Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE 2). Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 35(10), Article e2020PA004016. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020pa004016

Super greenhouse temperatures at the onset of the Cenomanian‐Turonian oceanic anoxic event (OAE 2) have been widely linked with large igneous province (LIP) volcanic activity. However, the extent to which volcanism influenced subsequent climate chang... Read More about Complex Interactions Between Large Igneous Province Emplacement and Global‐Temperature Changes During the Cenomanian‐Turonian Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE 2).

A pre-Sturtian depositional age of the lower Paraguay Belt, Western Brazil, and its relationship to western Gondwana magmatism (2020)
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Manoel, T. N., Selby, D., Galvez, M. E., Leite, J. A. D., & Figueiredo, L. N. (2021). A pre-Sturtian depositional age of the lower Paraguay Belt, Western Brazil, and its relationship to western Gondwana magmatism. Gondwana Research, 89, 238-246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2020.10.002

The Neoproterozoic Paraguay Belt in mid-eastern Mato Grosso, western Brazil, records the geological evolution of the margins of western Gondwana. The lack of absolute geochronology for the Paraguay Belt has hampered both regional and global stratigra... Read More about A pre-Sturtian depositional age of the lower Paraguay Belt, Western Brazil, and its relationship to western Gondwana magmatism.

Sedimentary basin controls on orogenic gold deposits: New constraints from U-Pb detrital zircon and Re-Os sulphide geochronology, Lynn Lake greenstone belt, Canada (2020)
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Lawley, C., Yang, X., Selby, D., Davis, W., Zhang, S., Petts, D., & Jackson, S. (2020). Sedimentary basin controls on orogenic gold deposits: New constraints from U-Pb detrital zircon and Re-Os sulphide geochronology, Lynn Lake greenstone belt, Canada. Ore Geology Reviews, 126, Article 103790. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103790

Sedimentary basins that open and close during the last stages of mountain building represent an important exploration criterion for orogenic gold deposits. However, the genetic and/or preservation controls of these synorogenic, or “Timiskaming-type”,... Read More about Sedimentary basin controls on orogenic gold deposits: New constraints from U-Pb detrital zircon and Re-Os sulphide geochronology, Lynn Lake greenstone belt, Canada.

Multiple rejuvenation episodes of a silicic magma reservoir at the origin of the large diatreme-dome complex and porphyry-type mineralization events at Cerro de Pasco (Peru) (2020)
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Rottier, B., Kouzmanov, K., Ovtcharova, M., Ulianov, A., Wälle, M., Selby, D., & Fontboté, L. (2020). Multiple rejuvenation episodes of a silicic magma reservoir at the origin of the large diatreme-dome complex and porphyry-type mineralization events at Cerro de Pasco (Peru). Lithos, 376-377, Article 105766. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2020.105766

The Cerro de Pasco district in central Peru hosts one of the world largest porphyry-related epithermal polymetallic deposits. The district is centered onto a large diatreme-dome complex crosscut by numerous dacite to rhyodacite bodies showing domal s... Read More about Multiple rejuvenation episodes of a silicic magma reservoir at the origin of the large diatreme-dome complex and porphyry-type mineralization events at Cerro de Pasco (Peru).

Vein Hosted Copper Deposits of the Allihies Mining Area, Southwest Ireland – A New Structural and Chronological Evaluation (2020)
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Lang, J., Meere, P., Johnson, S., Solferino, G., Torremans, K., Selby, D., & Kyne, R. (2020). Vein Hosted Copper Deposits of the Allihies Mining Area, Southwest Ireland – A New Structural and Chronological Evaluation. Journal of the Geological Society, 177(4), 671-685. https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2019-154

This paper presents new data for historical vein-hosted copper sulfide deposits in the Late Paleozoic Munster and South Munster basins of SW Ireland. Detailed mapping, 3D modelling, fluid inclusion microthermometry and geochronology from the Allihies... Read More about Vein Hosted Copper Deposits of the Allihies Mining Area, Southwest Ireland – A New Structural and Chronological Evaluation.

Biomass-derived provenance dominates glacial surface organic carbon in the western Himalaya (2020)
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Nizam, S., Sen, I. S., Vinoj, V., Galy, V., Selby, D., Azam, M. F., …Bizimis, M. (2020). Biomass-derived provenance dominates glacial surface organic carbon in the western Himalaya. Environmental Science and Technology, 54(14), 8612-8621. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c02710

The origin, transport pathways, and spatial variability of total organic carbon (OC) on the western Himalayan glaciers is poorly understood compared to that of black carbon (BC) and dust, but it is critically important to evaluate the climatic role o... Read More about Biomass-derived provenance dominates glacial surface organic carbon in the western Himalaya.

Direct coupling between carbon release and weathering during the Toarcian oceanic anoxic event (2020)
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Kemp, D. B., Selby, D., & Izumi, K. (2020). Direct coupling between carbon release and weathering during the Toarcian oceanic anoxic event. Geology, 48(10), 976-980. https://doi.org/10.1130/g47509.1

Silicate weathering represents a major feedback mechanism in the Earth’s climate system, helping to stabilize atmospheric CO2 levels and temperature on million-year time scales. On shorter time scales of greater relevance to understanding the fate of... Read More about Direct coupling between carbon release and weathering during the Toarcian oceanic anoxic event.

Anthropogenic Osmium in Macroalgae from Tokyo Bay Reveals Widespread Contamination from Municipal Solid Waste (2020)
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Sproson, A. D., Selby, D., Suzuki, K., Oda, T., & Kuroda, J. (2020). Anthropogenic Osmium in Macroalgae from Tokyo Bay Reveals Widespread Contamination from Municipal Solid Waste. Environmental Science and Technology, 54(15), 9356-9365. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c01602

Human activity is influencing the global osmium cycle, driving the Os isotopic composition (187Os/188Os) of the hydrosphere and associated sedimentary material to lower values. Here, we present the Re and Os abundance and isotope systematics of macro... Read More about Anthropogenic Osmium in Macroalgae from Tokyo Bay Reveals Widespread Contamination from Municipal Solid Waste.

Late Barremian / Early Aptian Re–Os age of the Ipubi Formation black shales: Stratigraphic and paleoenvironmental implications for Araripe Basin, northeastern Brazil (2020)
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Lúcio, T., Souza Neto, J. A., & Selby, D. (2020). Late Barremian / Early Aptian Re–Os age of the Ipubi Formation black shales: Stratigraphic and paleoenvironmental implications for Araripe Basin, northeastern Brazil. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 102, Article 102699. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2020.102699

The Ipubi Formation of the Santana Group, Araripe Basin, Brazil, is characterized by black shales and overlying evaporite deposits and is suggested to record the transition from lacustrine to marine depositional environments. To date, the age of the... Read More about Late Barremian / Early Aptian Re–Os age of the Ipubi Formation black shales: Stratigraphic and paleoenvironmental implications for Araripe Basin, northeastern Brazil.

Mineral separation protocol for accurate and precise rhenium-osmium (Re-Os) geochronology and sulphur isotope composition of individual sulphide species (2020)
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Saintilan, N., Selby, D., Hughes, J., Schlatter, D., Kolb, J., & Boyce, A. (2020). Mineral separation protocol for accurate and precise rhenium-osmium (Re-Os) geochronology and sulphur isotope composition of individual sulphide species. MethodsX, 7, Article 100944. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2020.100944

A temporal framework for mineral deposits is essential when addressing the history of their formation and conceptualizing genetic models of their origin. This knowledge is critical to understand how crust-forming processes are related to metal accumu... Read More about Mineral separation protocol for accurate and precise rhenium-osmium (Re-Os) geochronology and sulphur isotope composition of individual sulphide species.

Multiple episodes of gold mineralization in the East Kunlun Orogen, western Central Orogenic Belt, China: Constraints from Re-Os sulfide geochronology (2020)
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Chen, J., Fu, L., Selby, D., Wei, J., Zhao, X., & Zhou, H. (2020). Multiple episodes of gold mineralization in the East Kunlun Orogen, western Central Orogenic Belt, China: Constraints from Re-Os sulfide geochronology. Ore Geology Reviews, 123, Article 103587. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103587

The Gouli goldfield (>110 t Au), located in the East Kunlun Orogen, western Central Orogenic Belt of China, is one of the most important goldfields in this area. In the last decade, a number of orogenic gold deposits (e.g., Guoluolongwa and Annage) h... Read More about Multiple episodes of gold mineralization in the East Kunlun Orogen, western Central Orogenic Belt, China: Constraints from Re-Os sulfide geochronology.

Evidence for volcanism and weathering during the Permian-Triassic mass extinction from Meishan (South China) osmium isotope record (2020)
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Liu, Z., Selby, D., Zhang, H., & Shen, S. (2020). Evidence for volcanism and weathering during the Permian-Triassic mass extinction from Meishan (South China) osmium isotope record. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 553, Article 109790. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109790

The Permian–Triassic mass extinction event is the most severe biotic crisis during the Phanerozoic. The trigger of this event has been widely linked with massive volcanic activity associated with the Siberian Traps Large Igneous Province. However, th... Read More about Evidence for volcanism and weathering during the Permian-Triassic mass extinction from Meishan (South China) osmium isotope record.

Source of gold in Neoarchean orogenic-type deposits in the North Atlantic Craton, Greenland: Insights for a proto-source of gold in sub-seafloor hydrothermal arsenopyrite in the Mesoarchean (2020)
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Saintilan, N., Selby, D., Hughes, J., Schlatter, D., Kolb, J., & Boyce, A. (2020). Source of gold in Neoarchean orogenic-type deposits in the North Atlantic Craton, Greenland: Insights for a proto-source of gold in sub-seafloor hydrothermal arsenopyrite in the Mesoarchean. Precambrian Research, 343, Article 105717. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2020.105717

Given that gold (Au) mostly remained in the incipient Earth mantle until ca. 3.9–3.8 Ga, a “proto-source” of gold may have been present in the dominantly mafic crust precursor born through first-stage melting of the early Earth mantle. In south-weste... Read More about Source of gold in Neoarchean orogenic-type deposits in the North Atlantic Craton, Greenland: Insights for a proto-source of gold in sub-seafloor hydrothermal arsenopyrite in the Mesoarchean.

The latest Aptian / earliest Albian age of the Kekura gold deposit, Western Chukotka, Russia: Implications for mineralization associated with post-collisional magmatism (2020)
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Nagornaya, E., Baksheev, I., Selby, D., & Tikhomirov, P. (2020). The latest Aptian / earliest Albian age of the Kekura gold deposit, Western Chukotka, Russia: Implications for mineralization associated with post-collisional magmatism. Mineralium Deposita, 55(7), 1255-1262. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00126-020-00969-7

The Kekura gold deposit (76.2 t Au at 8.1 g/t) is situated in Western Chukotka, a region that hosts several Au, Ag, Cu, and Mo deposits and prospects. The Kekura deposit is related to the eponymous granite intrusion that is cut by porphyry dikes. The... Read More about The latest Aptian / earliest Albian age of the Kekura gold deposit, Western Chukotka, Russia: Implications for mineralization associated with post-collisional magmatism.

Petroleum evolution within the Tarim Basin, northwestern China: Insights from organic geochemistry, fluid inclusions, and rhenium–osmium geochronology of the Halahatang oil field (2020)
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Ge, X., Shen, C., Selby, D., Feely, M., & Zhu, G. (2020). Petroleum evolution within the Tarim Basin, northwestern China: Insights from organic geochemistry, fluid inclusions, and rhenium–osmium geochronology of the Halahatang oil field. AAPG Bulletin, 104(2), 329-355. https://doi.org/10.1306/05091917253

The newly discovered Halahatang oil field in the northern Tarim Basin has a potential resource of more than 70 billion bbl of oil. Oil organic geochemical data from the Halahatang oil field indicate that the oils are of moderate maturity, biodegraded... Read More about Petroleum evolution within the Tarim Basin, northwestern China: Insights from organic geochemistry, fluid inclusions, and rhenium–osmium geochronology of the Halahatang oil field.

Evidence of wildfires and elevated atmospheric oxygen at the Frasnian−Famennian boundary in New York (USA): Implications for the Late Devonian mass extinction (2020)
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Liu, Z., Selby, D., Hackley, P. C., & Over, D. J. (2020). Evidence of wildfires and elevated atmospheric oxygen at the Frasnian−Famennian boundary in New York (USA): Implications for the Late Devonian mass extinction. GSA Bulletin, 130(9-10), 2043-2054. https://doi.org/10.1130/b35457.1

The Devonian Period experienced significant fluctuations of atmospheric oxygen (O2) levels (∼25−13%), for which the extent and timing are debated. Also characteristic of the Devonian Period, at the Frasnian−Famennian (F−F) boundary, is one of the “bi... Read More about Evidence of wildfires and elevated atmospheric oxygen at the Frasnian−Famennian boundary in New York (USA): Implications for the Late Devonian mass extinction.

Re-Os geochronology and isotope systematics, and organic and sulfur geochemistry of the middle-late Paleocene Waipawa Formation, New Zealand: Insights into early Paleogene seawater Os isotope composition (2020)
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Rotich, K., Handler, M., Naeher, S., Selby, D., Hollis, C., & Sykes, R. (2020). Re-Os geochronology and isotope systematics, and organic and sulfur geochemistry of the middle-late Paleocene Waipawa Formation, New Zealand: Insights into early Paleogene seawater Os isotope composition. Chemical Geology, 536, Article 119473. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.119473

In the middle–late Paleocene, a marine, organic-rich sedimentary unit (Waipawa Formation [Fm]) in which the organic matter was derived mainly from terrestrial plants was deposited in many of New Zealand's sedimentary basins. The unique organofacies o... Read More about Re-Os geochronology and isotope systematics, and organic and sulfur geochemistry of the middle-late Paleocene Waipawa Formation, New Zealand: Insights into early Paleogene seawater Os isotope composition.

Apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronology and Re-Os ages in the Altar region, Central Andes (31°30’S), Main Cordillera of San Juan, Argentina: Implications of rapid exhumation in the porphyry Cu (Au) metal endowment and regional tectonics (2020)
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Maydagan, L., Zattin, M., Mpodozis, C., Selby, D., Franchini, M., & Dimieri, L. (2020). Apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronology and Re-Os ages in the Altar region, Central Andes (31°30’S), Main Cordillera of San Juan, Argentina: Implications of rapid exhumation in the porphyry Cu (Au) metal endowment and regional tectonics. Mineralium Deposita, 55(7), 1365-1384. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00126-019-00946-9

Altar is a large porphyry Cu (Au) deposit located in the Main Cordillera of Argentina, 20 km to the north of the giant Los Pelambres–El Pachón porphyry copper cluster, at the southern portion of the Pampean flat-slab segment of the Andes. Although th... Read More about Apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronology and Re-Os ages in the Altar region, Central Andes (31°30’S), Main Cordillera of San Juan, Argentina: Implications of rapid exhumation in the porphyry Cu (Au) metal endowment and regional tectonics.

Assessing the Contributions of Comet Impact and Volcanism Toward the Climate Perturbations of the Paleocene‐Eocene Thermal Maximum (2019)
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Liu, Z., Horton, D. E., Tabor, C., Sageman, B. B., Percival, L. M., Gill, B. C., & Selby, D. (2019). Assessing the Contributions of Comet Impact and Volcanism Toward the Climate Perturbations of the Paleocene‐Eocene Thermal Maximum. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(24), 14798-14806. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019gl084818

The Paleocene‐Eocene Thermal Maximum is marked by a prominent negative carbon‐isotope excursion, reflecting the injection of thousands of gigatons of isotopically light carbon into the atmosphere. The sources of the isotopically light carbon remain p... Read More about Assessing the Contributions of Comet Impact and Volcanism Toward the Climate Perturbations of the Paleocene‐Eocene Thermal Maximum.

The Genesis of the Giant Shuangjianzishan Epithermal Ag-Pb-Zn Deposit, Inner Mongolia, Northeastern China (2019)
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Zhai, D., Williams-Jones, E., Selby, D., Liu, J., Voudouris, P., Tombros, S., …Sun, H. (2020). The Genesis of the Giant Shuangjianzishan Epithermal Ag-Pb-Zn Deposit, Inner Mongolia, Northeastern China. Economic geology and the bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists, 115(1), 101-128. https://doi.org/10.5382/econgeo.4695

The newly discovered Shuangjianzishan Ag-Pb-Zn deposit, with 145 Mt of ore grading 128.5 g/t Ag (locally up to 32,000 g/t) and 2.2 wt % Pb + Zn, is located in the Great Hinggan Range metallogenic belt, northeastern China, and is currently the largest... Read More about The Genesis of the Giant Shuangjianzishan Epithermal Ag-Pb-Zn Deposit, Inner Mongolia, Northeastern China.

Proto-Tethys magmatic evolution along northern Gondwana: Insights from Late Silurian–Middle Devonian A-type magmatism, East Kunlun Orogen, Northern Tibetan Plateau, China (2019)
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Chen, J., Fu, L., Wei, J., Selby, D., Zhang, D., Zhou, H., …Liu, Y. (2020). Proto-Tethys magmatic evolution along northern Gondwana: Insights from Late Silurian–Middle Devonian A-type magmatism, East Kunlun Orogen, Northern Tibetan Plateau, China. Lithos, 356-357, Article 105304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2019.105304

The East Kunlun Orogen records the geological evolutions of the Neoproterozoic – Early Paleozoic Proto-Tethyan Ocean and Late Paleozoic–Mesozoic Paleo-Tethys Ocean along northern Gondwana. However, the late-stage evolution of the Proto-Tethyan Ocean... Read More about Proto-Tethys magmatic evolution along northern Gondwana: Insights from Late Silurian–Middle Devonian A-type magmatism, East Kunlun Orogen, Northern Tibetan Plateau, China.

Tracking drainage basin evolution, continental tectonics, and climate change: Implications from osmium isotopes of lacustrine systems (2019)
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Pietras, J. T., Selby, D., Brembs, R., & Dennett, A. (2020). Tracking drainage basin evolution, continental tectonics, and climate change: Implications from osmium isotopes of lacustrine systems. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 537, Article 109471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.109471

Organic matter in the lacustrine Eocene Green River Formation in two cores separated by 16 km in the Uinta Basin record similar centimeter-scale initial 187Os/188Os (denoted as Osi) stratigraphic profiles. This demonstrates that the Os isotopic compo... Read More about Tracking drainage basin evolution, continental tectonics, and climate change: Implications from osmium isotopes of lacustrine systems.

A review of molybdenite, and fluorite mineralization in Caledonian granite basement, western Ireland, incorporating new field and fluid inclusion studies, and Re-Os and U-Pb geochronology (2019)
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Feely, M., Costanzo, A., Gaynor, S. P., Selby, D., & McNulty, E. (2020). A review of molybdenite, and fluorite mineralization in Caledonian granite basement, western Ireland, incorporating new field and fluid inclusion studies, and Re-Os and U-Pb geochronology. Lithos, 354-355, Article 105267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2019.105267

The recent discovery of late-magmatic quartz vein hosted molybdenite, and exceptional gem quality vein fluorite, in the Caledonian Galway Granite Complex (GGC), has prompted a review of these contrasting styles of mineralisation in the late-Caledonia... Read More about A review of molybdenite, and fluorite mineralization in Caledonian granite basement, western Ireland, incorporating new field and fluid inclusion studies, and Re-Os and U-Pb geochronology.

Osmium-isotope evidence for volcanism across the Wuchiapingian–Changhsingian boundary interval (2019)
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Liu, Z., Selby, D., Zhang, H., Zheng, Q., Shen, S., Sageman, B. B., …Beauchamp, B. (2019). Osmium-isotope evidence for volcanism across the Wuchiapingian–Changhsingian boundary interval. Chemical Geology, 529, Article 119313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2019.119313

Two negative carbon isotope excursions (3.5–6.5‰) across the Wuchiapingian-Changhsingian boundary (WCB) are observed globally (sections in China, Canada, and Iran); however, the causative mechanism of these excursions is debated. Here, high-resolutio... Read More about Osmium-isotope evidence for volcanism across the Wuchiapingian–Changhsingian boundary interval.

Rhenium abundance in molybdenites: a case study on vein-type Cu-Mo-Au mineralisation in the Qarachilar area, Sungun porphyry Cu and Siah Kamar porphyry Mo deposits, NW Iran (2019)
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Simmonds, V., Mathur, R., & Selby, D. (2019). Rhenium abundance in molybdenites: a case study on vein-type Cu-Mo-Au mineralisation in the Qarachilar area, Sungun porphyry Cu and Siah Kamar porphyry Mo deposits, NW Iran. Geological Quarterly, 63(3), 478-492. https://doi.org/10.7306/gq.1488

The vein-type Cu-Mo-Au mineralisation in Qarachilar, the Sungun porphyry Cu deposit (PCD) and the Siah Kamar porphyry Mo deposit (PMD) are all located at the northwestern end of the Neo Tethys-related Urumieh–Dokhtar volcano-plutonic belt of Iran. Re... Read More about Rhenium abundance in molybdenites: a case study on vein-type Cu-Mo-Au mineralisation in the Qarachilar area, Sungun porphyry Cu and Siah Kamar porphyry Mo deposits, NW Iran.

A second type of highly asphaltic crude oil seepage stranded on the South Australian coastline (2019)
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Corrick, A., Hall, P., Gong, S., McKirdy, D., Selby, D., Trefry, C., & Ross, A. (2020). A second type of highly asphaltic crude oil seepage stranded on the South Australian coastline. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 112, Article 104062. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.104062

Strandings of semi-solid to solid asphaltic bitumen along the coastline of South Australia have been reported as far back as the late 1800s. Hitherto only a single variety, now referred to as asphaltite, has been attributed to seepage from the nearby... Read More about A second type of highly asphaltic crude oil seepage stranded on the South Australian coastline.

Controlling Mechanisms for Molybdenum Isotope Fractionation in Porphyry Deposits: The Qulong Example (2019)
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Li, Y., McCoy-West, A. J., Zhang, S., Selby, D., Burton, K. W., & Horan, K. (2019). Controlling Mechanisms for Molybdenum Isotope Fractionation in Porphyry Deposits: The Qulong Example. Economic geology and the bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists, 114(5), 981-992. https://doi.org/10.5382/econgeo.4653

Molybdenite-bearing porphyry deposits are the predominant supplier of molybdenum to industrialized society and one of the main hosts of Mo in the upper continental crust. The Mo isotope compositions (δ98/95Mo, normalized to NIST3134 equals 0‰) of mol... Read More about Controlling Mechanisms for Molybdenum Isotope Fractionation in Porphyry Deposits: The Qulong Example.

Evaluating the Use of the Molybdenite Re-Os Chronometer in Dating Gold Mineralization: Evidence from the Haigou Deposit, Northeastern China (2019)
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Zhai, D., Williams-Jones, A. E., Liu, J., Selby, D., Li, C., Huang, X., …Guo, D. (2019). Evaluating the Use of the Molybdenite Re-Os Chronometer in Dating Gold Mineralization: Evidence from the Haigou Deposit, Northeastern China. Economic geology and the bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists, 114(5), 897-915. https://doi.org/10.5382/econgeo.2019.4667

The Haigou lode gold deposit (>40 tons [t] at 3.4 g/t), which is located near the eastern boundary of the Central Asian orogenic belt and the North China craton, is one of the largest gold deposits in northeastern China. Native gold is intergrown wit... Read More about Evaluating the Use of the Molybdenite Re-Os Chronometer in Dating Gold Mineralization: Evidence from the Haigou Deposit, Northeastern China.

Multiple Porphyry Cu-Mo Events in the Eastern Pontides Metallogenic Belt, Turkey: From Early Cretaceous Subduction to Eocene Postcollision Evolution (2019)
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Delibaş, O., Moritz, R., Selby, D., Göç, D., & Revan, M. K. (2019). Multiple Porphyry Cu-Mo Events in the Eastern Pontides Metallogenic Belt, Turkey: From Early Cretaceous Subduction to Eocene Postcollision Evolution. Economic geology and the bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists, 114(7), 1285-1300. https://doi.org/10.5382/econgeo.4663

Four porphyry Cu-Mo systems were investigated by Re-Os molybdenite geochronology to constrain their timing with respect to the geodynamic and magmatic evolution of the eastern Pontides, Turkey. Molybdenite from the Ispir-Ulutaş deposit yielded an Re-... Read More about Multiple Porphyry Cu-Mo Events in the Eastern Pontides Metallogenic Belt, Turkey: From Early Cretaceous Subduction to Eocene Postcollision Evolution.

Constraining the timing and depositional conditions of the maikop formation within the Kura Basin, Eastern Azerbaijan, through the application of re‐os geochronology and chemostratigraphy (2019)
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Washburn, A., Hudson, S., Selby, D., Abdullayev, N., & Shiyanova, N. (2019). Constraining the timing and depositional conditions of the maikop formation within the Kura Basin, Eastern Azerbaijan, through the application of re‐os geochronology and chemostratigraphy. Journal of Petroleum Geology, 42(3), 281-299. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpg.12734

The Oligocene – Miocene Maikop Formation is the key source rock in the South Caspian and Kura Basins. The Maikop is composed of a thick (up to 3 km) succession of clay‐rich mudstones containing up to 15% total organic carbon (TOC). Despite decades of... Read More about Constraining the timing and depositional conditions of the maikop formation within the Kura Basin, Eastern Azerbaijan, through the application of re‐os geochronology and chemostratigraphy.

Tracing the natural and anthropogenic influence on the trace elemental chemistry of estuarine macroalgae and the implications for human consumption (2019)
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Ownsworth, E., Selby, D., Ottley, C. J., Unsworth, E., Raab, A., Feldmann, J., …Bücker, P. (2019). Tracing the natural and anthropogenic influence on the trace elemental chemistry of estuarine macroalgae and the implications for human consumption. Science of the Total Environment, 685, 259-272. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.263

Macroalgae (seaweed) has been shown to be an effective environmental indicator. We investigate the trace element chemistry of macroalgae samples from locations along the Firth of Forth and Forth Estuary in Scotland. The overall trend in elemental abu... Read More about Tracing the natural and anthropogenic influence on the trace elemental chemistry of estuarine macroalgae and the implications for human consumption.

Multiphase magma intrusion, ore-enhancement and hydrothermal carbonatisation in the Siah-Kamar porphyry Mo deposit, Urumieh-Dokhtar magmatic zone, NW Iran (2019)
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Rabiee, A., Rossetti, F., Tecce, F., Asahara, Y., Azizi, H., Glodny, J., …Selby, D. (2019). Multiphase magma intrusion, ore-enhancement and hydrothermal carbonatisation in the Siah-Kamar porphyry Mo deposit, Urumieh-Dokhtar magmatic zone, NW Iran. Ore Geology Reviews, 110, Article 102930. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.05.016

The Siah-Kamar Mo deposit (SKMD) is located at the northwestern termination of the Urumieh-Dokhtar magmatic zone and it is the only porphyry Mo ore reserve in Iran. The exploration program documented 39.2 Mt proved reserves @ 539 ppm Mo and 66.4 Mt p... Read More about Multiphase magma intrusion, ore-enhancement and hydrothermal carbonatisation in the Siah-Kamar porphyry Mo deposit, Urumieh-Dokhtar magmatic zone, NW Iran.

Ore formation during Jurassic subduction of the Tethys along the Eurasian margin: Constraints from the Kapan district, Lesser Caucasus, southern Armenia (2019)
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Mederer, J., Moritza, R., Chiaradiaa, M., Spikings, R., Selby, D., & Spangenberg, J. (2019). Ore formation during Jurassic subduction of the Tethys along the Eurasian margin: Constraints from the Kapan district, Lesser Caucasus, southern Armenia. Economic geology and the bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists, 114(7), 1251-1284. https://doi.org/10.5382/econgeo.4640

The Kapan mining district in the southernmost Lesser Caucasus is one of the few locations along the central Tethyan metallogenic belt where ore-forming processes were associated with magmatic arc growth during Jurassic Tethys subduction along the Eur... Read More about Ore formation during Jurassic subduction of the Tethys along the Eurasian margin: Constraints from the Kapan district, Lesser Caucasus, southern Armenia.

Multi-isotopic tracing (Mo, S, Pb, Re Os) and genesis of the Mo W Azegour skarn deposit (High-Atlas, Morocco) (2019)
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Marcoux, É., Breillat, N., Guerrot, C., Négrel, P., Hmima, S. B., & Selby, D. (2019). Multi-isotopic tracing (Mo, S, Pb, Re Os) and genesis of the Mo W Azegour skarn deposit (High-Atlas, Morocco). Journal of African Earth Sciences, 155, 109-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2019.04.007

The MoCuW Azegour skarn, located in the High-Atlas in Morocco, is associated with a Late Hercynian alkaline granitic intrusion. Here the origin of the mineralisation via ReOs geochronology and using Mo, S and Pb isotopes is discussed. The age of mine... Read More about Multi-isotopic tracing (Mo, S, Pb, Re Os) and genesis of the Mo W Azegour skarn deposit (High-Atlas, Morocco).

Pulses of enhanced continental weathering associated with multiple Late Devonian climate perturbations: Evidence from osmium-isotope compositions (2019)
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Percival, L., Selby, D., Bond, D., Rachocinski, M., Racki, G., Marynowski, L., …Follmi, K. (2019). Pulses of enhanced continental weathering associated with multiple Late Devonian climate perturbations: Evidence from osmium-isotope compositions. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 524, 240-249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.03.036

Anomalously high rates of continental weathering have frequently been proposed as a key stimulus for the development of widespread marine anoxia during a number of Late Devonian environmental and biospheric crises, which included a major mass extinct... Read More about Pulses of enhanced continental weathering associated with multiple Late Devonian climate perturbations: Evidence from osmium-isotope compositions.

Further evaluation of the Re-Os systematics of crude oil: Implications for Re-Os geochronology of petroleum systems (2019)
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Liu, J., Selby, D., Zhou, H., & Pujol, M. (2019). Further evaluation of the Re-Os systematics of crude oil: Implications for Re-Os geochronology of petroleum systems. Chemical Geology, 513, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2019.03.004

Here we further demonstrate asphaltene to be the main carrier of Re and Os in crude oil and additionally show that generally the less soluble fractions of asphaltene contain higher concentrations of Re and Os, with the 187Os/188Os and 187Re/188Os val... Read More about Further evaluation of the Re-Os systematics of crude oil: Implications for Re-Os geochronology of petroleum systems.

Influence of the High Arctic Igneous Province on the Cenomanian/Turonian Boundary Interval, Sverdrup Basin, High Canadian Arctic (2019)
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Schröder-Adams, C., Herrle, J., Selby, D., Quesnel, A., & Froude, G. (2019). Influence of the High Arctic Igneous Province on the Cenomanian/Turonian Boundary Interval, Sverdrup Basin, High Canadian Arctic. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 511, 76-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2019.01.023

Emplacement of Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) had a major effect on global climate, ocean chemistries as traced in sedimentary records and biotic turnovers. The linkage between LIPs and oceanic anoxic events has been documented with the Cenomanian/Tu... Read More about Influence of the High Arctic Igneous Province on the Cenomanian/Turonian Boundary Interval, Sverdrup Basin, High Canadian Arctic.

Remotely constraining the temporal evolution of offshore oil systems (2019)
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Corrick, A. J., Selby, D., McKirdy, D. M., Hall, P. A., Gong, S., Trefry, C., & Ross, A. S. (2019). Remotely constraining the temporal evolution of offshore oil systems. Scientific Reports, 9(1), Article 1327. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37884-x

An understanding of the temporal evolution of a petroleum system is fundamental to interpreting where hydrocarbons may be trapped in the subsurface. However, traditional exploration methods provide few absolute constraints on the timing of petroleum... Read More about Remotely constraining the temporal evolution of offshore oil systems.

U-Pb zircon and Re-Os molybdenite age of the Siah Kamar porphyry molybdenum deposit, NW Iran (2019)
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Simmonds, V., Moazzen, M., & Selby, D. (2019). U-Pb zircon and Re-Os molybdenite age of the Siah Kamar porphyry molybdenum deposit, NW Iran. International Geology Review, 61(14), 1786-1802. https://doi.org/10.1080/00206814.2018.1561334

The Siah Kamar porphyry Mo deposit is the newly discovered deposit of this type in the Neo Tethys-related Urumieh–Dokhtar magmatic arc, northwest Iran. Mineralization occurs as stock-work quartz–molybdenite and mono-mineralic molybdenite veinlets wit... Read More about U-Pb zircon and Re-Os molybdenite age of the Siah Kamar porphyry molybdenum deposit, NW Iran.

Monte Carlo sampling for error propagation in linear regression and applications in isochron geochronology (2018)
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Li, Y., Zhang, S., Hobbs, R., Caiado, C., Sproson, A., Selby, D., & Rooney, A. (2019). Monte Carlo sampling for error propagation in linear regression and applications in isochron geochronology. Science Bulletin, 64(3), 189-197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2018.12.019

Geochronology is essential for understanding Earth’s history. The availability of precise and accurate isotopic data is increasing; hence it is crucial to develop transparent and accessible data reduction techniques and tools to transform raw mass sp... Read More about Monte Carlo sampling for error propagation in linear regression and applications in isochron geochronology.

Sulphide Re-Os geochronology links orogenesis, salt and Cu-Co ores in the Central African Copperbelt (2018)
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Saintilan, N., Selby, D., Creaser, R., & Dewaele, S. (2018). Sulphide Re-Os geochronology links orogenesis, salt and Cu-Co ores in the Central African Copperbelt. Scientific Reports, 8(1), Article 14946. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-33399-7

The origin of giant, sedimentary rock-hosted copper-cobalt (Cu-Co) provinces remains contentious, in part due to the lack of precise and reliable ages for mineralisation. As such, no consensus has been reached on the genetic model for ore formation,... Read More about Sulphide Re-Os geochronology links orogenesis, salt and Cu-Co ores in the Central African Copperbelt.

Tracing the impact of coastal water geochemistry on the Re-Os systematics of macroalgae: Insights from the basaltic terrain of Iceland (2018)
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Sproson, A. D., Selby, D., Gannoun, A., Burton, K. W., Dellinger, M., & Lloyd, J. M. (2018). Tracing the impact of coastal water geochemistry on the Re-Os systematics of macroalgae: Insights from the basaltic terrain of Iceland. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 123(9), 2791-2806. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018jg004492

This study presents rhenium (Re) and osmium (Os) elemental and isotope data for macroalgae, dissolved load and bed load from Icelandic coastal and/or river waters, an environment adjacent to predominantly basaltic terrains, ranging in age from histor... Read More about Tracing the impact of coastal water geochemistry on the Re-Os systematics of macroalgae: Insights from the basaltic terrain of Iceland.

Rhenium–osmium geochronology and oil-source correlation of the Duvernay petroleum system, Western Canada sedimentary basin: Implications for the application of the rhenium–osmium geochronometer to petroleum systems (2018)
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Liu, J., Selby, D., Obermajer, M., & Mort, A. (2018). Rhenium–osmium geochronology and oil-source correlation of the Duvernay petroleum system, Western Canada sedimentary basin: Implications for the application of the rhenium–osmium geochronometer to petroleum systems. AAPG Bulletin, 102(8), 1627-1657. https://doi.org/10.1306/12081717105

The Re–Os geochronometer has been applied to many petroleum systems worldwide. However, it is debated if the Re–Os systematics in petroleum actually record the timing of oil generation. Here, we investigate the Re–Os isotope systematics of the Duvern... Read More about Rhenium–osmium geochronology and oil-source correlation of the Duvernay petroleum system, Western Canada sedimentary basin: Implications for the application of the rhenium–osmium geochronometer to petroleum systems.

Neoproterozoic-Cambrian petroleum system evolution of the Micang Shan Uplift, Northern Sichuan Basin, China: Insights from pyrobitumen Re-Os geochronology and apatite fission track analysis (2018)
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Ge, X., Shen, C., Selby, D., Wang, G., Yang, Z., Gong, Y., & Xiong, S. (2018). Neoproterozoic-Cambrian petroleum system evolution of the Micang Shan Uplift, Northern Sichuan Basin, China: Insights from pyrobitumen Re-Os geochronology and apatite fission track analysis. AAPG Bulletin, 102(8), 1429-1453. https://doi.org/10.1306/1107171616617170

The Neoproterozoic strata of the Sichuan Basin are a key target for oil and gas. To evaluate the hydrocarbon evolution and its relationship with tectonic events in the Micang Shan uplift, northernmost Sichuan Basin, we apply solid bitumen geochemistr... Read More about Neoproterozoic-Cambrian petroleum system evolution of the Micang Shan Uplift, Northern Sichuan Basin, China: Insights from pyrobitumen Re-Os geochronology and apatite fission track analysis.

Middle Eocene greenhouse warming facilitated by diminished weathering feedback (2018)
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van der Ploeg, R., Selby, D., Cramwinckel, M., Li, Y., Bohaty, S., Middelburg, J., & Sluijs, A. (2018). Middle Eocene greenhouse warming facilitated by diminished weathering feedback. Nature Communications, 9, Article 2877. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05104-9

The Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum (MECO) represents a ~500-kyr period of global warming ~40 million years ago and is associated with a rise in atmospheric CO2 concentrations, but the cause of this CO2 rise remains enigmatic. Here we show, based on o... Read More about Middle Eocene greenhouse warming facilitated by diminished weathering feedback.

Extended abstract : Re-os geochronology and chemostratigraphy of the maikop series source rocks of Eastern Azerbaijan (2018)
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Washburn, A., Hudson, S., Selby, D., Abdullayev, N., & Shiyanova, N. (2018). Extended abstract : Re-os geochronology and chemostratigraphy of the maikop series source rocks of Eastern Azerbaijan. Journal of Petroleum Geology, 41(3), 411-416. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpg.12710

The Oligocene – Miocene Maikop Series is a world‐class source interval and is the most important source rock for the petroleum systems of the South Caspian Basin and surrounding region. The Maikop is a thick (up to 3 km) succession of silty mudstones... Read More about Extended abstract : Re-os geochronology and chemostratigraphy of the maikop series source rocks of Eastern Azerbaijan.

Petroleum generation timing and source in the Northern Longmen Shan Thrust Belt, Southwest China: Implications for multiple oil generation episodes and sources (2018)
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Ge, X., Shen, C., Selby, D., Wang, J., Ma, L., Ruan, X., …Mei, L. (2018). Petroleum generation timing and source in the Northern Longmen Shan Thrust Belt, Southwest China: Implications for multiple oil generation episodes and sources. AAPG Bulletin, 102(05), 913-938. https://doi.org/10.1306/0711171623017125

The temporal evolution of hydrocarbons (∼500 million bbl) and its relationship to the orogenic events of the Longmen Shan thrust belt have been extensively debated. The hydrocarbons occur as solid bitumen, as dykes and/or coatings within/along faults... Read More about Petroleum generation timing and source in the Northern Longmen Shan Thrust Belt, Southwest China: Implications for multiple oil generation episodes and sources.

Geochemistry characteristics and Re-Os isotopic dating of Jurassic oil sands in the northwestern margin of the Junggar Basin (2018)
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Huang, S., Qin, M., Selby, D., Liu, Y., Xu, Q., He, Z., …Liu, J. (2018). Geochemistry characteristics and Re-Os isotopic dating of Jurassic oil sands in the northwestern margin of the Junggar Basin. Dixue qianyuan, 25(2), 254-266. https://doi.org/10.13745/j.esf.2018.02.026

The study of hydrocarbon charging history in shallow basin margin is the key to the investigation of the relationship between hydrocarbon fluid and sandstone type uranium deposit. In this paper, the geochemistry, origin and charging history of hydroc... Read More about Geochemistry characteristics and Re-Os isotopic dating of Jurassic oil sands in the northwestern margin of the Junggar Basin.

Stable isotope and geochronological study of the Mawchi Sn-W deposit, Myanmar: implications for timing of mineralization and ore genesis (2018)
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Myint, A., Yonezu, K., Boyce, A., Selby, D., Scherstén, A., Tindell, T., …Swe, Y. (2018). Stable isotope and geochronological study of the Mawchi Sn-W deposit, Myanmar: implications for timing of mineralization and ore genesis. Ore Geology Reviews, 95, 663-679. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2018.03.014

Myanmar is endowed with abundant Sn-W mineralization, pre-eminent amongst which is the world-class Mawchi deposit. In the Mawchi area, N-S trending vertical or steeply dipping quartz veins are hosted by both Eocene granite and Carboniferous to Early... Read More about Stable isotope and geochronological study of the Mawchi Sn-W deposit, Myanmar: implications for timing of mineralization and ore genesis.

Multisourced metals enriched by magmatic-hydrothermal fluids in stratabound deposits of the Middle–Lower Yangtze River metallogenic belt, China (2018)
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Li, Y., Selby, D., Li, X., & Ottley, C. (2018). Multisourced metals enriched by magmatic-hydrothermal fluids in stratabound deposits of the Middle–Lower Yangtze River metallogenic belt, China. Geology, 46(5), 391-394. https://doi.org/10.1130/g39995.1

Stratabound deposits within late Carboniferous carbonate units in the Middle–Lower Yangtze River metallogenic belt are important copper producers in China. Hitherto, the genesis of these deposits has been debated, due to poor constraints regarding th... Read More about Multisourced metals enriched by magmatic-hydrothermal fluids in stratabound deposits of the Middle–Lower Yangtze River metallogenic belt, China.

Coupled Re-Os and U-Pb geochronology of the Tonian Chuar Group, Grand Canyon (2017)
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Rooney, A., Austermann, J., Smith, E., Li, Y., Selby, D., Dehler, C., …Macdonald, F. (2017). Coupled Re-Os and U-Pb geochronology of the Tonian Chuar Group, Grand Canyon. GSA Bulletin, 130(7-8), 1085-1098. https://doi.org/10.1130/b31768.1

Well-preserved strata of the late Tonian Chuar Group exposed in the Grand Canyon host fossil evidence for the development of eukaryotic predation, the presence of unique biomarkers, and large changes in C, S, and Mo isotope chemostratigraphy. Despite... Read More about Coupled Re-Os and U-Pb geochronology of the Tonian Chuar Group, Grand Canyon.

Evaluating Late Cretaceous OAEs and the influence of marine incursions on organic carbon burial in an expansive East Asian paleo-lake (2017)
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Jones, M., Ibarra, D., Gaoc, Y., Sageman, B., Selby, D., Chamberlain, P., & Graham, S. (2018). Evaluating Late Cretaceous OAEs and the influence of marine incursions on organic carbon burial in an expansive East Asian paleo-lake. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 484, 41-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.11.046

Expansive Late Cretaceous lacustrine deposits of East Asia offer unique stratigraphic records to better understand regional responses to global climate events, such as oceanic anoxic events (OAEs), and terrestrial organic carbon burial dynamics. This... Read More about Evaluating Late Cretaceous OAEs and the influence of marine incursions on organic carbon burial in an expansive East Asian paleo-lake.

A matrix-matched reference material for validating petroleum Re-Os measurements (2017)
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Liu, J., & Selby, D. (2018). A matrix-matched reference material for validating petroleum Re-Os measurements. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, 42(1), 97-113. https://doi.org/10.1111/ggr.12193

This study presents two matrix-matched reference materials developed for petroleum Re-Os measurements. We present the Re and Os mass fractions and 187Re/188Os and 187Os/188Os values (ratio of the number of atoms of the isotopes) for repeatedly measur... Read More about A matrix-matched reference material for validating petroleum Re-Os measurements.

Geological and chronological constraints on the long-lived Eocene Yulong porphyry Cu-Mo deposit, eastern Tibet, China: implications for lifespan of magmatic-hydrothermal processes forming giant and supergiant porphyry Cu deposits (2017)
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Chang, J., Li, J., Selby, D., Liu, J., & Deng, X. (2017). Geological and chronological constraints on the long-lived Eocene Yulong porphyry Cu-Mo deposit, eastern Tibet, China: implications for lifespan of magmatic-hydrothermal processes forming giant and supergiant porphyry Cu deposits. Economic geology and the bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists, 112(7), 1719-1746. https://doi.org/10.5382/econgeo.2017.4527

The Yulong porphyry Cu-Mo deposit, the third largest porphyry Cu deposit in China, contains proven reserves of > 6.5 million metric tons (Mt) Cu and 0.4 Mt Mo. Previous radiometric dating studies have provided numerous ages for this deposit, but the... Read More about Geological and chronological constraints on the long-lived Eocene Yulong porphyry Cu-Mo deposit, eastern Tibet, China: implications for lifespan of magmatic-hydrothermal processes forming giant and supergiant porphyry Cu deposits.

Pulsed magmatic-fluid release for the formation of porphyry deposits: tracing fluid evolution in absolute time from the Tibetan Qulong Cu-Mo deposit (2017)
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Li, Y., Li, X., Selby, D., & Li, J. (2018). Pulsed magmatic-fluid release for the formation of porphyry deposits: tracing fluid evolution in absolute time from the Tibetan Qulong Cu-Mo deposit. Geology, 46(1), 7-10. https://doi.org/10.1130/g39504.1

The magmatic-hydrothermal evolution of porphyry-style mineralization in the shallow crust that is linked to magmatic processes at depth has been extensively studied using bulk-sample isotopic analysis combined with relative timing constraints. Howeve... Read More about Pulsed magmatic-fluid release for the formation of porphyry deposits: tracing fluid evolution in absolute time from the Tibetan Qulong Cu-Mo deposit.

Mountain glaciation drives rapid oxidation of rock-bound organic carbon (2017)
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Horan, K., Hilton, R., Selby, D., Ottley, C., Gröcke, D., Hicks, M., & Burton, K. (2017). Mountain glaciation drives rapid oxidation of rock-bound organic carbon. Science Advances, 3(10), Article e1701107. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1701107

Over millions of years, the oxidation of organic carbon contained within sedimentary rocks is one of the main sources of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, yet the controls on this emission remain poorly constrained. We use rhenium to track the oxidat... Read More about Mountain glaciation drives rapid oxidation of rock-bound organic carbon.

Cyclic magmatic-hydrothermal evolution in porphyry systems: High-precision U-Pb and Re-Os geochronology constraints from the Tibetan Qulong porphyry Cu-Mo deposit (2017)
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Li, Y., Selby, D., Condon, D., & Tapster, S. (2017). Cyclic magmatic-hydrothermal evolution in porphyry systems: High-precision U-Pb and Re-Os geochronology constraints from the Tibetan Qulong porphyry Cu-Mo deposit. Economic geology and the bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists, 112(6), 1419-1440. https://doi.org/10.5382/econgeo.2017.4515

We present high-precision chemical abrasion-isotope dilution-thermal ionization mass spectrometry (CA-IDTIMS) U-Pb zircon and isotope dilution-negative-thermal ionization mass spectrometry (ID-N-TIMS) Re-Os molybdenite geochronology of the world-clas... Read More about Cyclic magmatic-hydrothermal evolution in porphyry systems: High-precision U-Pb and Re-Os geochronology constraints from the Tibetan Qulong porphyry Cu-Mo deposit.

Evidence for rapid weathering response to climatic warming during the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event (2017)
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Them, T., Gill, B., Selby, D., Gröcke, D., Friedman, R., & Owens, J. (2017). Evidence for rapid weathering response to climatic warming during the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event. Scientific Reports, 7(1), Article 5003. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-05307-y

Chemical weathering consumes atmospheric carbon dioxide through the breakdown of silicate minerals and is thought to stabilize Earth’s long-term climate. However, the potential influence of silicate weathering on atmospheric pCO2 levels on geological... Read More about Evidence for rapid weathering response to climatic warming during the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event.

Global climate stabilisation by chemical weathering during the Hirnantian glaciation (2017)
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Pogge von Strandmann, P., Desrochers, A., Murphy, M., Finlay, A., Selby, D., & Lenton, T. (2017). Global climate stabilisation by chemical weathering during the Hirnantian glaciation. Geochemical perspectives letters, 3(2), 230-237. https://doi.org/10.7185/geochemlet.1726

Chemical weathering of silicate rocks is a primary drawdown mechanism of atmospheric carbon dioxide. The processes that affect weathering are therefore central in controlling global climate. A temperature-controlled “weathering thermostat” has long b... Read More about Global climate stabilisation by chemical weathering during the Hirnantian glaciation.

Post-collisional magmatism and ore-forming systems in the Menderes massif: new constraints from the Miocene porphyry Mo–Cu Pınarbaşı system, Gediz–Kütahya, western Turkey (2017)
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Delibaş, O., Moritz, R., Chiaradia, M., Selby, D., Ulianov, A., & Revan, M. (2017). Post-collisional magmatism and ore-forming systems in the Menderes massif: new constraints from the Miocene porphyry Mo–Cu Pınarbaşı system, Gediz–Kütahya, western Turkey. Mineralium Deposita, 52(8), 1157-1178. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00126-016-0711-7

The Pınarbaşı Mo–Cu prospect is hosted within the Pınarbaşı intrusion, which is exposed together with the NW–SE-trending Koyunoba, Eğrigöz, and Baklan plutons along the northeastern border of the Menderes massif. The Pınarbaşı intrusion predominantly... Read More about Post-collisional magmatism and ore-forming systems in the Menderes massif: new constraints from the Miocene porphyry Mo–Cu Pınarbaşı system, Gediz–Kütahya, western Turkey.

Carbon sequestration in an expanded lake system during the Toarcian oceanic anoxic event (2017)
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Xu, W., Ruhl, M., Jenkyns, H., Hesselbo, S., Riding, J., Selby, D., …Idiz, E. (2017). Carbon sequestration in an expanded lake system during the Toarcian oceanic anoxic event. Nature Geoscience, 16(2), 129-134. https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2871

The Early Jurassic Toarcian oceanic anoxic event (~183 Ma) was marked by marine anoxia–euxinia and globally significant organic-matter burial, accompanied by a major global carbon-cycle perturbation probably linked to Karoo–Ferrar volcanism. Although... Read More about Carbon sequestration in an expanded lake system during the Toarcian oceanic anoxic event.

Distal Pb-Zn-Ag veins associated with the world-class Donggou porphyry Mo deposit, southern North China craton (2016)
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Li, Z., Bi, S., Li, J., Zhang, W., Cooke, D., & Selby, D. (2017). Distal Pb-Zn-Ag veins associated with the world-class Donggou porphyry Mo deposit, southern North China craton. Ore Geology Reviews, 82, 232-251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2016.12.001

The southern North China craton hosts numerous world-class porphyry Mo and Pb-Zn-Ag vein deposits. Whether or not the Pb-Zn-Ag veins are genetically associated with the porphyry Mo system remains contentious. Here we focus on the genetic relationship... Read More about Distal Pb-Zn-Ag veins associated with the world-class Donggou porphyry Mo deposit, southern North China craton.

U-Pb, Re-Os, and Ar/Ar Geochronology of Rare Earth Element (REE)-Rich Breccia Pipes and Associated Host Rocks from the Mesoproterozoic Pea Ridge Fe-REE-Au Deposit, St. Francois Mountains, Missouri (2016)
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Aleinikoff, J., Selby, D., Slack, J., Day, W., Pillers, R., Cosca, M., …Samson, I. (2016). U-Pb, Re-Os, and Ar/Ar Geochronology of Rare Earth Element (REE)-Rich Breccia Pipes and Associated Host Rocks from the Mesoproterozoic Pea Ridge Fe-REE-Au Deposit, St. Francois Mountains, Missouri. Economic geology and the bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists, 111(8), 1883-1914. https://doi.org/10.2113/econgeo.111.8.1883

Rare earth element (REE)-rich breccia pipes (600,000 t @ 12% REO) are preserved along the margins of the 136 Mt Pea Ridge magnetite-apatite deposit, within Mesoproterozoic (~1.47 Ga) volcanic-plutonic rocks of the St. Francois Mountains terrane in so... Read More about U-Pb, Re-Os, and Ar/Ar Geochronology of Rare Earth Element (REE)-Rich Breccia Pipes and Associated Host Rocks from the Mesoproterozoic Pea Ridge Fe-REE-Au Deposit, St. Francois Mountains, Missouri.

Osmium uptake, distribution, and 187Os/188Os and 187Re/188Os compositions in Phaeophyceae macroalgae, Fucus vesiculosus: Implications for determining the 187Os/188Os composition of seawater (2016)
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Racionero-Gómez, B., Sproson, A., Selby, D., Gannoun, A., Gröcke, D., Greenwell, H., & Burton, K. (2016). Osmium uptake, distribution, and 187Os/188Os and 187Re/188Os compositions in Phaeophyceae macroalgae, Fucus vesiculosus: Implications for determining the 187Os/188Os composition of seawater. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 199, 48-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2016.11.033

The osmium isotopic composition (187Os/188Os) of seawater reflects the balance of input from mantle-, continental- and anthropogenic-derived sources. This study utilizes the Phaeophyceae, Fucus vesiculosus, to analyse its Os abundance and uptake, as... Read More about Osmium uptake, distribution, and 187Os/188Os and 187Re/188Os compositions in Phaeophyceae macroalgae, Fucus vesiculosus: Implications for determining the 187Os/188Os composition of seawater.

Unraveling the origin of the Andean IOCG clan: A Re-Os isotope approach (2016)
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Barra, F., Reich, M., Selby, D., Rojas, P., Simon, A., Salazar, E., & Palma, G. (2017). Unraveling the origin of the Andean IOCG clan: A Re-Os isotope approach. Ore Geology Reviews, 81(Part 1), 62-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2016.10.016

The Andean IOCG clan in the Coastal Cordillera of northern Chile, comprises the iron oxide-Cu-Au sensu stricto, the iron oxide-apatite (IOA), and the stratabound Cu(− Ag) deposits, also known as Manto-type Cu(− Ag) deposits. IOCGs and Manto-type depo... Read More about Unraveling the origin of the Andean IOCG clan: A Re-Os isotope approach.

Sulfur and lead isotopic compositions of massive sulfides from deep-sea hydrothermal systems: Implications for ore genesis and fluid circulation (2016)
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Zeng, Z., Ma, Y., Chen, S., Selby, D., Wang, X., & Yin, X. (2017). Sulfur and lead isotopic compositions of massive sulfides from deep-sea hydrothermal systems: Implications for ore genesis and fluid circulation. Ore Geology Reviews, 87, 155-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2016.10.014

Studies of sulfur and lead isotopic compositions in hydrothermal deposits are an important tool to determine the source and processes of both sulfur and lead, and to understand the origin of hydrothermal ore deposits. Here, the sulfur and lead isotop... Read More about Sulfur and lead isotopic compositions of massive sulfides from deep-sea hydrothermal systems: Implications for ore genesis and fluid circulation.

Tectono-metallogenetic evolution of the Fe–Cu deposit of Dominga, northern Chile (2016)
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Veloso, E., Cembrano, J., Arancibia, G., Heuser, G., Neira, S., Siña, A., …Selby, D. (2017). Tectono-metallogenetic evolution of the Fe–Cu deposit of Dominga, northern Chile. Mineralium Deposita, 52(4), 595-620. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00126-016-0682-8

The Dominga district in northern Chile (2082 Mt at 23.3 % Fe, 0.07 % Cu) shows a spatial and genetic affinity among distinctive structural elements and Fe–Cu-rich paragenetic mineral assemblages. Deep seated, NE-to-E striking structural elements form... Read More about Tectono-metallogenetic evolution of the Fe–Cu deposit of Dominga, northern Chile.

Metallogeny of the Lesser Caucasus: From arc construction to post-collision evolution (2016)
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Moritz, R., Melkonyan, R., Selby, D., Popkhadze, N., Gugushvili, V., Tayan, R., & Ramazanov, V. (2016). Metallogeny of the Lesser Caucasus: From arc construction to post-collision evolution. Special publication (Society of Economic Geologists (U.S.)), 157-192

An Early Cretaceous carbonate replacement origin for the Xinqiao stratabound massive sulfide deposit, Middle-Lower Yangtze Metallogenic Belt, China (2016)
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Li, Y., Li, J., Li, X., Selby, D., Huang, G., Chen, L., & Zheng, K. (2017). An Early Cretaceous carbonate replacement origin for the Xinqiao stratabound massive sulfide deposit, Middle-Lower Yangtze Metallogenic Belt, China. Ore Geology Reviews, 80, 985-1003. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2016.08.017

Stratabound massive sulfide deposits are widespread along the Middle-Lower Yangtze Metallogenic Belt (MLYMB) and serve as an important copper producer in China. Two contrasting genetic models have been proposed, interpreting the stratabound massive s... Read More about An Early Cretaceous carbonate replacement origin for the Xinqiao stratabound massive sulfide deposit, Middle-Lower Yangtze Metallogenic Belt, China.

Temporal and genetic link between incremental pluton assembly and pulsed porphyry Cu-Mo formation in accretionary orogens (2016)
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Rezeau, H., Moritz, R., Wotzlaw, J., Tayan, R., Melkonyan, R., Ulianov, A., …Stern, R. (2016). Temporal and genetic link between incremental pluton assembly and pulsed porphyry Cu-Mo formation in accretionary orogens. Geology, 44(8), 627-630. https://doi.org/10.1130/g38088.1

Economically important porphyry Cu-Mo deposits (PCDs) are generally hosted by upper-crustal plutons of variable chemical compositions related to distinct geodynamic settings. The absolute timing and duration of pluton assembly and PCD formation are c... Read More about Temporal and genetic link between incremental pluton assembly and pulsed porphyry Cu-Mo formation in accretionary orogens.

From a long-lived upper-crustal magma chamber to rapid porphyry copper emplacement: Reading the geochemistry of zircon crystals at Bajo de la Alumbrera (NW Argentina) (2016)
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Buret, Y., von Quadt, A., Heinrich, C., Selby, D., Wälle, M., & Peytcheva, I. (2016). From a long-lived upper-crustal magma chamber to rapid porphyry copper emplacement: Reading the geochemistry of zircon crystals at Bajo de la Alumbrera (NW Argentina). Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 450, 120-131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.06.017

The formation of world class porphyry copper deposits reflect magmatic processes that take place in a deeper and much larger underlying magmatic system, which provides the source of porphyry magmas, as well as metal and sulphur-charged mineralising f... Read More about From a long-lived upper-crustal magma chamber to rapid porphyry copper emplacement: Reading the geochemistry of zircon crystals at Bajo de la Alumbrera (NW Argentina).

Re-Os systematics and age of pyrite associated with stratiform Zn-Pb mineralization in the Howards Pass district, Yukon and Northwest Territories, Canada (2016)
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Kelley, K., Selby, D., Falck, H., & Slack, J. (2017). Re-Os systematics and age of pyrite associated with stratiform Zn-Pb mineralization in the Howards Pass district, Yukon and Northwest Territories, Canada. Mineralium Deposita, 52(3), 317-335. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00126-016-0663-y

Stratiform Zn-Pb deposits hosted in unmetamorphosed carbonaceous and siliceous mudstones of the Ordovician to Silurian Duo Lake Formation define the Howards Pass district in Yukon Territory and Northwest Territories, western Canada. Collectively, the... Read More about Re-Os systematics and age of pyrite associated with stratiform Zn-Pb mineralization in the Howards Pass district, Yukon and Northwest Territories, Canada.

A multistage origin for Kupferschiefer mineralization (2016)
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Alderton, D., Selby, D., Kucha, H., & Blundell, D. (2016). A multistage origin for Kupferschiefer mineralization. Ore Geology Reviews, 79, 535-543. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2016.05.007

New Re–Os age determinations on mineralized material from the Polish Kupferschiefer elucidate the timing of mineralization and thus the likely mechanisms of ore deposition. Three mineralization parageneses were analysed: (a) chalcocite as pore space... Read More about A multistage origin for Kupferschiefer mineralization.

Apatite fission-track and Re-Os geochronology of the Xuefeng uplift, China: Temporal implications for dry gas associated hydrocarbon systems (2016)
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Ge, X., Shen, C., Selby, D., Deng, D., & Mei, L. (2016). Apatite fission-track and Re-Os geochronology of the Xuefeng uplift, China: Temporal implications for dry gas associated hydrocarbon systems. Geology, 4(6), 491-494. https://doi.org/10.1130/g37666.1

Hydrocarbon evolution is extremely challenging to determine, both temporally and spatially, in complex tectonic settings. Here we investigate the western margin of the Xuefeng uplift (southern China), which records multiple and protracted tectonic an... Read More about Apatite fission-track and Re-Os geochronology of the Xuefeng uplift, China: Temporal implications for dry gas associated hydrocarbon systems.

Rhenium uptake and distribution in phaeophyceae macroalgae, Fucus vesiculosus (2016)
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Racionero-Gómez, B., Sproson, A., Selby, D., Gröcke, D., Redden, H., & Greenwell, H. (2016). Rhenium uptake and distribution in phaeophyceae macroalgae, Fucus vesiculosus. Royal Society Open Science, 3(5), Article 160161. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160161

Owing to Rhenium (Re) having no known biological role, it is not fully understood how Re is concentrated in oil kerogens. A commonly held assumption is that Re is incorporated into decomposing biomass under reducing conditions. However, living macroa... Read More about Rhenium uptake and distribution in phaeophyceae macroalgae, Fucus vesiculosus.

Fluid inclusion characteristics and molybdenite Re-Os geochronology of the Qulong porphyry copper-molybdenum deposit, Tibet (2016)
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Li, Y., Selby, D., Feely, M., Costanzo, A., & Li, X. (2017). Fluid inclusion characteristics and molybdenite Re-Os geochronology of the Qulong porphyry copper-molybdenum deposit, Tibet. Mineralium Deposita, 52(2), 137-158. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00126-016-0654-z

The Qulong porphyry copper and molybdenum deposit is located at the southwest margin of the Lhasa Terrane and in the eastern region of the Gangdese magmatic belt. It represents China’s largest porphyry copper system, with ∼2200 million tonnes of ore... Read More about Fluid inclusion characteristics and molybdenite Re-Os geochronology of the Qulong porphyry copper-molybdenum deposit, Tibet.

Tracking millennial-scale Holocene glacial advance and retreat using osmium isotopes: Insights from the Greenland ice sheet (2016)
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Rooney, A., Selby, D., Lloyd, J., Roberts, D., Lückge, A., Sageman, B., & Prouty, N. (2016). Tracking millennial-scale Holocene glacial advance and retreat using osmium isotopes: Insights from the Greenland ice sheet. Quaternary Science Reviews, 138, 49-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.02.021

High-resolution Os isotope stratigraphy can aid in reconstructing Pleistocene ice sheet fluctuation and elucidating the role of local and regional weathering fluxes on the marine Os residence time. This paper presents new Os isotope data from ocean c... Read More about Tracking millennial-scale Holocene glacial advance and retreat using osmium isotopes: Insights from the Greenland ice sheet.

New structural and Re–Os geochronological evidence constraining the age of faulting and associated mineralization in the Devonian Orcadian Basin, Scotland (2016)
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Dichiarante, A., Holdsworth, R., Dempsey, E., Selby, D., McCaffrey, K., Michie, U., …Bonniface, J. (2016). New structural and Re–Os geochronological evidence constraining the age of faulting and associated mineralization in the Devonian Orcadian Basin, Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society, 173(3), 457-473. https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2015-118

The Devonian Orcadian Basin in northern Scotland belongs to a regionally linked system of post-Caledonian continental basins extending northwards to western Norway and eastern Greenland. Extensional fault systems that cut the Orcadian Basin sequences... Read More about New structural and Re–Os geochronological evidence constraining the age of faulting and associated mineralization in the Devonian Orcadian Basin, Scotland.

Petrography, mineral chemistry, fluid inclusion microthermometry and Re–Os geochronology of the Küre volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit (Central Pontides, Northern Turkey) (2016)
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Akbulut, M., Oyman, T., Çiçek, M., Selby, D., Özgenç, İ., & Tokçaer, M. (2016). Petrography, mineral chemistry, fluid inclusion microthermometry and Re–Os geochronology of the Küre volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit (Central Pontides, Northern Turkey). Ore Geology Reviews, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2016.01.002

The Re–Os isotopic system is applied for the first time to the sulfide ores and the overlying black-shales at the Küre volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit of the Central Pontides, Northern Turkey. The ore samples collected include predominantly pyri... Read More about Petrography, mineral chemistry, fluid inclusion microthermometry and Re–Os geochronology of the Küre volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit (Central Pontides, Northern Turkey).

Long-lived, stationary magmatism and pulsed porphyry systems during Tethyan subduction to post-collision evolution in the southernmost Lesser Caucasus, Armenia and Nakhitchevan (2015)
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Moritz, R., Rezeau, H., Ovtcharova, M., Tayan, R., Melkonyan, R., Hovakimyan, S., …Putlitz, B. (2016). Long-lived, stationary magmatism and pulsed porphyry systems during Tethyan subduction to post-collision evolution in the southernmost Lesser Caucasus, Armenia and Nakhitchevan. Gondwana Research, 37, 465-503. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2015.10.009

The composite Meghri-Ordubad and Bargushat plutons of the Zangezur-Ordubad region in the southernmost Lesser Caucasus consist of successive Eocene to Pliocene magmatic pulses, and host two stages of porphyry Cu-Mo deposits. New high-precision TIMS U-... Read More about Long-lived, stationary magmatism and pulsed porphyry systems during Tethyan subduction to post-collision evolution in the southernmost Lesser Caucasus, Armenia and Nakhitchevan.

Pacific 187Os/188Os isotope chemistry and U-Pb geochronology: synchroneity of global Os isotope change across OAE 2 (2015)
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Du Vivier, A., Selby, D., Condon, D., Takashima, R., & Nishi, H. (2015). Pacific 187Os/188Os isotope chemistry and U-Pb geochronology: synchroneity of global Os isotope change across OAE 2. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 428, 204-216. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2015.07.020

Studies of OAE 2 sections beyond the Atlantic Ocean, Western Interior Seaway (WIS) and European pelagic shelf are limited. Here, we present initial osmium isotope stratigraphy (187Os/188Os–Osi) from two proto-Pacific sites that span the Cenomanian–Tu... Read More about Pacific 187Os/188Os isotope chemistry and U-Pb geochronology: synchroneity of global Os isotope change across OAE 2.

Silurian–Devonian magmatism, mineralization, regional exhumation and brittle strike-slip deformation along the Loch Shin Line, NW Scotland (2015)
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Holdsworth, R., Dempsey, E., Selby, D., Darling, J., Feely, M., Costanzo, A., …Porter, S. (2015). Silurian–Devonian magmatism, mineralization, regional exhumation and brittle strike-slip deformation along the Loch Shin Line, NW Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society, 172(6), 748-762. https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2015-058

The Loch Shin Line is a geological–geophysical lineament associated with a zone of mantle-derived appinites, granites and strike-slip faulting that runs NW–SE across the Moine Nappe, northern Scotland. U–Pb zircon and Re–Os molybdenite dating of the... Read More about Silurian–Devonian magmatism, mineralization, regional exhumation and brittle strike-slip deformation along the Loch Shin Line, NW Scotland.

Factors affecting the rare earth element compositions in massive sulfides from deep-sea hydrothermal systems (2015)
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Zeng, Z., Ma, Y., Yin, X., Selby, D., Kong, F., & Chen, S. (2015). Factors affecting the rare earth element compositions in massive sulfides from deep-sea hydrothermal systems. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 16(8), 2679-2693. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015gc005812

To reconstruct the evolution of ore-forming fluids and determine the physicochemical conditions of deposition associated with seafloor massive sulfides, we must better understand the sources of rare earth elements (REEs), the factors that affect the... Read More about Factors affecting the rare earth element compositions in massive sulfides from deep-sea hydrothermal systems.

The age and geological setting of quartz vein-hosted gold mineralisation at Curraghinalt, Northern Ireland: Implications for genesis and classification. (2015)
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Rice, C., Mark, D., Selby, D., Neilson, J., & Davidheiser-Kroll, B. (in press). The age and geological setting of quartz vein-hosted gold mineralisation at Curraghinalt, Northern Ireland: Implications for genesis and classification. Economic geology and the bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists, https://doi.org/10.2113/econgeo.111.1.127

High-resolution geochronology of the Coroccohuayco porphyry-skarn deposit, Peru: A rapid product of the Incaic orogeny (2015)
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Chelle-Michou, C., Chiaradia, M., Selby, D., Ovtcharova, M., & Spikings, R. (2015). High-resolution geochronology of the Coroccohuayco porphyry-skarn deposit, Peru: A rapid product of the Incaic orogeny. Economic geology and the bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists, 110(2), 423-443. https://doi.org/10.2113/econgeo.110.2.423

Precise and accurate determination of the timing and duration of ore-forming processes in porphyry systems is a fundamental step in understanding their genesis and placing them in a regional context. Here, we take advantage of the considerable improv... Read More about High-resolution geochronology of the Coroccohuayco porphyry-skarn deposit, Peru: A rapid product of the Incaic orogeny.

Ca isotope stratigraphy across the Cenomanian–Turonian OAE 2: Links between volcanism, seawater geochemistry, and the carbonate fractionation factor (2015)
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Du Vivier, A. D., Jacobson, A. D., Lehn, G. O., Selby, D., Hurtgen, M. T., & Sageman, B. B. (2015). Ca isotope stratigraphy across the Cenomanian–Turonian OAE 2: Links between volcanism, seawater geochemistry, and the carbonate fractionation factor. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 416, 121-131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2015.02.001

The Ca isotope composition of marine carbonate rocks offers potential to reconstruct drivers of environmental change in the geologic past. This study reports new, high-precision Ca isotope records (View the MathML source; 2σSD=±0.04‰) for three secti... Read More about Ca isotope stratigraphy across the Cenomanian–Turonian OAE 2: Links between volcanism, seawater geochemistry, and the carbonate fractionation factor.

Pressure, temperature, and timing of mineralization of the sedimentary rock-hosted orogenic gold deposit at Klipwal, southeastern Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa (2015)
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Chinnasamy, S., Uken, R., Reinhardt, J., Selby, D., & Johnson, S. (2015). Pressure, temperature, and timing of mineralization of the sedimentary rock-hosted orogenic gold deposit at Klipwal, southeastern Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa. Mineralium Deposita, 50(6), 739-766. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00126-014-0573-9

Gold mineralization in the Klipwal Shear Zone (KSZ) at the Klipwal Gold Mine is confined to laminated quartz–carbonate lodes, stringers, and associated alteration in sandstone and siltstone of the Delfkom Formation in the upper Mozaan Group of the Me... Read More about Pressure, temperature, and timing of mineralization of the sedimentary rock-hosted orogenic gold deposit at Klipwal, southeastern Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa.

SHRIMP zircon U–Pb and biotite and hornblende Ar–Ar geochronology of Sungun, Haftcheshmeh, Kighal, and Niaz porphyry Cu–Mo systems: evidence for an early Miocene porphyry-style mineralization in northwest Iran (2014)
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Hassanpour, S., Alirezaei, S., Rasa, I., Selby, D., & Sergeev, S. (2014). SHRIMP zircon U–Pb and biotite and hornblende Ar–Ar geochronology of Sungun, Haftcheshmeh, Kighal, and Niaz porphyry Cu–Mo systems: evidence for an early Miocene porphyry-style mineralization in northwest Iran. International Journal of Earth Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-014-1071-0

The Distribution, Character, and Rhenium Content of Molybdenite in the Aitik Cu-Au-Ag-(Mo) Deposit and Its Southern Extension in the Northern Norrbotten Ore District, Northern Sweden (2014)
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Wanhainen, C., Nigatu, W., Selby, D., McLeod, C., Nordin, R., & Bolin, N. (2014). The Distribution, Character, and Rhenium Content of Molybdenite in the Aitik Cu-Au-Ag-(Mo) Deposit and Its Southern Extension in the Northern Norrbotten Ore District, Northern Sweden. Minerals, 4(4), 788-814. https://doi.org/10.3390/min4040788

Molybdenite in the Aitik deposit and its southern extension was studied through mineralogical/chemical analysis and laboratory flotation tests. It is demonstrated that molybdenite varies considerably in grain size, ranging from coarse (>20 μm) to ver... Read More about The Distribution, Character, and Rhenium Content of Molybdenite in the Aitik Cu-Au-Ag-(Mo) Deposit and Its Southern Extension in the Northern Norrbotten Ore District, Northern Sweden.

Lower crustal assimilation in oceanic arcs: Insights from an osmium isotopic study of the Lesser Antilles (2014)
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Bezard, R., Schaefer, B., Turner, S., Davidson, J., & Selby, D. (2015). Lower crustal assimilation in oceanic arcs: Insights from an osmium isotopic study of the Lesser Antilles. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 150, 330-344. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2014.11.009

We present whole rock 187Os/188Os data for the most mafic lavas along the Lesser Antilles arc (MgO = 5–17 wt.%) and for the subducting basalt and sediments. 187Os/188Os ratios vary from 0.127 to 0.202 in the arc lavas. Inverse correlations between 18... Read More about Lower crustal assimilation in oceanic arcs: Insights from an osmium isotopic study of the Lesser Antilles.

Neoproterozoic Re–Os systematics of organic-rich rocks in the São Francisco Basin, Brazil and implications for hydrocarbon exploration (2014)
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Bertoni, M., Rooney, A., Selby, D., Alkmim, F., & Le Heron, D. (2014). Neoproterozoic Re–Os systematics of organic-rich rocks in the São Francisco Basin, Brazil and implications for hydrocarbon exploration. Precambrian Research, 255(1), 355-366. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2014.10.010

The São Francisco Basin contains a remarkable archive of Neoproterozoic strata and its hydrocarbon-bearing strata are receiving increasing attention as global oil and gas exploration targets progressively deeper and older rocks. New Re–Os geochronolo... Read More about Neoproterozoic Re–Os systematics of organic-rich rocks in the São Francisco Basin, Brazil and implications for hydrocarbon exploration.

Characterising the nickel isotopic composition of organic-rich marine sediments (2014)
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Porter, S., Selby, D., & Vyllinniskii, C. (2014). Characterising the nickel isotopic composition of organic-rich marine sediments. Chemical Geology, 387, 12-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2014.07.017

New Ni stable isotope data (δ60Ni) determined by double-spike MC-ICP-MS for two geologically distinct suites of organic-rich marine sediments from the Sinemurian–Pliensbachian (S–P) Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP; Robin Hood's Bay, UK) and... Read More about Characterising the nickel isotopic composition of organic-rich marine sediments.

Enriched lithospheric mantle keel below the Scottish margin of the North Atlantic Craton: Evidence from the Palaeoproterozoic Scourie Dyke Swarm and mantle xenoliths (2014)
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Hughes, H., McDonald, I., Goodenough, K., Ciborowski, T., Kerr, A., Davies, J., & Selby, D. (2014). Enriched lithospheric mantle keel below the Scottish margin of the North Atlantic Craton: Evidence from the Palaeoproterozoic Scourie Dyke Swarm and mantle xenoliths. Precambrian Research, 250, 97-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2014.05.026

The Lewisian Gneiss Complex of NW Scotland represents the eastern margin of the North Atlantic Craton. It comprises mid-late Archaean tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite gneisses that were metamorphosed and deformed during the Late-Archaean and Palaeo... Read More about Enriched lithospheric mantle keel below the Scottish margin of the North Atlantic Craton: Evidence from the Palaeoproterozoic Scourie Dyke Swarm and mantle xenoliths.

Redox heterogeneity of subsurface waters in the Mesoproterozoic ocean (2014)
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Sperling, E., Rooney, A., Hays, L., Sergeeva, V., Vorob’eva, N., Sergeeva, N., …Knoll, A. (2014). Redox heterogeneity of subsurface waters in the Mesoproterozoic ocean. Geobiology, 12(5), 373-386. https://doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12091

A substantial body of evidence suggests that subsurface water masses in mid-Proterozoic marine basins were commonly anoxic, either euxinic (sulfidic) or ferruginous (free ferrous iron). To further document redox variations during this interval, a mul... Read More about Redox heterogeneity of subsurface waters in the Mesoproterozoic ocean.

New high resolution geochemistry of Lower Jurassic marine sections in western North America: A global positive carbon isotope excursion in the Sinemurian? (2014)
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Porter, S., Smith, P., Carruthers, A., Hou, P., Gröcke, D., & Selby, D. (2014). New high resolution geochemistry of Lower Jurassic marine sections in western North America: A global positive carbon isotope excursion in the Sinemurian?. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 397, 19-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2014.04.023

Recognising variations in the carbon isotope compositions of marine organic-rich sedimentary rocks can provide insight into changes in ocean chemistry throughout geological time. Further, identification of global excursions in the carbon isotope reco... Read More about New high resolution geochemistry of Lower Jurassic marine sections in western North America: A global positive carbon isotope excursion in the Sinemurian?.

Rhenium–osmium abundance and isotopic compositions of massive sulfides from modern deep-sea hydrothermal systems: Implications for vent associated ore forming processes (2014)
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Zeng, Z., Chen, S., Selby, D., Yin, X., & Wang, X. (2014). Rhenium–osmium abundance and isotopic compositions of massive sulfides from modern deep-sea hydrothermal systems: Implications for vent associated ore forming processes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 396, 223-234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2014.04.017

Studies of rhenium (Re) and osmium (Os) concentrations and isotopic compositions in seafloor hydrothermal sulfides are an important tool for understanding the evolution of hydrothermal systems, allowing the determination of both metal sources and rec... Read More about Rhenium–osmium abundance and isotopic compositions of massive sulfides from modern deep-sea hydrothermal systems: Implications for vent associated ore forming processes.

Re–Os geochronology and Os isotope fingerprinting of petroleum sourced from a Type I lacustrine kerogen: Insights from the natural Green River petroleum system in the Uinta Basin and hydrous pyrolysis experiments (2014)
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Cumming, V., Selby, D., Lillis, P., & Lewan, M. (2014). Re–Os geochronology and Os isotope fingerprinting of petroleum sourced from a Type I lacustrine kerogen: Insights from the natural Green River petroleum system in the Uinta Basin and hydrous pyrolysis experiments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 138, 32-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2014.04.016

Rhenium–osmium (Re–Os) geochronology of marine petroleum systems has allowed the determination of the depositional age of source rocks as well as the timing of petroleum generation. In addition, Os isotopes have been applied as a fingerprinting tool... Read More about Re–Os geochronology and Os isotope fingerprinting of petroleum sourced from a Type I lacustrine kerogen: Insights from the natural Green River petroleum system in the Uinta Basin and hydrous pyrolysis experiments.

Structural characteristics and Re–Os dating of quartz-pyrite veins in the Lewisian Gneiss Complex, NW Scotland: Evidence of an Early Paleoproterozoic hydrothermal regime during terrane amalgamation (2014)
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Vernon, R., Holdsworth, R., Selby, D., Dempsey, E., Finlay, A., & Fallick, A. (2014). Structural characteristics and Re–Os dating of quartz-pyrite veins in the Lewisian Gneiss Complex, NW Scotland: Evidence of an Early Paleoproterozoic hydrothermal regime during terrane amalgamation. Precambrian Research, 246, 256-267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2014.03.007

In the Archaean basement rocks of the Assynt and Gruinard terranes of the mainland Lewisian Complex in NW Scotland, a regional suite of quartz-pyrite veins cross-cut regional Palaeoproterozoic (Badcallian, ca. 2700 Ma; Inverian, ca. 2480 Ma) fabrics... Read More about Structural characteristics and Re–Os dating of quartz-pyrite veins in the Lewisian Gneiss Complex, NW Scotland: Evidence of an Early Paleoproterozoic hydrothermal regime during terrane amalgamation.

Deep-sea coral record of human impact on watershed quality in the Mississippi River Basin (2014)
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Prouty, N., Roark, E., Koenig, A., Demopoulos, A., Batista, F., Kocar, B., …Mienis, F. (2014). Deep-sea coral record of human impact on watershed quality in the Mississippi River Basin. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 28(1), 29-43. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013gb004754

One of the greatest drivers of historical nutrient and sediment transport into the Gulf of Mexico is the unprecedented scale and intensity of land use change in the Mississippi River Basin. These landscape changes are linked to enhanced fluxes of car... Read More about Deep-sea coral record of human impact on watershed quality in the Mississippi River Basin.

Constraints on the timing of late-Eburnean metamorphism, gold mineralisation and regional exhumation at Damang mine, Ghana (2014)
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White, A., Burgess, R., Charnley, N., Selby, D., Whitehouse, M., Robb, L., & Waters, D. (2014). Constraints on the timing of late-Eburnean metamorphism, gold mineralisation and regional exhumation at Damang mine, Ghana. Precambrian Research, 243, 18-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2013.12.024

The Damang gold deposit in southwest Ghana is unique among known deposits in Ghana, comprising gold mineralisation in two distinct styles. Early gold, hosted in a stratigraphically controlled, auriferous quartz-pebble conglomerate horizon, is overpri... Read More about Constraints on the timing of late-Eburnean metamorphism, gold mineralisation and regional exhumation at Damang mine, Ghana.

Marine 187Os/188Os isotope stratigraphy reveals the interaction of volcanism and ocean circulation during Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (2014)
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Du Vivier, A., Selby, D., Sageman, B., Jarvis, I., Gröcke, D., & Voigt, S. (2014). Marine 187Os/188Os isotope stratigraphy reveals the interaction of volcanism and ocean circulation during Oceanic Anoxic Event 2. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 389(1), 23-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2013.12.024

High-resolution osmium (Os) isotope stratigraphy across the Cenomanian–Turonian Boundary Interval from 6 sections for four transcontinental settings has produced a record of seawater chemistry that demonstrates regional variability as a function of t... Read More about Marine 187Os/188Os isotope stratigraphy reveals the interaction of volcanism and ocean circulation during Oceanic Anoxic Event 2.

A sequence-stratigraphic framework for the Upper Devonian Woodford Shale, Permian Basin, west Texas (2014)
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Hemmesch, N., Harris, N., Mnich, C., & Selby, D. (2014). A sequence-stratigraphic framework for the Upper Devonian Woodford Shale, Permian Basin, west Texas. AAPG Bulletin, 98(1), 23-47. https://doi.org/10.1306/05221312077

Criteria for recognizing stratigraphic sequences are well established on continental margins but more challenging to apply in basinal settings. We report an investigation of the Upper Devonian Woodford Shale, Permian Basin, west Texas based on a set... Read More about A sequence-stratigraphic framework for the Upper Devonian Woodford Shale, Permian Basin, west Texas.

Crustal-Extension Ag-Pb-Zn Veins in the Xiong’ershan District, southern North China Craton: A Case Study of the Shagou Deposit (2013)
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Li, K., Li, J., Zhao, X., Selby, D., Bi, S., Sui, J., & Zhao, Z. (2013). Crustal-Extension Ag-Pb-Zn Veins in the Xiong’ershan District, southern North China Craton: A Case Study of the Shagou Deposit. Economic geology and the bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists, 108, 1703-1729

Longevity of magmatic-hydrothermal systems in the Daye Cu-Fe-Au District, eastern China with implications for mineral exploration (2013)
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Li, J. V., P.M. Zhou, M. D., X. Cohen, B. B., Zhao, X., & Selby, D. (2013). Longevity of magmatic-hydrothermal systems in the Daye Cu-Fe-Au District, eastern China with implications for mineral exploration. Ore Geology Reviews, 57, 375-392

Sulfide Re-Os and Rb-Sr isotope dating of the Kangdian IOCG metallogenic province, southwest China: Implications for regional metallogenesis. (2013)
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Zhao, X., Zhou, M., Li, J., Selby, D., Li, X., & Qi, L. (2013). Sulfide Re-Os and Rb-Sr isotope dating of the Kangdian IOCG metallogenic province, southwest China: Implications for regional metallogenesis. Economic geology and the bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists, 108, 1489-1498

Geology, mineralization, and geochronology of the Qianhe gold deposit, southern North China Craton (2013)
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Tang, K., Li, J., Selby, D., Bi, S., & Deng, X. (2013). Geology, mineralization, and geochronology of the Qianhe gold deposit, southern North China Craton. Mineralium Deposita, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00126-012-0451-2

Re-Os geochronology and coupled Os-Sr isotope constraints on the Sturtian snowball Earth (2013)
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Rooney, A., Macdonald, F., Strauss, J., Dudás, F., Hallmann, C., & Selby, D. (2014). Re-Os geochronology and coupled Os-Sr isotope constraints on the Sturtian snowball Earth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(1), 51-56. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1317266110

After nearly a billion years with no evidence for glaciation, ice advanced to equatorial latitudes at least twice between 717 and 635 Mya. Although the initiation mechanism of these Neoproterozoic Snowball Earth events has remained a mystery, the bro... Read More about Re-Os geochronology and coupled Os-Sr isotope constraints on the Sturtian snowball Earth.

Re-Os Molybdenite, Pyrite, and Chalcopyrite Geochronology, Lupa Goldfield, Southwestern Tanzania: Tracing Metallogenic Time Scales at Midcrustal Shear Zones Hosting Orogenic Au Deposits (2013)
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Lawley, C., Selby, D., & Imber, J. (2013). Re-Os Molybdenite, Pyrite, and Chalcopyrite Geochronology, Lupa Goldfield, Southwestern Tanzania: Tracing Metallogenic Time Scales at Midcrustal Shear Zones Hosting Orogenic Au Deposits. Economic geology and the bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists, 108(7), 1591-1613. https://doi.org/10.2113/econgeo.108.7.1591

A detailed Re-Os molybdenite, pyrite, and chalcopyrite geochronology at five shear-hosted Au occurrences (Kenge, Mbenge, Porcupine, Konokono, and Dubwana) in the Lupa goldfield, southwestern Tanzania, is reported in this paper. Au occurrences within... Read More about Re-Os Molybdenite, Pyrite, and Chalcopyrite Geochronology, Lupa Goldfield, Southwestern Tanzania: Tracing Metallogenic Time Scales at Midcrustal Shear Zones Hosting Orogenic Au Deposits.

Structural Controls on Orogenic Au Mineralization During Transpression: Lupa Goldfield, Southwestern Tanzania (2013)
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Lawley, C., Imber, J., & Selby, D. (2013). Structural Controls on Orogenic Au Mineralization During Transpression: Lupa Goldfield, Southwestern Tanzania. Economic geology and the bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists, 108(7), 1615-1640. https://doi.org/10.2113/econgeo.108.7.1615

Au mineralization in the western Lupa goldfield, southwestern Tanzania was associated with transpression and reverse sinistral slip along a network of steeply S dipping shear zones with non-Andersonian geometries. Slip was accommodated by: (1) fricti... Read More about Structural Controls on Orogenic Au Mineralization During Transpression: Lupa Goldfield, Southwestern Tanzania.

Palaeoproterozoic orogenic gold style mineralization at the Southwestern Archaean Tanzanian cratonic margin, Lupa Goldfield, SW Tanzania: Implications from U–Pb titanite geochronology (2013)
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Lawley, C., Selby, D., Condon, D., & Imber, J. (2014). Palaeoproterozoic orogenic gold style mineralization at the Southwestern Archaean Tanzanian cratonic margin, Lupa Goldfield, SW Tanzania: Implications from U–Pb titanite geochronology. Gondwana Research, 26(3-4), 1141-1158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2013.08.025

The Lupa Goldfield, situated at the southwestern Tanzanian cratonic margin, comprises a network of auriferous quartz veins and greenschist facies mylonitic shear zones cutting a suite of Archaean–Palaeoproterozoic granitic–gabbroic intrusions. The ex... Read More about Palaeoproterozoic orogenic gold style mineralization at the Southwestern Archaean Tanzanian cratonic margin, Lupa Goldfield, SW Tanzania: Implications from U–Pb titanite geochronology.

Minor and Trace Element and Re-Os Chemistry of the Upper Devonian Woodford Shale, Permian Basin, West Texas: Insights into Metal Abundance and Basin Processes (2013)
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Harris, N., Mnich, C., Selby, D., & Korn, D. (2013). Minor and Trace Element and Re-Os Chemistry of the Upper Devonian Woodford Shale, Permian Basin, West Texas: Insights into Metal Abundance and Basin Processes. Chemical Geology, 356, 76-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.07.018

The trace and minor element and Re–Os geochemistry of the Upper Devonian Woodford Shale are analyzed in order to characterize elemental abundances, to identify associations among trace elements and to constrain paleoceanographic conditions and deposi... Read More about Minor and Trace Element and Re-Os Chemistry of the Upper Devonian Woodford Shale, Permian Basin, West Texas: Insights into Metal Abundance and Basin Processes.

Evaluation of the Rhenium-Osmium geochronometer in the Phosphoria Petroleum System, Bighorn Basin of Wyoming and Montana, USA (2013)
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Lillis, P., & Selby, D. (2013). Evaluation of the Rhenium-Osmium geochronometer in the Phosphoria Petroleum System, Bighorn Basin of Wyoming and Montana, USA. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 118, 312-330. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2013.04.021

Rhenium–osmium (Re–Os) geochronometry is applied to crude oils derived from the Permian Phosphoria Formation of the Bighorn Basin in Wyoming and Montana to determine whether the radiogenic age reflects the timing of petroleum generation, timing of mi... Read More about Evaluation of the Rhenium-Osmium geochronometer in the Phosphoria Petroleum System, Bighorn Basin of Wyoming and Montana, USA.

Lithogeochemistry, Geochronology and Geodynamic Setting of the Lupa Terrane, Tanzania: Implications for the Extent of the Archean Tanzanian Craton (2013)
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Lawley, C., Selby, D., Condon, D., Horstwood, M., Millar, I., Crowley, Q., & Imber, J. (2013). Lithogeochemistry, Geochronology and Geodynamic Setting of the Lupa Terrane, Tanzania: Implications for the Extent of the Archean Tanzanian Craton. Precambrian Research, 231, 174-193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2013.02.012

Herein we provide new zircon U–Pb ID-TIMS, U–Pb LA-MC-ICP-MS and Lu–Hf LA-MC-ICP-MS results from the Lupa Terrane, SW Tanzania, and demonstrate that previously considered Paleoproterozoic granites comprising the Paleoproterozoic Ubendian Belt are in... Read More about Lithogeochemistry, Geochronology and Geodynamic Setting of the Lupa Terrane, Tanzania: Implications for the Extent of the Archean Tanzanian Craton.

Termination of a continent-margin upwelling system at the Permian-Triassic boundary (Opal Creek, Alberta, Canada) (2013)
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Schoepfer, S., Henderson, C., Garrison, G., Foriel, J., Ward, P., Selby, D., …Sheng, Y. (2013). Termination of a continent-margin upwelling system at the Permian-Triassic boundary (Opal Creek, Alberta, Canada). Global and Planetary Change, 105, 21-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2012.07.005

Models of mass extinctions caused by greenhouse warming depend on the ability of warming to affect the oxygenation of the ocean, either through slowing circulation or changes in biological productivity and the organic carbon budget. Opal Creek, Alber... Read More about Termination of a continent-margin upwelling system at the Permian-Triassic boundary (Opal Creek, Alberta, Canada).

Anoxia in the terrestrial environment during the Late Mesoproterozoic (2013)
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Cumming, V., Poulton, S., Rooney, A., & Selby, D. (2013). Anoxia in the terrestrial environment during the Late Mesoproterozoic. Geology, 41(5), 583-586. https://doi.org/10.1130/g34299.1

A significant body of evidence suggests that the marine environment remained largely anoxic throughout most of the Precambrian. In contrast, the oxygenation history of terrestrial aquatic environments has received little attention, despite the signif... Read More about Anoxia in the terrestrial environment during the Late Mesoproterozoic.

U–Pb isotope and trace element analysis of columbite-(Mn) and zircon by laser ablation ICP–MS: Implications for geochronology of pegmatite and associated ore deposits (2013)
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Deng, X., Li, J., Zhao, X., Hu, Z., Hu, H., Selby, D., & de Souza, Z. (2013). U–Pb isotope and trace element analysis of columbite-(Mn) and zircon by laser ablation ICP–MS: Implications for geochronology of pegmatite and associated ore deposits. Chemical Geology, 344, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.02.014

U–Pb isotopes and trace elements of columbite-(Mn) and zircon from an early Cretaceous pegmatite dike in the Xiaoqinling district, North China Craton, were analyzed using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) to bett... Read More about U–Pb isotope and trace element analysis of columbite-(Mn) and zircon by laser ablation ICP–MS: Implications for geochronology of pegmatite and associated ore deposits.

Opening of a trans-Pangaean marine corridor during the Early Jurassic: Insights from osmium isotopes across the Sinemurian–Pliensbachian GSSP, Robin Hood's Bay, UK (2013)
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Porter, S., Selby, D., Suzuki, K., & Gröcke, D. (2013). Opening of a trans-Pangaean marine corridor during the Early Jurassic: Insights from osmium isotopes across the Sinemurian–Pliensbachian GSSP, Robin Hood's Bay, UK. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 375, 50-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.02.012

The Hispanic Corridor represents a significant phase of continental reorganisation of the Early Jurassic that eventually provided connectivity between the western Tethyan and eastern Pacific oceans along the Central Atlantic rift zone. Although the i... Read More about Opening of a trans-Pangaean marine corridor during the Early Jurassic: Insights from osmium isotopes across the Sinemurian–Pliensbachian GSSP, Robin Hood's Bay, UK.

Re-Os dating of molybdenite within hematite-breccias from the Vulcan Cu-Au prospect, Olympic Cu-Au province, south Australia (2012)
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Reid, A., Smith, R., Baker, T., Jagodzinki, E., Selby., D., Gregory, C., & Skirrow, R. (2012). Re-Os dating of molybdenite within hematite-breccias from the Vulcan Cu-Au prospect, Olympic Cu-Au province, south Australia. Economic geology and the bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists, 108, 871-882

Re-Os Geochronology of Quartz Enclosed Ultra-fine Molybdenite: Implications for Ore Geochronology (2012)
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Lawley, C., & Selby, D. (2012). Re-Os Geochronology of Quartz Enclosed Ultra-fine Molybdenite: Implications for Ore Geochronology. Economic geology and the bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists, 107(7), 1499-1506. https://doi.org/10.2113/econgeo.107.7.1499

The Early Cretaceous Yangzhaiyu Lode Gold Deposit, North China Craton: A link between carton reactivation and gold veining (2012)
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Li, J., Li, Z., Zhou, M., Chen, L., Bi, S., Deng, X., …Zhao, X. (2012). The Early Cretaceous Yangzhaiyu Lode Gold Deposit, North China Craton: A link between carton reactivation and gold veining. Economic geology and the bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists, 107, 43-79

An Re-Os date for molybdenite-bearing quartz vein mineralization within the Kangerlussuaq alkaline complex, East Greenland: Implications for the timing of regional metallogenesis (2012)
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Holwell, D., Selby, D., Boyce, A., Gilbertson, J., & Abraham-James, T. (2012). An Re-Os date for molybdenite-bearing quartz vein mineralization within the Kangerlussuaq alkaline complex, East Greenland: Implications for the timing of regional metallogenesis. Economic geology and the bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists, 107, 713-722

Trace element fingerprinting of ceramic building material from Carpow and York Roman fortresses manufactured by the VI Legion (2012)
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Finlay, A., McComish, J., Ottley, C., Bates, C., & Selby, D. (2012). Trace element fingerprinting of ceramic building material from Carpow and York Roman fortresses manufactured by the VI Legion. Journal of Archaeological Science, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2012.03.002

Evaluating Re-Os systematics in organic-rich sedimentary rocks in response to petroleum generation using hydrous pyrolysis experiments (2012)
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Rooney, A., Selby, D., Lewan, M., Lillis, P., & Houzay, J. (2012). Evaluating Re-Os systematics in organic-rich sedimentary rocks in response to petroleum generation using hydrous pyrolysis experiments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 77, 275-291. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2011.11.006

Re–Os geochronology of the lacustrine Green River Formation: Insights into direct depositional dating of lacustrine successions, Re–Os systematics and paleocontinental weathering (2012)
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Cumming, V., Selby, D., & Lillis, P. (2012). Re–Os geochronology of the lacustrine Green River Formation: Insights into direct depositional dating of lacustrine successions, Re–Os systematics and paleocontinental weathering. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 359-360, 194-205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2012.10.012

Giant Mesozoic gold provinces related to the destruction of the North China Craton (2012)
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Li, J., Bi, S., Selby, D., Chen, L., Vasconcelos, P., Thiede, D., …Qiu, H. (2012). Giant Mesozoic gold provinces related to the destruction of the North China Craton. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 349-350, 26-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2012.06.058

Copper(II)-mediated thermolysis of alginates: a model kinetic study on the influence of metal ions in the thermochemical processing of macroalgae (2012)
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Rowbotham, J., Dyer, P., Greenwell, H., Selby, D., & Theodorou, M. (2012). Copper(II)-mediated thermolysis of alginates: a model kinetic study on the influence of metal ions in the thermochemical processing of macroalgae. Interface Focus, 3(1), https://doi.org/10.1098/rsfs.2012.0046

Thermochemical processing methods such as pyrolysis are of growing interest as a means of converting biomass into fuels and commodity chemicals in a sustainable manner. Macroalgae, or seaweed, represent a novel class of feedstock for pyrolysis that,... Read More about Copper(II)-mediated thermolysis of alginates: a model kinetic study on the influence of metal ions in the thermochemical processing of macroalgae.

Petroleum source rock identification of United Kingdom Atlantic Margin oil fields and the Western Canadian Oil Sands using Platinum, Palladium, Osmium and Rhenium: Implications for global petroleum systems (2012)
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Finlay, A., Selby, D., & Osborne, M. (2012). Petroleum source rock identification of United Kingdom Atlantic Margin oil fields and the Western Canadian Oil Sands using Platinum, Palladium, Osmium and Rhenium: Implications for global petroleum systems. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 313-314, 95-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2011.11.003

This study demonstrates that petroleum and source rocks are enriched in Pt and Pd to the ppb level, and that the 187Os/188Os composition coupled with the Pt/Pd value permits the fingerprinting of petroleum to its source. Oils from the United Kingdom... Read More about Petroleum source rock identification of United Kingdom Atlantic Margin oil fields and the Western Canadian Oil Sands using Platinum, Palladium, Osmium and Rhenium: Implications for global petroleum systems.

The timing of epigenetic gold mineralization on the Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada: new evidence from Re-Os pyrite geochronology (2011)
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Kerr, A., & Selby, D. (2011). The timing of epigenetic gold mineralization on the Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada: new evidence from Re-Os pyrite geochronology. Mineralium Deposita, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00126-011-0375-2

Re-Os geochronology and fingerprinting of United Kingdom Atlantic margin oil: Temporal implications for regional petroleum systems (2011)
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Finlay, A., Selby, D., & Osborne, M. (2011). Re-Os geochronology and fingerprinting of United Kingdom Atlantic margin oil: Temporal implications for regional petroleum systems. Geology, 39(5), 475-478. https://doi.org/10.1130/g31781.1

Re-Os geochronology of the Neoproterozoic-Cambrian Dalradian Supergroup of Scotland and Ireland: Implications for Neoproterozoic stratigraphy, glaciations and Re-Os systematics (2011)
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Rooney, A., Chew, D., & Selby, D. (2011). Re-Os geochronology of the Neoproterozoic-Cambrian Dalradian Supergroup of Scotland and Ireland: Implications for Neoproterozoic stratigraphy, glaciations and Re-Os systematics. Precambrian Research, 185, 202-214

Re-Os molybdenite dates from the Ballachulish and Kilmelford Igneous Complexes (Scottish Highlands): Age constraints for late-Caledonian magmatism (2010)
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Conliffe, J., Selby, D., Porter, S., & Feely, M. (2010). Re-Os molybdenite dates from the Ballachulish and Kilmelford Igneous Complexes (Scottish Highlands): Age constraints for late-Caledonian magmatism. Journal of the Geological Society, 167, 297-302

Rhenium-Osmium (Re-Os) molybdenite systematics and geochronology of the Cruchan Granite skarn mineralization, Etive Complex: implications for emplacement chronology (2010)
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Porter, S., & Selby, D. (2010). Rhenium-Osmium (Re-Os) molybdenite systematics and geochronology of the Cruchan Granite skarn mineralization, Etive Complex: implications for emplacement chronology. Scottish Journal of Geology, 46, 17-21

Long-lived granite-related molybdenite mineralisation at Connemara, western Irish Caledonides (2010)
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Feely, M., Selby, D., Conliffe, J., & Hunt, J. (2010). Long-lived granite-related molybdenite mineralisation at Connemara, western Irish Caledonides. Geological Magazine, https://doi.org/10.1017/s0016756810000324

Fault-charged mantle-fluid contamination of United Kingdom North Sea oils: Insights from Re-Os isotopes (2010)
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Finlay, A., Selby, D., Osborne, M., & Finucane, D. (2010). Fault-charged mantle-fluid contamination of United Kingdom North Sea oils: Insights from Re-Os isotopes. Geology, 38(11), 979-982. https://doi.org/10.1130/g31201.1

Tracking the Hirnantian glaciation using Os isotopes (2010)
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Finlay, A., Selby, D., & Gröcke, D. (2010). Tracking the Hirnantian glaciation using Os isotopes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 293(3-4), 339-348. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2010.02.049

Here we present initial 187Os/188Os (Osi) values integrated with δ13Corg for the first Paleozoic section — the Ordovician/Silurian boundary GSSP at Dob's Linn, Scotland. Our 187Os/188Os data tracks major changes in climate that occurred during the La... Read More about Tracking the Hirnantian glaciation using Os isotopes.

Re–Os geochronology of a Mesoproterozoic sedimentary succession, Taoudeni basin, Mauritania: Implications for basin-wide correlations and Re–Os organic-rich sediments systematics (2010)
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Rooney, A., Selby, D., Houzay, J., & Renne, P. (2010). Re–Os geochronology of a Mesoproterozoic sedimentary succession, Taoudeni basin, Mauritania: Implications for basin-wide correlations and Re–Os organic-rich sediments systematics. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 289(3-4), 486-496. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2009.11.039

The exceptionally well-preserved sedimentary rocks of the Taoudeni basin, NW Africa represent one of the world's most widespread (> 1 M km2) Proterozoic successions. Hitherto, the sedimentary rocks were considered to be Mid Tonian based on Rb–Sr illi... Read More about Re–Os geochronology of a Mesoproterozoic sedimentary succession, Taoudeni basin, Mauritania: Implications for basin-wide correlations and Re–Os organic-rich sediments systematics.

U-Pb and Re-Os Geochronology of the Aptian/Albian and Cenomanian/Turonian stage boundaries: Implications for timescale calibration, osmium isotope seawater composition and Re-Os systematics in organic-rich sediments (2009)
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Mutterlose, S. D., J., C., & J., D. (2009). U-Pb and Re-Os Geochronology of the Aptian/Albian and Cenomanian/Turonian stage boundaries: Implications for timescale calibration, osmium isotope seawater composition and Re-Os systematics in organic-rich sediments. Chemical Geology, 265, 394-409. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.05.005

187Re-187Os geochronology of Precambrian organic-rich sedimentary rocks. (2009)
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Kendall, B., Creaser, R., & Selby, D. (2009). 187Re-187Os geochronology of Precambrian organic-rich sedimentary rocks. Geological Society Special Publications, 326, 85-107. https://doi.org/10.1144/sp326.5

U-Pb zircon geochronology of the Aptian/Albian boundary implies that the GL-O international glauconite standard is anomalously young (2009)
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Selby, D. (2009). U-Pb zircon geochronology of the Aptian/Albian boundary implies that the GL-O international glauconite standard is anomalously young. Cretaceous Research, 30, 1263-1267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2009.07.001

Re-Os sulfide (bornite, chalcopyrite and pyrite) systematics of the carbonate-hosted copper deposits at Ruby Creek, southern Brooks Range, Alaska (2009)
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Selby, D., Kelley, K., Hitzman, M., & Zieg, J. (2009). Re-Os sulfide (bornite, chalcopyrite and pyrite) systematics of the carbonate-hosted copper deposits at Ruby Creek, southern Brooks Range, Alaska. Economic geology and the bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists, 104, 437-444

Age of and source constraints for the Giant Murantau gold deposit, Uzbekistan, from coupled Re-Os-He isotopes in arsenopyrite. (2007)
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Morelli, R., Creaser, R., Seltmann, R., Stuart, F., Selby, D., & Graupner, T. (2007). Age of and source constraints for the Giant Murantau gold deposit, Uzbekistan, from coupled Re-Os-He isotopes in arsenopyrite. Geology, 35, 795-798. https://doi.org/10.1130/g23521a.1

Re-Os elemental and isotopic systematics in crude oils. (2007)
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Selby, D., Creaser, R., & Fowler, M. (2007). Re-Os elemental and isotopic systematics in crude oils. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 71, 378-386. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2006.09.005

Direct rhenium-osmium age of the oxfordian-kimmidgian boundary, Staffin Bay, Isle of Skye, UK and the Late Jurassic geologic timescale. (2007)
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Selby, D. (2007). Direct rhenium-osmium age of the oxfordian-kimmidgian boundary, Staffin Bay, Isle of Skye, UK and the Late Jurassic geologic timescale

The role and temporal evolution of granite–related molybdenite mineral systems along the Caledonian-Appalachian orogen: Implications from Re-Os geochronology and fluid inclusion microthermometry. (2007)
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Feely, M., Selby, D., Conliffe, J., & Judge, M. (2007). The role and temporal evolution of granite–related molybdenite mineral systems along the Caledonian-Appalachian orogen: Implications from Re-Os geochronology and fluid inclusion microthermometry. Applied Earth Science, 116(3), 143-149. https://doi.org/10.1179/174327507x207465

Re–Os geochronometry is combined with fluid inclusion microthermometry to investigate the granite molybdenite system associated with the late-Caledonian Omey Granite, Connemara, western Ireland. Molybdenite in the Omey pluton is hosted by thin vertic... Read More about The role and temporal evolution of granite–related molybdenite mineral systems along the Caledonian-Appalachian orogen: Implications from Re-Os geochronology and fluid inclusion microthermometry..

Assessment of the 187Re decay constant by cross calibration of Re–Os molybdenite and U–Pb zircon chronometers in magmatic ore systems (2007)
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Selby, D., Creaser, R., Stein, H., Markey, R., & Hannah, J. (2007). Assessment of the 187Re decay constant by cross calibration of Re–Os molybdenite and U–Pb zircon chronometers in magmatic ore systems. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 71(8), 1999-2013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2007.01.008

The past decade has seen renewed interest in 187Re–187Os geochronology using a variety of matrices including sulfide minerals, shales and meteorites. The most widely used value of the 187Re decay constant (λ 187Re) is 1.666 ± 0.005 × 10−11 a−1 (±0.31... Read More about Assessment of the 187Re decay constant by cross calibration of Re–Os molybdenite and U–Pb zircon chronometers in magmatic ore systems.

Re-Os geochronology of the post-glacial black shales in Australia: Constraints on the timing of “Sturtian” glaciation. (2006)
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Kendall, B., Creaser, R., & Selby, D. (2006). Re-Os geochronology of the post-glacial black shales in Australia: Constraints on the timing of “Sturtian” glaciation. Geology, 34, 729-732

Direct radiometric dating of the Devonian-Mississippian time-scale boundary using the Re-Os black shale geochronometer (2005)
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Selby, D., & Creaser, R. (2005). Direct radiometric dating of the Devonian-Mississippian time-scale boundary using the Re-Os black shale geochronometer. Geology, 33(7), 545-548. https://doi.org/10.1130/g21324.1

Many Phanerozoic time-scale boundaries are characterized by oceanic anoxia and mass extinction events with the deposition of black shale. The Re-Os isotope system in black shale can be used to provide depositional ages for these rocks, thus yielding... Read More about Direct radiometric dating of the Devonian-Mississippian time-scale boundary using the Re-Os black shale geochronometer.

Evaluation of bitumen as a 187Re-187Os geochronometer for hydrocarbon maturation and migration: A case study from the Polaris MVT deposit, Canada (2005)
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Selby, D., Creaser, R., Dewing, K., & Fowler, M. (2005). Evaluation of bitumen as a 187Re-187Os geochronometer for hydrocarbon maturation and migration: A case study from the Polaris MVT deposit, Canada. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 235(1-2), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2005.02.018

Abstract Re–Os analyses of bitumen from the Polaris Mississippi Valley-type Zn–Pb deposit demonstrate the potential utility of the Re–Os system for establishing the absolute timing of hydrocarbon migration and generation. The Polaris deposit is hoste... Read More about Evaluation of bitumen as a 187Re-187Os geochronometer for hydrocarbon maturation and migration: A case study from the Polaris MVT deposit, Canada.

Direct radiometric dating of hydrocarbon deposits using Rhenium-Osmium isotopes (2005)
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Selby, D., & Creaser, R. (2005). Direct radiometric dating of hydrocarbon deposits using Rhenium-Osmium isotopes. Science, 308(5726), 1293-1295. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1111081

Rhenium-osmium (Re-Os) data from migrated hydrocarbons establish the timing of petroleum emplacement for the giant oil sand deposits of Alberta, Canada, at 112 ± 5.3 million years ago. This date does not support models that invoke oil generation and... Read More about Direct radiometric dating of hydrocarbon deposits using Rhenium-Osmium isotopes.

Re-Os sulfide geochronology from the Red Dog sedimentary-hosted Zn-Pb-Ag deposit, Alaska. (2004)
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Morelli, R., Creaser, R., & Selby, D. (2004). Re-Os sulfide geochronology from the Red Dog sedimentary-hosted Zn-Pb-Ag deposit, Alaska. Economic geology and the bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists, 99, 1569-1576

Macroscale NTIMS and microscale LA-MC-ICP-MS Re-Os isotopic analysis of molybdenite: Testing spatial restrictions for reliable Re-Os age determinations, and implications for the decoupling of Re and Os within molybdenite. (2004)
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Selby, D., & Creaser, R. (2004). Macroscale NTIMS and microscale LA-MC-ICP-MS Re-Os isotopic analysis of molybdenite: Testing spatial restrictions for reliable Re-Os age determinations, and implications for the decoupling of Re and Os within molybdenite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 68, 3897-3908. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2004.03.022

Accurate and precise Re-Os molybdenite dates from the Galway Granite, Ireland. A Critical Comment to: 'Disturbance of the Re-Os chronometer of molybdenites from the late-Caledonian Galway Granite, Ireland, by hydrothermal fluid circulation.' (2004)
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Selby, D., Creaser, R., & Feely, M. (2004). Accurate and precise Re-Os molybdenite dates from the Galway Granite, Ireland. A Critical Comment to: 'Disturbance of the Re-Os chronometer of molybdenites from the late-Caledonian Galway Granite, Ireland, by hydrothermal fluid circulation.'

Constraints on the timing of Marinoan 'Snowball Earth' glaciation by 187Re-187Os dating of a Neoproterozoic, post-glacial black shale in Western Canada. (2004)
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Kendall, B., Creaser, R., Ross, G., & Selby, D. (2004). Constraints on the timing of Marinoan 'Snowball Earth' glaciation by 187Re-187Os dating of a Neoproterozoic, post-glacial black shale in Western Canada. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 222, 729-740. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2004.04.004

Re-Os geochronology of organic rich sediments: An evaluation of organic matter analysis methods. (2003)
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Selby, D., & Creaser, R. (2003). Re-Os geochronology of organic rich sediments: An evaluation of organic matter analysis methods. Chemical Geology, 200, 225-240. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0009-2541%2803%2900199-2

Re-Os and U-Pb geochronology of the Clear Creek, Dublin Gulch and Mactung deposits, Tombstone Gold Belt, Canada: Absolute timing relationships between plutonism and mineralization. (2003)
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Selby, D., Creaser, R., Heaman, L., & Hart, C. (2003). Re-Os and U-Pb geochronology of the Clear Creek, Dublin Gulch and Mactung deposits, Tombstone Gold Belt, Canada: Absolute timing relationships between plutonism and mineralization. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 40, 1839-1852

Further evaluation of the Re-Os geochronometer in organic-rich sedimentary rocks: A test of hydrocarbon maturation effects in the Exshaw Formation, Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. (2002)
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Creaser, R., Sannigrahi, P., Chacko, T., & Selby, D. (2002). Further evaluation of the Re-Os geochronometer in organic-rich sedimentary rocks: A test of hydrocarbon maturation effects in the Exshaw Formation, Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 66, 3441-3452. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0016-7037%2802%2900939-0

Absolute timing of sulfide and gold mineralization: A comparison of Re-Os molybdenite and Ar-Ar mica methods from the Tintina Gold Belt, Alaska (2002)
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Selby, D., Creaser, R., Hart, C., Rombach, C., Thompson, J., Smith, M., …Goldfarb, R. (2002). Absolute timing of sulfide and gold mineralization: A comparison of Re-Os molybdenite and Ar-Ar mica methods from the Tintina Gold Belt, Alaska. Geology, 30(9), 791-794. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613%282002%29030%3C0791%3Aatosag%3E2.0.co%3B2

New Re-Os molybdenite dates from two lode gold deposits of the Tintina Gold Belt, Alaska, provide direct timing constraints for sulfide and gold mineralization. At Fort Knox, the Re-Os molybdenite date is identical to the U-Pb zircon age for the host... Read More about Absolute timing of sulfide and gold mineralization: A comparison of Re-Os molybdenite and Ar-Ar mica methods from the Tintina Gold Belt, Alaska.

Evidence of a Non-Magmatic Component in Potassic Hydrothermal Fluids of Porphyry Cu-Au-Mo Systems, Yukon, Canada. (2001)
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Selby, D., Nesbitt, B., Creaser, R., Reynolds, P., & Muehlenbachs, K. (2001). Evidence of a Non-Magmatic Component in Potassic Hydrothermal Fluids of Porphyry Cu-Au-Mo Systems, Yukon, Canada. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 65, 571-587. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0016-7037%2800%2900543-3

Late and Mid Cretaceous mineralization in the Northern Canadian Cordillera: Constraints from Re-Os molybdenite dates. (2001)
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Selby, D., & Creaser, R. (2001). Late and Mid Cretaceous mineralization in the Northern Canadian Cordillera: Constraints from Re-Os molybdenite dates. Economic geology and the bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists, 96, 1461-1467

Re-Os Geochronology and Systematics in Molybdenite from the Endako Porphyry Molybdenum Deposit, British Columbia, Canada. (2001)
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Selby, D., & Creaser, R. (2001). Re-Os Geochronology and Systematics in Molybdenite from the Endako Porphyry Molybdenum Deposit, British Columbia, Canada. Economic geology and the bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists, 96, 197-204

Hydrothermal Alteration and Fluid Chemistry the Endako Porphyry Molybdenum System, British Columbia: (2000)
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Selby, D., Nesbitt, B., Muehlenbachs, K., & Prochaska, W. (2000). Hydrothermal Alteration and Fluid Chemistry the Endako Porphyry Molybdenum System, British Columbia:. Economic geology and the bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists, 95, 183-202

Biotite Chemistry of the Casino Porphyry Cu-Au-Mo Mineralization, Yukon, Canada: Evaluation of Magmatic and Hydrothermal Fluid Chemistry. (2000)
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Selby, D., & Nesbitt, B. (2000). Biotite Chemistry of the Casino Porphyry Cu-Au-Mo Mineralization, Yukon, Canada: Evaluation of Magmatic and Hydrothermal Fluid Chemistry. Chemical Geology, 171, 77-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0009-2541%2800%2900248-5

Geochemical and Sr-Nd-Pb Systematics of Crystalline Rocks from the Dawson Range, Yukon, Canada: (1999)
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Selby, D., Creaser, R., & Nesbitt, B. (1999). Geochemical and Sr-Nd-Pb Systematics of Crystalline Rocks from the Dawson Range, Yukon, Canada:. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 36, 1463-1481. https://doi.org/10.1139/e99-058