Select Publications
Journal articles
2016, 'Origin of the alkali tonsteins from southwest China: Implications for alkaline magmatism associated with the waning stages of the Emeishan Large Igneous Province', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 63, pp. 123 - 128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08120099.2016.1133456
,2016, 'Metalliferous coal deposits in East Asia (Primorye of Russia and South China): A review of geodynamic controls and styles of mineralization', Gondwana Research, 29, pp. 60 - 82, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2015.07.001
,2016, 'Earliest known record of a hypercarnivorous dasyurid (Marsupialia), from newly discovered carbonates beyond the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, north Queensland', Memoirs of Museum Victoria, 74, pp. 137 - 150, http://dx.doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2016.74.13
,2015, 'Major and trace element geochemistry of coals and intra-seam claystones from the songzao coalfield, SW China', Minerals, 5, pp. 870 - 893, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/min5040531
,2015, 'The application of portable X-ray diffraction to quantitative mineralogical analysis of hydrothermal systems', Canadian Mineralogist, 53, pp. 429 - 454, http://dx.doi.org/10.3749/canmin.1400099
,2015, 'The enigma of crustal zircons in upper-mantle rocks: Clues from the Tumut ophiolite, Southeast Australia', Geology, 43, pp. 119 - 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/G36231.1
,2014, 'Oligocene-Miocene geodynamic evolution of the central part of Urumieh-Dokhtar Arc of Iran', International Geology Review, 56, pp. 1039 - 1050, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00206814.2014.919615
,2014, 'Groundwater residence time in a dissected and weathered sandstone plateau: Kulnura-Mangrove Mountain aquifer, NSW, Australia', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 61, pp. 475 - 499, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08120099.2014.893628
,2014, 'Mineralogy and major-element geochemistry of the lower Permian Greta Seam, Sydney Basin, Australia', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 61, pp. 375 - 394, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08120099.2013.840336
,2014, 'Multiple felsic events within post-10 Ma volcanism, Southeast Australia: inputs in appraising proposed magmatic models', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 61, pp. 241 - 267, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08120099.2014.883640
,2014, 'Tectonics and metallogeny of mainland SE Asia: Preface', Gondwana Research, 26, pp. 1 - 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2014.01.005
,2014, 'Tectonics and metallogeny of mainland Southeast Asia - A review and contribution', Gondwana Research, 26, pp. 5 - 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2013.10.010
,2014, 'The Ojolali region, Sumatra, Indonesia: Epithermal gold-silver mineralisation within the Sunda Arc', Gondwana Research, 26, pp. 218 - 240, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2013.08.013
,2014, 'Developing a radiometrically-dated chronologic sequence for Neogene biotic change in Australia, from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area of Queensland', Gondwana Research, 29, pp. 153 - 167, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2014.10.004
,2013, 'Mineralogical composition of Late Permian coal seams in the Songzao Coalfield, southwestern China', International Journal of Coal Geology, 116-117, pp. 208 - 226, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2013.01.008
,2013, 'The willandra fossil trackway: Assessment of ground penetrating radar survey results and additional OSL dating at a unique australian site', Australian Archaeology, 76, pp. 84 - 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03122417.2013.11681969
,2012, 'Crossing the Great Divide: A ground-edged hatchet-head from Vaucluse, Sydney', Archaeology in Oceania, 47, pp. 47 - 52
,2012, 'Passive-margin prolonged volcanism, East Australian Plate: outbursts, progressions, plate controls and suggested causes', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 59, pp. 983 - 1005, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08120099.2012.688293
,2011, 'Preservation of the Rocky Beach blueschist-ecologite outcrop, Port Macquarie, NSW as a Geoheritage Reserve', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 132, pp. 109 - 114
,2010, 'Book review of 'Putting Queensland on the map: the life of Robert Logan Jack, geologist and explorer'', The Australian Geologist, 157, pp. 39 - 39
,2009, 'Gem-corundum megacrysts from east Australian basalt fields: Trace elements, oxygen isotopes and origins', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 56, pp. 1003 - 1022
,2009, 'New isotopic data on Late Cenozoic age and mantle origin of gem zircon and corundum from placers of Primorye, Russia', Doklady Earth Sciences, 429, pp. 1426 - 1429, http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S1028334X09090037
,2009, 'Raman spectroscopy applied to understanding Prehistoric Obsidian Trade in the Pacific Region', Vibrational Spectroscopy, 50, pp. 116 - 124
,2009, 'Timing of brittle faulting and thermal events, Sydney region: Association with the early stages of extension of East Gondwana', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 56, pp. 873 - 887
,2008, 'A Bushveld-related high-Ti igeous suite (HITIS) derived from an alkali to transitional basaltic magma, South Africa', South African Journal of Geology, 111, pp. 201 - 224
,2008, 'Advances in our understanding of the gem corundum deposits of the West Pacific continental margins intraplate basaltic fields', Ore Geology Reviews, 34, pp. 200 - 215
,2008, 'The genesis of gem deposits - Preface', Ore Geology Reviews, 34, pp. 1 - 2
,2007, 'Pink Lanthanite-Nd) from Whitianga Quarry, Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand', Canadian Mineralogist, 45, pp. 1389 - 1396
,2007, 'The Albert Chapman Mineral Collection', Rocks and Minerals, 82, pp. 29 - 38
,2007, 'World-class chalcocite crystals from the Telfer gold mine, Western Australia', Geonieuws, 32, pp. 122 - 125
,2006, 'Book review of Gemmology (3rd edition)', Ore Geology Reviews, 29, pp. 95 - 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.01.001
,2006, 'Mesozoic to Cenozoic magmatism, Lorne Basin, NSW', ASEG Extended Abstracts, 2006, pp. 1 - 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aseg2006ab057
,2006, 'Multi-age trachytic eruptions, Western Victoria: plume-related?', ASEG Extended Abstracts, 2006, pp. 1 - 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aseg2006ab171
,2006, 'Probing the ‘Zircon Zip’: Geochronology (FT and SHRIMP)', ASEG Extended Abstracts, 2006, pp. 1 - 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aseg2006ab056
,2005, 'Belmore Volcanic Province, northeastern New South Wales, and some implications for plume variations along Cenozoic migratory trails', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 52, pp. 897 - 919, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08120090500304299
,2005, 'New U-Pb SHRIMP zircon age for the Schurwedraai alkali granite: Implications for pre-impact development of the Vredefort Dome and extent of Bushveld magmatism, South Africa', Journal of African Earth Sciences, 43, pp. 537 - 548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2005.09.009
,2004, 'Late-magmatic calcite-pyrrhotite-chalcopyrite mineralisation associated with magmatically-evolved diorite, Marble Hall, South Africa', South African Journal of Geology, 107, pp. 545 - 558, http://dx.doi.org/10.2113/107.4.545
,2004, 'Late Cenozoic basalts, Uplands Province, N.E. Victoria: In relation to the Newer Volcanics basalts of western Victoria', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 116, pp. 51 - 68
,2003, 'Zeolite crystal habits, compositions, and paragenesis; Blackhead Quarry, Dunedin, New Zealand', Mineralogical Magazine, 67, pp. 625 - 637, http://dx.doi.org/10.1180/0026461036740122
,2002, 'The Tumbarumba Basaltic Gem Field, New South Wales: in relation to sapphire-ruby deposits of eastern Australia', Records of the Australian Museum, 54, pp. 215 - 248, http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.54.2002.1358
,2002, 'Age and significance of the Marble Hall breccia, Bushveld Complex, South Africa', South African Journal of Geology, 105, pp. 227 - 240, http://dx.doi.org/10.2113/1050227
,2001, 'The African Renaissance and its relation to the geosciences: A South African perspective', Journal of African Earth Sciences, 33, pp. 421 - 426, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0899-5362(01)00082-3
,1996, 'Chemistry and mineralogy of podiform chromitite deposits, southern NSW, Australia: A guide to their origin and evolution', Mineralogy and Petrology, 57, pp. 129 - 150, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf01162355
,1996, 'Tectonic significance of 400 Ma zircon ages for ophiolitic rocks from the Lachlan fold belt, eastern Australia', Geology, 24, pp. 1111 - 1114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<1111:TSOMZA>2.3.CO;2
,1995, 'The occurrence and origin of well-crystallised uvarovite garnet from the podiform chromitite deposits of south-eastern New South Wales', Journal & Proceedings - Royal Society of New South Wales, 128, pp. 79 - 88
,1992, 'Remobilization of pge in podiform chromitite in the coolac serpentinite belt, Southeastern Australia', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 39, pp. 365 - 371, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08120099208728030
,Conference Papers
2024, 'Ground characterisation of the Sydney Basin for tunnelling works', in Tunnelling for a Better Life - Proceedings of the ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress, WTC 2024, pp. 591 - 597, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003495505-80
,2021, 'Hera: Evidence for Multiple Mineralization Events and Remobilization in a Sediment-Hosted Au-Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit, Central New South Wales, Australia', in The 2nd International Electronic Conference on Mineral Science, MDPI, pp. 28 - 28, presented at International Electronic Conference on Mineral Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/iecms2021-09345
,2021, 'Mineralization, Alteration Assemblages and Stable Isotopes of the Intermediate-Sulfidation Epithermal Strauss Deposit, Drake Goldfield, North-Eastern NSW, Australia', in The 2nd International Electronic Conference on Mineral Science, MDPI, pp. 27 - 27, presented at International Electronic Conference on Mineral Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/iecms2021-09350
,2021, 'The Ore and Gangue Mineralogy of the Newly Discovered Federation Massive Sulfide Deposit, Central New South Wales, Australia', in The 2nd International Electronic Conference on Mineral Science, MDPI, pp. 29 - 29, presented at International Electronic Conference on Mineral Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/iecms2021-09348
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