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Journal articles
, 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, '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’: Geochemistry', ASEG Extended Abstracts, 2006, pp. 1 - 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aseg2006ab170
, 2006, 'Probing the ‘Zircon Zip’: Geochronology (FT and SHRIMP)', ASEG Extended Abstracts, 2006, pp. 1 - 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aseg2006ab056
, 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
, 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
, 2004, 'Gemstone characteristics, north-east Harrington plateau, N.S.W', Journal and proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 137, pp. 99 - 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/p.361536
, 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
, 2001, 'Geodiversifying in South Africa: the Bushved-Karoo story and more', Journal and proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 134, pp. 107 - 108, http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/p.361493
, 2001, 'The genesis and tectonic significance of chromitite-bearing serpentinites in southern N.S.W', Journal and proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 134, pp. 45 - 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/p.361480
, 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
, 2025, 'Rare earth element minerals in a skarn regolith: A case study from Doradilla, northern NSW, Australia', in Anderson E; Graham G (ed.), 18TH SGA BIENNIAL MEETING, 2025, VOL 3, SOC GEOLOGY APPLIED MINERAL DEPOSITS-SGA, CO, Golden, pp. 838 - 841, presented at 18th Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits Meeting-SGA-Biennial, CO, Golden, 03 August 2025 - 07 August 2025
, 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', MDPI, pp. 28, presented at The 2nd 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
, 2015, 'Geochemical exploration for vertebrate fossils using field portable XRF', Association of Applied Geochemists, Tucson, Arizona, presented at 27th Internat Applied Geochemical Symposium, Tucson, Arizona, 19 April 2015 - 23 April 2015
, 2012, 'Comparative mineralogy, alteration styles, and modelling of deposits within the Ojolali Epithernal gold-silver prospect, Sumatra, Indonesia', in Proceedings of the 34th International Geological Congress 2012, Australian Geosciences Council, Brisbane, Queensland, pp. 2271 - 2271, presented at 34th International Geological Congress, Brisbane, Queensland, 05 August 2012 - 10 August 2012
, 2012, 'Gem corundum deposits of Greece: a spectrum of compositions and origins', in Proceedings of the 34th International Geological Congress 2012, Australian Geosciences Council, Brisbane, Queensland, pp. 3241 - 3241, presented at 34th International Geological Congress, Brisbane, Queensland, 05 August 2012 - 10 August 2012
, 2012, 'Gemstones of Greece: mineralogy and origins', in Proceedings of the 34th International Geological Congress 2012, Australian Geosciences Council, Brisbane, Queensland, pp. 3240 - 3240, presented at 34th International Geological Congress, Brisbane, Queensland, 05 August 2012 - 10 August 2012
, 2012, 'Geographic typing of gem corundum: possibilities and pitfalls', in Proceedings of the 34th International Geological Congress 2012, Australian Geosciences Council, Brisbane, Queensland, pp. 3032 - 3032, presented at 34th International Geological Congress, Brisbane, Queensland, 05 August 2012 - 10 August 2012
, 2012, 'Hydrogeochemical processes in a monsoon dominated karst environment, NW Queensland', in Proceedings of the 34th International Geological Congress 2012, Australian Geosciences Council, Brisbane, Queensland, pp. 1442 - 1442, presented at 34th International Geological Congress, Brisbane, Queensland, 05 August 2012 - 10 August 2012
, 2012, 'Mineralogy and geochemistry of contrasting sulphur-rich coals from the Songzao Coalfield, SW China and the Greta Coal Measures, Hunter Valley, Australia', in Proceedings of the 34th International Geological Congress 2012, Australian Geosciences Council, Brisbane, Queensland, pp. 3381 - 3381, presented at 34th International Geological Congress, Brisbane, Queensland, 05 August 2012 - 10 August 2012
, 2012, 'Radiocarbon analysis of bulk and fractionated dissolved organic carbon from ground and surface waters in remote NW Queensland', in Proceedings of the 34th International Geological Congress 2012, Australian Geosciences Council, Brisbane, Queensland, pp. 922 - 922, presented at 34th International geological Congress 2012, Brisbane, Queensland, 05 August 2012 - 10 August 2012
, 2012, 'The Archean bentley Zn-Cu volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit: alteration and chemostratigraphy', in Proceedings of the 34th International Geological Congress 2012, Australian Geosciences Council, Brisbane, Queensland, pp. 1284 - 1284, presented at 34th International Geological Congress, Brisbane, Queensland, 05 August 2012 - 10 August 2012
, 2012, 'Woodlark Island, Papua New Guinea: an emerging gold province', in Proceedings of the 34th International Geological Congress 2012, Australian Geosciences Council, Brisbane, Queensland, pp. 1599 - 1599, presented at 34th International Geological Congress, Brisbane, Queensland, 05 August 2012 - 10 August 2012
, 2012, 'Basalt formations of the Gunendah-Bowen basin, NSW: opportunities and challenges', Pokolbin, Hunter Valley NSW, presented at 38th Symposium on the advances in the study of the Sydney Basin, Pokolbin, Hunter Valley NSW, 10 May 2012 - 11 May 2012
, 2012, 'The geological development of fossil site AL90, Riversleigh world heritage area, far NW', in Proceedings of the 34th International Geological Congress 2012, Australian Geosciences Council, pp. 3596
, 2011, 'Zircon U-Pb dating perspectives, agre-progressive Cenozoic central volcano chains, North-Central Queensland to central-Western Victoria', in Murrmarang 2011: Program and Abstracts, Geological Society of Australia, ANU, Canberra, pp. 53 - 53, presented at Murramarang 2011, Murramarang, NSW, 20 November 2011 - 25 November 2011
, 2011, 'Differentiating recharge mechanisms and groundwater inputs in a carbonate aquifer (Nw-Queensland, Australia)', in INQUA-2011 Proceedings, INQUA, Bern, Switzerland, pp. ID-1035 - ID-1035, presented at INQUA 2011, Bern, Switzerland, 21 July 2011 - 27 July 2011
, 2010, 'Complementing groundwater 14C ages with 87Sr/86Sr, 35S, 3H and REE. Carbonate aquifers (NW-Queensland, Australia).', Tozeur, Tunisia, presented at Combined INQUA-UNESCO-IAH Training Course and Workshop: Methods for the study of long-term groundwater dynamics., Tozeur, Tunisia, 01 November 2010 - 05 November 2010
, 2010, ''Silver chloro-antimoniate': over 80 years of characterisation', in Geological Society of Australia Abstracts 98, Geological Society of Australia, Sydney, pp. 153 - 153, presented at Australian Earth Sciences Convention 2010, Canberra, ACT, 04 July 2010 - 08 July 2010
, 2010, 'Basalt assault: dissecting long-term intraplate volcanism along Australia's Indo-Pacific mantle interface.', in Geological Society of Australia Abstracts 98, Geological Society of Australia, Sydney, pp. 106 - 107, presented at Australian Earth Sciences Convention 2010, Canberra, ACT, 04 July 2010 - 08 July 2010
, 2010, 'Significance of the Era Beach dyke and fault zone, Royal National Park, NSW', in Proceedings of the 37th Symposium on the geology of the Sydney Basin, Hunter Valley, NSW, pp. 1 - 8, presented at 37th Symposium on the geology of the Sydney Basin, Hunter Valley, NSW, 06 May 2010 - 07 May 2010
, 2010, 'The age, geochemical affinity and significance of the Maroota Basalt, Hawkesbury region, NSW', in Proceedings of the 37th Symposium on the geology of the Sydney Basin, Hunter Valley, NSW, pp. 1 - 8, presented at 37th Symposium on the geology of the Sydney Basin, Hunter Valley, NSW, 06 May 2010 - 07 May 2010