• Laser ablation ICP-MS development
  • Alteration and ore mineral chemistry for exploration and mining
  • Hydrothermal metal speciation and transport
  • Lateritic and sulphide nickel ore genesis
  • Fertility of metallogenic belts
  • Tectonics and ore deposit evolution
  • Fertility and metal flux in porphyry systems
  • Transition metal isotope systematics
  • Source rocks for ore metals
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 Determination of Cu, Mo, Au and S in fluid inclusions

Determination of Cu, Mo, Au and S in fluid inclusions

Multiphase brine inclusion from the Boyongan Cu-Au porphyry, Philippines
CT scanning of ore mineral distributions in rocks

CT scanning of ore mineral distributions in rocks

Dendritic gold in vein carbonate, Hope’s Nose, Devon
Field studies of giant porphyry systems

Field studies of giant porphyry systems

The Ujina porphyry Cu-Mo deposit, Collahuasi District, Chile
PIXE imaging of ore metal siting in source rocks

PIXE imaging of ore metal siting in source rocks

Zn distribution in greywacke source for metals in the Irish Zn-Pb orefield
Field mapping

Field mapping

Remapping of the Tyrone Volcanic Group, Northern Ireland
 Laser ablation ICP-MS analysis of metals in ore and alteration minerals

Laser ablation ICP-MS analysis of metals in ore and alteration minerals

Award-winning research into the development and application of mineral chemistry for exploration in porphyry and epithermal systems