Relationships between magmatism and ore-deposit formation
Selected publications related to the above line of research:
1. Kamenov, G.D., Perfit, M.R., Mueller, P.A., and Jonasson, I.R., 2008, Controls on magmatism in an island arc environment: study of lavas and sub-arc xenoliths from the Tabar-Lihir-Tanga-Feni island chain, Papua New Guinea. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., v. 155, p.635-656.
2. Saunders, J.A., Unger, D.L., Kamenov, G.D., Fayek, M., Hames W.E., and Utterback, W.C., 2008, Genesis of Middle Miocene Yellowstone-hotspot-related bonanza epithermal Au-Ag deposits, Northern Great Basin, USA. Mineralium Deposita,v.43, p.715-734.
3. Kamenov, G.D., Saunders, J.A., and Hames, W.E., 2007, Mafic Magmas as Sources for Gold in Middle-Miocene Epithermal Deposits of Northern Great Basin, USA: Evidence from Pb Isotopic Compositions of Native Gold. Economic Geology, v.102, p.1191-1195.
4. Kamenov, G.D., Perfit, M., Jonasson, I., and Mueller, P., 2005, High precision Pb isotope measurements reveal magma recharge as a mechanism for ore deposit formation: examples from Lihir Island and Conical Seamount, Papua New Guinea. Chemical Geology, 219, 131-148.
5. Kamenov, G.D., Macfarlane, A., and Riciputi, L., 2002, Sources of lead in the San Cristobal, Pulacayo, and Potosi mining districts, Bolivia: and a reevaluation of regional ore lead isotope provinces. Economic Geology, v.97, p.573-592.
