A. J. Boyce

Publication List Details

Period

1972 - 2009

Number

133

Co-Authors

Stable isotope constraints on ore formation at the San Rafael tin-copper deposit, south east Peru (2009)

Wagner, T., Mlynarczyk, M.S.J., Williams-Jones, A.E., Boyce, A.J.

The San Rafael tin-copper deposit in the Eastern Cordillera of the Peruvian Central Andes is the world’s largest hydrothermal tin lode, with a total resource of about 1 million metric tons metal,...

Micro-Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) and δD value investigation of hydrothermal vein quartz: interpretation of fluid inclusion δD values in hydrothermal systems (2008)

Gleeson, S.A., Roberts, S., Fallick, A.E., Boyce, A.J.

Some recent studies have suggested that the hydrogen isotopic composition (δD) of hydrothermal fluids, released in vacuo by thermal decrepitation of quartz, are not always accurately revealed. We...

Micro-Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) and {delta}D value investigation of hydrothermal vein quartz: Interpretation of fluid inclusion {delta}D values in hydrothermal systems (2008)

Gleeson, S.A., Roberts, S., Fallick, A.E., Boyce, A.J.

Some recent studies have suggested that the hydrogen isotopic composition ({delta}D) of hydrothermal fluids, released in vacuo by thermal decrepitation of quartz, are not always accurately revealed....

Temporal Variation in Phenetic Affinity of Early Upper Egyptian Male Cranial Series (2008)

A. J. Boyce

We carried out an exploratory historical biology study using temporally distinguished groups of predynastic–Early Dynastic male crania from the region of Upper Egypt. The objectives were, first, to...

Mineralogy and geochemistry of El Dorado epithermal gold deposit, El Sauce district, central-northern Chile (2008)

Carrillo-Rosúa, J., Morales-Ruano, S., Morata, D., Boyce, A.J., Belmar, M., Fallick, A.E., ...

The El Dorado Au-Cu deposit is located in an extensive intra-caldera zone of hydrothermal alteration affecting Upper Cretaceous andesites of the Los Elquinos Formation at La Serena (≈ 29°47′S...

The role of prokaryotes in supergene alteration of submarine hydrothermal sulfides (2006)

Glynn, S., Mills, R.A., Palmer, M.R., Pancost, R.D., Severmann, S., Boyce, A.J.

We combine mineralogical, stable isotope and organic biomarker data to understand the role of prokaryote activity in supergene reactions within submarine hydrothermal sulfidic sediments. Data are...

Origin of the Nchanga copper–cobalt deposits of the Zambian Copperbelt (2006)

McGowan, R.R., Roberts, S., Boyce, A.J.

The Zambian Copperbelt forms the southeastern part of the 900-km-long Neoproterozoic Lufilian Arc and contains one of the world’s largest accumulations of sediment-hosted stratiform copper...

The development of volcanic hosted massive sulfide and barite–gold orebodies on Wetar Island, Indonesia (2005)

Scotney, Philip M., Roberts, Stephen, Herrington, Richard J., Boyce, Adrian J., Burgess, Ray

Wetar Island is composed of Neogene volcanic rocks and minor oceanic sediments and forms part of the Inner Banda Arc. The island preserves precious metal-rich volcanogenic massive sulfide and barite...

Barite-pyrite mineralization of the Wiesbaden thermal spring system, Germany: a 500-kyr record of geochemical evolution (2005)

Wagner, T., Kirnbauer, T., Boyce, A.J., Fallick, A.E.

Barite-(pyrite) mineralizations from the thermal springs of Wiesbaden, Rhenish Massif, Germany, have been studied to place constraints on the geochemical evolution of the hydrothermal system in space...

Ore-forming processes in Irish-type carbonate-hosted Zn-Pb deposits: Evidence from mineralogy, chemistry, and isotopic composition of sulfides at the Lisheen mine (2005)

Wilkinson, J.J., Eyre, S.L., Boyce, A.J.

Lisheen is a strata-bound zinc-lead deposit formed during the Mississippian by replacement of hydrothermally dolomitized, grossly stratiform breccia bodies located near the base of the Carboniferous...

Metamorphic and Basin Fluids in Quartz-Carbonate-Sulphide Veins in the SW Scottish Highlands: a Stable Isotope and Fluid Inclusion Study (2004)

Anderson, R., Graham, C.M., Boyce, A.J., Fallick, A.E.

Metalliferous (Fe-Cu-Pb-Zn) quartz-carbonate-sulphide veins cut greenschist to epidote-amphibolite facies metamorphic rocks of the Dalradian, SW Scottish Highlands, with NE-SW to NW-SE trends,...

Low-latitude meteoric fluid flow along the Cloncurry Fault, Cloncurry district, NW Queensland, Australia: geodynamic and metallogenic implications (2004)

Mark, G., Williams, P.J., Boyce, A.J.

Hydrothermal alteration within the Mount Isa Block (MIB) is typically largely to have ceased at the end of the Isan Orogeny (ca. 1.50 Ga). However, late, large brittle quartz-rich vein systems,...

Laser microprobe sulphur isotope analysis of arsenopyrite: experimental calibration and application to the Boliden Au-Cu- As massive sulphide deposit (2004)

Wagner, T., Boyce, A.J., Jonsson, E., Fallick, A.E.

Metamorphic remobilization of arsenopyrite-rich ores is a globally important process which can lead to significant concentrations of gold. In order to understand this and related processes, relations...

Source and evolution of ore-forming hydrothermal fluids in the northern Iberian Pyrite Belt massive sulphide deposits (SW Spain): evidence from fluid inclusions and stable isotopes (2003)

Sánchez-España, J., Velasco, F., Boyce, A.J., Fallick, A.E.

A fluid inclusion and stable isotopic study has been undertaken on some massive sulphide deposits (Aguas Teñidas Este, Concepción, San Miguel, San Telmo and Cueva de la Mora) located in the...

Timing and genesis of base- metal mineralisation in black shales of the Upper Permian Ravnefjeld Formation, Wegener Halvo, East Greenland (2003)

Pedersen, M., Nielsen, J.K., Boyce, A.J., Fallick, A.E.

Bituminous mud shales of the Upper Permian Ravnefjeld Formation (Zechstein I equivalent) are mineralised with zinc, lead and copper within a ca. 50 km 2 area on Wegener Halvo in central East...

Contrasting evolution of hydrothermal fluids in the PACMANUS system, Manus Basin: the Sr and S isotope evidence (2003)

Roberts, S., Bach, W., Binns, R.A., Vanko, D.A., Yeats, C.J., Teagle, D.A.H., ...

Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg 193 investigated two sites of hydrothermal activity along the crest of the Pual Ridge in the eastern Manus Basin. A site of low-temperature diffuse venting, Snowcap...

Origin of the copper-cobalt deposits of the Zambia Copperbelt: an epigenetic view from Nchanga (2003)

McGowan, R., Roberts, S., Foster, R.P., Boyce, A.J., Coller, D.

The Zambian Copperbelt is arguably the most significantly mineralized Neoproterozoic basin on Earth, preserving a truly spectacular scale of mineralization: in excess of 1 × 109 t of ore at 2.7%...

A new fossil vent biota in the Ballynoe barite deposit, Silvermines, Ireland: Evidence for intracratonic sea-floor hydrothermal activity about 352 Ma (2003)

Boyce, A.J., Little, C.T.S., Russell, M.J.

Considerable controversy exists as to the timing of the important Mississippian carbonate-hosted Irish-type Zn + Ph +/- Ba +/- Ag deposits. The Silvermines deposits have been defined as an end member...

Deep hydrothermal circulation in a granite intrusion beneath Larderello geothermal area (Italy): constraints from mineralogy, fluid inclusions and stable isotopes (2003)

Boyce, A.J., Fulignati, P., Sbrana, A.

A shallow (similar to2 km) granite body has been intersected by the MONT-4 well in new producing areas of the Larderello geothermal field. The granite at 2.2-2.5 km and below 3 km underwent pervasive...

Infiltration of basinal fluids into high-grade basement, South Norway: sources and behaviour of waters and brines (2003)

Gleeson, S.A., Yardley, B.W., Munz, I.A., Boyce, A.J.

Quartz veins hosted by the high-grade crystalline rocks of the Modum complex, Southern Norway, formed when basinal fluids from an overlying Palaeozoic foreland basin infiltrated the basement at...

Origin of the Cu-Co deposits of the Zambian Copperbelt: an epigenetic view from Nchanga (2003)

McGowan, R., Roberts, S., Foster, R.P., Boyce, A.J., Coller, D.

The Zambian Copperbelt is arguably the most significantly mineralized Neoproterozoic basin on Earth, preserving a truly spectacular scale of mineralization: in excess of 1 × 109 t of ore at 2.7%...

Geology and metallogenic evolution of the polymetallic deposits of the Alcudia Valley Mineral Field, Eastern Sierra Morena, Spain (2003)

Palero, F.J., Both, R.A., Arribas, A., Boyce, A.J., Mangas, J., Martin-Izard., A.

The Alcudia Valley is intensely mineralized, with a large number of Pb-Zn-Ag-Cu deposits hosted by Neoproterozoic and Paleozoic sedimentary rocks. Five distinct types of deposits have been...

Contrasting evolution of hydrothermal fluids in the PACMANUS system, Manus Basin. The Sr and S isotope evidence (2003)

Roberts, S., Bach, W., Binns, R.A., Vanko, D.A., C.J., Y., Teagle, D.A.H., ...

Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg 193 investigated two sites of hydrothermal activity along the crest of the Pual Ridge in the eastern Manus Basin. A site of low-temperature diffuse venting, Snowcap...

Sulphur isotope geochemistry of black shale-hosted antimony mineralization, Arnsberg, northern Rhenish Massif, Germany (2003)

Wagner, T., Boyce, A.J.

Vein-type and bedding-concordant mesothermal (180–410 °C) stibnite–sulphosalt mineralization at Arnsberg, NE Rhenish Massif, Germany, is hosted by Carboniferous pyrite-rich black shales and...

Indicators of hot fluid migration in sedimentary basins: evidence from the UK Atlantic Margin (2003)

Wycherley, H.L., Parnell, J., Watt, G.R., Chen, H., Boyce, A.J.

Microthermometric, petrographic and isotopic methods have been used to detect evidence for hot fluid flow in Mesozoic and Tertiary sediments from the NW UK continental margin, West of Shetland. New...

Origin of the copper-cobalt deposits of the Zambian copperbelt: an epigenetic view from Nchanga (2003)

McGowan, R.R., Roberts, S., Foster, R.P., Boyce, A.J., Coller, D.

The Zambian Copperbelt is arguably the most significantly mineralized Neoproterozoic basin on Earth, preserving a truly spectacular scale of mineralization: in excess of 1 X 10(9) t of ore at similar...

Geology and metallogenic evolution of the polymetallic deposits of the Alcudia Valley mineral field, eastern Sierra Morena, Spain (2003)

Palero, F.J., Both, R.A., Arribas, A., Boyce, A.J., Mangas, J., Martin-Izard, A.

The Alcudia Valley is intensely mineralized, with a large number of Pb-Zn-Ag-Cu deposits hosted by Neo-proterozoic and Paleozoic sedimentary rocks. Five distinct types of deposits have been...

Deep hydrothermal circulation in a granite intrusion beneath Larderello geothermal area (Italy): constraints from mineralogy, fluid inclusions and stable isotopes (2003)

Boyce, A.J., Fulignati, P., Sbrana, A.

A shallow (similar to2 km) granite body has been intersected by the MONT-4 well in new producing areas of the Larderello geothermal field. The granite at 2.2-2.5 km and below 3 km underwent pervasive...

Stable isotope study of the igneous, metamorphic and mineralized rocks of the Edough complex, Annaba, Northeast Algeria (2002)

Laouar, R., Boyce, A.J., Ahmed-Said, Y., Ouabadi, A., Fallick, A.E., Toubal, A.

The petrogenesis of igneous, metamorphic and mineralized rocks in the Edough massif, NE Algeria, indicates an interplay between crustal and magmatic sources, and magmatic and surface fluids, as...

Constraints on the origins of fluids forming Irish Zn-Pb-Ba deposits: Evidence from the composition of fluid inclusions (2002)

Banks, D.A., Boyce, A.J., Samson, I.M.

The numerous Zn-Pb deposits in the Irish midlands, together with the quantity and grade of the ore, make this a world-class base metal province. Despite significant exploration and research, there is...

Timing of interplay between hydrothermal and surface fluids in the Navan Zn plus Pb orebody, Ireland: Evidence from metal distribution trends, mineral textures, and delta S-34 analyses (2002)

Blakeman, R.J., Ashton, J.H., Boyce, A.J., Fallick, A.E., Russell, M.J.

Models of genesis for the Navan orebody are of two distinct types. An early hypothesis that mesothermal (though nonmagmatic) deposition of ore began when a supernatant seawater brine still had access...

Laser combustion analysis of delta S-34 of sulfosalt minerals: Determination of the fractionation systematics and some crystal-chemical considerations (2002)

Wagner, T., Boyce, A.J., Fallick, A.E.

Laser sulfur combustion in the presence of 0, is the most commonly used method of in situ sulfur isotope analysis. Previous workers indicated that a small but reproducible fractionation of (34S)/S-32...

Sulphur isotope characteristics of recrystallisation, remobilisation and reaction processes: a case study from the Ramsbeck Pb-Zn deposit, Germany (2001)

Wagner, T., Boyce, A.J.

Syntectonic hydrothermal Pb-Zn vein systems of the Ramsbeck deposit. Germany, have been extensively overprinted by late- stage fluids responsible for fissure vein mineralisation. This has caused...

Oxygen isotope systematics of the Banda Arc: Low delta O-18 despite involvement of subducted continental material in magma genesis (2001)

Vroon, P.Z., Lowry, D., Van Bergen, M.J., Boyce, A.J., Mattey, D.P.

This study reports new laser fluorination oxygen isotope data for 60 volcanic rocks and 15 sediments distributed over the whole length of the Banda Are, eastern Indonesia. The melt oxygen isotope...

Bacteria were responsible for the magnitude of the world-class hydrothermal base metal sulfide orebody at Navan Ireland (2001)

Fallick, A.E., Ashton, J.H., Boyce, A.J., Ellam, B.M., Russell, M.J.

We report sulfur and lead isotope analyses of mine concentrates from Navan, the largest zinc deposit in Ireland. These samples, each representing up to a million tonnes of ore, show very limited...

The role of crustal and mantle sources in the genesis of granitoids of the Antarctic Peninsula and adjacent crustal blocks (2001)

Millar, I.L., Willan, R.C.R., Wareham, C.D., Boyce, A.J.

Magmatic rocks from the Antarctic Peninsula show marked variations in isotope composition, which reflect changes in the geodynamic evolution of the peninsula through time. Most Antarctic Peninsula...

Atmospheric bronze and copper corrosion as an environmental indicator. A study based on chemical and sulphur isotope data (2001)

Nord, A.G., Tronner, K., Boyce, A.J.

Corrosion products have been taken from 130 copper or bronze outdoor objects all over Europe. Their chemical composition and crystal symmetry have been determined by means of scanning electron...

Assessment of grid-based whole-rock delta D surveys in exploration: Boulder County epithermal tungsten deposit, Colorado (2001)

Rice, C.M., Harmon, R.S., Boyce, A.J., Fallick, A.E.

Important epithermal tungsten mineralization in the Boulder County district is mainly hosted by quartz-ferberite (FeWO4) veins. Isotopic studies based on an extensive grid (deltaD) and individual...

Geologic evolution of the Escondida area, northern Chile: A model for spatial and temporal localization of porphyry Cu mineralization (2001)

Richards, J.P., Boyce, A.J., Pringle, M.S.

A program of geologic mapping and lithogeochemical and geochronological sampling has been carried out over a 745-km(2) area of the Atacama Desert surrounding the porphyry Cu deposits at Escondida,...

Retrogression by deep infiltration of meteoric fluids into thrust zones during late orogenic rapid unroofing (2000)

Barker, A.J., Bennett, D.G., Boyce, A.J., Fallick, A.E.

Hypersaline (Na-Ca-Cl) fluids are associated with late-stage quartz veining and retrogression of garnet, kyanite and other high P-T phases in the vicinity of thrusts and major lithological boundaries...

Retrogression by deep infiltration of meteoric fluids into thrust zones during late-orogenic rapid unroofing (2000)

Barker, A.J., Bennett, D.G., Boyce, A.J., Fallick, A.E.

Hypersaline (Na-Ca-Cl) fluids are associated with late-stage quartz veining and retrogression of garnet, kyanite and other high P-T phases in the vicinity of thrusts and major lithological boundaries...

From basin to basement: the movement of surface fluids into the crust (2000)

Gleeson, S.A., Yardley, B.W.D., Boyce, A.J., Fallick, A.E., Munz, L.A.

Quartz veins from Precambrian, high grade, basement rocks in Southern Norway contain both aqueous and biogenically sourced hydrocarbon fluid inclusions. Aqueous fluids show a wide range in salinities...

Sulphur isotope variations in diagenetic pyrite from core plug to sub-millimetre scales (2000)

McConville, P., Boyce, A.J., Fallick, A.E., Harte, B., Scott, E.M.

Sulphur isotope ratio measurements (delta(34)S) of diagenetic pyrite an commonly used to identify S sources and mechanisms of sulphide formation in basinal sediments. This study reports: such data...

Regional fluid flow and gold mineralization in the Dalradian of the Sperrin Mountains, northern Ireland (2000)

Parnell, J., Earls, G., Wilkinson, J.J., Hutton, D.H.W., Boyce, A.J., Fallick, A.E., ...

Gold vein mineralization occurs in the metamorphosed and deformed Dalradian (Neoproterozoic) rocks of the Sperrin Mountains, Northern Ireland. Two structures exerted a control on the location of the...

Ore depositional processes in the Navan Zn-Pb deposit, Ireland (1998)

Anderson, I.K., Ashton, J.H., Boyce, A.J., Fallick, A.E., Russell, M.J.

The Navan Zn-Pb deposit in Ireland is hosted by a lower Carboniferous, carbonate-dominated sedimentary sequence. In excess of 97 percent of the ore is hosted by a Courceyan, shallow-water succession...

Quartz veins record vertical flow at a Graben Edge; Fulmar oil field, central North Sea (1997)

Macaulay, C.I., Boyce, A.J., Fallick, A.E., Haszeldine, R.S.

The Fulmar oil field lies at the faulted western margin of the Central Graben in the central North Sea. Chalcedony and quartz, and later dolomite, occur as diagenetic cements in veins within the...

Inbreeding and reproductive performance in Standardbred horses (1984)

Cothran, E. G., MacCluer, J. W., Weitkamp, L. R., Pfennig, D. W., Boyce, A. J.

The relationship between inbreeding and both conception and foaling rates in Standardbred horses (trotters and pacers) was examined for 1194 breeding years. There was a statistically significant (P

Computation of inbreeding and kinship coefficients on extended pedigrees (1983)

Boyce, A. J.

Methods of computing Inbreeding and kinship coefficients from pedigree information are reviewed. Two main approaches to the problem of computing inbreeding coefficients for several thousand...

The structure of human populations / Edited by G. A. Harrison and A. J. Boyce (1972)

Harrison, Geoffrey Ainsworth, Boyce, A. J.

Proceedings of a Werner-Gran Foundation for Research Symposium in August 1970 ay Burg Wartenstein

Metamorphic and Basin Fluids in Quartz-Carbonate-Sulphide Veins in the SW Scottish Highlands: a Stable Isotope and Fluid Inclusion Study

Anderson, R., Graham, C.M., Boyce, A.J., Fallick, A.E.

Metalliferous (Fe-Cu-Pb-Zn) quartz-carbonate-sulphide veins cut greenschist to epidote-amphibolite facies metamorphic rocks of the Dalradian, SW Scottish Highlands, with NE-SW to NW-SE trends,...

A new fossil vent biota in the Ballynoe barite deposit, Silvermines, Ireland: Evidence for intracratonic sea-floor hydrothermal activity about 352 Ma

Boyce, A.J., Little, C.T.S., Russell, M.J.

Considerable controversy exists as to the timing of the important Mississippian carbonate-hosted Irish-type Zn + Ph +/- Ba +/- Ag deposits. The Silvermines deposits have been defined as an end member...

Deep hydrothermal circulation in a granite intrusion beneath Larderello geothermal area (Italy): constraints from mineralogy, fluid inclusions and stable isotopes

Boyce, A.J., Fulignati, P., Sbrana, A.

A shallow (similar to2 km) granite body has been intersected by the MONT-4 well in new producing areas of the Larderello geothermal field. The granite at 2.2-2.5 km and below 3 km underwent pervasive...

Infiltration of basinal fluids into high-grade basement, South Norway: sources and behaviour of waters and brines

Gleeson, S.A., Yardley, B.W., Munz, I.A., Boyce, A.J.

Quartz veins hosted by the high-grade crystalline rocks of the Modum complex, Southern Norway, formed when basinal fluids from an overlying Palaeozoic foreland basin infiltrated the basement at...

Geology and metallogenic evolution of the polymetallic deposits of the Alcudia Valley Mineral Field, Eastern Sierra Morena, Spain

Palero, F.J., Both, R.A., Arribas, A., Boyce, A.J., Mangas, J., Martin-Izard., A.

The Alcudia Valley is intensely mineralized, with a large number of Pb-Zn-Ag-Cu deposits hosted by Neoproterozoic and Paleozoic sedimentary rocks. Five distinct types of deposits have been...

Timing and genesis of base- metal mineralisation in black shales of the Upper Permian Ravnefjeld Formation, Wegener Halvo, East Greenland

Pedersen, M., Nielsen, J.K., Boyce, A.J., Fallick, A.E.

Bituminous mud shales of the Upper Permian Ravnefjeld Formation (Zechstein I equivalent) are mineralised with zinc, lead and copper within a ca. 50 km 2 area on Wegener Halvo in central East...

Contrasting evolution of hydrothermal fluids in the PACMANUS system, Manus Basin. The Sr and S isotope evidence

Roberts, S., Bach, W., Binns, R.A., Vanko, D.A., C.J., Y., Teagle, D.A.H., ...

Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg 193 investigated two sites of hydrothermal activity along the crest of the Pual Ridge in the eastern Manus Basin. A site of low-temperature diffuse venting, Snowcap...

Source and evolution of ore-forming hydrothermal fluids in the northern Iberian Pyrite Belt massive sulphide deposits (SW Spain): evidence from fluid inclusions and stable isotopes

Sánchez-España, J., Velasco, F., Boyce, A.J., Fallick, A.E.

A fluid inclusion and stable isotopic study has been undertaken on some massive sulphide deposits (Aguas Teñidas Este, Concepción, San Miguel, San Telmo and Cueva de la Mora) located in the...

Sulphur isotope geochemistry of black shale-hosted antimony mineralization, Arnsberg, northern Rhenish Massif, Germany

Wagner, T., Boyce, A.J.

Vein-type and bedding-concordant mesothermal (180–410 °C) stibnite–sulphosalt mineralization at Arnsberg, NE Rhenish Massif, Germany, is hosted by Carboniferous pyrite-rich black shales and...

Indicators of hot fluid migration in sedimentary basins: evidence from the UK Atlantic Margin

Wycherley, H.L., Parnell, J., Watt, G.R., Chen, H., Boyce, A.J.

Microthermometric, petrographic and isotopic methods have been used to detect evidence for hot fluid flow in Mesozoic and Tertiary sediments from the NW UK continental margin, West of Shetland. New...

Constraints on the origins of fluids forming Irish Zn-Pb-Ba deposits: Evidence from the composition of fluid inclusions

Banks, D.A., Boyce, A.J., Samson, I.M.

The numerous Zn-Pb deposits in the Irish midlands, together with the quantity and grade of the ore, make this a world-class base metal province. Despite significant exploration and research, there is...

Timing of interplay between hydrothermal and surface fluids in the Navan Zn plus Pb orebody, Ireland: Evidence from metal distribution trends, mineral textures, and delta S-34 analyses

Blakeman, R.J., Ashton, J.H., Boyce, A.J., Fallick, A.E., Russell, M.J.

Models of genesis for the Navan orebody are of two distinct types. An early hypothesis that mesothermal (though nonmagmatic) deposition of ore began when a supernatant seawater brine still had access...

Stable isotope study of the igneous, metamorphic and mineralized rocks of the Edough complex, Annaba, Northeast Algeria

Laouar, R., Boyce, A.J., Ahmed-Said, Y., Ouabadi, A., Fallick, A.E., Toubal, A.

The petrogenesis of igneous, metamorphic and mineralized rocks in the Edough massif, NE Algeria, indicates an interplay between crustal and magmatic sources, and magmatic and surface fluids, as...

Laser combustion analysis of delta S-34 of sulfosalt minerals: Determination of the fractionation systematics and some crystal-chemical considerations

Wagner, T., Boyce, A.J., Fallick, A.E.

Laser sulfur combustion in the presence of 0, is the most commonly used method of in situ sulfur isotope analysis. Previous workers indicated that a small but reproducible fractionation of (34S)/S-32...

Bacteria were responsible for the magnitude of the world-class hydrothermal base metal sulfide orebody at Navan Ireland

Fallick, A.E., Ashton, J.H., Boyce, A.J., Ellam, B.M., Russell, M.J.

We report sulfur and lead isotope analyses of mine concentrates from Navan, the largest zinc deposit in Ireland. These samples, each representing up to a million tonnes of ore, show very limited...

The role of crustal and mantle sources in the genesis of granitoids of the Antarctic Peninsula and adjacent crustal blocks

Millar, I.L., Willan, R.C.R., Wareham, C.D., Boyce, A.J.

Magmatic rocks from the Antarctic Peninsula show marked variations in isotope composition, which reflect changes in the geodynamic evolution of the peninsula through time. Most Antarctic Peninsula...

Atmospheric bronze and copper corrosion as an environmental indicator. A study based on chemical and sulphur isotope data

Nord, A.G., Tronner, K., Boyce, A.J.

Corrosion products have been taken from 130 copper or bronze outdoor objects all over Europe. Their chemical composition and crystal symmetry have been determined by means of scanning electron...

Low-latitude meteoric fluid flow along the Cloncurry Fault, Cloncurry district, NW Queensland, Australia: geodynamic and metallogenic implications

Mark, G., Williams, P.J., Boyce, A.J.

Hydrothermal alteration within the Mount Isa Block (MIB) is typically largely to have ceased at the end of the Isan Orogeny (ca. 1.50 Ga). However, late, large brittle quartz-rich vein systems,...

Origin of the copper-cobalt deposits of the Zambian copperbelt: an epigenetic view from Nchanga

McGowan, R.R., Roberts, S., Foster, R.P., Boyce, A.J., Coller, D.

The Zambian Copperbelt is arguably the most significantly mineralized Neoproterozoic basin on Earth, preserving a truly spectacular scale of mineralization: in excess of 1 X 10(9) t of ore at similar...

Geology and metallogenic evolution of the polymetallic deposits of the Alcudia Valley mineral field, eastern Sierra Morena, Spain

Palero, F.J., Both, R.A., Arribas, A., Boyce, A.J., Mangas, J., Martin-Izard, A.

The Alcudia Valley is intensely mineralized, with a large number of Pb-Zn-Ag-Cu deposits hosted by Neo-proterozoic and Paleozoic sedimentary rocks. Five distinct types of deposits have been...

Assessment of grid-based whole-rock delta D surveys in exploration: Boulder County epithermal tungsten deposit, Colorado

Rice, C.M., Harmon, R.S., Boyce, A.J., Fallick, A.E.

Important epithermal tungsten mineralization in the Boulder County district is mainly hosted by quartz-ferberite (FeWO4) veins. Isotopic studies based on an extensive grid (deltaD) and individual...

Geologic evolution of the Escondida area, northern Chile: A model for spatial and temporal localization of porphyry Cu mineralization

Richards, J.P., Boyce, A.J., Pringle, M.S.

A program of geologic mapping and lithogeochemical and geochronological sampling has been carried out over a 745-km(2) area of the Atacama Desert surrounding the porphyry Cu deposits at Escondida,...

Oxygen isotope systematics of the Banda Arc: Low delta O-18 despite involvement of subducted continental material in magma genesis

Vroon, P.Z., Lowry, D., Van Bergen, M.J., Boyce, A.J., Mattey, D.P.

This study reports new laser fluorination oxygen isotope data for 60 volcanic rocks and 15 sediments distributed over the whole length of the Banda Are, eastern Indonesia. The melt oxygen isotope...

Sulphur isotope characteristics of recrystallisation, remobilisation and reaction processes: a case study from the Ramsbeck Pb-Zn deposit, Germany

Wagner, T., Boyce, A.J.

Syntectonic hydrothermal Pb-Zn vein systems of the Ramsbeck deposit. Germany, have been extensively overprinted by late- stage fluids responsible for fissure vein mineralisation. This has caused...

Retrogression by deep infiltration of meteoric fluids into thrust zones during late-orogenic rapid unroofing

Barker, A.J., Bennett, D.G., Boyce, A.J., Fallick, A.E.

Hypersaline (Na-Ca-Cl) fluids are associated with late-stage quartz veining and retrogression of garnet, kyanite and other high P-T phases in the vicinity of thrusts and major lithological boundaries...

From basin to basement: the movement of surface fluids into the crust

Gleeson, S.A., Yardley, B.W.D., Boyce, A.J., Fallick, A.E., Munz, L.A.

Quartz veins from Precambrian, high grade, basement rocks in Southern Norway contain both aqueous and biogenically sourced hydrocarbon fluid inclusions. Aqueous fluids show a wide range in salinities...

Sulphur isotope variations in diagenetic pyrite from core plug to sub-millimetre scales

McConville, P., Boyce, A.J., Fallick, A.E., Harte, B., Scott, E.M.

Sulphur isotope ratio measurements (delta(34)S) of diagenetic pyrite an commonly used to identify S sources and mechanisms of sulphide formation in basinal sediments. This study reports: such data...

Regional fluid flow and gold mineralization in the Dalradian of the Sperrin Mountains, northern Ireland

Parnell, J., Earls, G., Wilkinson, J.J., Hutton, D.H.W., Boyce, A.J., Fallick, A.E., ...

Gold vein mineralization occurs in the metamorphosed and deformed Dalradian (Neoproterozoic) rocks of the Sperrin Mountains, Northern Ireland. Two structures exerted a control on the location of the...

Deep hydrothermal circulation in a granite intrusion beneath Larderello geothermal area (Italy): constraints from mineralogy, fluid inclusions and stable isotopes

Boyce, A.J., Fulignati, P., Sbrana, A.

A shallow (similar to2 km) granite body has been intersected by the MONT-4 well in new producing areas of the Larderello geothermal field. The granite at 2.2-2.5 km and below 3 km underwent pervasive...

Laser microprobe sulphur isotope analysis of arsenopyrite: experimental calibration and application to the Boliden Au-Cu- As massive sulphide deposit

Wagner, T., Boyce, A.J., Jonsson, E., Fallick, A.E.

Metamorphic remobilization of arsenopyrite-rich ores is a globally important process which can lead to significant concentrations of gold. In order to understand this and related processes, relations...

Barite-pyrite mineralization of the Wiesbaden thermal spring system, Germany: a 500-kyr record of geochemical evolution

Wagner, T., Kirnbauer, T., Boyce, A.J., Fallick, A.E.

Barite-(pyrite) mineralizations from the thermal springs of Wiesbaden, Rhenish Massif, Germany, have been studied to place constraints on the geochemical evolution of the hydrothermal system in space...

Ore-forming processes in Irish-type carbonate-hosted Zn-Pb deposits: Evidence from mineralogy, chemistry, and isotopic composition of sulfides at the Lisheen mine

Wilkinson, J.J., Eyre, S.L., Boyce, A.J.

Lisheen is a strata-bound zinc-lead deposit formed during the Mississippian by replacement of hydrothermally dolomitized, grossly stratiform breccia bodies located near the base of the Carboniferous...

Molecular and population genetic analysis of allelic sequence diversity at the human beta-globin locus.

Fullerton, S M, Harding, R M, Boyce, A J, Clegg, J B

Allelic sequence polymorphism at the beta-globin locus was investigated in a group of 36 Melanesians. A 3-kilobase fragment containing the gene and its flanking regions was sequenced in 60 normal...

The Evolution of Tandemly Repetitive DNA: Recombination Rules

Harding, R. M., Boyce, A. J., Clegg, J. B.

Variable numbers of tandem repeats (VNTRs), which include hypervariable regions, minisatellites and microsatellites, can be assigned together with satellite DNAs to define a class of noncoding...

A Computer Simulation Study of Vntr Population Genetics: Constrained Recombination Rules Out the Infinite Alleles Model

Harding, R. M., Boyce, A. J., Martinson, J. J., Flint, J., Clegg, J. B.

Extensive allelic diversity in variable numbers of tandem repeats (VNTRs) has been discovered in the human genome. For population genetic studies of VNTRs, such as forensic applications, it is...

Molecular and population genetic analysis of allelic sequence diversity at the human beta-globin locus.

Fullerton, S M, Harding, R M, Boyce, A J, Clegg, J B

Allelic sequence polymorphism at the beta-globin locus was investigated in a group of 36 Melanesians. A 3-kilobase fragment containing the gene and its flanking regions was sequenced in 60 normal...

The Evolution of Tandemly Repetitive DNA: Recombination Rules

Harding, R. M., Boyce, A. J., Clegg, J. B.

Variable numbers of tandem repeats (VNTRs), which include hypervariable regions, minisatellites and microsatellites, can be assigned together with satellite DNAs to define a class of noncoding...

A Computer Simulation Study of Vntr Population Genetics: Constrained Recombination Rules Out the Infinite Alleles Model

Harding, R. M., Boyce, A. J., Martinson, J. J., Flint, J., Clegg, J. B.

Extensive allelic diversity in variable numbers of tandem repeats (VNTRs) has been discovered in the human genome. For population genetic studies of VNTRs, such as forensic applications, it is...

High diversity of alpha-globin haplotypes in a Senegalese population, including many previously unreported variants.

Martinson, J J, Excoffier, L, Swinburn, C, Boyce, A J, Harding, R M, Langaney, A, ...

RFLP haplotypes at the alpha-globin gene complex have been examined in 190 individuals from the Niokolo Mandenka population of Senegal: haplotypes were assigned unambiguously for 210 chromosomes. The...

Metamorphic and Basin Fluids in Quartz-Carbonate-Sulphide Veins in the SW Scottish Highlands: a Stable Isotope and Fluid Inclusion Study

Anderson, R., Graham, C.M., Boyce, A.J., Fallick, A.E.

Metalliferous (Fe-Cu-Pb-Zn) quartz-carbonate-sulphide veins cut greenschist to epidote-amphibolite facies metamorphic rocks of the Dalradian, SW Scottish Highlands, with NE-SW to NW-SE trends,...

A new fossil vent biota in the Ballynoe barite deposit, Silvermines, Ireland: Evidence for intracratonic sea-floor hydrothermal activity about 352 Ma

Boyce, A.J., Little, C.T.S., Russell, M.J.

Considerable controversy exists as to the timing of the important Mississippian carbonate-hosted Irish-type Zn + Ph +/- Ba +/- Ag deposits. The Silvermines deposits have been defined as an end member...

Deep hydrothermal circulation in a granite intrusion beneath Larderello geothermal area (Italy): constraints from mineralogy, fluid inclusions and stable isotopes

Boyce, A.J., Fulignati, P., Sbrana, A.

A shallow (similar to2 km) granite body has been intersected by the MONT-4 well in new producing areas of the Larderello geothermal field. The granite at 2.2-2.5 km and below 3 km underwent pervasive...

Infiltration of basinal fluids into high-grade basement, South Norway: sources and behaviour of waters and brines

Gleeson, S.A., Yardley, B.W., Munz, I.A., Boyce, A.J.

Quartz veins hosted by the high-grade crystalline rocks of the Modum complex, Southern Norway, formed when basinal fluids from an overlying Palaeozoic foreland basin infiltrated the basement at...

Geology and metallogenic evolution of the polymetallic deposits of the Alcudia Valley Mineral Field, Eastern Sierra Morena, Spain

Palero, F.J., Both, R.A., Arribas, A., Boyce, A.J., Mangas, J., Martin-Izard., A.

The Alcudia Valley is intensely mineralized, with a large number of Pb-Zn-Ag-Cu deposits hosted by Neoproterozoic and Paleozoic sedimentary rocks. Five distinct types of deposits have been...

Timing and genesis of base- metal mineralisation in black shales of the Upper Permian Ravnefjeld Formation, Wegener Halvo, East Greenland

Pedersen, M., Nielsen, J.K., Boyce, A.J., Fallick, A.E.

Bituminous mud shales of the Upper Permian Ravnefjeld Formation (Zechstein I equivalent) are mineralised with zinc, lead and copper within a ca. 50 km 2 area on Wegener Halvo in central East...

Contrasting evolution of hydrothermal fluids in the PACMANUS system, Manus Basin. The Sr and S isotope evidence

Roberts, S., Bach, W., Binns, R.A., Vanko, D.A., C.J., Y., Teagle, D.A.H., ...

Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg 193 investigated two sites of hydrothermal activity along the crest of the Pual Ridge in the eastern Manus Basin. A site of low-temperature diffuse venting, Snowcap...

Source and evolution of ore-forming hydrothermal fluids in the northern Iberian Pyrite Belt massive sulphide deposits (SW Spain): evidence from fluid inclusions and stable isotopes

Sánchez-España, J., Velasco, F., Boyce, A.J., Fallick, A.E.

A fluid inclusion and stable isotopic study has been undertaken on some massive sulphide deposits (Aguas Teñidas Este, Concepción, San Miguel, San Telmo and Cueva de la Mora) located in the...

Sulphur isotope geochemistry of black shale-hosted antimony mineralization, Arnsberg, northern Rhenish Massif, Germany

Wagner, T., Boyce, A.J.

Vein-type and bedding-concordant mesothermal (180–410 °C) stibnite–sulphosalt mineralization at Arnsberg, NE Rhenish Massif, Germany, is hosted by Carboniferous pyrite-rich black shales and...

Indicators of hot fluid migration in sedimentary basins: evidence from the UK Atlantic Margin

Wycherley, H.L., Parnell, J., Watt, G.R., Chen, H., Boyce, A.J.

Microthermometric, petrographic and isotopic methods have been used to detect evidence for hot fluid flow in Mesozoic and Tertiary sediments from the NW UK continental margin, West of Shetland. New...

Constraints on the origins of fluids forming Irish Zn-Pb-Ba deposits: Evidence from the composition of fluid inclusions

Banks, D.A., Boyce, A.J., Samson, I.M.

The numerous Zn-Pb deposits in the Irish midlands, together with the quantity and grade of the ore, make this a world-class base metal province. Despite significant exploration and research, there is...

Timing of interplay between hydrothermal and surface fluids in the Navan Zn plus Pb orebody, Ireland: Evidence from metal distribution trends, mineral textures, and delta S-34 analyses

Blakeman, R.J., Ashton, J.H., Boyce, A.J., Fallick, A.E., Russell, M.J.

Models of genesis for the Navan orebody are of two distinct types. An early hypothesis that mesothermal (though nonmagmatic) deposition of ore began when a supernatant seawater brine still had access...

Stable isotope study of the igneous, metamorphic and mineralized rocks of the Edough complex, Annaba, Northeast Algeria

Laouar, R., Boyce, A.J., Ahmed-Said, Y., Ouabadi, A., Fallick, A.E., Toubal, A.

The petrogenesis of igneous, metamorphic and mineralized rocks in the Edough massif, NE Algeria, indicates an interplay between crustal and magmatic sources, and magmatic and surface fluids, as...

Laser combustion analysis of delta S-34 of sulfosalt minerals: Determination of the fractionation systematics and some crystal-chemical considerations

Wagner, T., Boyce, A.J., Fallick, A.E.

Laser sulfur combustion in the presence of 0, is the most commonly used method of in situ sulfur isotope analysis. Previous workers indicated that a small but reproducible fractionation of (34S)/S-32...

Bacteria were responsible for the magnitude of the world-class hydrothermal base metal sulfide orebody at Navan Ireland

Fallick, A.E., Ashton, J.H., Boyce, A.J., Ellam, B.M., Russell, M.J.

We report sulfur and lead isotope analyses of mine concentrates from Navan, the largest zinc deposit in Ireland. These samples, each representing up to a million tonnes of ore, show very limited...

The role of crustal and mantle sources in the genesis of granitoids of the Antarctic Peninsula and adjacent crustal blocks

Millar, I.L., Willan, R.C.R., Wareham, C.D., Boyce, A.J.

Magmatic rocks from the Antarctic Peninsula show marked variations in isotope composition, which reflect changes in the geodynamic evolution of the peninsula through time. Most Antarctic Peninsula...

Atmospheric bronze and copper corrosion as an environmental indicator. A study based on chemical and sulphur isotope data

Nord, A.G., Tronner, K., Boyce, A.J.

Corrosion products have been taken from 130 copper or bronze outdoor objects all over Europe. Their chemical composition and crystal symmetry have been determined by means of scanning electron...

Low-latitude meteoric fluid flow along the Cloncurry Fault, Cloncurry district, NW Queensland, Australia: geodynamic and metallogenic implications

Mark, G., Williams, P.J., Boyce, A.J.

Hydrothermal alteration within the Mount Isa Block (MIB) is typically largely to have ceased at the end of the Isan Orogeny (ca. 1.50 Ga). However, late, large brittle quartz-rich vein systems,...

Origin of the copper-cobalt deposits of the Zambian copperbelt: an epigenetic view from Nchanga

McGowan, R.R., Roberts, S., Foster, R.P., Boyce, A.J., Coller, D.

The Zambian Copperbelt is arguably the most significantly mineralized Neoproterozoic basin on Earth, preserving a truly spectacular scale of mineralization: in excess of 1 X 10(9) t of ore at similar...

Geology and metallogenic evolution of the polymetallic deposits of the Alcudia Valley mineral field, eastern Sierra Morena, Spain

Palero, F.J., Both, R.A., Arribas, A., Boyce, A.J., Mangas, J., Martin-Izard, A.

The Alcudia Valley is intensely mineralized, with a large number of Pb-Zn-Ag-Cu deposits hosted by Neo-proterozoic and Paleozoic sedimentary rocks. Five distinct types of deposits have been...

Assessment of grid-based whole-rock delta D surveys in exploration: Boulder County epithermal tungsten deposit, Colorado

Rice, C.M., Harmon, R.S., Boyce, A.J., Fallick, A.E.

Important epithermal tungsten mineralization in the Boulder County district is mainly hosted by quartz-ferberite (FeWO4) veins. Isotopic studies based on an extensive grid (deltaD) and individual...

Geologic evolution of the Escondida area, northern Chile: A model for spatial and temporal localization of porphyry Cu mineralization

Richards, J.P., Boyce, A.J., Pringle, M.S.

A program of geologic mapping and lithogeochemical and geochronological sampling has been carried out over a 745-km(2) area of the Atacama Desert surrounding the porphyry Cu deposits at Escondida,...

Oxygen isotope systematics of the Banda Arc: Low delta O-18 despite involvement of subducted continental material in magma genesis

Vroon, P.Z., Lowry, D., Van Bergen, M.J., Boyce, A.J., Mattey, D.P.

This study reports new laser fluorination oxygen isotope data for 60 volcanic rocks and 15 sediments distributed over the whole length of the Banda Are, eastern Indonesia. The melt oxygen isotope...

Sulphur isotope characteristics of recrystallisation, remobilisation and reaction processes: a case study from the Ramsbeck Pb-Zn deposit, Germany

Wagner, T., Boyce, A.J.

Syntectonic hydrothermal Pb-Zn vein systems of the Ramsbeck deposit. Germany, have been extensively overprinted by late- stage fluids responsible for fissure vein mineralisation. This has caused...

Retrogression by deep infiltration of meteoric fluids into thrust zones during late-orogenic rapid unroofing

Barker, A.J., Bennett, D.G., Boyce, A.J., Fallick, A.E.

Hypersaline (Na-Ca-Cl) fluids are associated with late-stage quartz veining and retrogression of garnet, kyanite and other high P-T phases in the vicinity of thrusts and major lithological boundaries...

From basin to basement: the movement of surface fluids into the crust

Gleeson, S.A., Yardley, B.W.D., Boyce, A.J., Fallick, A.E., Munz, L.A.

Quartz veins from Precambrian, high grade, basement rocks in Southern Norway contain both aqueous and biogenically sourced hydrocarbon fluid inclusions. Aqueous fluids show a wide range in salinities...

Sulphur isotope variations in diagenetic pyrite from core plug to sub-millimetre scales

McConville, P., Boyce, A.J., Fallick, A.E., Harte, B., Scott, E.M.

Sulphur isotope ratio measurements (delta(34)S) of diagenetic pyrite an commonly used to identify S sources and mechanisms of sulphide formation in basinal sediments. This study reports: such data...

Regional fluid flow and gold mineralization in the Dalradian of the Sperrin Mountains, northern Ireland

Parnell, J., Earls, G., Wilkinson, J.J., Hutton, D.H.W., Boyce, A.J., Fallick, A.E., ...

Gold vein mineralization occurs in the metamorphosed and deformed Dalradian (Neoproterozoic) rocks of the Sperrin Mountains, Northern Ireland. Two structures exerted a control on the location of the...

Deep hydrothermal circulation in a granite intrusion beneath Larderello geothermal area (Italy): constraints from mineralogy, fluid inclusions and stable isotopes

Boyce, A.J., Fulignati, P., Sbrana, A.

A shallow (similar to2 km) granite body has been intersected by the MONT-4 well in new producing areas of the Larderello geothermal field. The granite at 2.2-2.5 km and below 3 km underwent pervasive...

Laser microprobe sulphur isotope analysis of arsenopyrite: experimental calibration and application to the Boliden Au-Cu- As massive sulphide deposit

Wagner, T., Boyce, A.J., Jonsson, E., Fallick, A.E.

Metamorphic remobilization of arsenopyrite-rich ores is a globally important process which can lead to significant concentrations of gold. In order to understand this and related processes, relations...

Barite-pyrite mineralization of the Wiesbaden thermal spring system, Germany: a 500-kyr record of geochemical evolution

Wagner, T., Kirnbauer, T., Boyce, A.J., Fallick, A.E.

Barite-(pyrite) mineralizations from the thermal springs of Wiesbaden, Rhenish Massif, Germany, have been studied to place constraints on the geochemical evolution of the hydrothermal system in space...

Ore-forming processes in Irish-type carbonate-hosted Zn-Pb deposits: Evidence from mineralogy, chemistry, and isotopic composition of sulfides at the Lisheen mine

Wilkinson, J.J., Eyre, S.L., Boyce, A.J.

Lisheen is a strata-bound zinc-lead deposit formed during the Mississippian by replacement of hydrothermally dolomitized, grossly stratiform breccia bodies located near the base of the Carboniferous...

VNTR alleles associated with the alpha-globin locus are haplotype and population related.

Martinson, J. J., Boyce, A. J., Clegg, J. B.

The human alpha-globin complex contains several polymorphic restriction-enzyme sites (i.e., RFLPs) linked to form haplotypes and is flanked by two hypervariable VNTR loci, the 5' hypervariable region...