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  1. Wetting of olivine by sulfide liquid: an example from the Central Asian Orogenic belt in NW China

    Article • Geoscience Frontiers, January 2026, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  2. Delineating new targets in a komatiite-hosted magmatic nickel sulfide prospect - Emu Lake, Kalpini, Western Australia

    Article • Journal of Geochemical Exploration, November 2025, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  3. ‘Postcumulus Processes Recorded in Whole Rock Geochemistry: A Case Study from the Mirabela Layered Intrusion, Brazil’ by S.J. Barnes and M. Williams: Reply to Comment by A.E. Boudreau

    Article • Journal of Petrology, August 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Stephen Barnes

  4. Chain formation in pigeonite gabbros, 3D packing geometry of crystal mushes, and nucleation mechanisms in cumulate formation.

    Article • March 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Stephen Barnes

  5. Secondary nucleation at crystal surfaces as a potential mechanism for in situ nucleation and growth of crystals at magma chamber margins 

    Article • March 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Stephen Barnes

  6. Sulfide and Fe-Ti-P liquid immiscibility in the Ni-Cu-Co ovoid deposit of the Voisey’s Bay complex, Labrador, Canada

    Article • Mineralium Deposita, October 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Stephen Barnes

  7. A newly recognised mafic sill-hosted Ni-sulfide deposit emplaced during the 2.4 Ga Widgiemooltha dike swarm event, Eastern Goldfields, Western Australia

    Article • Mineralium Deposita, August 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Stephen Barnes

  8. Extent and survival of zoned pyroxene within intrusions hosting magmatic sulfides: Implications for zoned pyroxene as a prospectivity indicator

    Article • Mineralium Deposita, July 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Stephen Barnes

  9. Moinui Flow on Mauna Loa: transport and deposition of an olivine crystal cargo in a compound basaltic lava flow

    Article • Volcanica, May 2024, Volcanica

    Stephen Barnes

  10. Postcumulus Processes Recorded in Whole-Rock Geochemistry: a Case Study from the Mirabela Layered Intrusion, Brazil

    Article • Journal of Petrology, February 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Stephen Barnes

  11. Layered intrusions: Fundamentals, novel observations and concepts, and controversial issues

    Article • Earth-Science Reviews, February 2024, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  12. The use of An-content of interstitial plagioclase for testing slurry models for the origin of Bushveld massive chromitites

    Article • Lithos, December 2023, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  13. Role of volatiles in intrusion emplacement and sulfide deposition in the supergiant Norilsk-Talnakh Ni-Cu-PGE ore deposits

    Article • Geology, August 2023, Geological Society of America

    Stephen Barnes

  14. Supplemental Material: Role of volatiles in intrusion emplacement and sulfide deposition in the supergiant Norilsk-Talnakh Ni-Cu-PGE ore deposits

    Article • August 2023, Geological Society of America

    Stephen Barnes

  15. Supplemental Material: Role of volatiles in intrusion emplacement and sulfide deposition in the supergiant Norilsk-Talnakh Ni-Cu-PGE ore deposits

    Article • August 2023, Geological Society of America

    Stephen Barnes

  16. Crystallization of spinel from coexisting silicate and sulfide immiscible liquids: An equilibrium case with postcumulus reactions

    Article • American Mineralogist, May 2023, Mineralogical Society of America

    Stephen Barnes

  17. Lithogeochemistry in exploration for intrusion-hosted magmatic Ni–Cu–Co deposits

    Article • Geochemistry Exploration Environment Analysis, February 2023, Geological Society

    Stephen Barnes

  18. Petrogenesis of thick, high-grade PGE mineralisation in the Flatreef, northern Bushveld Complex

    Article • Mineralium Deposita, January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Stephen Barnes

  19. Nickel in olivine as an exploration indicator for magmatic Ni-Cu sulfide deposits: A data review and re-evaluation

    Article • American Mineralogist, January 2023, Mineralogical Society of America

    Stephen Barnes

  20. Compositions and Ni-Cu-PGE Tenors of Nova-Bollinger Ores with Implications for the Origin of Pt Anomalies in PGE-Poor Massive Sulfides

    Article • Economic Geology, December 2022, Society of Economic Geologists

    Stephen Barnes

  21. Diversity of Net-Textured Sulfides in Magmatic Sulfide Deposits: Insights from the Eagle’s Nest Ni-Cu-(Platinum Group Element) Deposit, McFaulds Lake Greenstone Belt, Superior Province, Canada

    Article • Economic Geology, December 2022, Society of Economic Geologists

    Stephen Barnes

  22. Mobilization and Fractionation of Magmatic Sulfide: Emplacement and Deformation of the Munali Ni-(Cu-Platinum Group Element) Deposit, Zambia

    Article • Economic Geology, December 2022, Society of Economic Geologists

    Stephen Barnes

  23. Sulfide Ore Formation of the Kalatongke Ni-Cu Deposit as Illustrated by Sulfide Textures

    Article • Economic Geology, December 2022, Society of Economic Geologists

    Stephen Barnes

  24. Distributions of Platinum Group Elements and Re-Os Isotope Systematics in Chromite from the Coobina Chromitite Deposit in Western Australia: Implications for Chromite as a Sulfide Mineralization Indicator

    Article • The Canadian Mineralogist, November 2022, Mineralogical Association of Canada

    Stephen Barnes

  25. Evolution of the Munali Intrusive Complex: Host to a carbonate-rich Ni-(Cu-PGE) sulfide deposit

    Article • Ore Geology Reviews, November 2022, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  26. Variability of sulfur isotopes and trace metals in pyrites from the upper oceanic crust of the South China Sea basin, implications for sulfur and trace metal cycling in subsurface

    Article • Chemical Geology, September 2022, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  27. Quantitative assessment of the relative roles of sulfide liquid collection, magmatic degassing and fluid-mediated concentration of PGE in low-sulfide ores of the Norilsk intrusions

    Article • Ore Geology Reviews, September 2022, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  28. Native gold enrichment process during growth of chalcopyrite-lined conduits within a modern hydrothermal chimney (Manus Basin, PNG)

    Article • American Mineralogist, August 2022, Mineralogical Society of America

    Stephen Barnes

  29. Isotopic investigations of the Nova-Bollinger Ni–Cu–Co deposit in the Fraser Zone, Albany-Fraser Orogen, Western Australia

    Article • Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, July 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Stephen Barnes

  30. Whole-rock geochemistry for intrusion-hosted magmatic Ni-Cu-Co exploration: identifying prospective host rocks

    Article • June 2022, Association of Applied Geochemists

    Stephen Barnes

  31. The critical role of magma degassing in sulphide melt mobility and metal enrichment

    Article • Nature Communications, April 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Stephen Barnes

  32. Chromitite layers indicate the existence of large, long-lived, and entirely molten magma chambers

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Stephen Barnes

  33. Nova-Bollinger Ni-Cu Sulfide Ore Deposits, Fraser Zone, Western Australia: Petrogenesis of the Host Intrusions

    Article • Economic Geology, March 2022, Society of Economic Geologists

    Colin MacRae, Stephen Barnes

  34. Coupled Li-P Zoning and Trace Elements of Olivine from Magmatic Ni-Cu Deposits: Implications for Postcumulus Re-Equilibration in Olivine

    Article • Journal of Petrology, March 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Stephen Barnes

  35. Reaction Coronas at Olivine–Plagioclase Contacts in Host Rocks from the Nova–Bollinger Ni–Cu–Co Deposit, Albany–Fraser Orogen, Western Australia: Evidence of a Magmatic to Metamorphic Continuum

    Article • Journal of Petrology, June 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Stephen Barnes

  36. Spatial association between platinum minerals and magmatic sulfides imaged with the Maia Mapper and implications for the origin of the chromite-sulfide-PGE association

    Article • The Canadian Mineralogist, May 2021, Mineralogical Association of Canada

    Stephen Barnes

  37. Element mapping the Merensky Reef of the Bushveld Complex

    Article • Geoscience Frontiers, May 2021, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  38. Trace Element Contents of Mantle-Derived Magmas Through Time

    Article • Journal of Petrology, March 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Stephen Barnes

  39. Idiomorphic oikocrysts of clinopyroxene produced by a peritectic reaction within a solidification front of the Bushveld Complex

    Article • Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Stephen Barnes

  40. Oxide-Sulfide-Melt-Bubble Interactions in Spinel-Rich Taxitic Rocks of the Norilsk-Talnakh Intrusions, Polar Siberia

    Article • Economic Geology, September 2020, Society of Economic Geologists

    Stephen Barnes

  41. Silicate and Oxide Mineral Chemistry and Textures of the Norilsk-Talnakh Ni-Cu-Platinum Group Element Ore-Bearing Intrusions

    Article • Economic Geology, September 2020, Society of Economic Geologists

    Stephen Barnes

  42. Introduction to a Special Issue on the Norilsk-Talnakh Ni-Cu-Platinum Group Element Deposits

    Article • Economic Geology, September 2020, Society of Economic Geologists

    Stephen Barnes

  43. The Occurrence and Origin of Pentlandite-Chalcopyrite-Pyrrhotite Loop Textures in Magmatic Ni-Cu Sulfide Ores

    Article • Economic Geology, August 2020, Society of Economic Geologists

    Stephen Barnes

  44. Sulfide Emplacement and Migration in the Nova-Bollinger Ni-Cu-Co Deposit, Albany-Fraser Orogen, Western Australia

    Article • Economic Geology, August 2020, Society of Economic Geologists

    Stephen Barnes

  45. Zoned Pyroxenes as Prospectivity Indicators for Magmatic Ni-Cu Sulfide Mineralization

    Article • Frontiers in Earth Science, July 2020, Frontiers

    Stephen Barnes

  46. pyrolite: Python for geochemistry

    Article • The Journal of Open Source Software, June 2020, The Open Journal

    Stephen Barnes

  47. Investigation of the Internal Structure of a Modern Seafloor Hydrothermal Chimney With a Combination of EBSD, EPMA, and XRD

    Article • Microscopy and Microanalysis, May 2020, Cambridge University Press

    Colin MacRae, Stephen Barnes

  48. Interspinifex Ni sulfide ore from Victor South-McLeay, Kambalda, Western Australia

    Article • Mineralium Deposita, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Stephen Barnes

  49. Petrogenetic insights from chromite in ultramafic cumulates of the Xiarihamu intrusion, northern Tibet Plateau, China

    Article • American Mineralogist, April 2020, Mineralogical Society of America

    Stephen Barnes

  50. Monomineralic anorthosites in layered intrusions are indicators of the magma chamber replenishment by plagioclase-only-saturated melts

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Stephen Barnes

  51. Life on the edge: Microbial biomineralization in an arsenic- and lead-rich deep-sea hydrothermal vent

    Article • Chemical Geology, February 2020, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  52. Multidisciplinary study of a complex magmatic system: The Savannah Ni-Cu-Co Camp, Western Australia

    Article • Ore Geology Reviews, February 2020, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  53. Imaging trace-element zoning in pyroxenes using synchrotron XRF mapping with the Maia detector array: Benefit of low-incident energy

    Article • American Mineralogist, January 2020, Mineralogical Society of America

    Stephen Barnes

  54. The association between Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide and Ni-Co lateritic ores and volcanic facies within the komatiites of the 2.7 Ga East Yilgarn Craton Large Igneous Province, Western Australia

    Article • Ore Geology Reviews, January 2020, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  55. Micron-scale distribution of metals in Cambrian metalliferous shales, South China: Insights into local biologically driven redox disequilibrium

    Article • Chemical Geology, December 2019, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes, Colin MacRae

  56. Indicator minerals for magmatic sulfide mineralisation

    Article • ASEG Extended Abstracts, November 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Stephen Barnes

  57. Multivariate Geochemical Tectonic Discrimination: Practical Approaches, Limitations and Opportunities

    Article • ASEG Extended Abstracts, November 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Stephen Barnes

  58. New insights on chimney growth model and native gold enrichment in modern seafloor hydrothermal chimneys

    Article • ASEG Extended Abstracts, November 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Stephen Barnes

  59. Nova-Bollinger Ni-Cu sulfide ore deposits, Fraser Zone, Western Australia: Petrology of the host intrusions sulfide-silicate textures and emplacement mechanisms of the ores

    Article • ASEG Extended Abstracts, November 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Stephen Barnes

  60. Zoned orthopyroxenes in the Ni-Co sulfide ore-bearing Xiarihamu mafic-ultramafic intrusion in northern Tibetan Plateau, China: Implications for multiple magma replenishments

    Article • Ore Geology Reviews, October 2019, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  61. Nickel-Copper Sulfide Mineralization in the Ntaka Hill Ultramafic Complex, Nachingwea Region, Tanzania

    Article • Economic Geology, September 2019, Society of Economic Geologists

    Stephen Barnes

  62. Time-space evolution of an Archean craton: A Hf-isotope window into continent formation

    Article • Earth-Science Reviews, September 2019, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  63. Merensky-type platinum deposits and a reappraisal of magma chamber paradigms

    Article • Scientific Reports, June 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Stephen Barnes

  64. Microchemical and sulfur isotope constraints on the magmatic and hydrothermal evolution of the Black Swan Succession, Western Australia

    Article • Mineralium Deposita, May 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Stephen Barnes

  65. Rapid orthopyroxene growth induced by silica assimilation: constraints from sector-zoned orthopyroxene, olivine oxygen isotopes and trace element variations in the Huangshanxi Ni–Cu deposit, Northwest China

    Article • Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, April 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Stephen Barnes

  66. Evidence for dyke-parallel shear during syn-intrusion fracturing

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, February 2019, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  67. Growth History of Sphalerite in a Modern Sea Floor Hydrothermal Chimney Revealed by Electron Backscattered Diffraction

    Article • Economic Geology, February 2019, Society of Economic Geologists

    Stephen Barnes, Colin MacRae

  68. Time scales and length scales in magma flow pathways and the origin of magmatic Ni–Cu–PGE ore deposits

    Article • Geoscience Frontiers, January 2019, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  69. Distribution and Geochemistry of Komatiites and Basalts Through the Archean

    Article • January 2019, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  70. Droplets and Bubbles: Solidification of Sulphide-rich Vapour-saturated Orthocumulates in the Norilsk-Talnakh Ni–Cu–PGE Ore-bearing Intrusions

    Article • Journal of Petrology, December 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Stephen Barnes

  71. Sulfide-silicate textures in magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide ore deposits: Massive, semi-massive and sulfide-matrix breccia ores

    Article • Ore Geology Reviews, October 2018, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  72. Plume-lithosphere interaction at craton margins throughout Earth history

    Article • Tectonophysics, October 2018, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  73. Morphology and Particle Size Distribution of Olivines and Sulphides in the Jinchuan Ni–Cu Sulphide Deposit: Evidence for Sulphide Percolation in a Crystal Mush

    Article • Journal of Petrology, August 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Stephen Barnes

  74. Timing, geochemistry and tectonic setting of Ni-Cu sulfide-associated intrusions of the Halls Creek Orogen, Western Australia

    Article • Lithos, August 2018, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  75. Ruthenium in chromite as indicator for magmatic sulfide liquid equilibration in mafic-ultramafic systems

    Article • Ore Geology Reviews, June 2018, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  76. The Archean Fortescue large igneous province: A result of komatiite contamination by a distinct Eo-Paleoarchean crust

    Article • Precambrian Research, June 2018, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  77. BLADE-SHAPED DIKES AND NICKEL SULFIDE DEPOSITS: A MODEL FOR THE EMPLACEMENT OF ORE-BEARING SMALL INTRUSIONS

    Article • Economic Geology, May 2018, Society of Economic Geologists

    Stephen Barnes

  78. Platinum-group element and gold contents of arsenide and sulfarsenide minerals associated with Ni and Au deposits in Archean greenstone belts

    Article • Mineralogical Magazine, April 2018, Mineralogical Society

    Stephen Barnes

  79. Two distinct origins for Archean greenstone belts

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, April 2018, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  80. Textural development in sulfide-matrix ore breccias in the Aguablanca Ni-Cu deposit, Spain, revealed by X-ray fluorescence microscopy

    Article • Ore Geology Reviews, April 2018, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  81. Geochemical investigation of the lower Cambrian mineralised black shales of South China and the late Devonian Nick deposit, Canada

    Article • Ore Geology Reviews, March 2018, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  82. A mechanism for chromite growth in ophiolite complexes: evidence from 3D high-resolution X-ray computed tomography images of chromite grains in Harold's Grave chromitite in the Shetland ophiolite

    Article • Mineralogical Magazine, February 2018, Mineralogical Society

    Stephen Barnes

  83. A relic of the Mozambique Ocean in south-east Tanzania

    Article • Precambrian Research, February 2018, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  84. Review of Predictive and Detective Exploration Tools for Magmatic Ni-Cu-(PGE) Deposits, With a Focus on Komatiite-Related Systems in Western Australia

    Article • January 2018, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  85. A revised oxygen barometry in sulfide-saturated magmas and application to the Permian magmatic Ni–Cu deposits in the southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt

    Article • Mineralium Deposita, November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Stephen Barnes

  86. Dedication to Professor Hazel Prichard BSc, PhD, MBA (1954–2017)

    Article • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, November 2017, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  87. Rapid mineralogical and geochemical characterisation of the Fisher East nickel sulphide prospects, Western Australia, using hyperspectral and pXRF data

    Article • Ore Geology Reviews, November 2017, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  88. Genesis of the Huangshannan high-Ni tenor magmatic sulfide deposit in the Eastern Tianshan, northwest China: Constraints from PGE geochemistry and Os–S isotopes

    Article • Ore Geology Reviews, November 2017, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  89. Paragenesis of multiple platinum-group mineral populations in Shetland ophiolite chromitite: 3D X-ray tomography and in situ Os isotopes

    Article • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, November 2017, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  90. Primary stratigraphic controls on ore mineral assemblages in the Wannaway komatiite-hosted nickel-sulfide deposit, Kambalda camp, Western Australia

    Article • Ore Geology Reviews, November 2017, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  91. Simplifying drill-hole domains for 3D geochemical modelling: An example from the Kevitsa Ni-Cu-(PGE) deposit

    Article • Ore Geology Reviews, November 2017, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  92. Textural development in sulfide-matrix ore breccias in the Voisey's Bay Ni-Cu-Co deposit, Labrador, Canada

    Article • Ore Geology Reviews, November 2017, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  93. Thermomechanical erosion of ore-hosting embayments beneath komatiite lava channels: Textural evidence from Kambalda, Western Australia

    Article • Ore Geology Reviews, May 2017, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  94. 2.7 Ga plume associated VHMS mineralization in the Eastern Goldfields Superterrane, Yilgarn Craton: Insights from the low temperature and shallow water, Ag-Zn-(Au) Nimbus deposit

    Article • Precambrian Research, April 2017, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  95. Magmatic Sulfide Ore Deposits

    Article • Elements, April 2017, Mineralogical Society of America

    Stephen Barnes

  96. Origin of Platinum Deposits in Layered Intrusions by In Situ Crystallization: Evidence from Undercutting Merensky Reef of the Bushveld Complex

    Article • Journal of Petrology, April 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Stephen Barnes

  97. Sulfide-silicate textures in magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide ore deposits: Disseminated and net-textured ores

    Article • American Mineralogist, March 2017, GeoScienceWorld

    Stephen Barnes

  98. Role of degassing of the Noril’sk nickel deposits in the Permian–Triassic mass extinction event

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, February 2017, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Stephen Barnes

  99. Evidence of lateral thermomechanical erosion of basalt by Fe-Ni-Cu sulfide melt at Kambalda, Western Australia

    Article • Geology, October 2016, Geological Society of America

    Stephen Barnes

  100. An Elevated Perspective: Dyke-Related Fracture Networks Analysed with Uav Photogrammetry

    Article • Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition, October 2016, Wiley

    Stephen Barnes

  101. Review of lithogeochemical exploration tools for komatiite-hosted Ni-Cu-(PGE) deposits

    Article • Journal of Geochemical Exploration, September 2016, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  102. A molecular and isotopic study of palaeoenvironmental conditions through the middle Cambrian in the Georgina Basin, central Australia

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, August 2016, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  103. Petrogenesis and Ni–Cu sulphide potential of mafic–ultramafic rocks in the Mesoproterozoic Fraser Zone within the Albany–Fraser Orogen, Western Australia

    Article • Precambrian Research, August 2016, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes, Colin MacRae

  104. 3D textural evidence for the formation of ultra-high tenor precious metal bearing sulphide microdroplets in offset reefs: An extreme example from the Platinova Reef, Skaergaard Intrusion, Greenland

    Article • Lithos, July 2016, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  105. The mineral system approach applied to magmatic Ni–Cu–PGE sulphide deposits

    Article • Ore Geology Reviews, July 2016, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  106. Interspinifex Ni Sulfide Ore from the Coronet Shoot, Kambalda: Characterization Using Microbeam X-Ray Fluorescence Mapping and 3-D X-Ray Computed Tomography

    Article • Economic Geology, June 2016, Society of Economic Geologists

    Stephen Barnes

  107. Poikilitic Textures, Heteradcumulates and Zoned Orthopyroxenes in the Ntaka Ultramafic Complex, Tanzania: Implications for Crystallization Mechanisms of Oikocrysts

    Article • Journal of Petrology, June 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Stephen Barnes

  108. Primary cumulus platinum minerals in the Monts de Cristal Complex, Gabon: magmatic microenvironments inferred from high-definition X-ray fluorescence microscopy

    Article • Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, February 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Stephen Barnes

  109. Effects of hydrous alteration on the distribution of base metals and platinum group elements within the Kevitsa magmatic nickel sulphide deposit

    Article • Ore Geology Reviews, January 2016, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  110. Dynamics of Magmatic Sulphide Droplets during Transport in Silicate Melts and Implications for Magmatic Sulphide Ore Formation

    Article • Journal of Petrology, December 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Stephen Barnes

  111. Evolution of a ∼2.7 Ga large igneous province: A volcanological, geochemical and geochronological study of the Agnew Greenstone Belt, and new regional correlations for the Kalgoorlie Terrane (Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia)

    Article • Precambrian Research, November 2015, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  112. Hydrothermal remobilisation around a deformed and remobilised komatiite-hosted Ni-Cu-(PGE) deposit, Sarah’s Find, Agnew Wiluna greenstone belt, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia

    Article • Mineralium Deposita, September 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Stephen Barnes

  113. Platinum group elements in mantle melts and mantle samples

    Article • Lithos, September 2015, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  114. Palladium complexation in chloride- and bisulfide-rich fluids: Insights from ab initio molecular dynamics simulations and X-ray absorption spectroscopy

    Article • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, July 2015, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  115. Petrogenesis of the ∼2·77 Ga Monts de Cristal Complex, Gabon: Evidence for Direct Precipitation of Pt-arsenides from Basaltic Magma

    Article • Journal of Petrology, July 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Stephen Barnes

  116. A review of volcanic-hosted massive sulfide (VHMS) mineralization in the Archaean Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia: Tectonic, stratigraphic and geochemical associations

    Article • Precambrian Research, May 2015, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  117. SULFUR LIBERATION FROM COUNTRY ROCKS AND INCORPORATION IN MAFIC MAGMAS

    Article • Economic Geology, April 2015, Society of Economic Geologists

    Stephen Barnes

  118. The structure of and origin of nodular chromite from the Troodos ophiolite, Cyprus, revealed using high-resolution X-ray computed tomography and electron backscatter diffraction

    Article • Lithos, March 2015, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  119. Transport of metals and sulphur in magmas by flotation of sulphide melt on vapour bubbles

    Article • Nature Geoscience, February 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Stephen Barnes

  120. A fundamental dispute: A discussion of “On some fundamentals of igneous petrology” by Bruce D. Marsh, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology (2013) 166: 665–690

    Article • Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, February 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Stephen Barnes

  121. A Hydrothermal Ni-As-PGE Geochemical Halo Around the Miitel Komatiite-Hosted Nickel Sulfide Deposit, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia

    Article • Economic Geology, January 2015, Society of Economic Geologists

    Stephen Barnes

  122. Fred’s Flow (Canada) and Murphy Well (Australia): thick komatiitic lava flows with contrasting compositions, emplacement mechanisms and water contents

    Article • Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, November 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Stephen Barnes

  123. Archean komatiite volcanism controlled by the evolution of early continents

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, June 2014, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Stephen Barnes

  124. Maia X-ray fluorescence imaging: Capturing detail in complex natural samples

    Article • Journal of Physics Conference Series, April 2014, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Stephen Barnes

  125. Archean andesites in the east Yilgarn craton, Australia: Products of plume-crust interaction?

    Article • Lithosphere, April 2014, Geological Society of America

    Stephen Barnes

  126. New constraints on the origin of the Skaergaard intrusion Cu–Pd–Au mineralization: Insights from high-resolution X-ray computed tomography

    Article • Lithos, March 2014, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  127. Mapping bedrock lithologies throughin situregolith using retained element ratios: a case study from the Agnew-Lawlers area, Western Australia

    Article • Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, February 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Stephen Barnes

  128. Resolution of geochemical and lithostratigraphic complexity: a workflow for application of portable X-ray fluorescence to mineral exploration

    Article • Geochemistry Exploration Environment Analysis, February 2014, Geological Society

    Stephen Barnes

  129. Use and calibration of portable X-Ray fluorescence analysers: application to lithogeochemical exploration for komatiite-hosted nickel sulphide deposits

    Article • Geochemistry Exploration Environment Analysis, February 2014, Geological Society

    Stephen Barnes

  130. Relationship between microstructures and grain-scale trace element distribution in komatiite-hosted magmatic sulphide ores

    Article • Lithos, January 2014, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  131. Crustal evolution, intra-cratonic architecture and the metallogeny of an Archaean craton

    Article • Geological Society London Special Publications, December 2013, Geological Society

    Stephen Barnes

  132. Application of lithogeochemistry in the assessment of nickel-sulphide potential in komatiite belts from northern Finland and Norway

    Article • Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland, December 2013, The Geological Society of Finland

    Stephen Barnes

  133. An Issue Devoted to Magmatic Sulfide Mineralization and Ore Deposits with Special Emphasis on China: Preface

    Article • Economic Geology, November 2013, Society of Economic Geologists

    Stephen Barnes

  134. Sulfide-Olivine Fe-Ni Exchange and the Origin of Anomalously Ni Rich Magmatic Sulfides

    Article • Economic Geology, November 2013, Society of Economic Geologists

    Stephen Barnes, Prof. Derya Gürer

  135. Extrusive Origin and Structural Modification of the Komatiitic Mount Keith Ultramafic Unit

    Article • Economic Geology, September 2013, Society of Economic Geologists

    Stephen Barnes

  136. The Maia detector array and x-ray fluorescence imaging system: locating rare precious metal phases in complex samples

    Article • September 2013, SPIE

    Stephen Barnes

  137. Spatial Variation in Platinum Group Element Concentrations in Ore-Bearing Komatiite at the Long-Victor Deposit, Kambalda Dome, Western Australia: Enlarging the Footprint of Nickel Sulfide Orebodies

    Article • Economic Geology, June 2013, Society of Economic Geologists

    Stephen Barnes

  138. Deposition Mechanisms of Magmatic Sulphide Liquids: Evidence from High-Resolution X-Ray Computed Tomography and Trace Element Chemistry of Komatiite-hosted Disseminated Sulphides

    Article • Journal of Petrology, April 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Stephen Barnes

  139. Deformed Chromitite Layers in the Coobina Intrusion, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia

    Article • Economic Geology, February 2013, Society of Economic Geologists

    Stephen Barnes

  140. Ruthenium Variation in Chromite from Komatiites and Komatiitic Basalts--A Potential Mineralogical Indicator for Nickel Sulfide Mineralization

    Article • Economic Geology, February 2013, Society of Economic Geologists

    Stephen Barnes

  141. Morphology and microstructure of chromite crystals in chromitites from the Merensky Reef (Bushveld Complex, South Africa)

    Article • Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, December 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Stephen Barnes

  142. Chromite in komatiites: 3D morphologies with implications for crystallization mechanisms

    Article • Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, October 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Stephen Barnes, Prof. Derya Gürer

  143. Komatiite Magmas and Sulfide Nickel Deposits: A Comparison of Variably Endowed Archean Terranes

    Article • Economic Geology, August 2012, Society of Economic Geologists

    Stephen Barnes

  144. Maggie Hays Ni Deposit: Part 1. Stratigraphic Controls on the Style of Komatiite Emplacement in the 2.9 Ga Lake Johnston Greenstone Belt, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia

    Article • Economic Geology, August 2012, Society of Economic Geologists

    Stephen Barnes

  145. Maggie Hays Ni Deposit: Part 2. Nickel Mineralization and the Spatial Distribution of PGE Ore-Forming Signatures in the Maggie Hays Ni System, Lake Johnston Greenstone Belt, Western Australia

    Article • Economic Geology, August 2012, Society of Economic Geologists

    Stephen Barnes

  146. Postmagmatic Variability in Ore Composition and Mineralogy in the T4 and T5 Ore Shoots at the High-Grade Flying Fox Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia

    Article • Economic Geology, August 2012, Society of Economic Geologists

    Stephen Barnes

  147. Geochemistry and tectonic setting of basalts from the Eastern Goldfields Superterrane

    Article • Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, July 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Stephen Barnes

  148. Geochemistry of komatiites in the Southern Cross Belt, Youamni Terrane, Western Australia

    Article • Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, July 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Stephen Barnes

  149. The concentration of platinum-group elements and gold in southern African and Karelian kimberlite-hosted mantle xenoliths: Implications for the noble metal content of the Earth's mantle

    Article • Chemical Geology, April 2012, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  150. Sulfides and Sulfarsenides from the Rosie Nickel Prospect, Duketon Greenstone Belt, Western Australia

    Article • Economic Geology, February 2012, Society of Economic Geologists

    Stephen Barnes

  151. Komatiites of the Wildara-Leonora Belt, Yilgarn Craton, WA: The missing link in the Kalgoorlie Terrane?

    Article • Precambrian Research, February 2012, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  152. Pt and Pd mobility in hydrothermal fluids: Evidence from komatiites and from thermodynamic modelling

    Article • Ore Geology Reviews, February 2012, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  153. The Santa Rita Nickel Sulfide Deposit in the Fazenda Mirabela Intrusion, Bahia, Brazil: Geology, Sulfide Geochemistry, and Genesis

    Article • Economic Geology, October 2011, Society of Economic Geologists

    Stephen Barnes

  154. Extremely Ni-rich Fe–Ni sulfide assemblages in komatiitic dunite at Betheno, Western Australia: results from synchrotron X-ray fluorescence mapping

    Article • Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, October 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Stephen Barnes

  155. Ruthenium in komatiitic chromite

    Article • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, July 2011, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  156. Platinum group element and nickel sulphide ore tenors of the Mount Keith nickel deposit, Yilgarn Craton, Australia

    Article • Mineralium Deposita, May 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Stephen Barnes

  157. Global Variability in the Platinum-group Element Contents of Komatiites

    Article • Journal of Petrology, December 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Stephen Barnes

  158. Platinum ore in three dimensions: Insights from high-resolution X-ray computed tomography

    Article • Geology, December 2010, Geological Society of America

    Stephen Barnes

  159. Platinum Group Element Geochemistry of Mineralized and Nonmineralized Komatiites and Basalts

    Article • Economic Geology, June 2010, Society of Economic Geologists

    Stephen Barnes

  160. Anomalous Sulfur-Poor Platinum Group Element Mineralization in Komatiitic Cumulates, Mount Clifford, Western Australia

    Article • Economic Geology, September 2009, Society of Economic Geologists

    Stephen Barnes

  161. Effects of Magmatic Processes, Serpentinization, and Talc-Carbonate Alteration on Sulfide Mineralogy and Ore Textures in the Black Swan Disseminated Nickel Sulfide Deposit, Yilgarn Craton

    Article • Economic Geology, July 2009, Society of Economic Geologists

    Stephen Barnes

  162. Progressive mixing of meteoritic veneer into the early Earth’s deep mantle

    Article • Nature, July 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Stephen Barnes

  163. Iridium, ruthenium and rhodium in komatiites: Evidence for iridium alloy saturation

    Article • Chemical Geology, November 2008, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  164. The Mordor Alkaline Igneous Complex, Central Australia: PGE-enriched disseminated sulfide layers in cumulates from a lamprophyric magma

    Article • Mineralium Deposita, May 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Stephen Barnes

  165. Atypical stratiform sulfide-poor platinum-group element mineralisation in the Agnew – Wiluna Belt komatiites, Wiluna, Western Australia

    Article • Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, August 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Stephen Barnes

  166. COTECTIC PRECIPITATION OF OLIVINE AND SULFIDE LIQUID FROM KOMATIITE MAGMA AND THE ORIGIN OF KOMATIITE-HOSTED DISSEMINATED NICKEL SULFIDE MINERALIZATION AT MOUNT KEITH AND YAKABINDIE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA

    Article • Economic Geology, March 2007, Society of Economic Geologists

    Stephen Barnes

  167. Lithogeochemical exploration for komatiite-associated Ni-sulfide deposits: strategies and limitations

    Article • Mineralogy and Petrology, December 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Stephen Barnes

  168. Introduction to nickel sulfide orebodies and komatiites of the Black Swan area, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia

    Article • Mineralium Deposita, October 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Stephen Barnes

  169. Komatiites and nickel sulfide ores of the Black Swan area, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia. 2: Geology and genesis of the orebodies

    Article • Mineralium Deposita, October 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Stephen Barnes

  170. Komatiites and nickel sulfide ores of the Black Swan area, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia. 3: Komatiite geochemistry, and implications for ore forming processes

    Article • Mineralium Deposita, October 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Stephen Barnes

  171. Komatiites and nickel sulphide orebodies of the Black Swan area, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia. 1. Petrology and volcanology of host rocks

    Article • Mineralium Deposita, October 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Stephen Barnes

  172. Komatiites and nickel sulfide ores of the Black Swan area, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia. 4. Platinum group element distribution in the ores, and genetic implications

    Article • Mineralium Deposita, October 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Stephen Barnes

  173. Using automated digital image analysis to provide quantitative petrographic data on olivine–phyric basalts

    Article • Computers & Geosciences, March 2004, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  174. The Range of Spinel Compositions in Terrestrial Mafic and Ultramafic Rocks

    Article • Journal of Petrology, December 2001, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Stephen Barnes

  175. TRACE-ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRY AND PETROGENESIS OF BARREN AND ORE-ASSOCIATED KOMATIITES

    Article • The Canadian Mineralogist, April 2001, Mineralogical Association of Canada

    Stephen Barnes

  176. Spinels and Mg Ilmenites from the Noril'sk 1 and Talnakh Intrusions and Other Mafic Rocks of the Siberian Flood Basalt Province

    Article • Economic Geology, December 2000, Society of Economic Geologists

    Stephen Barnes

  177. Chromite in Komatiites, II. Modification during Greenschist to Mid-Amphibolite Facies Metamorphism

    Article • Journal of Petrology, March 2000, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Stephen Barnes

  178. Chrome spinels from the Jinchuan Ni-Cu sulfide deposit, Gansu Province, People's Republic of China

    Article • Economic Geology, May 1999, Society of Economic Geologists

    Stephen Barnes

  179. The distribution Cr, Ni, and chromite in komatiites, and application to exploration for komatiite-hosted nickel sulfide deposits

    Article • Economic Geology, February 1999, Society of Economic Geologists

    Stephen Barnes

  180. Chromite in Komatiites, 1. Magmatic Controls on Crystallization and Composition

    Article • Journal of Petrology, October 1998, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Stephen Barnes

  181. Geochemistry of komatiites from Forrestania, Southern Cross Province, Western Australia: Evidence for crustal contamination

    Article • Lithos, April 1996, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  182. Geochemistry of mineralised and barren komatiites from the Perseverance nickel deposit, Western Australia

    Article • Lithos, January 1995, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  183. Poikilitic chromfite in komatiitic cumulates

    Article • Mineralogy and Petrology, January 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Stephen Barnes

  184. The physical volcanology of Archaean komatiite sequences from Forrestania, Southern Cross Province, Western Australia

    Article • Lithos, January 1995, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  185. The volcanology of komatiites as deduced from field relationships in the Norseman-Wiluna greenstone belt, Western Australia

    Article • Lithos, January 1995, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  186. Partitioning of the platinum group elements and gold between silicate and sulphide magmas in the Munni Munni Complex, Western Australia

    Article • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, March 1993, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  187. Distribution of sulphides and PGE within the porphyritic websterite zone of the Munni Munni Complex, Western Australia

    Article • Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, July 1992, Taylor & Francis

    Stephen Barnes

  188. Partial melting and recrystallization of Archeaan komatiites by residual heat from rapidly accumulated flows

    Article • Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, November 1990, Springer Science + Business Media

    Stephen Barnes

  189. Are Bushveld U-type parent magmas boninites or contaminated komatiites?

    Article • Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, April 1989, Springer Science + Business Media

    Stephen Barnes

  190. The Agnew nickel deposit, Western Australia; Part II, Sulfide geochemistry, with emphasis on the platinum-group elements

    Article • Economic Geology, May 1988, Society of Economic Geologists

    Stephen Barnes

  191. The Agnew nickel deposit, Western Australia; Part I, Structure and stratigraphy

    Article • Economic Geology, May 1988, Society of Economic Geologists

    Stephen Barnes

  192. Automated plotting of geochemical data using the lotus symphony package

    Article • Computers & Geosciences, January 1988, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  193. The role of fluids in the metamorphism of komatiites, Agnew nickel deposit, western Australia

    Article • Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, June 1987, Springer Science + Business Media

    Stephen Barnes

  194. The distribution of chromium among orthopyroxene, spinel and silicate liquid at atmospheric pressure

    Article • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, September 1986, Elsevier

    Stephen Barnes

  195. The effect of trapped liquid crystallization on cumulus mineral compositions in layered intrusions

    Article • Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, August 1986, Springer Science + Business Media

    Stephen Barnes

  196. Investigations of the Howland Reef of the Stillwater Complex, Minneapolis Adit area; stratigraphy, structure, and mineralization

    Article • Economic Geology, October 1982, Society of Economic Geologists

    Stephen Barnes

  197. Petrogenesis of a Proterozoic nickel-sulfide-komatiite association; the Katiniq Sill, Ungava, Quebec

    Article • Economic Geology, April 1982, Society of Economic Geologists

    Stephen Barnes