Roberto is a geoscientist with interest in continental evolution with particular focus on deformation, magmatism, fluid flow and gold mineralization. He currently has resesarch projects in the Indian Himalayas, the Argentinian Andes, South Australia and the Yilgarn Craton. More about his research can be found on his webpage: http://users.monash.edu.au/~weinberg (best with Firefox).
, gold, granites melting extraction lower crust transport, magmas, lavas, structural geology, extension
Reichardt, H., Weinberg, R.F., 2012, Hornblende chemistry in meta- and diatexites and its retention in the source of leucogranites: an example from the Karakoram Shear Zone, NW India, Journal Of Petrology [P], vol 53, issue 6, Oxford University Press, Oxford UK, pp. 1287-1318.
Tomkins, A.G., Rebryna, K., Weinberg, R.F., Schaefer, B.F., 2012, Magmatic sulfide formation by reduction of oxidized arc basalt, Journal Of Petrology [P], vol 53, issue 8, Oxford University Press, Oxford UK, pp. 1537-1567.
Ganne, J., De Andrade, V., Weinberg, R.F., Vidal, O., Dubacq, B., Kagambega, N., Naba, S., Baratoux, L., Allibon, J., 2012, Modern-style plate subduction preserved in the Palaeoproterozoic West African craton, Nature Geoscience [P], vol 5, issue 1, Nature Publishing Group, New York USA, pp. 60-65.
Cabrera, A., Weinberg, R.F., Wright, H.M., Zlotnik, S., Cas, R.A.F., 2011, Melt fracturing and healing: A mechanism for degassing and origin of silicic obsidian, Geology [P], vol 39, issue 1, Geological Society of America, Boulder USA, pp. 67-70.
Hasalova, P., Weinberg, R., MacRae, C., 2011, Microstructural evidence for magma confluence and reusage of magma pathways: implications for magma hybridization, Karakoram Shear Zone in NW India, Journal of Metamorphic Geology [E], vol 29, issue 8, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Malden USA, pp. 875-900.
Reichardt, H., Weinberg, R., 2011, The dike swarm of the Karakoram shear zone, Ladakh, NW India: Linking granite source to bathloith, Geological Society of America Bulletin [P], vol 124, issue 2-3, Geological Society America Ltd, Boulder USA, pp. 89-103.
Regenauer-Lieb, K., Weinberg, R., Rosenbaum, G., 2011, The role of elastic stored energy in controlling the long term rheological behaviour of the lithosphere, Journal of Geodynamics [P], vol 55, Elsevier, Oxford UK, pp. 66-75.
Weinberg, R., Regenauer-Lieb, K., 2010, Ductile fractures and magma migration from source, Geology [P], vol 38, issue 4, Geological Society of America, Boulder USA, pp. 363-366.
Reichardt, H., Weinberg, R., Anderson, U., Fanning, M., 2010, Hybridization of granitic magmas in the source: The origin of the Karakoram Batholith, Ladakh, NW India, Lithos [P], vol 116, issue 3-4, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 249-272.
Capitanio, F., Morra, G., Goes, S., Weinberg, R., Moresi, L., 2010, India-Asia convergence driven by the subduction of the Greater Indian continent, Nature Geoscience [P], vol 3, issue 2, Nature Publishing Group, New York USA, pp. 136-139.
Rosenbaum, G., Regenauer-Lieb, K., Weinberg, R., 2010, Interaction between mantle and crustal detachments: A nonlinear system controlling lithospheric extension, Journal of Geophysical Research [P], vol 115, issue B11412, American Geophysical Union, Washington DC USA, pp. 1-16.
van Dongen, M., Weinberg, R.F., Tomkins, A.G., 2010, REE-Y, Ti, and P remobilization in magmatic rocks by hydrothermal alteration during Cu-Au deposit formation, Economic Geology [P], vol 105, issue 4, Society of Economic Geologists, Littleton USA, pp. 763-776.
Van Dongen, M., Weinberg, R., Tomkins, A., Armstrong, R., Woodhead, J., 2010, Recycling of Proterozoic crust in Pleistocene juvenile magma and rapid formation of the Ok Tedi porphyry Cu-Au deposit, Papua New Guinea, Lithos [P], vol 114, issue 3-4, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 282-292.
McCarthy, M., Weinberg, R., 2010, Structural complexity resulting from pervasive ductile deformation in the Karakoram Shear Zone, Ladakh, NW India, Tectonics [P], vol 29, American Geophysical Union, Washington DC USA, pp. 1-18.
Aitken, A.R.A., Betts, P.G., Weinberg, R.F., Gray, D., 2009, Constrained potential field modeling of the crustal architecture of the Musgrave Province in central Australia: Evidence for lithospheric strengthening due to crust-mantle boundary uplift, Journal of Geophysical Research [P], vol 114, issue B12405, American Geophysical Union, Washington DC, USA, pp. 1-23.
Hodkiewicz, P., Groves, D.I., Davidson, G.J., Weinberg, R.F., Hagemann, S.G., 2009, Influence of structural setting on sulphur isotopes in Archean orogenic gold deposits, Eastern Goldfields Province, Yilgarn, Western Australia, Mineralium Deposita, vol 44, issue online, Springer, New York, USA, pp. 129-150.
Weinberg, R.F., Mark, G., Reichardt, H., 2009, Magma ponding in the Karakoram shear zone, Ladakh, NW India, Geological Society of America Bulletin [P], vol 121, issue 1-2, Geological Society of America, Boulder, USA, pp. 278-285.
Tomkins, A.G., Weinberg, R.F., Mc Farlane, C.R., 2009, Preferential magma extraction from K- and metal-enriched source regions in the crust, Mineralium Deposita, vol 44, Springer, New York , USA, pp. 171-181.
Wright, H., Weinberg, R.F., 2009, Strain localization in vesicular magma: Implications for rheology and fragmentation, Geology [P], vol 37, issue 11, Geological Society of America, Boulder, USA, pp. 1023-1026.
Morey, A.A., Tomkins, A.G., Bierlein, F., Weinberg, R.F., Davidson, G.J., 2008, Bimodal distribution of gold in pyrite and arsenopyrite: Examples from the archean boorara and bardoc shear systems, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia, Economic Geology, vol 103, issue 3, Society of Economic Geologists, Littleton,Colorado, USA, pp. 599-614.
Weinberg, R.F., Van Der Borgh, P., 2008, Extension and gold mineralization in the Archean Kalgoorlie Terrane, Yilgarn Craton, Precambrian Research, vol 161, issue 1-2, Elsevier BV, Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 77-88.
Weinberg, R.F., Mark, G., 2008, Magma migration, folding, and disaggregation of migmatites in the Karakoram Shear Zone, Ladakh, NW India, Geological Society of America Bulletin, vol 120, issue 7-8, Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado, USA, pp. 994-1009.
Forbes, C.J., Betts, P.G., Giles, D., Weinberg, R.F., 2008, Reinterpretation of the tectonic context of high-temperature metamorphism in the Broken Hill Block, NSW, and implications on the Palaeo- to Meso-Proterozoic evolution, Precambrian Research, vol 166, issue 1-4, Elsevier BV, Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 338-349.
Regenauer-Lieb, K., Rosenbaum, G., Weinberg, R.F., 2008, Strain localisation and weakening of the lithosphere during extension, Tectonophysics, vol 458, issue 1-4, Elsevier B.V, Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 96-104.
Rosenbaum, G., Weinberg, R.F., Regenauer-Lieb, K., 2008, The geodynamics of lithospheric extension, Tectonphysics, vol 458, issue 1-4, Elsevier BV, Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 1-8.
Forbes, C.J., Giles, D., Betts, P.G., Weinberg, R.F., Kinny, P., 2007, Dating prograde amphibolite and granulite facies metamorphism using in situ monazite U-Pb SHRIMP analysis, Journal of Geology, vol 115, issue 4, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, pp. 691-705.
Morey, A.A., Weinberg, R.F., Bierlein, F., Davidson, G.J., 2007, Gold deposits of the Bardoc tectonic zone: a distinct style of orogenic gold in the Archaean eastern goldfields province, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol 54, issue 6, Geological Society of Australia (Taylor and Francis), Australia, pp. 783-800.
Weinberg, R.F., Regenauer-Lieb, K., Rosenbaum, G., 2007, Mantle detachment faults and the breakup of cold continental lithosphere, Geology, vol 35, issue 11, Geological Society of America, Boulder, USA, pp. 1035-1038.
Morey, A.A., Weinberg, R.F., Bierlein, F.P.C., 2007, The structural controls of gold mineralisation within the Bardoc Tectonic Zone, Eastern Goldfields Province, Western Australia: Implications for gold endowment in shear systems, Miner Deposita, vol 42, issue 6, Springer-Verlag, Germany, pp. 583-600.
Bierlein, F.P.C., Murphy, F., Weinberg, R.F., Lees, T.C., 2006, Distribution of orogenic gold deposits in relation to fault zones and gravity gradients: targeting tools applied to the Eastern Goldfields, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia, Mineralium Deposita, vol 41, issue 2, Springer-Verlag, Germany, pp. 107-126.
Weinberg, R.F., 2006, Melt segregation structures in granitic plutons, Geology, vol 34, issue 4, Geological Society of America, USA, pp. 305-308.
Regenauer-Lieb, K., Weinberg, R.F., Rosenbaum, G., 2006, The effect of energy feedbacks on continental strength, Nature, vol 442, issue 7098, Nature Publishing Group, UK, pp. 67-70.
Forbes, C.J., Betts, P.G., Weinberg, R.F., Buick, I.S., 2005, A structural metamorphic study of the Broken Hill Block, NSW, Australia, Journal of Metamorphic Geology, vol 23, issue 8, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 745-770.
Hodkiewicz, P., Weinberg, R.F., Gardoll, S., Groves, D.I., 2005, Complexity gradients in the Yilgarn Craton: fundamental controls on crustal-scale fluid flow and the formation of world-class orogenic-gold deposits, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol 52, issue 6, Taylor & Francis Ltd, UK, pp. 831-841.
Rosenbaum, G., Regenauer-Lieb, K., Weinberg, R.F., 2005, Continental extension: From core complexes to rigid block faulting, Geology, vol 33, issue 7, Geological Society of America, USA, pp. 609-612.
Weinberg, R.F., Van der Borgh, P., Bateman, R.J., Groves, D.I., 2005, Kinematic history of the Boulder-Lefroy Shear Zone System and controls on associated gold mineralization, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia, Economic Geology, vol 100, issue 7, Society of Economic Geologists, Inc., USA, pp. 1407-1426.
Wijns, C., Weinberg, R.F., Gessner, K., Moresi, L., 2005, Mode of crustal extension determined by rheological layering, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol 236, issue 1-Feb, Elsevier B. V., Netherland, pp. 120-134.
Ganne, J., Betts, P.G., Weinberg, R.F., Noble, M.P., 2005, Structural complexity in the Curnamona Province (South Australia): polyphase strain partitioning and reactivation, Precambrian Research, vol 143, issue 1-Apr, Elsevier B. V., Netherland, pp. 50-74.
Rosenbaum, G., Giles, D., Saxon, M., Betts, P.G., Weinberg, R.F., Duboz, C., 2005, Subduction of the Nazca Ridge and the Inca Plateau: Insights into the formation of ore deposits in Peru, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol 239, Elsevier B.V., Netherlands, pp. 18-32.
Weinberg, R.F., Sial, A., Mariano, G., 2004, Close spatial relationship between plutons and shear zones, Geology, vol 32, issue 5, Geological Society of America Inc., Boulder USA, pp. 377-380.
Goff, B.H., Weinberg, R.F., Groves, D.I., Vielreicher, R., Fourie, P.J., 2004, The giant Vergenoeg fluorite deposit in a magnetite-fluorite-fayalite REE pipe: a hydrothermally-altered carbonatite-related pegmatoid?, Mineralogy and Petrology, vol 80, pp. 173-199.
Weinberg, R.F., Hodkiewicz, P., Groves, D.I., 2004, What controls gold distribution in Archean terranes?, Geology, vol 32, issue 7, Geological Society of America, Boulder USA, pp. 545-548.
Weinberg, R.F., Moresi, L., Van der Borgh, P., 2003, Timing of deformation in the Norseman-Wiluna Belt, Western Australia,, Precambrian Research, vol 120, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 219-239.
Leitch, A., Weinberg, R.F., 2002, Mesoscale pervasive flow model for granite magma migration,, Earth Planetary Science Letters, vol 200, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 131-146.
Weinberg, R.F., Dunlap, W.J., 2001, Comment on "Middle Cretaceous back-arc formation and arc evolution along the Asia margin: the Shyok Suture Zone in northern Ladakh (NW Himalaya)" by Rolland et al, Tectonophysics, vol 340, pp. 265-268.
Weinberg, R.F., Sial, A., Pessoa, R.R., 2001, Magma flow within the Tavares Pluton, NE Brazil: Compositional and thermal convection, Geological Society America Bulletin, vol 113, pp. 508-520.
Weinberg, R.F., Green, O.R., 2001, Rediscovering the Central Asiatic (Tibet, Xinjiang, Pamir) petrographical collections of Sven Hedin (1865-1952) Swedish explorer and adventurer,, Journal Asian Earth Science, vol 20, pp. 297-308.
Weinberg, R.F., Dunlap, W.J., 2000, Growth and deformation of the Ladakh Batholith, NW Himalayas: implications for timing of continental collision and origin of calc-alkaline batholiths, J. Geology, vol 108, pp. 303-320.
Weinberg, R.F., Dunlap, W.J., Whitehouse, M., 2000, New field, structural and geochronological data from the Shyok and Nubra Valleys, northern New field, structural and geochronological data from the Shyok and Nubra Valleys, northern Ladakh: linking Kohistan to Tibet, Journal Geological Society London, Special Publ, vol 170, pp. 253-275.
Tomkins, A.G., Rebryna, K., Weinberg, R.F., Schaefer, B.F., 2010, Formation of magmatic sulfide deposits in arcs by reduction of oxidized basalt, Abstracts, 11th International Platinum Symposium, 21-24 June 2010, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, 21 June 2010 to 24 June 2010, Ontario Geological Survey, Sudbury Canada, pp. 1-4.
Van Dongen, M., Weinberg, R.F., Tomkins, A.G., Armstrong, R., 2008, Timescale of forming a giant prophyry copper-gold deposit - OK Tedi, Papua New Guinea, PACRIM Congress 2008 - Extended Abstracts, 24 November 2008 to 26 November 2008, AUSIMM, Burwood, Vic, pp. 397-400.
Van Dongen, M., Tomkins, A.G., Weinberg, R.F., 2007, Trace element remobilization at the Ok Tedi porphyry Cu-Au deposit, Papua New Guinea, Digging Deeper, 20/08/08 to 23/08/08, Irish Assiciation for Economic Geology, Dublin, Ireland, pp. 427-430.
Morey, A.A., Weinberg, R.F., Bierlein, F.P.C., 2005, Deformation history and multiple gold mineralisation events within the Bardoc Tectonic Zone, Eastern Goldfields, Western Australia, Mineral Deposit Research: Meeting the Global Challenge, Proceedings of the Eighth Biennal SGA Meeting, 18/08/2005 to 21/08/2005, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Germany, pp. 557-560.
Bierlein, F.P.C., Weinberg, R.F., Murphy, B., Barlow, M., Hronsky, J., Vos, I.M.A., Morey, A.A., 2004, A multi-disciplinary approach to predicting the mineral potential of major fault systems, Predictive Mineral Discovery Under Cover, 27/09/2004 to 01/10/2004, Univeristy of Western Australia, Perth WA Australia, pp. 300-303.
Weinberg, R.F., Ailleres, L., Lees, T.C., 2004, Airborne gravity gradiometry of Broken Hill: Strengths and weaknesses, Predictive Mineral Discovery Cooperative Research Centre - Extended Abstracts from the June 2004 Conference, 1/6/2004 to 3/6/2004, Geoscience Australia, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 217-219.
Forbes, C.J., Betts, P.G., Weinberg, R.F., 2004, Significance of early high-temperature shear zones in the Broken Hill Block, NSW, Predictive Mineral Discovery Cooperative Research Centre - Extended Abstracts from the June 2004 Conference, 1/6/2004 to 3/6/2004, Geoscience Australia, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 57-60.
Morey, A.A., Bierlein, F.P.C., Weinberg, R.F., 2004, Structural and mineralogical characteristics of the Menzies-Boorara Shear Zone, Yilgarn Craton - implications for variations in the gold potential of a major fault system, Predictive Mineral Discovery Cooperative Research Centre:Extended Abstracts from the June 2004 Conference, 01/06/2004 to 03/06/2004, Geoscience Australia, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 143-146.
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