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The following are selected publications from the last 10 years
A. G. Conly, S. D. Scott and H. Bellon (2011) Metalliferous manganese oxide mineralization associated with the Boléo Cu-Co-Zn District, Mexico: Economic Geology.
A.F.A. Marques, S.D. Scott and M. Guillong (2011) Magmatic degassing of ore-metals at the Menez Gwen, an active Mid-Atlantic Ridge seafloor hydrothermal system: Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
A.F. Marques and S.D. Scott (2011) Seafloor massive sulphide exploration in the Azores: Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, Conference Proceedings, Denver, Colorado.
C.B. Kennedy, A.G. Gault, D. Fortin, I.D. Clark, K. Pedersen, S.D. Scott and F.G. Ferris (2010) Carbon isotope fractionation by circumneutral iron oxidizing bacteria: Geology, v. 38, no. 12, p. 1087-1090, DOI: 10.1130/G30986.1
A.F.A. Marques, S.D. Scott and R.N.S. Sodhi (2011) Determining major and trace element compositions of exposed melt inclusions in minerals using ToF-SIMS: Surface and Interface Analysis, vol. 43, p. 436-442
Y. Beaudoin and S.D. Scott (2009) Pb in the PACMANUS seafloor hydrothermal system, eastern Manus Basin: Numerical modeling of a magmatic versus leached origin: Economic Geology, v. 104, p. 749-758.
A.F.A. Marques, S.D. Scott, M.P. Gorton, F.J.A.S. Barriga and Y. Fouquet (2009) Pre-eruption history of enriched MORB basalts from the Lucky Strike (37º17'N) and Menez Gwen (37º50'N) areas, Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Evidence from plagioclase phenocrysts: Lithos, v. 112, p. 18-39.
Y. Fouquet and S.D. Scott (2009) The science of seafloor massive sulfides (SMS) in the modern ocean – a new global resource for base and precious metals: Ocean technology Conference, Houston, USA, Paper no. OTC-19849-PP, 13 pp.
Steven Scott (2008) The future of undersea mining: China Mining Conference Proceedings, p. 167-170 (invited).
S.D. Scott (2008) Melt inclusions and vesicles as indicators of metal-rich ore fluid generation in modern and ancient hydrothermal systems (invited keynote): Proceedings of the XIII International Conference on Thermobarogeochemistry and IVth APIFIS Symposium, v. 1, p. 26-28.
S.D. Scott (2008) Volcanogenic massive sulfides: lessons from land and sea: metallogeny of Modern and Ancient Oceans – 2008, Scientific edition, Miass, IMin UB RAS, p. 16-19 (in Russian).
D. Layton-Matthews, J.M. Peter, S.D. Scott and M.I. Leybourne (2008) Distribution, mineralogy, and geochemistry of selenium in felsic volcanic-hosted massive sulfide deposits of the Finlayson Lake District, Yukon Territory, Canada: implications for source, transport, and depositional controls: Economic Geology Special Issue: Continent Margin Massive Sulfide Deposits (VMS-SEDEX) and Their Geodynamic Environment(s), v. 103, p. 61-88.
A.F.A. Marques, F.J.A.S. Barriga and S.D. Scott (2007) Sulfide mineralization in an ultramafic-rock hosted seafloor system: From serpentinization to the formation of Cu-Zn-(Co)-rich massive sulfides: Marine Geology, v. 245, p. 20-39.
Y. Beaudoin, S.D. Scott, M.P. Gorton, Z. Zajacz and W. Halter (2007) Effects of hydrothermal alteration on Pb and other trace elements in the active Pacmanus hydrothermal field, ODP leg 193, Manus Basin, Papua New Guinea; a LA-ICP-MS study: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 71, p. 4256-4278.
Y. Beaudoin, S.D. Scott, M.P. Gorton, Z. Zajacz and W. Halter (2007) Pb and other metal budgets in modern seafloor tectonic environments: evidence from melt inclusions: Marine Geology, v. 242, p. 271-289.
H. Mumin, S.D. Scott, A.K. Somarin and K. Oran (2007) Structural controls on massive sulfide deposition and hydrothermal alteration in the south Sturgeon Lake caldera, northwestern Ontario: Exploration and Mining Geology, v. 16, p. 83-107.
A.F.A. Marques, S.D. Scott, F.J.A.S. Barriga and Y. Fouquet (2007) Plagioclase-phyric basalts of Menez Gwen and Lucky Strike (Mid-Atlantic Ridge): pre-eruptive history from melt inclusion studies: in, C.J Andrew et al., editors, Digging Deeper, Proceedings of the Ninth Biennial SGA (Society of Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits) Meeting, Dublin, v. 2, p. 1033-1036.
E. Hrischeva and S.D. Scott (2007) Metalliferous sediments and Fe-Si oxyhydroxide deposits from the Endeavour Segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge: Geochimica and Cosmochimica Acta, v. 71, p. 3476-3497.
S.D. Scott (2007) The dawning of deep sea mining of metallic sulfides: the geologic perspective: The International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE), Proceedings of the 7th (2007) ISOPE Ocean Mining Symposium (CD), p. 6-11.
C.W. Devey, C.R. Fisher and S.D. Scott (2007) Responsible science at hydrothermal vents: Oceanography, v. 20, no. 1, p. 162-171.
E. Hrischeva, S.D. Scott and R. Weston (2007) Origin of metalliferous sediments associated with volcanogenic massive sulfides: example from the SuSu Knolls hydrothermal site, Eastern Manus Basin: Economic Geology, v. 102, p. 55-73.
K. Yang and S.D. Scott (2006) Magmatic fluids as a source of metals in arc/back-arc hydrothermal systems: evidence from melt inclusions and vesicles: in, D.M. Christie, C.R. Fisher and S-M Lee, editors, Back Arc Spreading Systems: Geological, Biological, Chemical and Physical Interactions: American Geophysical Union, Geophysical Monograph 166, p. 163-184.
A.G. Conly, G. Beaudoin and S.D. Scott (2006) Isotopic constraints on fluid evolution and precipitation mechanisms for the Boléo Cu-Co-Zn deposit, Mexico: Mineralium Deposita, v. 41, p. 127-151.
S.D. Scott and K. Yang (2006) Magmatic fluids and “giant” volcanogenic massive sulfides: Understanding the Genesis of Ore Deposits to Meet the Demands of the 21st Century, IAGOD 12th Quadrennial Conference, Moscow, CD-ROM.
J.M. Peter, D. Layton-Matthews, G.D. Bradshaw, A. Boulton, P. Macrobbie, J.K. Dunning, S.J. Piercey, S. Paradis, B.E. Taylor, M.I. Leybourne, S.D. Scott and S.M. Rowins (2006) Geology, geochemistry and genesis of polymetallic volcanogenic sulphide deposits of the Finlayson Lake District, Yukon Territory, Canada: Understanding the Genesis of Ore Deposits to Meet the Demands of the 21st Century, IAGOD 12th Quadrennial Conference, Moscow, CD-ROM.
S.D. Scott (2006) Resource potential of base and precious metal sulfides on the deep ocean floor and environmental considerations for their recovery: Minerals of the Ocean – 3 – Future Developments, International Conference, St. Petersburg, Russia, p. 133-136.
S.D. Scott and E. Hrischeva (2006) Metalliferous sediment (‘metsed’) as an exploration guide to modern and ancient seafloor massive sulfide deposits: Minerals of the Ocean – 3 – Future Developments, International Conference, St. Petersburg, Russia, p. 136-138.
S. D. Scott and K. Yang (2006) Evidence from melt inclusions for magmatic fluid in modern and ancient seafloor hydrothermal systems: Minerals of the Ocean – 3 – Future Developments, International Conference, St. Petersburg, Russia, p. 138-140.
D. Layton-Matthews,M. I. Leybourne, J. M. Peter, and S. D. Scott (2006) Determination of selenium isotopic ratios by continuous-hydride-generation dynamic-reaction-cell inductively-coupled-plasma mass-spectrometry: Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, v. 21, p. 41-49.
K. Yang and S.D. Scott (2005) Vigorous exsolution of volatiles in the magma chamber beneath a hydrothermal system on the modern sea floor of the eastern Manus back-arc basin, western Pacific: Evidence from melt inclusions: Economic Geology, v. 100, p. 1085-1096.
K. Yang and S.D. Scott (2005) Magmatic sources of volatiles and base metals for volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits on modern and ancient seafloors: evidence from melt inclusions: in, J. Mao and F.P. Berlein, editors, Mineral Deposits Research: Meeting the Global Challenge, Springer, v. 1, p. 715-718.
D. Layton-Matthews, S.D. Scott, J.M. Peter and M.I. Leybourne (2005) Transport and deposition of selenium in felsic volcanic-hosted massive sulphide deposits of the Finlayson Lake District, Yukon Territory, Canada: in, J. Mao and F.P. Berlein, editors, Mineral Deposits Research: Meeting the Global Challenge, Springer, v. 1, p. 643-646.
A.M.M. Pinto, J.M.R.S. Relvas, F.J.A.S. Barriga, J. Munhá, N. Pacheco and S.D. Scott (2005) Gold mineralization in recent and ancient volcanic-hosted massive sulphides: the PACMANUS field and Neves Corvo deposit: in, J. Mao and F.P. Berlein, editors, Mineral Deposits Research: Meeting the Global Challenge, Springer, v. 1, p. 683-686.
Q. Xu and S.D. Scott (2005) Spherulitic pyrite in seafloor hydrothermal deposits: products of rapid crystallization from mixing fluids: in, J. Mao and F.P. Berlein, editors, Mineral Deposits Research: Meeting the Global Challenge, Springer, v. 1, p. 711-714.
A.G. Conly, J.M. Brenan, H. Bellon and S.D. Scott (2005) Arc to rift transitional volcanism in the Santa Rosalía region, Baja California Sur, Mexico: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 142, p. 303-341.
C.B. Kennedy, S.D. Scott and F.G. Ferris; Stabilization of nanoparticulate iron oxyhydroxide by bacteria: Chemical Geology, v. 212, p. 269-277.
S. Katsouri, S.D. Scott, M.P. Gorton, A. Magganas, E. Valsami-Jones, E. Baltatzis and M. Kati (2004) Formation of hydrothermal sulphides in active shallow water systems: the role of freshwater vs seawater: In: J. Muhling et al. (Editors), SEG 2004: Predictive Mineral Discovery Under Cover: The University of Western Australia, Centre for Global Metallogeny, Perth, Australia, p.220-223 (invited).
span style="color: black">D. Layton-Matthews, J. Peter, S.D. Scott and M.I. Leybourne (2004) Residence of selenium in ancient and modern seafloor sulfides: distribution and implications for mineral exploration. In: J. Muhling et al. (Editors), SEG 2004: Predictive Mineral Discovery Under Cover: The University of Western Australia, Centre for Global Metallogeny, Perth, Australia, p. 246.
D.A. Vanko, W. Bach, S. Roberts, C.J. Yeats and S.D. Scott (2004) Fluid inclusion evidence for subsurface phase separation and variable fluid mixing regimes beneath the deep-sea PACMANUS hydrothermal field, Manus Basin back-arc rift, Papua New Guinea: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 109, B03201, p. 1-14.
K. Yang, S.D. Scott and W. Goodfellow (2003) Footwall alteration associated with some massive sulfide deposits in the Bathurst Mining Camp, New Brunswick: implications for seafloor hydrothermal mixing processes: Economic Geology Monograph 11, p. 435-456 (invited).
K. Yang and S.D. Scott (2003) Geochemical relations of felsic magmas to ore metals in massive sulfide deposits of the Bathurst Mining Camp, Iberian Pyrite Belt, Hokuroku District and Abitibi Belt: Economic Geology Monograph 11, p. 457-478 (invited).
C.B. Kennedy, R.E. Martinez, S.D. Scott and F.G. Ferris (2003) Surface chemistry and reactivity of bacteriogenic iron oxides from Axial Volcano, Juan de Fuca Ridge, north-east Pacific Ocean: Geobiology, v. 1, p. 59-69.
C.B. Kennedy, S.D. Scott and F.G. Ferris (2003) Characterization of bacteriogenic iron oxide deposits from Axial Volcano, Juan de Fuca Ridge, north-east Pacific Ocean: Geomicrobiology Journal, v. 20, p. 199-214.
S. Katsouri, S.D. Scott, J-J. Tiercelin and J. Honnorez (2003) High As, Tl hydrothermal sulfides forming in the Pemba Site, Lake Tanganyika, East Africa. In, Mineral Exploration and Sustainable Development, G. Eliopoulos, ed., Millpress Rotterdam, p. 131-134.
A. Pinto, S.D. Scott and S. Roberts (2003) PACMANUS: The subsurface sulfide/oxide/gold mineralization. In, Mineral Exploration and Sustainable Development, G. Eliopoulos, ed., Millpress Rotterdam, p. 175-178.
K. Yang and S.D. Scott (2003) Magmatic fluids in seafloor hydrothermal systems: Implications from melt inclusion data. In, Mineral Exploration and Sustainable Development, G. Eliopoulos, ed., Millpress Rotterdam, p. 207-211.
J.R. Hein, E.T. Baker, J.P. Cowen, C.R. German, E. Holzbecher, R.A. Koski, M.J. Mottl, N.V. Pimenov, S.D. Scott and A.M. Thurnherr (2003) How important are material and energy fluxes from hydrothermal circulation to the ocean? In, Proceedings of Dahlem Conference on “Energy and Mass Transfer in Marine Hydrothermal Systems”, P. Halbach and V. Tunnicliffe, ed., John Wiley and Sons, Ltd., p. 337-355.
R. Hekinian, J.L. Le Cheminée, J. Dubois, P. Stoffers, S. Scott, C. Guivel, D. Garbe-Schönberg, C. Devey, B. Bourdon, K. Lackschewitz, G. McMurtry and E. Le Drezen (2003) Volcanic morphology and composition show cyclic eruptions in the Pitcairn hotspot (south Pacific): Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 121, p. 219-245.
C. Kennedy, S. Scott and G. Ferris (2003) Ultrastructure and sub-seafloor presence of bacteriogenic iron oxides from Axial Volcano, Juan de Fuca Ridge, north-east Pacific Ocean: FEMS Microbiology Ecology, v. 43, p. 247-254.
K. Yang and S.D. Scott (2002) Magmatic degassing of volatiles and ore metals into a hydrothermal system on the modern sea floor of the eastern Manus back-arc basin, western Pacific: Economic Geology, v. 97, p. 1079-1100.
T. Ueno and S.D. Scott (2002) Phase equilibria in the system Zn-Fe-Ga-S at 900°C and 800°C: Canadian Mineralogist, v. 40, p.563-570.
T. Boyd and S.D. Scott (2001) Microbial and hydrothermal aspects of ferric oxyhydroxides and ferrosic hydroxides: the example of Franklin Seamount, Western Woodlark Basin, Papua New Guinea: Geochemical Transactions (electronic journal), v. 7, 12 pp. http://www.rsc.org.is/journals/current/geochem/geocon.htm.
R. Moss and S.D. Scott (2001) Geochemistry and mineralogy of gold-rich hydrothermal precipitates from eastern Manus Basin, Papua New Guinea: Canadian Mineralogist, v. 39, p. 957-978.
A.G. Conly. S.D. Scott, H. Bellon and G. Beaudoin (2001) The Boléo Co-Co-Zn deposit, Baja California Sur, Mexico: the role of magmatic fluids in the genesis of a synsedimentary deposit. In, A. Piestrzynski et al., Mineral Deposits at the Beginning of the 21st Century, A. A. Balkema Publishers, p. 223-226.
S.D. Scott (2001) Deep ocean mining: Geoscience Canada, v. 28, p. 87-96.
R. Moss, S.D. Scott and R.A. Binns (2001) Gold content of Eastern Manus Basin volcanic rocks: implications for enrichment in associated hydrothermal precipitates: Economic Geology, v. 96, p. 91-107.
A. Ortega-Osorio and S.D. Scott (2001) Morphological and chemical characterization of neutrally buoyant plume-derived particles at the Eastern Manus Basin hydrothermal field: Canadian Mineralogist, v. 39, p. 17-31.
A.G. Conly, S.D. Scott and H. Bellon (2000) Arc-to-rift transition volcanism in the Santa Rosalia Basin, Baja California Sur, Mexico: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, v. 39, p. 237-241.
J.F. Garrett, S.K. Juniper, S.D. Scott, K. Shepherd and K. Tamburri (2000) Taming the data from ROPOS, a multi-user scientific submersible: Oceanology International 2000, Collected Papers (CD-ROM), p. 255-261.
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