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Anton P. Le Roex publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anton P. Le Roex sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 59 publications — 1st percentile

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Anton P. Le Roex D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anton P. Le Roex sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 33 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Anton P. Le Roex was affiliated with the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Their research focused primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a specialization in Geophysics.

Their work encompassed several subfields and topics including:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials

Anton P. Le Roex authored multiple research papers, contributing to the scientific understanding of volcanic provinces, mantle sources, and mineral deposits. Selected recent papers include:

  • Feeding system and mantle sources of the southern and western sector of the Madagascar flood basalt province, and comparisons with Southwest Indian Ridge "anomalous" basalts, 2023, Lithos
  • Geochemistry of Cenozoic mafic potassic and sodic volcanic rocks in southwestern Madagascar: Long-lived lithospheric mantle heterogeneities in an extensional tectonic setting, 2024, Lithos
  • Gold potential of the Roraima Supergroup in Guyana, 2025, Mineralium Deposita

The scientist frequently collaborated with colleagues across multiple studies. Notable coauthors included:

  • Ciro Cucciniello
  • Celestino Grifa
  • Roberto dè Gennaro
  • Vincenzo Morra
  • Leone Melluso

Le Roex published predominantly in established journals such as Lithos and Mineralium Deposita, reflecting a consistent engagement with the fields of geophysics and mineral exploration.

Best Publications

  • Geochemistry of South African On- and Off-craton, Group I and Group II Kimberlites: Petrogenesis and Source Region Evolution

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  • Petrogenesis of Group I Kimberlites from Kimberley, South Africa: Evidence from Bulk-rock Geochemistry

    Anton P. Le Roex;David R. Bell;Peter Davis

  • Southwestern limits of Indian Ocean Ridge Mantle and the origin of low 206Pb/204Pb mid-ocean ridge basalt: Isotope systematics of the central Southwest Indian Ridge (17°–50°E)

    J. Mahoney;A. P. le Roex;Z. Peng;R. L. Fisher

  • Garnet Lherzolites from the Kaapvaal Craton (South Africa): Trace Element Evidence for a Metasomatic History

    M. Grégoire;D. R. Bell;D. R. Bell;A. P. Le Roex

  • Trace element geochemistry of phlogopite-rich mafic mantle xenoliths: Their classification and their relationship to phlogopite-bearing peridotites and kimberlites revisited

    M. Grégoire;D. R. Bell;A. P. Le Roex

  • Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic: Geochemistry and Petrogenesis of a Basanite-Phonolite Lava Series

    Anton P. Le Roex;R. A. Cliff;B. J. I. Adair

  • Olivine, and the Origin of Kimberlite

    Nicholas Arndt;M. Guitreau;Anne Marie Boullier;A. Le Roex

  • Petrology and geochemistry of basalts from the American-Antarctic Ridge, Southern Ocean: implications for the westward influence of the Bouvet mantle plume

    Anton P. le Roex;Henry J. B. Dick;Arch M. Reid;Fred A. Frey

  • Isotope and Trace Element Geochemistry of Cretaceous Damaraland Lamprophyres and Carbonatites, Northwestern Namibia: Evidence for Plume—Lithosphere Interactions

    Anton P. Le Roex;Ruth Lanyon

  • Geochemical correlation between southern African kimberlites and South Atlantic hotspots

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  • A Chemical and Multi-Isotope Study of the Western Cape Olivine Melilitite Province, South Africa: Implications for the Sources of Kimberlites and the Origin of the HIMU Signature in Africa

    P. E. Janney;A. P. Le Roex;R. W. Carlson;K. S. Viljoen

  • The Geochemistry of Lavas from the Gomores Archipelago, Western Indian Ocean: Petrogenesis and Mantle Source Region Characteristics

    Andreas Spāth;Anton P. Le Roex;Robert A. Duncan

  • Lithospheric thickness beneath the southern Kenya Rift: implications from basalt geochemistry

    Anton P. Roex;Andreas Späth;Robert E. Zartman

  • Age of Mesozoic igneous rocks in northwesternNamibia, and their relationship to continental breakup

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  • The oxygen isotope composition of Karoo and Etendeka picrites: High δ18O mantle or crustal contamination?

    Chris Harris;Petrus le Roux;Ryan Cochrane;Laure Martin

  • Petrogenesis of the Swartruggens and Star Group II kimberlite dyke swarms, South Africa: constraints from whole rock geochemistry

    Nancy Coe;Anton le Roex;John Gurney;D. Graham Pearson

  • Geochemical and mineralogical evidence for the occurrence of at least three distinct magma types in the ‘famous’ region

    Anton P. le Roex;A. J. Erlank;H. D. Needham

  • Petrogenesis of anomalous K-enriched MORB from the Southwest Indian Ridge: 11°53′E to 14°38′E

    Anton P le Roex;Henry J B Dick;Ronald T Watkins

  • Age, Composition and Thermal Characteristics of South African Off-Craton Mantle Lithosphere: Evidence for a Multi-Stage History

    P. E. Janney;P. E. Janney;S. B. Shirey;R. W. Carlson;D. G. Pearson

  • Spinel lherzolite xenoliths from the Premier kimberlite (Kaapvaal craton, South Africa): Nature and evolution of the shallow upper mantle beneath the Bushveld complex

    M. Grégoire;C. Tinguely;D.R. Bell;A.P. le Roex

  • The chemical zoning of augite phenocrysts in alkaline basalts from Gough Island, South Atlantic

    N. Shimizu;A.P. Le Roex

  • Neotectonic activity on continental fragments in the Southwest Indian Ocean: Agulhas Plateau and Mozambique Ridge

    Z. Ben-Avraham;C. J. H. Hartnady;A. P. le Roex

  • Petrogenesis and Nd-, Pb-, Sr-isotope geochemistry of the Cenozoic olivine melilitites and olivine nephelinites (“ankaratrites”) in Madagascar

    Leone Melluso;Anton P. le Roex;Vincenzo Morra

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris Harris
Chris Harris University of Cape Town
Robert A. Cliff
Robert A. Cliff University of Leeds

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