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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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