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Overview

David L. Huston is affiliated with Geoscience Australia and has a research portfolio spanning earth sciences with significant contributions in geochemistry, geophysics, and computational methods. Their work integrates multidisciplinary approaches connecting geological mapping and data-driven modeling techniques.

The scientist has focused extensively on topics including:

  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
  • Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods
  • Extraction and Separation Processes
  • Metal Extraction and Bioleaching

David L. Huston's research fields are principally situated in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with additional work in Computer Science and Engineering. Their subfields of study comprise Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

Their publication record includes contributions in several scientific journals, notably:

  • Ore Geology Reviews
  • Resources Policy
  • Geology
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Nature Geoscience

Significant papers authored by David L. Huston include:

  • "Global distribution of sediment-hosted metals controlled by craton edge stability," 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • "Data-driven prospectivity modelling of sediment-hosted Zn-Pb mineral systems and their critical raw materials," 2021, Ore Geology Reviews
  • "Rhenium mineral resources: A global assessment," 2023, Resources Policy
  • "Tracing metal sources for the giant McArthur River Zn-Pb deposit (Australia) using lead isotopes," 2020, Geology
  • "Zinc on the edge-isotopic and geophysical evidence that cratonic edges control world-class shale-hosted zinc-lead deposits," 2022, Mineralium Deposita

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • D.C. Champion
  • Karol Czarnota
  • Michael P. Doublier
  • G. M. Gibson
  • C J M Lawley

Best Publications

  • Trace elements in sulfide minerals from eastern Australian volcanic-hosted massive sulfide deposits; Part I, Proton microprobe analyses of pyrite, chalcopyrite, and sphalerite, and Part II, Selenium levels in pyrite; comparison with delta 34 S values and implications for the source of sulfur in volcanogenic hydrothermal systems

    David L. Huston;Soey H. Sie;Gary F. Suter;David R. Cooke

  • Sediment-Hosted Lead-Zinc Deposits in Earth History

    David. L. Leach;David. L. Leach;Dwight C. Bradley;David Huston;Sergei A. Pisarevsky

  • The Alteration Box Plot: A Simple Approach to Understanding the Relationship between Alteration Mineralogy and Lithogeochemistry Associated with Volcanic-Hosted Massive Sulfide Deposits

    Ross R. Large;J. Bruce Gemmell;Holger Paulick;David L. Huston

  • Barite, BIFs and bugs: evidence for the evolution of the Earth’s early hydrosphere

    David L. Huston;Graham A. Logan

  • The Geology and Metallogeny of Volcanic-Hosted Massive Sulfide Deposits: Variations through Geologic Time and with Tectonic Setting

    David L. Huston;Sally Pehrsson;Bruce M. Eglington;Khin Zaw

  • A chemical model for the concentration of gold in volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits

    David L. Huston;Ross R. Large

  • Global distribution of sediment-hosted metals controlled by craton edge stability

    Mark James Hoggard;Mark James Hoggard;Karol Czarnota;Karol Czarnota;Fred Richards;Fred Richards;David L Huston

  • Mineral system analysis: Quo vadis

    Steffen G. Hagemann;V.A. Lisitsin;D.L. Huston

  • Short Wavelength Infrared (SWIR) Spectral Analysis of Hydrothermal Alteration Zones Associated with Base Metal Sulfide Deposits at Rosebery and Western Tharsis, Tasmania, and Highway-Reward, Queensland

    Walter Herrmann;Michael Blake;Mark Doyle;David Huston

  • Metallogeny and its link to orogenic style during the Nuna supercontinent cycle

    Sally J. Pehrsson;Bruce M. Eglington;David A. D. Evans;David Huston

  • Making it thick: a volcanic plateau origin of Palaeoarchean continental lithosphere of the Pilbara and Kaapvaal cratons

    Martin J. Van Kranendonk;Martin J. Van Kranendonk;R. Hugh Smithies;William L. Griffin;David L. Huston

  • Tectono-metallogenic systems — The place of mineral systems within tectonic evolution, with an emphasis on Australian examples

    David L. Huston;Terrence P. Mernagh;Steffen G. Hagemann;Michael P. Doublier

  • Australian Zn-Pb-Ag Ore-Forming Systems: A Review and Analysis

    David L. Huston;Barney Stevens;Peter N. Southgate;Peter Muhling

  • Stable Isotopes and Their Significance for Understanding the Genesis of Volcanic-Hosted Massive Sulfide Deposits A Review

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  • The role of granites in volcanic-hosted massive sulphide ore-forming systems: an assessment of magmatic–hydrothermal contributions

    David L. Huston;Jorge M. R. S. Relvas;J. Bruce Gemmell;Susan Drieberg

  • Pyrite trace element behavior in magmatic-hydrothermal environments: an LA-ICPMS imaging study

    Jeffrey A. Steadman;Ross R. Large;Paul H. Olin;Leonid V. Danyushevsky;Leonid V. Danyushevsky

  • Crustal architecture and geodynamics of North Queensland, Australia: Insights from deep seismic reflection profiling

    R. J Korsch;D. L Huston;Robert Henderson;Richard Blewett

  • Radiogenic isotopes, ore deposits and metallogenic terranes: Novel approaches based on regional isotopic maps and the mineral systems concept

    David C. Champion;David L. Huston

  • Geologic and geochemical controls on the mineralogy and grain size of gold-bearing phases, eastern Australian volcanic-hosted massive sulfide deposits

    David L. Huston;Ralph S. Bottrill;Robert A. Creelman;Khin Zaw

  • Australia Through Time: A Summary of its Tectonic and Metallogenic Evolution

    David L. Huston;Richard S. Blewett;David C. Champion

  • Gold Distribution and Genesis in Australian Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposits and Their Significance for Gold Transport Models

    Ross R. Large;David L. Huston;Peter J. McGoldrick;Peter A. Ruxton

  • Gold in Volcanic-Hosted Massive Sulfide Deposits: Distribution, Genesis, and Exploration

    David L. Huston

  • A chemical model for the concentration of gold in volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits.(CODES publication 12)

    RR Large;DL Huston

Frequent Co-Authors

Ross R. Large
Ross R. Large University of Tasmania
David C. Champion
David C. Champion Geoscience Australia
Terrence P. Mernagh
Terrence P. Mernagh Australian National University
Leon Bagas
Leon Bagas University of Western Australia
Khin Zaw
Khin Zaw University of Tasmania
Franco Pirajno
Franco Pirajno University of Western Australia
Steffen Hagemann
Steffen Hagemann University of Western Australia
J. Bruce Gemmell
J. Bruce Gemmell University of Tasmania
David L. Leach
David L. Leach Colorado School of Mines
Roland Maas
Roland Maas University of Melbourne

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