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J. Bruce Gemmell is affiliated with the University of Tasmania in Australia. Their research spans multiple scientific disciplines, predominantly within Earth and Planetary Sciences, but also includes significant contributions to Computer Science and Engineering.

The scientist's primary fields of study include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Computer Science
  • Engineering

More specific subfields of their work encompass:

  • Geophysics
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Geochemistry and Petrology

The research topics addressed by Gemmell cover a range of geological and geochemical themes:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis

J. Bruce Gemmell has co-authored work frequently with several researchers, including:

  • David R. Cooke
  • Jamie J. Wilkinson
  • Paul Agnew
  • Zhaoshan Chang
  • Pete Hollings

They have published multiple research papers in noted journals. Recent publications include:

  • "Using Mineral Chemistry to Aid Exploration: A Case Study from the Resolution Porphyry Cu-Mo Deposit, Arizona" (2020) in Economic Geology
  • "Recent advances in the application of mineral chemistry to exploration for porphyry copper-gold-molybdenum deposits: detecting the geochemical fingerprints and footprints of hypogene mineralization and alteration" (2020) in Geochemistry Exploration Environment Analysis
  • "Assessing Hydrothermal Alteration Intensity in Volcanic-Hosted Massive Sulfide Systems Using Portable X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis of Drill Core: An Example from Myra Falls, Canada" (2020) in Economic Geology
  • "Origin of Hydrothermal Barite in Polymetallic Veins and Carbonate-Hosted Deposits of the Cyclades Continental Back Arc" (2023) in Economic Geology
  • "Integrated stratigraphy, lithofacies, and U-Pb geochronology of the Myra Falls VHMS deposits, British Columbia, Canada: implications for episodic volcanism and ore deposit formation" (2022) in Mineralium Deposita

Their work is frequently published in journals with repeated contributions, most notably:

  • Economic Geology
  • Geochemistry Exploration Environment Analysis
  • Mineralium Deposita

Best Publications

  • 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

  • The internal structure of an active sea-floor massive sulphide deposit

    S. E. Humphris;Peter Herzig;D. J. Miller;J .C. Alt

  • Exploration Tools for Linked Porphyry and Epithermal Deposits: Example from the Mankayan Intrusion-Centered Cu-Au District, Luzon, Philippines

    Zhaoshan Chang;Jeffrey W. Hedenquist;Noel C. White;David R. Cooke

  • The chlorite proximitor: A new tool for detecting porphyry ore deposits

    Jamie J. Wilkinson;Jamie J. Wilkinson;Zhaoshan Chang;David R. Cooke;Michael J. Baker

  • The Spectrum of Ore Deposit Types, Volcanic Environments, Alteration Halos, and Related Exploration Vectors in Submarine Volcanic Successions: Some Examples from Australia

    Ross R. Large;Jocelyn McPhie;J. Bruce Gemmell;Walter Herrmann

  • The Alteration Box Plot: A Simple Approach to Understanding the Relationship between Alteration Mineralogy and Lithogeochemistry Associated with VHMS Deposits

    RR Large;JB Gemmell;H Paulick

  • Mineralogy and Formation of Black Smoker Chimneys from Brothers Submarine Volcano, Kermadec Arc

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  • Lahars initiated by the 13 November 1985 eruption of Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia

    Donald R. Lowe;Stanley N. Williams;Henry Leigh;Charles B. Connort

  • Short Wavelength Infrared Spectral Characteristics of the HW Horizon:Implications for Exploration in the Myra Falls Volcanic-Hosted Massive Sulfide Camp, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

    Sarah Jones;Walter Herrmann;J. Bruce Gemmell

  • Parental basaltic melts and fluids in eastern Manus backarc Basin: Implications for hydrothermal mineralisation

    VS Kamenetsky;RA Binns;JB Gemmell;AJ Crawford

  • Stringer system and alteration zones underlying the Hellyer volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit, Tasmania, Australia

    J. Bruce Gemmell;Ross R. Large

  • Variations in composition and abundance of white mica in the hydrothermal alteration system at Helly

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  • New Advances in Detecting the Distal Geochemical Footprints of Porphyry Systems—Epidote Mineral Chemistry as a Tool for Vectoring and Fertility Assessments

    David R. Cooke;Mike Baker;Pete Hollings;Gabe Sweet

  • 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

  • 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

  • Geochemistry of metallic trace elements in fumarolic condensates from Nicaraguan and Costa Rican volcanoes

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  • Drilling shallow water massive sulfides at the Palinuro Volcanic Complex, Aeolian Island Arc, Italy

    Sven Petersen;Thomas Monecke;Anne Westhues;Mark D. Hannington;Mark D. Hannington

  • Sulfur Isotope Evidence for Magmatic Contributions to Submarine and Subaerial Gold Mineralization: Conical Seamount and the Ladolam Gold Deposit, Papua New Guinea

    J. Bruce Gemmell;Robina Sharpe;Ian R. Jonasson;Peter M. Herzig

  • Using Mineral Chemistry to Aid Exploration: A Case Study from the Resolution Porphyry Cu-Mo Deposit, Arizona

    Cooke;Cooke;JJ Wilkinson;JJ Wilkinson;JJ Wilkinson;M Baker;M Baker;P Agnew

  • Hydrothermal Breccias and Veins at the Kelian Gold Mine, Kalimantan, Indonesia: Genesis of a Large Epithermal Gold Deposit

    Andrew G. S. Davies;David R. Cooke;J. Bruce Gemmell;Theo van Leeuwen

  • Fluid bubbles in melt inclusions and pillow-rim glasses: high-temperature precursors to hydrothermal fluids?

    V.S. Kamenetsky;P. Davidson;T.P. Mernagh;A.J. Crawford

  • In situ location and U-Pb dating of small zircon grains in igneous rocks using laser ablation–inductively coupled plasma–quadrupole mass spectrometry

    Patrick J. Sack;Ron F. Berry;Sebastien Meffre;Trevor J. Falloon

  • Genesis of the Aguilar zinc-lead-silver deposit, Argentina; contact metasomatic vs. sedimentary exhalative

    J. Bruce Gemmell;Half Zantop;Lawrence D. Meinert

  • Evolution and source of ore fluids in the stringer system, Hellyer VHMS deposit, Tasmania, Australia: evidence from fluid inclusion microthermometry and geochemistry

    Khin Zaw;J.B. Gemmell;R.R. Large;T.P. Mernagh

Frequent Co-Authors

David R. Cooke
David R. Cooke University of Tasmania
Zhaoshan Chang
Zhaoshan Chang Colorado School of Mines
Ross R. Large
Ross R. Large University of Tasmania
Mark D. Hannington
Mark D. Hannington University of Ottawa
David L. Huston
David L. Huston Geoscience Australia
Jamie J. Wilkinson
Jamie J. Wilkinson Imperial College London
Ron F. Berry
Ron F. Berry University of Tasmania
Sebastien Meffre
Sebastien Meffre University of Tasmania
Pete Hollings
Pete Hollings Lakehead University
Richard M. Friedman
Richard M. Friedman University of British Columbia

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