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Lluis Fontboté is affiliated with the University of Geneva in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to research in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Computer Science. Their work spans subfields including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Geochemistry and Petrology, Paleontology, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics relevant to geological and geochemical analysis, particularly focusing on geological settings, mineralogy, and tectonic processes. Major thematic areas include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Mineralogy and Gemology Studies
  • Metal Extraction and Bioleaching
  • Clay Minerals and Soil Interactions
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis

Lluis Fontboté has published research in a variety of journals, with frequent contributions to Mineralium Deposita, Economic Geology, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Lithos, and Chemical Geology. The distribution of publication venues reflects a focus on mineral deposits, geochemical processes, and planetary science perspectives.

Selected recent papers include:

  • "Tourmaline as a Tracer of Late-Magmatic to Hydrothermal Fluid Evolution: The World-Class San Rafael Tin (-Copper) Deposit, Peru" (2020, Economic Geology)
  • "Trace element geochemistry of sphalerite and chalcopyrite in arc-hosted VMS deposits" (2021, Journal of Geochemical Exploration)
  • "Fluid mixing as primary trigger for cassiterite deposition: Evidence from in situ δ18O-δ11B analysis of tourmaline from the world-class San Rafael tin (-copper) deposit, Peru" (2021, Earth and Planetary Science Letters)
  • "Germanium- and gallium-rich sphalerite in Mississippi Valley-type deposits: the San Vicente district and the Shalipayco deposit, Peru" (2023, Mineralium Deposita)
  • "The upper Oligocene San Rafael intrusive complex (Eastern Cordillera, southeast Peru), host of the largest-known high-grade tin deposit" (2021, Lithos)

Frequent coauthors in Lluis Fontboté's work include Kalin Kouzmanov, Oscar Laurent, Cyril Chelle-Michou, Matthieu Harlaux, and Stefano Gialli, indicating collaborations often aligned with geological and geochemical research of mineral deposits and tectonics.

Best Publications

  • Iron oxide copper-gold deposits: geology, space-time distribution, and possible modes of origin

    Patrick J. Williams;Mark D. Barton;David A. Johnson;Lluís Fontboté

  • Element cycling and secondary mineralogy in porphyry copper tailings as a function of climate, primary mineralogy, and mineral processing

    Bernhard Stefan Dold;Bernhard Stefan Dold;Lluis Fontboté

  • The Candelaria-Punta del Cobre Iron Oxide Cu-Au(-Zn-Ag)Deposits, Chile

    Robert Marschik;Lluís Fontboté

  • A mineralogical and geochemical study of element mobility in sulfide mine tailings of Fe oxide Cu-Au deposits from the Punta del Cobre belt, northern Chile

    Bernhard Stefan Dold;Bernhard Stefan Dold;Lluis Fontboté

  • Petrology and geochemistry of the banded iron formation (BIF) of Wadi Karim and Um Anab, Eastern Desert, Egypt: Implications for the origin of Neoproterozoic BIF

    Fawzy F. Basta;Ayman E. Maurice;Lluís Fontboté;Pierre-Yves Favarger

  • Future Global Mineral Resources

    Nicholas T. Arndt;Lluís Fontboté;Jeffrey W. Hedenquist;Stephen E. Kesler

  • Re–Os and Pb–Pb geochronology of the Archean Salobo iron oxide copper–gold deposit, Carajás mineral province, northern Brazil

    Karin Requia;Holly Stein;Lluís Fontboté;Massimo Chiaradia;Massimo Chiaradia

  • Sulfide Minerals in Hydrothermal Deposits

    Lluís Fontboté;Kalin Kouzmanov;Massimo Chiaradia;Gleb S. Pokrovski

  • Tectonic evolution and paleogeography of the Mesozoic Pucará Basin, central Peru

    Silvia Rosas;Lluís Fontboté;Anthony Tankard

  • Mineral Zoning and Geochemistry of Epithermal Polymetallic Zn-Pb-Ag-Cu-Bi Mineralization at Cerro de Pasco, Peru

    Regina Baumgartner;Lluís Fontboté;Torsten Vennemann

  • Zoned Base Metal Mineralization in a Porphyry System: Origin and Evolution of Mineralizing Fluids in the Morococha District, Peru

    Honza Catchpole;Kalin Kouzmanov;Benita Putlitz;Jung Hun Seo

  • Cenozoic continental arc magmatism and associated mineralization in Ecuador

    Massimo Chiaradia;Massimo Chiaradia;Lluís Fontboté;Bernardo Beate

  • Genesis of the mississippi valley-type Zn-Pb deposit of San Vicente, central Peru; geologic and isotopic (Sr, O, C, S, Pb) evidence

    Lluis Fontbote;Hendrik Gorzawski

  • U–Pb, Re–Os, and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of the Nambija Au-skarn and Pangui porphyry Cu deposits, Ecuador: implications for the Jurassic metallogenic belt of the Northern Andes

    Massimo Chiaradia;Jean Vallance;Lluis Fontboté;Holly Stein

  • Cordilleran Epithermal Cu-Zn-Pb-(Au-Ag) Mineralization in the Colquijirca District, Central Peru: Deposit-Scale Mineralogical Patterns

    Ronner Bendezú;Lluís Fontboté

  • Fluid evolution in zoned Cordilleran polymetallic veins — Insights from microthermometry and LA-ICP-MS of fluid inclusions

    Honza Catchpole;Kalin Kouzmanov;Lluís Fontboté;Marcel Guillong

  • Carbon and oxygen isotope study of hydrothermal carbonates in the zinc-lead deposits of the San Vicente district, central Peru: a quantitative modeling on mixing processes and CO2 degassing

    Jorge Enrique Spangenberg;Lluis Fontboté;Z.D. Sharp;J. Hunziker

  • Tourmaline as a Tracer of Late-Magmatic to Hydrothermal Fluid Evolution: The World-Class San Rafael Tin (-Copper) Deposit, Peru

    Matthieu Harlaux;Matthieu Harlaux;Kalin Kouzmanov;Stefano Gialli;Oscar Laurent

  • Water management for acid mine drainage control at the polymetallic Zn–Pb–(Ag–Bi–Cu) deposit Cerro de Pasco, Peru

    Bernhard Stefan Dold;Cheikh Wade;Lluis Fontboté

  • Sulfide Replacement Processes Revealed by Textural and LA-ICP-MS Trace Element Analyses: Example from the Early Mineralization Stages at Cerro de Pasco, Peru

    Bertrand Rottier;Kalin Kouzmanov;M. Wälle;R. Bendezú

  • The Punta del Cobre Formation, Punta del Cobre–Candelaria area, northern Chile

    Robert Marschik;Robert Marschik;Lluı́s Fontboté

  • Carboniferous Orogenic Gold Deposits at Pataz, Eastern AndeanCordillera, Peru: Geological and Structural Framework, Paragenesis, Alteration,and 40Ar/39Ar Geochronology

    Yves Haeberlin;Robert Moritz;Lluís Fontboté;Michael Cosca

  • Geology, Geochronology, and Hf and Pb Isotope Data of the Raúl-Condestable Iron Oxide-Copper-Gold Deposit, Central Coast of Peru

    Antoine De Haller;Fernando Corfu;Lluís Fontboté;Urs Schaltegger

Frequent Co-Authors

Massimo Chiaradia
Massimo Chiaradia University of Geneva
Jorge E. Spangenberg
Jorge E. Spangenberg University of Lausanne
Markus Wälle
Markus Wälle ETH Zurich
Robert Moritz
Robert Moritz University of Geneva
Richard Alan Spikings
Richard Alan Spikings University of Geneva
Jeffrey W. Hedenquist
Jeffrey W. Hedenquist University of Ottawa
Lukas P. Baumgartner
Lukas P. Baumgartner University of Lausanne
Andrea Dini
Andrea Dini National Research Council (CNR)
Nicholas T. Arndt
Nicholas T. Arndt Grenoble Alpes University

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