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Marco L. Fiorentini is affiliated with the University of Western Australia in Australia. Their research primarily falls within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, encompassing a broad range of 133 publications. Within this area, their main subfields of study include Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Geochemistry and Petrology, Paleontology, and Mechanical Engineering.

The scientist's work covers key topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, and Metal Extraction and Bioleaching.

Marco L. Fiorentini has contributed to numerous journals and scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include Mineralium Deposita, Economic Geology, Chemical Geology, Lithos, and Gondwana Research.

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Fiorentini illustrate the scope of their research interests:

  • New Magmatic Oxybarometer Using Trace Elements in Zircon (2020, Journal of Petrology)
  • Fluxing of mantle carbon as a physical agent for metallogenic fertilization of the crust (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Mobilisation of deep crustal sulfide melts as a first order control on upper lithospheric metallogeny (2022, Nature Communications)
  • Zircon and Whole-Rock Trace Element Indicators of Magmatic Hydration State and Oxidation State Discriminate Copper Ore-Forming from Barren Arc Magmas (2024, Economic Geology)
  • Sulfidization of 3.48 billion-year-old stromatolites of the Dresser Formation, Pilbara Craton: Constraints from in-situ sulfur isotope analysis of pyrite (2020, Chemical Geology)

Frequent coauthors working alongside Fiorentini include:

  • Laure Martin
  • Stefano Caruso
  • Andrea Giuliani
  • Robert R. Loucks
  • Anthony I.S. Kemp

Best Publications

  • New Magmatic Oxybarometer Using Trace Elements in Zircon

    Robert R Loucks;Marco L Fiorentini;Gonzalo J Henríquez

  • Zircon Compositions as a Pathfinder for Porphyry Cu ± Mo ± Au Deposits

    Yong-Jun Lu;Robert R. Loucks;Marco Fiorentini;T. Campbell McCuaig

  • Fluid flux melting generated postcollisional high Sr/Y copper ore–forming water-rich magmas in Tibet

    Yong-Jun Lu;Robert R. Loucks;Marco L. Fiorentini;Zhi-Ming Yang

  • Atmospheric Sulfur in Archean Komatiite-Hosted Nickel Deposits

    Andrey Bekker;Andrey Bekker;Mark E. Barley;Marco L. Fiorentini;Olivier J. Rouxel

  • Progressive mixing of meteoritic veneer into the early Earth’s deep mantle

    Wolfgang D. Maier;Wolfgang D. Maier;Stephen J. Barnes;Ian H. Campbell;Marco L. Fiorentini

  • A metasomatized lithospheric mantle control on the metallogenic signature of post-subduction magmatism

    David A. Holwell;Marco Fiorentini;Iain McDonald;Yongjun Lu;Yongjun Lu

  • Archean komatiite volcanism controlled by the evolution of early continents

    David R. Mole;David R. Mole;Marco L. Fiorentini;Nicolas Thebaud;Kevin F. Cassidy

  • In situ multiple sulfur isotope analysis by SIMS of pyrite, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, and pentlandite to refine magmatic ore genetic models

    Crystal LaFlamme;Laure Martin;Heejin Jeon;Steven M. Reddy

  • 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

  • Crustal evolution, intra-cratonic architecture and the metallogeny of an Archaean craton

    D. R. Mole;D. R. Mole;M. L. Fiorentini;K. F. Cassidy;C. L. Kirkland

  • Komatiite Magmas and Sulfide Nickel Deposits: A Comparison of Variably Endowed Archean Terranes

    Stephen J. Barnes;Marco L. Fiorentini

  • Did diamond-bearing orangeites originate from MARID-veined peridotites in the lithospheric mantle?

    Andrea Giuliani;David Phillips;Jon D. Woodhead;Vadim S. Kamenetsky

  • Stable isotope (C, O, S) compositions of volatile-rich minerals in kimberlites: A review

    Andrea Giuliani;David Phillips;Vadim S. Kamenetsky;Marco L. Fiorentini

  • Iridium, ruthenium and rhodium in komatiites: Evidence for iridium alloy saturation

    Stephen J. Barnes;Marco L. Fiorentini

  • Insights into subduction zone sulfur recycling from isotopic analysis of eclogite-hosted sulfides

    Katy Anne Evans;Andrew George Tomkins;John Cliff;Marco Fiorentini

  • Time-space evolution of an Archean craton: A Hf-isotope window into continent formation

    D.R. Mole;D.R. Mole;D.R. Mole;C.L. Kirkland;M.L. Fiorentini;S.J. Barnes

  • Multiple sulfur isotopes monitor fluid evolution of an Archean orogenic gold deposit

    Crystal LaFlamme;Dennis Sugiono;Nicolas Thébaud;Stefano Caruso

  • District to Camp Controls on the Genesis of Komatiite-Hosted Nickel Sulfide Deposits, Agnew-Wiluna Greenstone Belt, Western Australia: Insights from the Multiple Sulfur Isotopes

    Marco Fiorentini;Steve Beresford;Mark Barley;Paul Duuring

  • Ruthenium in komatiitic chromite

    Marek Locmelis;Norman J. S. Pearson;Stephen J. Barnes;Marco L. Fiorentini

  • Platinum Group Element Geochemistry of Mineralized and Nonmineralized Komatiites and Basalts

    Marco L. Fiorentini;Stephen J. Barnes;C. Michael Lesher;Geoffrey J. Heggie

  • Multiple Sulfur and Iron Isotope Composition of Magmatic Ni-Cu-(PGE) Sulfide Mineralization from Eastern Botswana

    Marco L. Fiorentini;Andrey Bekker;Olivier Rouxel;Boswell A. Wing

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen Barnes
Stephen Barnes University of Alabama at Birmingham
Elena Belousova
Elena Belousova Macquarie University
Roland Maas
Roland Maas University of Melbourne
Mark Barley
Mark Barley University of Western Australia
Bélinda Godel
Bélinda Godel Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
David Baratoux
David Baratoux Paul Sabatier University
Christopher L. Kirkland
Christopher L. Kirkland Curtin University
Norman J. Pearson
Norman J. Pearson Macquarie University
David Phillips
David Phillips University of Melbourne

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