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Peter C. Lightfoot

Peter C. Lightfoot

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Earth Science

D-Index
41
Citations
7500
World Ranking
5456
National Ranking
270

Overview

Peter C. Lightfoot is affiliated with Lightfoot Geoscience in Canada and specializes in research within the Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields, including geophysics, artificial intelligence applications in geology, and general geological studies.

Their research primarily focuses on geological and geochemical analysis, geochemistry and geologic mapping, and broader geological studies and exploration. This scope is reflected in their published papers and frequent publication venues.

Among their recent scientific contributions are:

  • Geodynamic Implications of Synchronous Norite and TTG Formation in the 3 Ga Maniitsoq Norite Belt, West Greenland (2020), published in Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Magnesium isotope geochemistry in continental flood basalts: implications for mantle source heterogeneity (2025), published in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Lightfoot has collaborated with a range of co-authors on their research projects. Frequent collaborators include Pedro Waterton, William R. Hyde, Jonas Tusch, Julie A. Hollis, and Christopher L. Kirkland.

Their publications appear regularly in the journals Frontiers in Earth Science and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, indicating a consistent presence in venues related to Earth sciences and geochemistry.

Best Publications

  • Formation of Magmatic Nickel Sulfide Deposits and Processes Affecting Their Copper and Platinum Group Element Contents

    Sarah-Jane Barnes;Peter C. Lightfoot

  • Remobilisation of the continental lithosphere by a mantle plume: major-, trace-element, and Sr-, Nd-, and Pb-isotope evidence from picritic and tholeiitic lavas of the Noril'sk District, Siberian Trap, Russia

    P. C. Lightfoot;C. J. Hawkesworth;J. Hergt;A. J. Naldrett

  • Geochemistry of the Siberian Trap of the Noril'sk area, USSR, with implications for the relative contributions of crust and mantle to flood basalt magmatism

    P. C. Lightfoot;A. J. Naldrett;N. S. Gorbachev;W. Doherty

  • Siderophile and Chalcophile Metal Variations in Flood Basalts from the Siberian Trap, Noril’sk Region: Implications for the Origin of the Ni-Cu-PGE Sulfide Ores

    Peter C Lightfoot;Reid Roderick Keays

  • Geology and geochemistry of intrusions and flood basalts of the Noril'sk region, USSR, with implications for the origin of the Ni-Cu ores

    Anthony J. Naldrett;P. C. Lightfoot;V. Fedorenko;W. Doherty

  • Magma differentiation and mineralisation in the Siberian continental flood basalts

    C.J. Hawkesworth;P.C. Lightfoot;V.A. Fedorenko;S. Blake

  • Source and Differentiation of Deccan Trap Lavas: Implications of Geochemical and Mineral Chemical Variations

    P.C. Lightfoot;C.J. Hawkesworth;Colin W. Devey;N.W. Rogers

  • Siderophile and chalcophile metals as tracers of the evolution of the Siberian Trap in the Noril'sk region, Russia

    G.E. Brügmann;A.J. Naldrett;M. Asif;P.C. Lightfoot

  • Origin of Deccan Trap lavas: evidence from combined trace element and Sr-, Nd- and Pb-isotope studies

    Peter Lightfoot;Chris Hawkesworth

  • Crustal sulfur is required to form magmatic Ni–Cu sulfide deposits: evidence from chalcophile element signatures of Siberian and Deccan Trap basalts

    Reid Roderick Keays;Reid Roderick Keays;Peter C Lightfoot

  • Volcanological and tectonic control of stratigraphy and structure in the western Deccan traps

    Colin W. Devey;P. C. Lightfoot

  • Petrogenesis of rhyolites and trachytes from the Deccan Trap: Sr, Nd and Pb isotope and trace element evidence

    P. C. Lightfoot;C. J. Hawkesworth;S. F. Sethna

  • Petrogenesis of the Flood-Basalt Sequence at Noril'sk, North Central Siberia

    Valeri A. Fedorenko;Peter C. Lightfoot;Anthony J. Naldrett;Gerald K. Czamanske

  • Sulfur isotopic studies of continental flood basalts in the Noril’sk region: implications for the association between lavas and ore-bearing intrusions

    Edward M. Ripley;Peter C. Lightfoot;Chusi Li;Erika R. Elswick

  • Sulfide-silicate textures in magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide ore deposits: Disseminated and net-textured ores

    Stephen J. Barnes;James E. Mungall;Margaux Le Vaillant;Belinda Godel

  • Sulfide Saturation and Magma Emplacement in the Formation of the Permian Huangshandong Ni-Cu Sulfide Deposit, Xinjiang, Northwestern China

    Jian-Feng Gao;Jian-Feng Gao;Mei-Fu Zhou;Peter C. Lightfoot;Christina Yan Wang

  • Flood basalts and magmatic Ni, Cu, and PGE sulphide mineralization : Comparative geochemistry of the Noril'sk (Siberian traps) and West Greenland sequences

    Peter C. Lightfoot;Chris J. Hawkesworth

  • Controls on the composition of Ni-Cu sulfide deposits as illustrated by those at Noril'sk, Siberia

    A. J. Naldrett;V. A. Fedorenko;Mohammed Asif;Shushen Lin

  • Structural controls on the primary distribution of mafic–ultramafic intrusions containing Ni–Cu–Co–(PGE) sulfide mineralization in the roots of large igneous provinces

    Peter C. Lightfoot;Dawn Evans-Lamswood

  • S saturation history of Nain Plutonic Suite mafic intrusions: origin of the Voisey’s Bay Ni–Cu–Co sulfide deposit, Labrador, Canada

    Peter C. Lightfoot;Reid R. Keays;Dawn Evans-Lamswood;Robert Wheeler

  • Geochemical relationships in the Sudbury igneous complex; origin of the main mass and offset dikes

    Peter C. Lightfoot;Reid R. Keays;Gordon G. Morrison;Andy Bite

Frequent Co-Authors

Reid R. Keays
Reid R. Keays Monash University
Anthony J. Naldrett
Anthony J. Naldrett University of Toronto
Chris J. Hawkesworth
Chris J. Hawkesworth University of Bristol
Mei-Fu Zhou
Mei-Fu Zhou Chinese Academy of Sciences
Christina Yan Wang
Christina Yan Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jian-Feng Gao
Jian-Feng Gao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Liang Qi
Liang Qi Chinese Academy of Sciences
Colin W. Devey
Colin W. Devey GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Chusi Li
Chusi Li Indiana University
Georges Beaudoin
Georges Beaudoin Université Laval

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