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Reimar Seltmann is affiliated with the Natural History Museum in the United Kingdom. Their research spans primarily across Earth and Planetary Sciences and Computer Science, with significant contributions in subfields such as Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Geochemistry and Petrology, Biomedical Engineering, and Geology. The scientist's work frequently addresses topics including Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, earthquake and tectonic studies, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Geological Studies and Exploration, and Mineralogy and Gemology Studies.

Seltmann has published in several prominent venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Ore Geology Reviews
  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Mineralium Deposita
  • Geological Journal

Their recent papers include:

  • "Porphyry copper and skarn fertility of the northern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau collisional granitoids" (2021), Earth-Science Reviews
  • "A machine learning method for distinguishing detrital zircon provenance" (2023), Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • "Unraveling the link between mantle upwelling and formation of Sn-bearing granitic rocks in the world-class Dachang tin district, South China" (2021), Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • "Quantitative characterization of orogens through isotopic mapping" (2023), Communications Earth & Environment
  • "I-type and S-type granites in the Earth's earliest continental crust" (2023), Communications Earth & Environment

They have collaborated extensively with coauthors such as:

  • Alla Dolgopolova
  • Xiaobo Zhao
  • Chunji Xue
  • Shihua Zhong
  • Wenjiao Xiao

Best Publications

  • Reassessment of continental growth during the accretionary history of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt

    A. Kröner;V. Kovach;E. Belousova;E. Hegner

  • Hercynian post-collisional magmatism in the context of Paleozoic magmatic evolution of the Tien Shan orogenic belt

    Reimar Seltmann;Dmitry Konopelko;Georgy Biske;Farid Divaev

  • Paleozoic Tian-Shan as a transitional region between the Rheic and Urals-Turkestan oceans

    Yu.S. Biske;R. Seltmann

  • Hercynian post-collisional A-type granites of the Kokshaal Range, Southern Tien Shan, Kyrgyzstan

    Dmitry Konopelko;Georgy Biske;Reimar Seltmann;Olav Eklund

  • A New Concept of Continental Construction in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt

    Inna Safonova;Reimar Seltmann;Alfred Kroner;Dmitry Gladkochub

  • Geodynamics and metallogeny of the central Eurasian porphyry and related epithermal mineral systems: A review

    Reimar Seltmann;T. Mike Porter;Franco Pirajno;Franco Pirajno

  • Mesoproterozoic (Grenville-age) terranes in the Kyrgyz North Tianshan: Zircon ages and Nd–Hf isotopic constraints on the origin and evolution of basement blocks in the southern Central Asian Orogen

    A. Kröner;D.V. Alexeiev;Y. Rojas-Agramonte;E. Hegner

  • Melt inclusions in quartz from an evolved peraluminous pegmatite: Geochemical evidence for strong tin enrichment in fluorine-rich and phosphorus-rich residual liquids

    James D. Webster;Rainer Thomas;Dieter Rhede;Hans-Jürgen Förster

  • A review of mineral systems and associated tectonic settings of northern Xinjiang, NW China

    Franco Pirajno;Franco Pirajno;Reimar Seltmann;Yongqiang Yang

  • Geochemical evolution of halogen-enriched granite magmas and mineralizing fluids of the Zinnwald tin-tungsten mining district, Erzgebirge, Germany

    Jim Webster;Rainer Thomas;Hans-Jürgen Förster;Reimar Seltmann

  • Age and source constraints for the giant Muruntau gold deposit, Uzbekistan, from coupled Re-Os-He isotopes in arsenopyrite

    Ryan Morelli;Robert A. Creaser;Reimar Seltmann;Finlay M. Stuart

  • Postcollisional Age of the Kumtor Gold Deposit and Timing of Hercynian Events in the Tien Shan, Kyrgyzstan

    Jingwen Mao;Dmitry Konopelko;Reimar Seltmann;Bernd Lehmann

  • Cassiterite U-Pb geochronology constrains magmatic-hydrothermal evolution in complex evolved granite systems: The classic Erzgebirge tin province (Saxony and Bohemia)

    Rongqing Zhang;Bernd Lehmann;Reimar Seltmann;Weidong Sun

  • Variscan silicic magmatism and related tin-tungsten mineralization in the Erzgebirge-Slavkovský les metallogenic province

    K. Breiter;H.-J. Förster;R. Seltmann

  • Trace elements and cathodoluminescence of quartz in stockwork veins of Mongolian porphyry-style deposits

    Axel Müller;Richard Herrington;Robin Armstrong;Reimar Seltmann

  • Quartz and feldspar zoning in the eastern Erzgebirge volcano-plutonic complex (Germany, Czech Republic) : evidence of multiple magma mixing

    Axel Müller;Karel Breiter;Reimar Seltmann;Zoltán Pécskay

  • Application of cathodoluminescence to magmatic quartz in a tin granite – case study from the Schellerhau Granite Complex, Eastern Erzgebirge, Germany

    A. Müller;R. Seltmann;H. J. Behr

  • Detrital and igneous zircon ages for supracrustal rocks of the Kyrgyz Tianshan and palaeogeographic implications

    Y. Rojas-Agramonte;A. Kröner;D.V. Alexeiev;T. Jeffreys

  • Can magmatic zircon be distinguished from hydrothermal zircon by trace element composition? The effect of mineral inclusions on zircon trace element composition

    Shihua Zhong;Chengyou Feng;Reimar Seltmann;Daxin Li

  • Tectonic Setting, Characteristics, and Regional Exploration Criteria for Gold Mineralization in the Altaid Orogenic Collage: The Tien Shan Province as a Key Example

    Alexander Yakubchuk;Andrew Cole;Reimar Seltmann;Vitaly Shatov

Frequent Co-Authors

Inna Safonova
Inna Safonova Novosibirsk State University
Axel H. E. Müller
Axel H. E. Müller Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Wenjiao Xiao
Wenjiao Xiao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Min Sun
Min Sun University of Hong Kong
Franco Pirajno
Franco Pirajno University of Western Australia
Elena Belousova
Elena Belousova Macquarie University
Dominik J. Weiss
Dominik J. Weiss Imperial College London
Alfred Kröner
Alfred Kröner Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Rainer Thomas
Rainer Thomas University of Potsdam
Teresa E. Jeffries
Teresa E. Jeffries Natural History Museum

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