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Robert L. Linnen is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with extensive work across related subfields including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Geochemistry and Petrology, Biomaterials, and Mechanical Engineering.

The main areas of study in Linnen's work encompass:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Clay minerals and soil interactions
  • Mineralogy and Gemology Studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials

Linnen has published extensively in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • American Mineralogist
  • The Canadian Mineralogist
  • Mineralium Deposita
  • The Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology
  • Economic Geology

Recent papers illustrate the scope and variety of Linnen's research topics:

  • "The formation of lithium-rich pegmatites through multi-stage melting," 2023, Geology
  • "Analyses of Li-Rich Minerals Using Handheld LIBS Tool," 2021, Data
  • "An experimental approach to examine fluid-melt interaction and mineralization in rare-metal pegmatites," 2020, American Mineralogist
  • "On the Mechanisms for Low-Sulfide, High-Platinum Group Element and High-Sulfide, Low-Platinum Group Element Mineralization in the Eastern Gabbro, Coldwell Complex, Canada: Evidence from Textural Associations, S/Se Values, and Platinum Group Element Concentrations of Base Metal Sulfides," 2020, Economic Geology
  • "LA-ICP-MS dating of high-uranium columbite from no. 1 pegmatite at Dakalasu, the Chinese Altay orogen: Assessing effect of metamictization on age concordance," 2020, Lithos

Collaborative work is a notable feature of Linnen's research career. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Lee A. Groat
  • Tânia Martins
  • Iain M. Samson
  • David Good

Best Publications

  • Granitic Pegmatites as Sources of Strategic Metals

    Robert L. Linnen;Marieke Van Lichtervelde;Petr Černý

  • Columbite solubility in granitic melts: consequences for the enrichment and fractionation of Nb and Ta in the Earth's crust

    Robert L. Linnen;Hans Keppler

  • Melt composition control of Zr/Hf fractionation in magmatic processes

    Robert L. Linnen;Robert L. Linnen;Hans Keppler;Hans Keppler

  • The solubility of Nb-Ta-Zr-Hf-W in granitic melts with Li and Li + F; constraints for mineralization in rare metal granites and pegmatites

    Robert L. Linnen

  • The combined effects of fO2 and melt composition on SnO2 solubility and tin diffusivity in haplogranitic melts

    Robert L. Linnen;Michel Pichavant;François Holtz

  • High gold concentrations in sulphide-bearing magma under oxidizing conditions

    Roman E. Botcharnikov;Robert L. Linnen;Robert L. Linnen;Max Wilke;Francois Holtz

  • 13.21 – Geochemistry of the Rare-Earth Element, Nb, Ta, Hf, and Zr Deposits

    R.L. Linnen;I.M. Samson;A.E. Williams-Jones;A.R. Chakhmouradian

  • Textural Features and Chemical Evolution in Tantalum Oxides: Magmatic Versus Hydrothermal Origins for Ta Mineralization in the Tanco Lower Pegmatite, Manitoba, Canada

    Marieke Van Lichtervelde;Stefano Salvi;Didier Beziat;Robert L. Linnen

  • The effect of ƒo2 on the solubility, diffusion, and speciation of tin in haplogranitic melt at 850°C and 2 kbar

    Robert L. Linnen;Michel Pichavant;François Holtz;Simon Burgess

  • Trace element geochemistry by laser ablation ICP-MS of micas associated with Ta mineralization in the Tanco pegmatite, Manitoba, Canada

    Marieke Van Lichtervelde;Michel Grégoire;Robert L. Linnen;Didier Béziat

  • Solubility of cassiterite in evolved granitic melts: effect of T, fO2, and additional volatiles

    P. Bhalla;F. Holtz;R.L. Linnen;H. Behrens

  • Tungsten solubility in evolved granitic melts: An evaluation of magmatic wolframite

    Xu Dong Che;Xu Dong Che;Xu Dong Che;Robert L. Linnen;Robert L. Linnen;Ru Cheng Wang;Abdullah Aseri;Abdullah Aseri

  • REDOX AND SPECIATION OF TIN IN HYDROUS SILICATE GLASSES: A COMPARISON WITH Nb, Ta, Mo AND W

    François Farges;Robert L. Linnen;Gordon E. Brown

  • Effects of fluorine on the solubilities of Nb, Ta, Zr and Hf minerals in highly fluxed water-saturated haplogranitic melts

    Abdullah A. Aseri;Abdullah A. Aseri;Abdullah A. Aseri;Robert L. Linnen;Xu Dong Che;Yves Thibault

  • Solubility of manganotantalite and manganocolumbite in pegmatitic melts

    Alexander Bartels;Francois Holtz;Robert L. Linnen

  • Depth of emplacement, fluid provenance and metallogeny in granitic terranes: a comparison of western Thailand with other tin belts

    R. L. Linnen

  • The formation of lithium-rich pegmatites through multi-stage melting

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  • Solubility of Au in Cl- and S-bearing hydrous silicate melts

    R.E. Botcharnikov;R.L. Linnen;F. Holtz

  • Granite-related rare-element deposits and experimental constraints on Ta-Nb-W-Sn-Zr-Hf mineralization, in Linnen R.L. and Samson I.M., eds., rare-element geochemistry and mineral deposits.

    R.L. Linnen;M. Cuney

  • Viscosity of flux-rich pegmatitic melts

    Alexander Bartels;Francesco Vetere;Francois Holtz;Harald Behrens

  • A filler-rod technique for controlling redox conditions in cold-seal pressure vessels

    William Matthews;Robert L. Linnen;Qiang Guo

  • Evolution of aqueous-carbonic fluids during contact metamorphism, wall-rock alteration, and molybdenite deposition at Trout Lake, British Columbia

    Robert L. Linnen;Anthony E. Williams-Jones

Frequent Co-Authors

Iain M. Samson
Iain M. Samson University of Windsor
Francois Holtz
Francois Holtz University of Hannover
Stefano Salvi
Stefano Salvi Paul Sabatier University
Hans Keppler
Hans Keppler University of Bayreuth
Gordon E. Brown
Gordon E. Brown Stanford University
Shoufa Lin
Shoufa Lin University of Waterloo
Harald Behrens
Harald Behrens University of Hannover
Rucheng Wang
Rucheng Wang Nanjing University
Peter C. Lightfoot
Peter C. Lightfoot Lightfoot Geoscience
Robert A. Creaser
Robert A. Creaser University of Alberta

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