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Robert Moritz is affiliated with the University of Geneva in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with particular focus on Geophysics as a subfield. The research topics covered by Moritz and associated work span a range of areas including Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, earthquake and tectonic studies, High-pressure geophysics and materials, and Mineralogy and Gemology Studies.

Moritz's publication record includes research articles featured predominantly in the following venues:

  • Lithos
  • Mineralium Deposita
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Earth-Science Reviews

Among the recent papers attributed to or connected with Moritz's research are:

  • At the crossroads of the Lesser Caucasus and the Eastern Pontides: Late Cretaceous to early Eocene magmatic and geodynamic evolution of the Bolnisi district, Georgia, 2020, Lithos
  • Jurassic to Cenozoic Magmatic and Geodynamic Evolution of the Eastern Pontides and Caucasus Belts, and Their Relationship With the Eastern Black Sea Basin Opening, 2020, Tectonics
  • Arabia-Eurasia convergence and collision control on Cenozoic juvenile K-rich magmatism in the South Armenian block, Lesser Caucasus, 2022, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Copper behavior in arc-back-arc systems: Insights into the porphyry Cu metallogeny of the Gangdese belt, southern Tibet, 2023, Mineralium Deposita
  • Antimony's Significance as a Critical Metal: The Global Perspective and the Greek Deposits, 2024, Minerals

Frequent collaborators in Moritz's research include researchers such as Alexey Ulianov, Massimo Chiaradia, François Turlin, Marc Hässig, and Nino Popkhadze, with collaborative works ranging from five to over ten joint publications per coauthor.

In addition to Earth and Planetary Sciences, Moritz's work crosses into fields involving Computer Science, notably Artificial Intelligence, reflecting interdisciplinary research interests that engage both the natural sciences and computational approaches.

The subfields where Moritz has made contributions include Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, and Geochemistry and Petrology. The breadth of their work illustrates a blend of analytical techniques and domain expertise applied to geological and geochemical phenomena.

Best Publications

  • 3: Geochronology and geodynamics of Late Cretaceous magmatism and Cu-Au mineralization in the Panagyurishte region of the Apuseni-Banat-Timok-Srednogorie belt, Bulgaria

    Albrecht von Quadt;Robert Moritz;Irena Peytcheva;Irena Peytcheva;Christoph A. Heinrich

  • Eocene Gold Ore Formation at Muteh, Sanandaj-Sirjan Tectonic Zone, Western Iran: A Result of Late-Stage Extension and Exhumation of Metamorphic Basement Rocks within the Zagros Orogen

    Robert Moritz;Fereydoun Ghazban;Brad S. Singer

  • Compositional diversity of Eocene-Oligocene basaltic magmatism in the Eastern Rhodopes, SE Bulgaria: implications for genesis and tectonic setting

    Peter Marchev;Raya Raicheva;Hilary Downes;Orlando Vaselli

  • COLUMBITE–TANTALITE-BEARING GRANITIC PEGMATITES FROM THE SERIDÓ BELT, NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL: GENETIC CONSTRAINTS FROM U–Pb DATING AND Pb ISOTOPES

    Regina Baumgartner;Rolf L. Romer;Robert Moritz;Ricardo Sallet

  • Long-lived, stationary magmatism and pulsed porphyry systems during Tethyan subduction to post-collision evolution in the southernmost Lesser Caucasus, Armenia and Nakhitchevan

    Robert Moritz;Hervé Rezeau;Maria Ovtcharova;Rodrik Tayan

  • Application of low-temperature thermochronology to hydrothermal ore deposits: Formation, preservation and exhumation of epithermal gold systems from the Eastern Rhodopes, Bulgaria

    Istvan Marton;Robert Moritz;Richard Alan Spikings

  • Temporal and genetic link between incremental pluton assembly and pulsed porphyry Cu-Mo formation in accretionary orogens

    Hervé Rezeau;Robert Moritz;Joern Frederik Wotzlaw;Rodrik Tayan

  • RHENIUM-RICH MOLYBDENITE AND RHENIITE IN THE PAGONI RACHI Mo–Cu–Te–Ag–Au PROSPECT, NORTHERN GREECE: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE Re GEOCHEMISTRY OF PORPHYRY-STYLE Cu–Mo AND Mo MINERALIZATION

    Panagiotis C. Voudouris;Vasilios Melfos;Paul G. Spry;Luca Bindi

  • Fluid evolution in the W-Cu-Zn-Pb San Cristobal vein, Peru: fluid inclusion and stable isotope evidence

    Sebastien Beuchat;Robert Moritz;T. Pettke

  • Middle Jurassic to Cenozoic evolution of arc magmatism during Neotethys subduction and arc-continent collision in the Kapan Zone, southern Armenia

    Johannes Mederer;Robert Moritz;Alexey Ulianov;Massimo Chiaradia

  • Human exposure to mercury in artisanal small-scale gold mining areas of Kedougou region, Senegal, as a function of occupational activity and fish consumption

    Birane Niane;Stéphane Guédron;Robert Moritz;Claudia Cosio

  • Extremely Re-Rich Molybdenite from Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au Prospects in Northeastern Greece: Mode of Occurrence, Causes of Enrichment, and Implications for Gold Exploration

    Panagiotis Voudouris;Vasilios Melfos;Paul G. Spry;Luca Bindi

  • Fluid salinities obtained by infrared microthermometry of opaque minerals: Implications for ore deposit modeling — A note of caution

    Robert Moritz

  • Vein and Karst Barite Deposits in the Western Jebilet of Morocco: Fluid Inclusion and Isotope (S, O, Sr) Evidence for Regional Fluid Mixing Related to Central Atlantic Rifting

    Katia Valenza;Robert Moritz;Abdellah Mouttaqi;Denis André Fontignie

  • The Ada Tepe deposit: a sediment-hosted, detachment fault- controlled, low-sulfidation gold deposit in the Eastern Rhodopes, SE Bulgaria

    Peter Marchev;Bradley Singer;Danko Jelev;Sean Hasson

  • 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

  • Impact of recent artisanal small-scale gold mining in Senegal: Mercury and methylmercury contamination of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems

    Birane Niane;Stéphane Guédron;Frédéric Feder;Samuel Legros

  • Paleozoic orogenic gold deposits in the eastern Central Andes and its foreland, South America

    Yves Haeberlin;Robert Moritz;Lluı́s Fontboté

  • Zircon petrochronology of the Meghri-Ordubad pluton, Lesser caucasus: Fingerprinting igneous processes and implications for the exploration of porphyry Cu-Mo deposits

    Hervé Rezeau;Robert Moritz;Joern Frederik Wotzlaw;Samvel Hovakimyan;Samvel Hovakimyan

  • Effect of recent artisanal small-scale gold mining on the contamination of surface river sediment: Case of Gambia River, Kedougou region, southeastern Senegal

    Birane Niane;Robert Moritz;Stéphane Guédron;Papa Malick Ngom

  • Jurassic subduction zone tectonics of the Rhodope Massif in the Thrace region (NE Greece) as revealed by new U–Pb and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of the Evros ophiolite and high-grade basement rocks

    Nikolay Bonev;Peter Marchev;Robert Moritz;David Collings

  • Cretaceous Subduction-Related Magmatism and Associated Porphyry-Type Cu-Mo Prospects in the Eastern Pontides, Turkey : New Constraints from Geochronology and Geochemistry

    Okan Delibaş;Okan Delibaş;Robert Moritz;Alexey Ulianov;Massimo Chiaradia

  • Mineralogy and geochemical environment of formation of the Perama Hill high-sulfidation epithermal Au-Ag-Te-Se deposit, Petrota Graben, NE Greece

    Panagiotis Christos Voudouris;Vasilios Melfos;Paul G. Spry;Robert Moritz

Frequent Co-Authors

Massimo Chiaradia
Massimo Chiaradia University of Geneva
Richard Alan Spikings
Richard Alan Spikings University of Geneva
David Selby
David Selby Durham University
Lluis Fontboté
Lluis Fontboté University of Geneva
Irena Peytcheva
Irena Peytcheva Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Jorge E. Spangenberg
Jorge E. Spangenberg University of Lausanne
Maria Ovtcharova
Maria Ovtcharova University of Geneva
James H. Crocket
James H. Crocket McMaster University
John Poté
John Poté University of Geneva

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