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Stephen Roberts is affiliated with the British Antarctic Survey in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple areas within engineering and earth sciences, with significant contributions to both theoretical and applied aspects of the fields.

The main fields of study for Roberts include Engineering and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Within these broad domains, their work focuses notably on several subfields:

  • Ocean Engineering
  • Geophysics
  • Paleontology
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Environmental Chemistry

Roberts has contributed extensively to topics involving Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Drilling and Well Engineering, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques, and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils.

The scientist has published articles in various venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Minerals
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Geology

Selected recent research papers authored by or involving Roberts include:

  • "Copper- and cobalt-rich, ultrapotassic bittern brines responsible for the formation of the Nkana-Mindola deposits, Zambian Copperbelt," 2020, Geology
  • "Hydrothermal Alteration Within the Brothers Submarine Arc Volcano, Kermadec Arc, New Zealand," 2022, Economic Geology
  • "Characterization of a Metamorphosed Volcanic Stratigraphy and VMS Alteration Halos Using Rock Chip Petrography and Lithogeochemistry: A Case Study from King North, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia," 2024, Minerals
  • "Application of the Mineralogy and Mineral Chemistry of Carbonates as a Genetic Tool in the Hydrothermal Environment," 2021, Minerals
  • "Technical Innovation and Practice in Eneolithic and Bronze Age Encrusted Ceramics in the Carpathian Basin, Middle and Lower Danube," 2020, ePrints Soton (University of Southampton)

Frequent collaborators in Roberts' research include:

  • R. A. Binns
  • Fernando Barriga
  • Ryuji Asada
  • Wolfgang Bach
  • Anne Bartetzko

This combination of research topics, publication venues, and collaborative relationships indicates a multidisciplinary approach, integrating geological, chemical, and engineering perspectives in their scientific investigations.

Best Publications

  • Characteristics and tectonic significance of supra subduction zone ophiolites

    Julian A. Pearce;S. J. Lippard;S. Roberts

  • Micro-XRF Core Scanning in Palaeolimnology: Recent Developments

    Sarah J. Davies;Henry F. Lamb;Stephen J. Roberts

  • A community-based geological reconstruction of Antarctic Ice Sheet deglaciation since the Last Glacial Maximum

    Michael J Bentley;Colm Ó Cofaigh;John B Anderson;Howard Conway

  • Active normal faulting in central Greece: an overview

    Steven Roberts;James Jackson

  • A global database of Holocene paleotemperature records

    Darrell Kaufman;Nicholas McKay;Cody Routson;Michael Erb

  • Mechanisms of Holocene palaeoenvironmental change in the Antarctic Peninsula region

    M. J. Bentley;D. A. Hodgson;J. A. Smith;C. Ó. Cofaigh

  • A lacustrine GDGT-temperature calibration from the Scandinavian Arctic to Antarctic : Renewed potential for the application of GDGT-paleothermometry in lakes

    Emma J. Pearson;Steve Juggins;Helen M. Talbot;Jan Weckström

  • Retreat history of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet since the Last Glacial Maximum

    Andrew N. Mackintosh;Elie Verleyen;Philip E. O'Brien;Duanne A. White

  • A fractal relationship between vein thickness and gold grade in drill core from La Codosera, Spain

    David J. Sanderson;Stephen Roberts;Pablo Gumiel

  • West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat driven by Holocene warm water incursions

    Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand;James A. Smith;David A. Hodell;Mervyn Greaves

  • Reconstruction of ice-sheet changes in the Antarctic Peninsula since the Last Glacial Maximum

    Colm Ó Cofaigh;Bethan J. Davies;Stephen J. Livingstone;James A. Smith

  • Early holocene retreat of the George VI Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula.

    M.J. Bentley;D.A. Hodgson;D.E. Sugden;S.J. Roberts

  • Origin of the Nchanga copper–cobalt deposits of the Zambian Copperbelt

    Ross R. McGowan;Stephen Roberts;Adrian J. Boyce

  • Ophiolitic chromitite formation; a marginal basin phenomenon?

    Stephen Roberts

  • A new Holocene relative sea level curve for the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

    Emma Watcham;Michael Bentley;Michael Bentley;Dominic Hodgson;Stephen J. Roberts

  • Genesis of Ferromanganese Crusts From the TAG Hydrothermal Field

    Rachel A Mills;Deborah M Wells;Stephen Roberts

  • Incursion of meteoric waters into the ductile regime in an active orogen

    Catriona D. Menzies;Damon A.H. Teagle;Dave Craw;Simon C. Cox

  • Origin of the copper-cobalt deposits of the Zambian Copperbelt: An epigenetic view from Nchanga

    Ross R. McGowan;Stephen Roberts;Robert P. Foster;Adrian J. Boyce

  • Terrestrial and submarine evidence for the extent and timing of the Last Glacial Maximum and the onset of deglaciation on the maritime-Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

    Dominic A. Hodgson;Dominic A. Hodgson;Alastair G.C. Graham;Stephen J. Roberts;Michael J. Bentley

  • The 600 yr eruptive history of Villarrica Volcano (Chile) revealed by annually laminated lake sediments

    M. Van Daele;J. Moernaut;J. Moernaut;G. Silversmit;S. Schmidt

  • West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat driven by Holocene warm water incursions, supplementary data

    Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand;James A Smith;David A Hodell;Mervyn Greaves

Frequent Co-Authors

Dominic A. Hodgson
Dominic A. Hodgson British Antarctic Survey
Michael J. Bentley
Michael J. Bentley Durham University
Adrian J. Boyce
Adrian J. Boyce Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre
Wim Vyverman
Wim Vyverman Ghent University
Robert D Larter
Robert D Larter British Antarctic Survey
Richard J. Herrington
Richard J. Herrington Natural History Museum
Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand
Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand British Antarctic Survey
Gerhard Kuhn
Gerhard Kuhn University of Bremen
Mervyn Greaves
Mervyn Greaves University of Cambridge
Mark Williams
Mark Williams University of Leicester

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