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Wolfgang Maier is affiliated with Cardiff University in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields of study, primarily focusing on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with additional work in Computer Science. The subfields of Maier's work include Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Geology, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

Their scientific contributions address several main topics:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Planetary Science and Exploration

Wolfgang Maier has authored numerous research papers. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Ruthenium isotope vestige of Earth's pre-late-veneer mantle preserved in Archaean rocks" (2020) published in Nature
  • "The geotectonic setting, age and mineral deposit inventory of global layered intrusions" (2021) published in Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Convective isolation of Hadean mantle reservoirs through Archean time" (2020) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Nickel in olivine as an exploration indicator for magmatic Ni-Cu sulfide deposits: A data review and re-evaluation" (2022) published in American Mineralogist
  • "Evolution of the early to late Archean mantle from Hf-Nd-Ce isotope systematics in basalts and komatiites from the Pilbara Craton" (2020) published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Their research frequently appears in a range of scientific journals. These include:

  • Mineralium Deposita
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • The Canadian Mineralogist
  • Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
  • Nature

Wolfgang Maier collaborates regularly with several researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • William D. Smith
  • Stephen J. Barnes
  • Duncan Muir
  • Sarah-Jane Barnes
  • Carsten Münker

Best Publications

  • The fractionation of Ni, Cu and the noble metals in silicate and sulphide liquids

    Sarah-Jane Barnes;Wolfgang D. Maier

  • The Bushveld Complex, South Africa: formation of platinum–palladium, chrome- and vanadium-rich layers via hydrodynamic sorting of a mobilized cumulate slurry in a large, relatively slowly cooling, subsiding magma chamber

    Wolfgang D. Maier;Sarah-Jane Barnes;D.I. Groves

  • Platinum-group elements in sulphide minerals, platinum-group minerals, and whole-rocks of the Merensky Reef (Bushveld Complex, South Africa): Implications for the formation of the reef

    Belinda Godel;Sarah-Jane Barnes;Wolfgang D. Maier

  • Platinum-group element (PGE) deposits and occurrences: Mineralization styles, genetic concepts, and exploration criteria

    Wolfgang D. Maier

  • Progressive crustal contamination of the Bushveld Complex: evidence from Nd isotopic analyses of the cumulate rocks

    Wolfgang D. Maier;Nicholas T. Arndt;Edward A. Curl

  • Platinum-group Elements and Microstructures of Normal Merensky Reef from Impala Platinum Mines, Bushveld Complex

    Sarah-Jane Barnes;Wolfgang D. Maier

  • Composition of the marginal rocks and sills of the Rustenburg Layered Suite, Bushveld Complex, South Africa: Implications for the formation of the Platinum-group element deposits

    Sarah-Jane Barnes;Wolfgang D. Maier;Edward A. Curl

  • Progressive mixing of meteoritic veneer into the early Earth’s deep mantle

    Wolfgang D. Maier;Wolfgang D. Maier;Stephen J. Barnes;Ian H. Campbell;Marco L. Fiorentini

  • Compositional variations of olivine from the Jinchuan Ni–Cu sulfide deposit, western China: implications for ore genesis

    Chusi Li;Zhanghua Xu;Sybrand A. de Waal;Edward M. Ripley

  • Platinum-Group Elements in Silicate Rocks of the Lower, Critical and Main Zones at Union Section, Western Bushveld Complex

    Wolfgang D. Maier;Sarah-Jane Barnes

  • Temporal and spatial controls on the formation of magmatic PGE and Ni–Cu deposits

    Wolfgang D. Maier;David I. Groves

  • Platinum-group element distributions in the Rustenberg Layered Suite of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa

    Sarah-Jane Barnes;Wolfgang D. Maier

  • Platinum group elements in mantle melts and mantle samples

    Stephen J. Barnes;James E. Mungall;Wolfgang D. Maier

  • Platinum-group element distribution in the Main Zone and Upper Zone of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa

    Sarah-Jane Barnes;Wolfgang D. Maier;Lewis D. Ashwal

  • The burning heart - The Proterozoic geology and geological evolution of the west Musgrave Region, central Australia

    H. M. Howard;R. H. Smithies;C. L. Kirkland;D. E. Kelsey

  • The composition of magmatic Ni–Cu–(PGE) sulfide deposits in the Tati and Selebi-Phikwe belts of eastern Botswana

    Wolfgang D. Maier;Sarah-Jane Barnes;G. Chinyepi;J.M. Barton

  • 3-D Distribution of Sulphide Minerals in the Merensky Reef (Bushveld Complex, South Africa) and the J-M Reef (Stillwater Complex, USA) and their Relationship to Microstructures Using X-Ray Computed Tomography

    Belinda Godel;Sarah-Jane Barnes;Wolfgang D. Maier

  • REPLACEMENT OF BASE METAL SULFIDES BY ACTINOLITE, EPIDOTE, CALCITE, AND MAGNETITE IN THE UG2 AND MERENSKY REEF OF THE BUSHVELD COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA

    Chusi Li;Edward M. Ripley;Enrique Merino;Wolfgang D. Maier

  • Ruthenium isotope vestige of Earth's pre-late-veneer mantle preserved in Archaean rocks.

    Mario Fischer-Gödde;Bo Magnus Elfers;Carsten Münker;Kristoffer Szilas

  • Magmatic Ni-Cu versus PGE deposits: Contrasting genetic controls and exploration implications

    C. Li;Wolfgang D. Maier;S. A. de Waal

  • Pt-Pd reefs in magnetitites of the Stella layered intrusion, South Africa: A world of new exploration opportunities for platinum group elements

    Wolfgang D. Maier;Sarah-Jane Barnes;V. Gartz;G. Andrews

  • Mineral Deposits of Finland

    Wolfgang Maier;Raimo Lahtinen;Hugh O'Brien

Frequent Co-Authors

Sarah-Jane Barnes
Sarah-Jane Barnes Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
Frank Jessen
Frank Jessen University of Cologne
Michael Wagner
Michael Wagner TU Dresden
Marcella Rietschel
Marcella Rietschel Heidelberg University
Markus M. Nöthen
Markus M. Nöthen University Hospital Bonn
Thomas G. Schulze
Thomas G. Schulze Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Margot Albus
Margot Albus Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Wolfgang Gaebel
Wolfgang Gaebel Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Sibylle G. Schwab
Sibylle G. Schwab University of Wollongong
Sven Cichon
Sven Cichon University of Basel

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