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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS |
EARLY GEOLOGICAL WORK Robertson, I.D.M. 1973. Potash granites of the Southern edge of the Rhodesian Craton and the Northern Granulite Zone of the Limpopo Mobile Belt. Symposium on granites, gneisses and related rocks. Geological Society of South Africa. Special. Publication 3; pp. 265-276. Robertson, I.D.M. 1973. The geology of the area around Mt. Towla. Rhodesia Geological Survey Bulletin 68, 166 p. map. Jones, D. L., Robertson, I.D.M., and McFadden, P.L. 1975. A Palaeomagnetic study of Precambrian dyke swarms associated with the Great Dyke of Rhodesia. Trans. geol. Soc. S. Afr. Vol. 7, pp 57-65. Robertson, I.D.M. 1974. Explanation of the geological map of the country south of Chibi. Rhodesia Geological Survey Short Report 41, 40 p. map. Robertson, I.D.M. 1976. The geology of the country around Battlefields, Gatooma. Rhodesia Geological Survey Bulletin 76, 258 p. map. Robertson, I.D.M. and du Toit, M. C. 1981. The Limpopo Belt. Contribution to Chapter IV of Precambrian Geology of the Southern Hemisphere. D. Hunter (Ed). Elsevier. pp 641-671.
REGOLITH AND WEATHERING Robertson, I. D. M. and Eggleton, R. A. 1991. Weathering of granitic muscovite to kaolinite and halloysite and of plagioclase-derived kaolinite to halloysite. Clays and Clay Minerals. Vol 39 No2, 113-126. Robertson, I.D.M. 1996. Interpretation of fabrics in ferruginous lag. AGSO Journal of Australian Geology and Geophysics. 16 (3): 263-270. Robertson, I.D.M., Phang, C. and Munday, T.J. 1999. The regolith geology around the Harmony gold deposit, Peak Hill, WA. Regolith ’98 New Approaches to an Old Continent Proceedings. CRC LEME. Perth. 283-298. Robertson, I.D.M. and Butt, C.R.M. 1993. Atlas of weathered rocks. CSIRO Division of Exploration Geoscience, Perth, Restricted Report Number 390R, 124 pp. (Reissued as Open File Report 1, CRC LEME, Perth, 1997). Robertson, I.D.M., Koning, A.E., Anand, R.R. and Butt C.R.M. 1996. Atlas of transported overburden. CSIRO Exploration and Mining Restricted Report 296R. 122p. (Reissued as Open File Report 87, CRC LEME, Perth, 2001). C. Phang, R.R. Anand, J.E. Wildman and I.D. M. Robertson. 1998. Atlas of ferruginous and siliceous materials, North Queensland. CRC LEME Restricted Report 66R, 73p. (Reissued as Open File Report 136, CRC LEME, Perth, 2002). Fraser, S.J., Skwarnecki, M.S. and Robertson, I.D.M. 2000. Regional regolith mapping around Alice Springs, Northern Territory. CSIRO Exploration and Mining Restricted Report 746R. 17p. (Reissued as Open File Report 118, CRC LEME, Perth, 2002). Robertson, I.D.M., Craig, M.A. and Anand, R.R. 2006. Atlas of regolith materials of the Northern Territory. CRC LEME Open File Report 196. 162 p. Craig, M.A., Robertson, I.D.M., Thomas, M., Chamberlain, T., Jones, M.R. and Pillans, B.J. 2008. Atlas of regolith materials of Queensland - Companion to the 1:2 500 000 Queensland regolith-landform map and GIS. CRC LEME Open File Report 242. 351 p.
EXPLORATION GEOCHEMISTRY Butt, C.R.M., Gray, D.J., Lintern, M.J., Robertson, I.D.M., Taylor, G.F. and Scott, K.M. 1991. Gold and associated elements in the regolith-dispersion processes and implications for exploration. Final Report. CSIRO Division of Exploration Geoscience, Perth, Restricted Report Number 167R, 122 pp. (Reissued as Open File Report 29, CRC LEME, Perth, 1998). Smith, R.E., Anand, R.R., Churchward, H.M., Robertson, I.D.M., Grunsky, E.C., Gray, D.J., Wildman, J.E. and Perdrix, J.L. 1992. Laterite geochemistry for detecting concealed mineral deposits, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia. CSIRO Division of Exploration Geoscience, Perth, Restricted Report Number 236R, 181 pp. (Reissued as Open File Report 50, CRC LEME, Perth, 1998). Butt, C.R.M., Williams, P.A., Gray, D.J., Robertson, I.D.M., Schorin, K.H., Churchward, H.M., McAndrew, J., Barnes, S.J. and Tenhaeff, M.F.J. 1992. Geochemical exploration for platinum group elements in weathered terrain - Final Report. CSIRO Division of Exploration Geoscience Restricted Report 332R (Reissued as Open File Report 85, CRC LEME, Perth, 2001). Butt, C.R.M., Gray, D.J., Lintern, M.J. and Robertson, I.D.M. 1993. Gold and associated elements in the regolith - dispersion processes and implications for exploration. CSIRO Division of Exploration Geoscience, Perth, Restricted Report Number 396R, 79 pp. (Reissued as Open File Report 57, CRC LEME, Perth, 1998). Anand, R.R., Smith, R.E., Phang, C., Wildman, J.E., Robertson, I.D.M. and Munday, T.J. 1993. Geochemical exploration in complex lateritic environments of the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia. CSIRO Division of Exploration Geoscience, Perth, Restricted Report Number 442R, Volumes 1, 2 & 3, 569 pp. (Reissued as Open File Report 58, CRC LEME, Perth, 1998). Butt, C.R.M., Robertson, I.D.M., Anand, R.R., King, D.J., Munday, T.J., Phang, C and Smith, R.E. 1995. Geochemical exploration in areas of transported overburden, Yilgarn Craton and environs - Murchison Field Trip. CSIRO Exploration and Mining Restricted Report 164R. 62p. (Reissued as Open File Report 110, CRC LEME, Perth, 2001). Robertson, I.D.M. 1996. Ferruginous lag geochemistry on the Yilgarn Craton of Western Australia; practical aspects and limitations. Journal of Geochemical Exploration 57: 139-151. Robertson, I.D.M., Dyson, M., Hudson, E.G., Crabb, J.F., Willing, M.J. and Hart, M.K.W. 1996. A case-hardened, low contamination ring mill for multi-element geochemistry. Journal of Geochemical Exploration 57: 153-158. R.R. Anand, S.J. Fraser, M.R. Jones, Li Shu, T.J. Munday, C. Phang, I.D.M. Robertson, K.M. Scott, P. Vasconcelos, J.E. Wildman, J. Wilford. 1997. Geochemical exploration in regolith dominated terrain, North Queensland. CRC LEME Restricted Report 63R, 142p (Reissued as Open File Report 120, CRC LEME, Perth, 2002). Butt, C.R.M., Gray, D.J., Robertson, I.D.M., Lintern, M.J., Anand, R.R., Britt, A.F., Bristow, A.P.J., Munday, T.J., Phang, C., Smith, R.E. and Wildman, J.E. 1997. Geochemical exploration in areas of transported overburden, Yilgarn Craton and environs, Western Australia: Final Report. CSIRO Exploration and Mining Restricted Report 333R. 163p. (Reissued as Open File Report 86, CRC LEME, Perth, 2001). Robertson, I.D.M., Butt, C.R.M. and Chaffee, M.A. 1998. Fabric and chemical composition: from parent lithology to regolith. The State of the Regolith. Geological Society of Australia Special Publication 20, 157-174. Robertson, I.D.M. 1999. Origins and applications of size fractions of soils overlying the Beasley Creek gold deposit, Western Australia. Journal of Geochemical Exploration 66: 99-113. Robertson, I.D.M. 1999. Ferruginous lag geochemistry on the Yilgarn Craton of Western Australia: Practical aspects and limitations. CSIRO Exploration and Mining Research Review. CSIRO. 63-65. Skwarnecki, M., Li Shu, Fraser, S.J. and Robertson, I.D.M. 2000. Geochemical orientation surveys and regolith geology in the S.W. Arunta Province, Northern Territory (Argos Project) CRC LEME Restricted Report 129R (Reissued as Open File Report 82, CRC LEME, Perth, 2002). Robertson, I.D.M. 2001. Geochemical exploration around the Harmony gold deposit, Peak Hill, Western Australia. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis 1: 277-288. Robertson, I.D.M., King, J.D. and Anand, R.R. 2001. Regolith geology and geochemical exploration around the Stellar and Quasar gold deposits, Mt Magnet, Western Australia. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis 1: 353-364. Robertson, I.D.M. 2003. Dispersion into the Tertiary Southern Cross Formation sediments from the Scott and Cindy Lodes, Pajingo, N.E. Queensland, Australia. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis, Vol 3 pp 39-50. Robertson, I.D.M. and Carver, R.N., 2005. Beasley Creek gold deposit, Laverton District, WA. In: C.R.M. Butt, I.D.M. Robertson, K.M. Scott and M. Cornelius (Editors), Regolith Expression of Australian Ore Systems. CRC LEME, Perth. pp 216-218. Robertson, I.D.M., 2005. Bottle Creek gold deposits, Menzies District, WA. In: C.R.M. Butt, I.D.M. Robertson, K.M. Scott and M. Cornelius (Editors), Regolith Expression of Australian Ore Systems. CRC LEME, Perth. pp 222-224. Robertson, I.D.M. and Li Shu, 2005. Eloise Cu-Au deposit, Cloncurry District, Queensland. In: C.R.M. Butt, I.D.M. Robertson, K.M. Scott and M. Cornelius (Editors), Regolith Expression of Australian Ore Systems. CRC LEME, Perth. pp 365-367. Robertson, I.D.M. and Gray, D.J., 2005. Harmony gold deposit, Baxter Mining District, WA. In: C.R.M. Butt, I.D.M. Robertson, K.M. Scott and M. Cornelius (Editors), Regolith Expression of Australian Ore Systems. CRC LEME, Perth. pp 259-261. Gray, D.J., Robertson, I.D.M., Cornelius, M., Sergeev, N.B. and Porto, C.G., 2005. Karari and Whirling Dervish gold deposits, WA. In: C.R.M. Butt, I.D.M. Robertson, K.M. Scott and M. Cornelius (Editors), Regolith Expression of Australian Ore Systems. CRC LEME, Perth. pp 273-275. Robertson, I.D.M. and Douglas, G.B., 2005. Lights of Israel gold deposit, Davyhurst, WA. In: C.R.M. Butt, I.D.M. Robertson, K.M. Scott and M. Cornelius (Editors), Regolith Expression of Australian Ore Systems. CRC LEME, Perth. pp 279-281. Robertson, I.D.M., 2005. Little Eva Cu-Au deposit, Quamby District, Queensland. In: C.R.M. Butt, I.D.M. Robertson, K.M. Scott and M. Cornelius (Editors), Regolith Expression of Australian Ore Systems. CRC LEME, Perth. pp 371-373. Butt, C.R.M and Robertson, I.D.M., 2005. Ora Banda Sill platinum prospect. In: C.R.M. Butt, I.D.M. Robertson, K.M. Scott and M. Cornelius (Editors), Regolith Expression of Australian Ore Systems. CRC LEME, Perth. pp 118-120. Parks, J. and Robertson, I.D.M. , 2005. Pajingo Epithermal gold deposits, NE Queensland. In: C.R.M. Butt, I.D.M. Robertson, K.M. Scott and M. Cornelius (Editors), Regolith Expression of Australian Ore Systems. CRC LEME, Perth. pp 298-301. Robertson, I.D.M., King, J.D., Anand, R.R. and Butt, C.R.M., 2005. Quasar gold deposit, Mt Magnet, WA. In: C.R.M. Butt, I.D.M. Robertson, K.M. Scott and M. Cornelius (Editors), Regolith Expression of Australian Ore Systems. CRC LEME, Perth. pp 317-319. Cornelius, M., Robertson, I,D.M., Cornelius, A.J. and Morris, P.A. 2008. Geochemical mapping of the deeply weathered western Yilgarn Craton of Western Australia, using laterite geochemistry. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis 8: 241-254. Anand, R.R. and Robertson, I.D.M. 2012. The role of mineralogy and geochemistry in forming anomalies on interfaces and in areas of deep basin cover: implications for exploration. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis 12: 45-66. |