2025

​

Tapia, M.J., Barra, F., Reich. M., Romero, R., Ojeda, A. (2025) Large versus small Andean porphyry Cu deposits: insights from zircon petrochronology of porphyry Cu–Mo ± Au deposits from the Coastal Cordillera, northern Chile. Mineralium Deposita, vol. 60, p. 1569–1594. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00126-025-01356-w

​

​

2024

​

Romero, R., Barra, F., Reich. M., Ojeda, A., Tapia, M.J., del Real, I. & Simon, A. (2024) Contrasting magma chemistry in the Candelaria IOCG district caused by changing tectonic regimes. Scientific Reports 14, 10793. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-61489-2

​

Ojeda, A., Barra, F., Reich. M., Romero, R. & Tapia, M.J. (2024) Evolution and fertility of magmas associated with iron oxide-apatite (IOA) deposits, Coastal Cordillera, Northern Chile: A zircon petrochronology perspective. Gondwana Research, vol. 131, p. 38- 56.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2024.02.008

​

Velásquez-Ruiz, F., Reich, M., Broom-Fendley, S., Beard, C.D., Barra, F., Romero, R. & Cordeiro, P. (2024) Origin of carbonatite-related niobium deposits: Insights from pyrochlore geochemistry. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 366, p. 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2023.12.010

​

​

2023

​

Ovalle, J.T., Reich, M., Barra, F., Simon, A.C., Godel, B., Le Vaillant, M., Palma, G., Deditius, A.P., Heuser, G., Arancibia, G. & Morata, D. (2023) Fluid-Assisted Aggregation and Assembly of Magnetite Microparticles in the Giant El Laco Iron Oxide Deposit, Central Andes. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, vol. 7, p. 1378-138. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.3c00036

​

​

2022

​

Ovalle, J.T., Reich, M., Barra, F., Simon, A.C., Deditius, A.P., Le Vaillant, M., Owen, N., Palma, G., Romero, R., Román, N., La Cruz, N.L. & Malcolm, R.P. (2022) Magmatic-hydrothermal evolution of the El Laco iron deposit revealed by trace element geochemistry and high-resolution chemical mapping of magnetite assemblages. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 330, p. 230-257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2022.03.012

​​

Ishida, M., Romero, R., Leisen, M., Yasukawa, K., Nakamura, K., Barra, F., Reich, M. & Kato, Y. (2022) Auriferous pyrite formed by episodic fluid inputs in the Akeshi and Kasuga high-sulfidation deposits, Southern Kyushu, Japan. Mineralium Deposita, vol. 57, p. 129- 145. 

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00126-021-01053-4

​

​

2021

 

Tibaldi, A., Otamendi, J., Demichelis, A.H., Barzola, M., Barra, F., Rabbia, O.M., Cristofolini, E. & Bernito, M.P. (2021) Early Cambrian multiple-sourced plutonism in the Eastern Sierras Pampeanas, Córdoba, Argentina: Implications for the evolution of the early Paleozoic Gondwana margin. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, vol. 106, 103048.

​

Rivas-Romero, C., Reich, M., Barra, F., Gregory, D. & Pichott, S. (2021) The Relation between Trace Element Composition of Cu-(Fe) Sulfides and Hydrothermal Alteration in a Porphyry Copper Deposit: Insights from the Chuquicamata Underground Mine, Chile. Minerals 11, 671. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11070671

​

Palma, G., Reich, M, Barra, F., Ovalle, J.T., del Real I. & Simon, A.C. (2021) Thermal evolution of Andean iron oxide–apatite (IOA) deposits as revealed by magnetite thermometry. Scientific Reports 11, 18424. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97883-3

​

Jara, J.J., Barra, F., Reich, M, Morata, D., Leisen, M. & Romero, R. (2021) Geochronology and petrogenesis of intrusive rocks in the Coastal Cordillera of northern Chile (26-28°S): insights from zircon U-Pb dating and trace element geochemistry. Gondwana Research, vol. 93, p. 48-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2021.01.007 

​

Jara, J.J., Barra, F., Reich, M, Leisen, M., Romero, R. & Morata, D. (2021) Episodic construction of the early Andean Cordillera unravelled by zircon petrochronology. Nature Communications 12, 4930. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25232-z

​

Herazo, H., Reich, M., Barra, F., Morata, D. & del Real, I. (2021)  Trace Element Geochemistry of Pyrite from Bitumen-Bearing Stratabound Cu−(Ag) Deposits, Northern Chile. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, vol. 5, p. 566-579. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.0c00321

 

Armas, P., Cristofolini, E., Escribano, F., Camilletti, G., Otamendi, J., Cisterna, C., Leisen, M., Romero, R., Barra, F. & Tibaldi, A. (2021) Lower-Middle Ordovician sedimentary environment and provenance of Suri Formation in the northern region of the Famatina system, Catamarca, Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, vol. 105, 102948. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2020.102948 

 

​

2020

 

Tassara, S., Reich, M., Cannatelli, C., Konecke, B.A., Kausel, D., Morata, D., Barra, F., Simon, A.C., Fiege, A., Morgado, E. & Leisen, M. (2020) Post-melting oxidation of highly primitive basalts from the southern Andes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 273, p. 291-312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2020.01.042

​

Salazar, E., Barra, F., Reich, M., Simon, A., Leisen, M., Palma, G., Romero, R., Rojo, M. (2020) Trace-element geochemistry of magnetite from the Cerro Negro Norte iron oxide-apatite deposit, northern Chile. Mineralium Deposita, vol. 55, p. 409-428. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00126-019-00879-3

​

Reich, M., Roman, N., Barra, F. & Morata, D. (2020) Silver-Rich Chalcopyrite from the Active Cerro Pabellón Geothermal System, Northern Chile. Minerals 10, 113. https://doi.org/10.3390/min10020113

​

Palma, G., Barra, F., Reich. M., Simon, A.C. & Romero, R. (2020) A review of magnetite geochemistry of Chilean Iron oxide-apatite (IOA) deposits and its implications for ore-forming processes. Ore Geology Reviews, vol. 126, 103748. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103748

​

Cruz, N.L., Ovalle, J.T., Simon, A.C., Konecke, B.A., Barra, F., Reich, M., Leisen, M. & Childress, T.M. (2020) The geochemistry of magnetite and apatite from the El Laco iron oxide-apatite deposit, Chile: Implications for ore genesis. Economic Geology, vol. 115, p. 1461-1491. https://doi.org/10.5382/econgeo.4753

 

Crespo, J., Reich, M, Barra, F., Verdugo, J.J., Martinez, C., Leisen, M., Romero, R., Morata, D. & Marquardt, C. (2020) Occurrence and distribution of silver in the world-class Río Blanco porphyry Cu-Mo deposit, Central Chile. Economic Geology, vol. 115, p. 1619-1644. https://doi.org/10.5382/econgeo.4778

​

Camilletti, G., Otamendi, J.E., Tibaldi, A., Cristofolini, E., Leisen, M., Romero, R., Barra, F., Armas, P. & Barzola, M.G. (2020) Geology, petrology and geochronology of sierra Valle Fértil - La Huerta batholith: Implications for the construction of a middle-crust magmatic-arc section. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, vol. 97, 102423. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2019.102423

 

Romero, R., Barra, F., Leisen, M., Salazar, E., González-Jiménez, J.M., Reich, M. (2020) Sedimentary provenance of detrital zircons from Late Paleozoic basement of South Central Chile and Argentina between 37°S and 40°S and its implications for the evolution of the Paleozoic Gondwana margin. International Geology Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/00206814.2019.1627589

​​

​

2019

Tibaldi, A., Barzola, M., Cristofolini, E., Otamendi, J., Demichelis, A., Leisen, M., Romero, R., Barra, F., Camilletti, G., Armas, P. (2019) Syn-deformational anatexis along the Santa Rosa river section, Argentina: Feedback relations between deformation, metamorphism and melt extraction. Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 124, p. 151-167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2019.04.011

​

Palma, G., Barra, F., Reich, M., Valencia, V., Simon, A., Vervoort, J., Leisen, M., Romero, R. (2019) Halogens (F, Cl, OH), trace element contents, and Sr-Nd isotopes in apatite from iron oxide-apatite (IOA) deposits in the Chilean iron belt: evidence for magmatic and hydrothermal stages of mineralization. Submitted to Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 249, p. 515-540. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2018.12.019

​

Perón-Orillo, J.M, Ortiz-Suárez, A., Rivalora, D., Otamendi, J.E., Morosini, A., Romero, R., Leisen, M. & Barra, F. (2019) Depositional age and provenance in the San Luis Formation, Sierras Pampeanas, Argentina: Evidence from detrital zircon studies. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, vol. 94, 102228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2019.102228

​

Roman, N., Reich, M., Leisen, M., Morata, D., Barra, F., Deditius, A. (2019) Geochemical and micro-textural fingerprints of boiling in pyrite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 246, p. 60-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2018.11.034

​

Garces, C., Niklitscheki, E.J., Plaza, G., Cerna, F., Leisen, M., Toledo, P. & Barra, F. (2019) Anchoveta Engraulis ringens along the Chilean coast: Management units, demographic units and water masses: Insights from multiple otolith-based approaches. Fisheries Oceanography, vol. 28, p. 735-750.  https://doi.org/10.1111/fog.12455

​

Biolé, F.G., Thompson, G.A., Vargas, C.V., Leisen, M., Barra, F., Volpedo, A.V. & Avigliano, E. (2019) Fish stocks of Urophycis brasiliensis revealed by otolith fingerprint and shape in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, vol. 229, 106406. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2019.106406

​​​

​

2018

Rojas, P., Barra, F., Reich, M., Deditius, A., Simon, A., Uribe, F., Romero, R., Rojo, M. (2018) A genetic link between magnetite mineralization and diorite intrusion at the El Romeral iron oxide-apatite deposit, northern Chile. Mineralium Deposita, vol. 53, p. 947-966. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00126-017-0777-x.

​

Romero, R., González-Jiménez, J.M., Barra, F., Leisen, M., Garrido, L., Talavera, C., Plissart, G., Gain, S., Griffin, W., O’Reilly, S. (2018) Timing the tectonic mingling of ultramafic rocks and metasediments in the southern section of the coastal accretionary complex of central Chile. International Geology Review, vol. 60, p. 2031-2045. https://doi.org/10.1080/00206814.2017.1402377. 

​​

​

2017 

Avigliano, E., Carvalho, B., Leisen, M., Romero, R., Velasco, G., Vianna, M., Barra, F., Volpedo, A. (2017) Otolith edge fingerprints as approach for stock identification of Genidens barbus. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, vol. 194, p. 92-96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2017.06.008 

Avigliano, E., Barra, F., Leisen, M., Romero, R., Carvalho, B., Velasco, G., Vianna, M., Volpedo, A. (2017) Fluvio-marine travelers from South America: ciclic amphidromy and freshwater residency, typical behaviors in Genidens barbus inferred by otolith chemistry. Fisheries Research, vol. 193, p. 184-194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2017.04.011 

González-Jiménez, J.M., Marchesi, C., Griffin, W., Gervilla, F., Belousova, E., Garrido, C., Romero, R., Talavera, C., Leisen, M., O’Reilly, S., Barra, F. (2017) Zircon recycling and birth in the subcontinental lithospheric mantle: implications for the genesis of the exotic chromite-cordierite ores of the Serranía de Ronda (Spain). Ore Geology Review, vol. 90, p. 193-209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2017.02.012 

Sanchez-Yañez, C., Reich, M., Leisen, M., Morata, D., Barra, F. (2017) Geochemistry of metals and metalloids in siliceous sinter deposits: Implications for elemental partitioning into silica phases. Applied Geochemistry, vol. 80, p. 112-133.

​

​

​