Robert Moritz

Prof. Robert Moritz
Mineral resources, metallogeny, ore deposits, geochemistry, fluid inclusions
Dépt. des sciences de la Terre
Université de Genève
rue des Maraîchers 13
CH-1205 Genève
Switzerland


Phone: +41 (0) 22 379 66 33
Phone2: +41 (0) 22 379 66 19
Fax: +41 (0) 22 379 32 10
E-mail: robert.moritz(at)unige.ch
URL Institution: https://www.unige.ch/sciences/terre/en/research/mineral-resources-and-geofluids/


Key Publications of Robert Moritz (up to ten) :
Grosjean, M., Moritz, R., Rezeau, H., Hovakimyan, S., Ulianov, A., Chiaradia, M., & Melkonyan, R. (2022). Arabia-Eurasia convergence and collision control on Cenozoic juvenile K-rich magmatism in the South Armenian Block Lesser Caucasus. Earth Science Reviews, 103949.

Moritz, R., Hemon, P., Ulianov, A., Spikings, R., Chiaradia, M. & Ramazanov, V., (2021). Jurassic - Early Cretaceous magmatic arc maturation and ore formation of the Central Tethyan metallogenic belt: Evidence from the Gedabek mining district, Lesser Caucasus, Azerbaijan. In : Sholeh, Ali and Wang, Rui (eds Tectonomagmatic Influences on Metallogeny and Hydrothermal Ore Deposits: A Tribute to Jeremy Richards, Special Publication of the Society of Economic Geology n° 24, v.2, p. 181-203.

Moritz, R., Popkhadze, N., Hässig, M., Golay, T., Lavoie, J., Gugushvili, V., Ulyanov, A., Ovtcharova, M., Grosjean, M., Chiaradia, M., & Dumitrica, P. (2020). 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. Lithos, v. 378-379, 105872

Hässig, M., Moritz, R., Ulianov, A., Popkhadze, N., Galoyan, G., & Enukidze, O. (2020). Jurassic to Cenozoic magmatic and geodynamic evolution of the Eastern Pontides and Caucasus belts, and their relationship with the Eastern Black Sea Basin opening. Tectonics, v. 39, e2020TC006336.

Moritz, R., and Baker, T. (2019). Metallogeny of the Tethyan orogenic belt : From Mesozoic magmatic arcs to Cenozoic back-arc and porstcollision settings in southeast Europe, Anatolia and the Lesser Caucasus : An introduction. Economic Geology, v. 114, p. 1227-1235.

Niane, B., Guédron, S., Feder, F., Legros, S., Ngom P. M., & Moritz, R. (2019). Mercury distribution and speciation in soil, sediment and water impacted by recent artisanal small-scale gold mining, Kedougou region, Senegal. Science of the Total Environment, v. 669, p. 185-193.

Moritz, R., Melkonyan, R., Selby, D., Popkhadze, N., Gugushvili, V., Tayan, R., & Ramazanov, V. (2016). Metallogeny of the Lesser Caucasus: From arc construction to post-collision evolution. In : Richards, J. (ed), Tethyan Tectonics and Metallogeny, Special Publication of the Society of Economic Geology, v. 19, p. 157-192.

Moritz, R., Rezeau, H., Ovtcharova, M., Tayan, R., Melkonyan, R., Hovakimyan, S., Ramazanov, V., Selby, D., Ulianov, A., Chiaradia, M., & Putlitz, B. (2016). Long-lived, stationary magmatism and pulsed porphyry systems during Tethyan subduction to post-collision evolution in the southernmost Lesser Caucasus, Armenia and Nakhitchevan. Gondwana Research, v. 37, p. 465-503.

Rezeau, H., Moritz, R., Wotzlaw, J.-F., Tayan, R., Melkonyan, R., Ulianov, A., Selby, D., d’Abzaz, F.-X., & Stern, R. (2016). Temporal and genetic link between incremental pluton assembly and pulsed porphyry Cu-Mo formation in accretionary orogens. Geology, v. 44, p. 627-630.

Moritz, R., Ghazban, F & Singer, B.S. (2006). 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. Economic Geology, v. 101, p. 1497-1524.


Expertise of Robert Moritz:

Expertise Category	Specific Expertise
Expert Type	Scientific / Fundamental Research
Topic Lithosphere	Geochemical Processes
Spatial Zones	Mountain / Highland
Spatial Scale	Regional
Time Frame	Past
Statistical Focus	Variability
Time Scale	Billenial (Mio yrs)
Methods	Data Collection
GeoForum Environmental-Technology	Prospection
	Mining

Specialties of Robert Moritz:
Mineral resources, ore deposits, metallogeny, fluid inclusions, geochemistry, geosciences

Last update: 12/1/22
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