Publications

1. Laser ablation ICP-MS developments and trends for 2003. Paul J. Sylvester. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research 29 (1), 41-52 (2005).
2. Evaluation and characterization of the Ni-Cu sulphide and PGE potential in three mafic-ultramafic intrusive complexes: Preliminary results. Collins, P. and  Wilton, D.H.C, In Current Research, Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Natural Resources, Report 05-01, pp. 131-149 (2005).
3. Chemical and phase composition of particles produced by laser ablation of silicate glass and zircon: implications for elemental fractionation during ICPMS analysis. Jan Košler, Michael Wiedenbeck, Richard Wirth, Jan Hovorka, Paul Sylvester and Jitka Míkov. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry 20, 402-409 (2005).
4. Process mineralogy of Au, Pd and Pt ores from the Skaergaard intrusion, Greenland , using new technology. L.J. Cabri, M. Beattie, N.S. Rudashevsky and V.N. Rudashevsky. Minerals Engineering 18, 887-897 (2005).
5. Naldrettite, Pd₂Sb, a new intermetallic mineral from the Mesamax Northwest deposit, Ungava region, Québec. L. J. Cabri, A. M. McDonald, C. J. Stanley, N. S. Rudashevsky, G. Poirier, B. R. Durham, J. E. Mungall, and V. N. Rudashevsky, Mineralogical Magazine 69, 89 – 97 (2005).
6. Detrital zircons from the Jack Hills and Mount Narryer, Western Australia : geochronological, morphological, and geochemical evidence for diverse >4.0 Ga source rocks. James L. Crowley, John S. Myers, Paul J. Sylvester, and Richard A. Cox, Journal of Geology 113, 239-263 (2005).
7. Analysis of Fe isotopes in sulfides and iron meteorites by laser ablation high-mass resolution multi-collector ICP mass spectrometry. Jan Košler, Rolf B. Pedersen, Claudia Kruber and Paul J. Sylvester, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry 20, 192-199 (2005).
8. Transcurrent shearing, granite sheeting and the incremental construction of the tabular 3.1 Ga Mpuluzi batholith, Barberton granite–greenstone terrane, . JanusD. Westraat, Alexander F.M. Kisters, Marc Poujol, and Gary Stevens, Journal of the Geological Society, 162, 373 – 388 (2005).  
9. Petrology and geochronology of Mesoproterozoic mafic–intermediate plutonic rocks from Mitwaba (D. R. Congo): implications for the evolution of the Kibaran belt in central Africa . J. Kokonyangi, A. B. Kampunzu, , M. Poujol, T. Okudaira, M. Yoshida, and K. P. Shabeer, Geological Magazine, 142, 109 – 130 (2005).  
10. The metasomatic alternative for ocean island basalt chemical heterogeneity. Pilet, S., Hernandez, J., Sylvester, P. and Poujol, M. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 236, 148-166 (2005).  
11. Lastra, R. Price, J., Cabri, L.J., Rudashevsky, N.S. , Rudashevsky, V.N. and McMahon, G. Gold characterization of a sample from Malartic East (Québec) using concentration by hydroseparator.  Proceedings on “International Symposium on the Treatment of Gold Ores”, Calgary, Alberta (eds., G. Deschênes, D. Houdin, L. Lorenzen), 17-29, (2005).
12. Origin and evolution of late mafic dykes in an Archaean gneissic assemblage, Kaapvaal Craton, . Prevec, , Anhaeusser, C.R. and Poujol, M. In press - South African Journal of Science, 100, 549-555.
13. Gold content of sulfides in granitoids from southwestern New Brunswick, . Xue-Ming Yang, David R. Lentz and Paul J. Sylvester. In press - Mineralium Deposita  
14. Quantitative mass balance of platinum-group elements and paragenesis of the platinum-group minerals in the Kelly Lake Ni-Cu-PGE deposit, Copper Cliff Offset, Sudbury . M.A.E. Huminicki, P.J. Sylvester, L.J. Cabri, C.M. Lesher and M. Tubrett . In press - Economic Geology  
15. Detrital zircon geochronology of the Smith River Allochthon and Lynchburg Group, Southern Appalachians : Implications for Neoproterozoic-Early Cambrian paleogeography. Brad T. Carter, James P. Hibbard, Mike Tubrett and Paul Sylvester. In press - Precambrian Research  
16. Partitioning of Cu, Ni, Au, and Platinum-Group Elements Between Monosulfide Solid Solution and Sulfide Melt Under Controlled Oxygen and Sulfur Fugacities. James E. Mungall, David R.A. Andrews, Louis Cabri, Paul J. Sylvester and Michael Tubrett. In press - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta  
17. Petrology, geochemistry, and U-Pb (zircon) age of the quartz-feldspar porphyry dyke at the Lake George antimony mine, New Brunswick : Implications for origin, emplacement process, and mineralization. Leonard, R.R.R., Lentz, D.R. and Poujol, M. In press -  Atlantic Geology  
18. New U-Pb data on zircons from the Amalia greenstone belt southern Africa : insights into the Neoarchaean evolution of the Kaapvaal craton. Poujol, M., Kiefer, R., Robb, L.J., Anhaeusser, C.R. and Armstrong, R.A. In press - South African Journal of Geology  
19. Contrasting source components of clastic metasedimentary units in the lowermost Formations of the Barberton greenstone belt. Dziggel, A., Stevens, G., Poujol, M. and Armstrong, R.A. In press - Geological Society of America Special Publication  
20. Metamorphism and exhumation of the basal parts of the Barberton greenstone belt, : Constraining the rates of Mesoarchaean tectonism. Diener, J.F.A., Steven, G., Kisters, A.F.M. and Poujol, M. In press - Precambrian Research.  
21. Experimental study of platinum solubility in silicate melt to 14 GPa and 2273K: Implications for accretion and core formation in Earth. Werner Ertel, Michael J. Drake, Michael J. Walter, and Paul J. Sylvester. In press - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.
22. Ungavaite, Pd₄Sb₃, a new intermetallic mineral from the Mesamax Northwest deposit, Ungava region, Québec: Description and genetic implications.  McDonald, A.M., Cabri, L.J., Stanley , C.J., Rudashevsky , N.S. , Poirier, G., Ross, K.C., Mungall, J.E., Durham , B.R., and Rudashevsky, V.N. (2005).  In press - Canadian Mineralogist, 43.