Chair of Geology and Economic Geology (610)
Organisational unit: Chair
Research output
- 2025
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Tracing metal sources in orogenic gold deposits of the Timburu Goldfield, Meratus, Indonesia: A Geochemical and Statistical Approach
Hakim, A. Y. A., Dijkstra, A. H., Melcher, F., Bertrandsson Erlandsson, V. & Feichter, M., 14 Mar 2025, In: Journal of Asian earth sciences. 285.2025, 15 May, 20 p., 106561.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Seltene Erden: Eigentlich kein Problem
Melcher, F., 11 Mar 2025Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products › Transfer
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Das Anthropozän – Frank Melcher zum ‘Erdzeitalter des Menschen’
Melcher, F., 10 Mar 2025Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products › Transfer
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Navigating the Mining Industry Challenges: An Introduction to the CERA 4in1 Standards
Nowaz, T., Fernandez Munoz, P., Förster, L., Tost, M., Monfort Climent, D., Olmos Betin, S. & Melcher, F., 14 Feb 2025, In: Berg- und hüttenmännische Monatshefte : BHM. 170.2025, 2, p. 108-115 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research
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Formation of uranium-, vanadium- and chromium-bearing reduction spheroids in karst bauxite of the Unterlaussa mining district (Austria)
Hampl, F., Dunkl, I., Schmidt, B. C., Bertrandsson Erlandsson, V. & Melcher, F., 10 Feb 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of geochemical exploration. 272.2025, May, 17 p., 107709.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
- 2024
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Ore Deposits
Melcher, F., 1 Dec 2024, Mixed Reality Handbooks for Mining Engineers. Graz, Vol. 1. p. 131-137Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Education
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Pressure–temperature–time and REE mineral evolution in low- to medium-grade polymetamorphic units (Austroalpine Unit, Eastern Alps)
Hollinetz, M. S., Huet, B., Schneider, D., McFarlane, C. R. M., Schuster, R., Rantitsch, G., Schantl, P., Iglseder, C., Reiser, M. & Grasemann, B., 27 Nov 2024, In: European journal of mineralogy. 36.2024, 6, p. 943-983 41 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Consistent crystal orientation of core and rim pyrites indicates an epitaxial growth of rim in Carlin-type gold deposits
Xiao, J., Xie, Z., Xia, Y., Gopon, P. & Tan, Q., 17 Nov 2024, In: Geoscience Frontiers. 16.2025, 1, 12 p., 101966.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Geochemical aspects on formation processes of vein-hosted pyrite in the Carboniferous-Permian rocks of the Karavanke/Karawanken tunnel, northwestern Slovenia
Soster, A., Bertrandsson Erlandsson, V. & Ravnjak, M., 7 Nov 2024, In: Austrian journal of earth sciences. 117.2024, 1, p. 195-206 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Nanoscale Characteristics of Carlin-Type Auriferous Pyrite from the Nadaleen Trend, Yukon
Holley, E. A., Jilly-Rehak,, C., Sack, P., Phillips, D. L. & Gopon, P., 1 Nov 2024, In: Economic Geology (Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists). 117.2024, 7, p. 1643-1666 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Chalcopyrite, sphalerite, and pyrite chemistry in stratiform sediment-hosted Cu(-Co) metallogenic districts: trace element characteristics and factors controlling polymetallic mineralization
Bertrandsson Erlandsson, V., Foltyn, K., Muchez, P., Rantitsch, G., Ellmies, R. & Melcher, F., 12 Oct 2024, In: Mineralium deposita. ??? Stand: 17.März 2025, ??? Stand: 17.März 2025, 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Ins Blaue hinein
Melcher, F., 5 Oct 2024, Schaan, LiechtensteinResearch output: Other contribution › Transfer
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Alteration zones as exploration parameter for stratiform Pb-Zn-Ag-Ba deposits in the Graz Paleozoic (Eastern Alps, Austria)
Rohrhofer, S., Geringer, A., Melcher, F. & Schuster, R., 26 Sept 2024, In: Berg- und hüttenmännische Monatshefte : BHM. 169.2024, 10, p. 567-576 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research
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Metal impact and vaporization on the Moon’s surface: nano-geochemical insights into the source of lunar metals
Gopon, P., Douglas, J., Gardner, H., Moody, M., Wood, B., Halliday, A. & Wade, J., Jul 2024, In: Meteoritics and planetary science. 59.2024, 7, p. 1775-1789 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Beyond Hot Air.
Saxinger, G., Auer, M., Batterbury, S. P., Eyselein, G., Jensen, E. M., Kowasch, M., Melcher, F. & Wilson, E., 21 May 2024, Mining the connections.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Student perspectives on the Wolfsberg lithium project in Austria
Kowasch, M., Baumann, C., Batterbury, S. P., Melcher, F., Saxinger, G. & Wilson, E., 21 May 2024, Mining the connections, Marrakech, 21-23 May 2024.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Time for green extractivism in the EU?
Kowasch, M., Melcher, F., Auer, M., Batterbury, S. P., Eyselein, G., Lesser, P., Saxinger, G. & Wilson, E., 21 May 2024, Mining the connections, Marrakech, 21-23 May 2024.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Raman Spectroscopy of carbonaceous material thermometry in the Carnic Alps (Austria, Italy)
Rantitsch, G., 10 May 2024, In: Austrian journal of earth sciences. 117.2024, 1, p. 73-86 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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The Geodynamic Significance of Continental UHP Exhumation: New Constraints From the Tso Morari Complex, NW Himalaya
Bidgood, A., Parsons, A., Roberts, N., Waters, D., Tapster, S. & Gopon, P., 26 Apr 2024, In: Tectonics. 43.2024, 5, 31 p., e2023TC007976.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Types and quantities of Critical Raw Materials needed to meet growing demands in the European Union and worldwide
Melcher, F., 5 Apr 2024Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site › Transfer
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Too much consumption – too little resources?! Types and quantities of Critical Raw Materials needed to meet growing demands on the globe
Melcher, F., 3 Apr 2024Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site › Transfer
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Integration von Technologien für mehr Transparenz in Lieferketten
Fernandez Munoz, P., Tost, M., Dietrich, V. E., Melcher, F. & Kloppmann, W., 8 Mar 2024, In: Berg- und hüttenmännische Monatshefte : BHM. 169.2024, 4, p. 192-196 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research
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Influence of high-frequency lake level fluctuations on organic matter accumulation in the northern Qaidam Basin, NW China: Insights from spectral attribute analysis and geochemistry
Hu, F., Misch, D., Zhang, P., Meng, Q., Sachsenhofer, R. F., Xu, Y., Shi, X., Liu, Z. & Bechtel, A., 1 Feb 2024, In: Journal of Asian earth sciences. 260.2024, 1 February, 20 p., 105937.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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A green future from a contentious past: Gold and critical metals in a historic arsenic mining district Straßegg (Styria)
Hiller, J. M., 2024Research output: Thesis › Master's Thesis
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Assessment of heavy metals in river ecosystems: a geochemical approach to support biodiversity for the Ombrone Grossetano River Basin (Italy)
Gianetti, F., Gozzi, C., Venturi, S., Natali, C., Rimondi, V., Morelli, G., Vaselli, O., Tassi, F., Maccelli, C., Capecchiacci, F., Meloni, F., Cabassi, J., Rantitsch, G., Scholger, R., Redi, N., Ferrari, M., Buccianti, A. & Avazinelli, R., 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Research
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Development of an Analytical Proof of Origin Method for Natural Graphite Deposits
Dietrich, V. E., 2024Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis
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Exploration hochreiner Semmeringquarzite für die Glasindustrie
Zahrl, M., 2024Research output: Thesis › Master's Thesis
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Mineralogische Differenzierung von Spodumen-führenden Pegmatiten und ihren Wirtsgesteinen als Grundlage der magnetischen Prospektion
Rutkowski, C., 2024Research output: Thesis › Master's Thesis
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Precious and critical metal potential of historic Cu-Au-As mine waste in the Eastern Alps
Gopon, P., Hiller, J. M., Göbel, E., Bertrandsson Erlandsson, V., Douglas, J., Hanke, G., Felfer, P., Irrgeher, J., Wagner, S., Sánchez, F., Angerer, T., Hartlieb, P. & Antrekowitsch, J., 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Research › peer-review
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PTEs in river ecosystems: exploring their natural and anthropogenic sources in the Ombrone Grossetano River Basin (OGRB, Italy)
Gianetti, F., Gozzi, C., Venturi, S., Natali, C., Rimondi, V., Morelli, G., Vaselli, O., Tassi, F., Maccelli, C., Capecchiacci, F., Meloni, F., Cabassi, J., Rantitsch, G., Scholger, R., Redi, N., Ferrari, M., Buccianti, A. & Avanzinelli, R., 2024, Abstract Volume, 2nd Italian Geochemical Society Congress, Perugia, Italy. (Miscellanea INGV; vol. 81).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Sulfide Geochemistry of the Hohen Tauern Historic Gold Districts (Austria)
Göbel, E., 2024Research output: Thesis › Master's Thesis
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Uncloaking invisible precious and critical metal deposits: novel insights into the formation mechanisms of non-traditional/invisible metals deposits from APT, High Resolution EPMA, and LA-ICP-MS
Gopon, P., 2024Research output: Thesis › Habilitation thesis › peer-review
- 2023
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Pb, Hg combined contamination in Shikira. Technical solutions to address the combined Lead/Mercury Contamination in Nigerian Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining, based on the case study of Shikira in Niger State. Volume 1: Main Report, Volume 2: Appendices, Volume 3: Supplemental Materials.
Hruschka, F., Tischberger-Aldrian, A., Melcher, F., Flachberger, H., Pomberger, R., Feichter, M. & Patscheider, S., Dec 2023, 103 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › Research
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Resolving deformation across ductile to brittle regimes from structural and geochronological data: Evidence of Oligocene exhumation in the Eastern Tauern Window
Spalding, J., Schneider, D., Huet, B., Rantitsch, G. & Grasemann, B., Dec 2023, AGU Fall Meeting 2023 Abstracts. T31G-0275Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Does SW China have Carlin-type gold deposits? A micro- to atomic-scale perspective
Xie, Z., Gopon, P., Xia, Y., Douglas, J., Cline, J., Liu, J., Tan, Q., Xiao, J., Wen, Y., Chen, Y., Li, P. & Moody, M., 14 Nov 2023, In: Mineralium deposita. 59.2024, April, p. 757-772 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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The Behavior of Phosphorus in the Hydrogen-Based Direct Reduction—Smelter Ironmaking Route
Pfeiffer, A., Thiele, K., Zheng, H., Mali, H., Wimmer, G. & Schenk, J., 27 Oct 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Steel research international. 95.2024, 11, 9 p., 2300268.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Fingerprinting Graphite: The development of a three-step approach to differentiate between natural graphite deposits
Dietrich, V. E., Arato, R. (Co-editor) & Melcher, F. (Co-editor), 20 Sept 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Research
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Corundum-rich rocks in the Tauern Window
Melcher, F., Feichter, M., Mali, H., Grill, H. & Huet, B., 19 Sept 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Research
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Unearthing genetic insights through a multi-method geochemical approach of the sediment-hosted Cu-Co Dolostone Ore Formation deposit, Namibia
Bertrandsson Erlandsson, V., Ellmies, R. & Melcher, F., 19 Sept 2023, MinWien 2023.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Carbonate-hosted “Alpine-type“ lead-zinc deposits in the Eastern and Southern Alps – trace element geochemistry and isotopic data of sulphides
Melcher, F., Bertrandsson Erlandsson, V., Gartner, V., Henjes-Kunst, E., Raith, J., Rantitsch, G., Onuk, P., Henjes-Kunst, F., Potocnic Krajnc, B. & Soster, A., 7 Sept 2023, Irish-type Deposits around the world. Andrew, C., Stanley, G. & Hitzman, M. (eds.). Dublin, p. 443-478 36 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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SEDEX deposits in the Graz Paleozoic, Eastern Alps, Austria
Geringer, A., Rohrhofer, S., Melcher, F., Benold, C., Reitner, H. & Schuster, R., 31 Aug 2023, p. 22-25.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Research › peer-review
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SEDEX deposits in the Graz Paleozoic, Eastern Alps, Austria
Geringer, A., Rohrhofer, S., Melcher, F., Benold, C., Reitner, H. & Schuster, R., 31 Aug 2023, Proceedings of the 17th SGA Biennial Meeting, 28 August – 1st September 2023, Zürich, Switzerland. p. 22-25Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Critical cobalt and where to find it: distribution of cobalt in the Dolostone Ore Formation deposit, Namibia
Bertrandsson Erlandsson, V., Ellmies, R., Gopon, P., Waldl, H., Misch, D. & Melcher, F., 30 Aug 2023, SGA Zurich 2023.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Driekopite, Ideally PtBi, a New Mineral Species from the Driekop Platinum Pipe, Republic of South Africa
McDonald, A. M., Cabri, L. J., Tamara, N., Melcher, F. & Vymazalová, A., 19 Jul 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: The Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology. 61.2023, 3, p. 537–547 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
- E-pub ahead of print
The Mooihoek Platinum Pipe, Eastern Bushveld Complex, South Africa – Geochemistry and Mineralization
Oberthür, T., Goldmann, S. & Melcher, F., 19 Jul 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: The Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology. 61.2023, 3, p. 507-535 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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New insights on the geochemical affinity and age of mineralized rocks in Timok magmatic complex, East Serbia
Velojić, M., Klimentyeva, D., Von Quadt, A., Guillong, M., Melcher, F., Meisel, T. & Prelević, D., Jul 2023, In: Geoloski Anali Balkanskoga Poluostrva. 84.2023, 1, p. 47-63 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Andrieslombaardite, RhSbS, a new platinum-group mineral from the platiniferous Onverwacht pipe, Republic of South Africa
Cabri, L. J., McDonald, A. M., Oberthür, T., Tamura, N., Vymazalová, A., Ross, K. C. & Melcher, F., 20 Jun 2023, In: South African journal of geology. 126.2023, 2, p. 151-160 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Ultraviolet-photoluminescence and trace element analyses in Ga-rich sphalerite from the Djebel Gustar Zn-Pb deposit, Algeria
Soster, A., Bertrandsson Erlandsson, V., Velojić, M. & Gopon, P., 5 May 2023, In: Ore geology reviews. 157.2023, June, 14 p., 105474.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Sphalerite as a non-traditional critical metal source: Correlative microscopy (EPMA, EBSD, and APT) of cobalt-enriched sulfides from the sediment-hosted copper-cobalt Dolostone Ore Formation deposit, Namibia
Bertrandsson Erlandsson, V., Gopon, P., Waldl, H., Misch, D., Ellmies, R. & Melcher, F., 28 Apr 2023, In: Frontiers of earth science. 11.2023, 13 p., 1171859.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Utilization of Renewable Carbon in Electric Arc Furnace-Based Steel Production: Comparative Evaluation of Properties of Conventional and Non-Conventional Carbon-Bearing Sources
Kieush, L., Schenk, J., Koveria, A., Rantitsch, G., Hrubiak, A. & Hopfinger, H., 6 Apr 2023, In: Metals. 13.2023, 4, 16 p., 722.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review