Dr Alla Dolgopolova

Dr Alla Dolgopolova

Senior Researcher

Department: Earth Sciences
Division: ES Mineral and Planetary Sciences Division
Specialisms: economic geology, environmental effects of mining and ore processing, isotope mapping as tool in exploration targeting, origin of ore deposits
Contact: email
Phones:
work: +44 207 942 6009

Summary

At the Centre for Russian and Central EurAsian Mineral Studies (CERCAMS) I work on projects related to mineral deposit studies. I am involved in consultancy projects in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia and Russia.

Research areas of particular interest include: isotope mapping as tool in exploration targeting; origin of ore deposits; economic geology; environmental effects of mining and ore processing.

I am a member of the NHM team contributing to the EU Horizon 2020 funded FAME project (Flexible And Mobile Economic processing technologies) investigating the mineralogy, extraction and beneficiation of greisen, pegmatite and skarn deposits in Europe.

Qualifications

    Degrees

  • PhD, Imperial College London, United Kingdom, 2001 - 2005
  • Diploma, Maastricht School of Management, The Netherlands, 1999 - 1999
  • MSc, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 1997 - 1998
  • BSc, Kazakh National Technical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 1991 - 1996

Employment history

    Academic

  • Lecturer, The Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering, British Gas Chair of Environmental Technology, Kazakhstan, 1998 - 2000
  • Non-academic

    Coordinator of Curriculum Development, Soros Foundation, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 1998 - 2000

    Geologist, JV Ishim Gold, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 1996 - 1997

Grants

Li4UK: Securing a domestic lithium supply chain for the UK
Role: Principal investigatorSeltmann R
Co-investigator: Armstrong R
Funding: RCUK
Total value £383,566 (to Museum £110,150)
Dates: 2019 - 2020

Altaids-Tethysides Amalgamation (IGCP 662)
Role: Principal investigatorWang T
Co-investigator: Seltmann R
Funding: IUGS - UNESCO
Total value £50,000 (to Museum £0)
Dates: 2018 - 2022

Resource scarcity: securing a sustainable development of mineral resource base of Kazakhstan (Newton Researcher Links Award)
Role: Principal investigatorSeltmann R
Funding: British Council
Total value £34,700 (to Museum £34,700)
Dates: 2016 - 2016

Flexible and Mobile Economic Processing Technologies (FAME)
Co-investigator: Seltmann R
Funding: H2020 Societal Challenges
Total value £5,593,550 (to Museum £457,125)
Dates: 2015 - 2018

Publications

Zhong S, Li S, Feng C, Gao Y, Qu H, Seltmann R, He S, Liu G, Wang X, Dolgopolova A (2021) Geochronology and geochemistry of mineralized and barren intrusive rocks in the Yemaquan polymetallic skarn deposit, northern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: A zircon perspective. Ore Geology Reviews, 139 : 104560 - 104560. doi: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2021.104560

Konopelko D, Seltmann R, Dolgopolova A, Safonova I, Glorie S, De Grave J, Sun M (2021) Adakite-like granitoids of Songkultau: A relic of juvenile Cambrian arc in Kyrgyz Tien Shan. Geoscience Frontiers, 12 (1) : 147 - 160. doi: 10.1016/j.gsf.2020.08.006

Seltmann R, Goldfarb RJ, Zu B, Creaser RA, Dolgopolova A, Shatov VV (2020) Chapter 24: Muruntau, Uzbekistan: The World’s Largest Epigenetic Gold Deposit, In: Geology of the World’s Major Gold Deposits and Provinces, Society of Economic Geologists : 497 - 521.

Zu B, Seltmann R, Xue C, Wang T, Dolgopolova A, Li C, Zhou L, Pak N, Ivleva E, Chai M, Zhao X (2019) Multiple episodes of Late Paleozoic Cu-Au mineralization in the Chatkal-Kurama terrane: New constraints from the Kuru-Tegerek and Bozymchak skarn deposits, Kyrgyzstan. Ore Geology Reviews, 113 : 103077 - 103077. doi: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.103077

Suiekpayev Y, Sapargaliyev Y, Dolgopolova A, Seltmann R, Raspopov A, Bekenova G (2019) PREDICTIVE ESTIMATE OF Ti-Zr PLACER DEPOSITS IN MESOZOIC AND CENOZOIC SEDIMENTS AT NW MARGINS OF THE ZAYSAN BASIN, EAST KAZAKHSTAN. NEWS of National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 2 (434) : 6 - 14. doi: 10.32014/2019.2518-170x.32

Suiekpayev Y, Sapargaliyev Y, Kravchenko M, Dolgopolova A, Seltmann R, Azelhanov A (2019) Ti–Zr placers and weathering crusts of the Karaotkel and Satpaev deposits, Kazakhstan. Applied Earth Science, 128 (2) : 69 - 69. doi: 10.1080/25726838.2019.1607203

Suiekpayev Y, Sapargaliyev Y, Bekenova G, Kravchenko M, Dolgopolova A, Seltmann R (2019) MINERALOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL FEATURES OF SATPAEV Ti-Zr PLACER DEPOSIT, EAST KAZAKHSTAN. NEWS of National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 1 (433) : 6 - 22. doi: 10.32014/2019.2518-170x.1

Zhong S, Feng C, Seltmann R, Dolgopolova A, Andersen JCØ, Li D, Yu M (2018) Sources of fluids and metals and evolution models of skarn deposits in the Qimantagh metallogenic belt: A case study from the Weibao deposit, East Kunlun Mountains, northern Tibetan Plateau. Ore Geology Reviews, 93 : 19 - 37. doi: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2017.12.013

Ramos V, Guedes A, Noronha F, Dolgopolova A, Seltmann R, Armstrong R, Stanley CJ, Simons B, Andersen J, Rollinson G (2017) Sn mineralization in W skarns from “Douro Scheelite Belt": the example of Tabuaco (Portugal). XII Congreso Nacional y XI Iberico de Geoquimica, 269 9 - 26 9 924 - 28.

Dolgopolova A, Seltmann R, Stanley CJ, Armstrong R, Noronha F, Ramos V, Guedes A, Simons B, Rollinson G, Andersen J, Reimer W (null) Mineralogical study of the Gonçalo Li-pegmatite deposit, Portugal. 8th International Symposium on Granite Pegmatites, 206 6 - 20 6 6

Simons B, Andersen J, Rollinson G, Armstrong R, Dolgopolova A, Seltmann R, Stanley CJ, Roscher M (null) Mineralogical variation of skarn ore from the Tellerhäuser deposit, Pöhla, Germany. EGU General Assembly, 184 4 - 18 4 4

Dyachkov BA, Amralinova BB, Mataybaeva IE, Dolgopolova AV, Mizerny AI, Miroshnikova AP (2017) Laws of formation and criteria for predicting nickel content in weathering crusts of east Kazakhstan. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 89 (5) : 605 - 609. doi: 10.1007/s12594-017-0650-7

Kokkuzova M, Bekenova G, Dyussembayeva K, Dolgopolova A, Seltmann R (2017) Gold-barite-polymetallic VMS deposit of Maikain, NE Kazakhstan. Applied Earth Science, 126 (2) : 71 - 72. doi: 10.1080/03717453.2017.1306266

Baisalova A, Bekenova G, Dolgopolova A, Seltmann R (2017) Geological and mineralogical characteristics of REE mineralisation of the Verkhnee Espe and Iysor granitoid massifs (East Kazakhstan). Applied Earth Science, 126 (2) : 40 - 41. doi: 10.1080/03717453.2017.1306229

Dolgopolova A, Seltmann R, Konopelko D, Biske YS, Shatov V, Armstrong R, Belousova E, Pankhurst R, Koneev R, Divaev F (2017) Geodynamic evolution of the western Tien Shan, Uzbekistan: Insights from U-Pb SHRIMP geochronology and Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf isotope mapping of granitoids. Gondwana Research, 47 : 76 - 109. doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2016.10.022

Konopelko D, Seltmann R, Mamadjanov Y, Romer RL, Rojas-Agramonte Y, Jeffries T, Fidaev D, Niyozov A (2017) A geotraverse across two paleo-subduction zones in Tien Shan, Tajikistan. Gondwana Research, 47 : 110 - 130. doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2016.09.010

Baisalova A, Stepanov A, Bekenova G, Dolgopolova A, Seltmann R (2016) Titanium silicates from the Verkhnee Espe rare metal deposit in East Kazakhstan. Applied Earth Science, 125 (2) : 76 - 77. doi: 10.1080/03717453.2016.1166608

Dolgopolova A, Mizerny A, Mizernaya M, Seltmann R (2016) The Sekisovka gold-telluride deposit in Eastern Kazakhstan: tectonics and magmatism. Applied Earth Science, 125 (2) : 81 - 82. doi: 10.1080/03717453.2016.1166623

Seltmann R, Dolgopolova A, Miroshnikova A, Mizernaya M (2016) Geochemical and petrological study of the gabbro and granodiorite rock series hosting the Vasilkovskoe gold deposit (North Kazakhstan). Applied Earth Science, 125 (2) : 94 - 95. doi: 10.1080/03717453.2016.1166663

Kempe U, Graupner T, Seltmann R, de Boorder H, Dolgopolova A, Zeylmans van Emmichoven M (2015) The Muruntau gold deposit (Uzbekistan) – A unique ancient hydrothermal system in the southern Tien Shan. Geoscience Frontiers, doi: 10.1016/j.gsf.2015.09.005

Guy A, Schulmann K, Janoušek V, Štípská P, Armstrong R, Belousova E, Dolgopolova A, Seltmann R, Lexa O, Jiang Y, Hanžl P (2015) Geophysical and geochemical nature of relaminated arc-derived lower crust underneath oceanic domain in southern Mongolia. Tectonics, 34 (5) : 1030 - 1053. doi: 10.1002/2015tc003845

Dolgopolova A, Seltmann R, Miroshnikova A, Mizernaya M (2015) Mineralogical and Geochemical Characteristics of the Vasilkovskoye Gold Deposit (North Kazakhstan). MINERAL RESOURCES IN A SUSTAINABLE WORLD, VOLS 1-5 77 - 80.

SELTMANN R, DOLGOPOLOVA A, CHOULET F (2014) Mantle Contribution for the Formation of Giant Ore Deposits: Case Study from the Kalmakyr and Muruntau Ore Districts, Tienshan, Uzbekistan. Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition, 88 (s2) : 887 - 888. doi: 10.1111/1755-6724.12376_12

Kröner A, Kovach V, Belousova E, Hegner E, Armstrong R, Dolgopolova A, Seltmann R, Alexeiev DV, Hoffmann JE, Wong J, Sun M, Cai K, Wang T, Tong Y, Wilde SA, Degtyarev KE, Rytsk E (2014) Reassessment of continental growth during the accretionary history of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt. Gondwana Research, 25 (1) : 103 - 125. doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2012.12.023

Zientek ML, Chechetkin VS, Parks HL, Box SE, Briggs DA, Cossette PM, Dolgopolova A, Hayes TS, Seltmann R, Syusyura B, Taylor CD, Wintzer NE (null) Assessment of undiscovered sandstone copper deposits of the Kodar-Udokan area, Russia. : US Geological Survey

Purvis OW, Williamson BJ, Spiro B, Udachin V, Mikhailova IN, Dolgopolova A (2013) Lichen monitoring as a potential tool in environmental forensics: case study of the Cu smelter and former mining town of Karabash, Russia. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 384 (1) : 133 - 146. doi: 10.1144/sp384.6

Dolgopolova A, Seltmann R, Armstrong R, Belousova E, Pankhurst RJ, Kavalieris I (2013) Sr–Nd–Pb–Hf isotope systematics of the Hugo Dummett Cu–Au porphyry deposit (Oyu Tolgoi, Mongolia). Lithos, 164-167 : 47 - 64. doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2012.11.017

DOLGOPOLOVA A, SELTMANN R, Syusyura B (2013) Dhezkazgan-style deposits in Kazakhstan.. Proceedings of MDSG Winter Meeting,

Box SE, Syusyura B, Hayes TS, Taylor CD, Zientek ML, Hitzman MW, SELTMANN R, Chechetkin V, DOLGOPOLOVA A, Cossette PM, Wallis JC (2012) Sandstone copper assessment of the Chu-Sarysu Basin, central Kazakhstan, In: Global mineral resource assessment, Zientek ML, Hammarstrom JM, Johnson KM, Pierce FW (Eds). USGS SIR #2010-5090-E. 63pp :

Box SE, Syusyura B, SELTMANN R, Creaser RA, DOLGOPOLOVA A, Zientek ML (2012) Dzhezkazgan and associated sandstone copper deposits of the Chu-Sarysu Basin, Central Kazakhstan, In: SEG Special Publication Number 16 “Geology and Genesis of Major Copper Deposits and Districts of the World: A Tribute to Richard H. Sillitoe”, Hedenquist JW, Harris MP, Camus F (Eds). null : 303 - 328.

Kröner A, Belousova E, Kovach V, Hegner E, SELTMANN R, Sun M, Ca IK, Rojas-Agramonte Y, Wong J, Rytsk E, Alexeiev DV, DOLGOPOLOVA A, ARMSTRONG R (2012) New assessment of crustal growth in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt.. Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on CAOB,

Rafailovich MS, DOLGOPOLOVA A, SELTMANN R, Diachkov B (2012) Exploration model of the Suzdal sediment-hosted gold deposit, Kazakhstan.. Proceedings of the 34th International Geological Congress,

Seltmann R, Dolgopolova A, Porter TM, Pirajno F (2013) Porphyry Cu-Au/Mo deposits of Central Eurasia: geodynamics and metallogeny. MINERAL DEPOSIT RESEARCH FOR A HIGH-TECH WORLD, VOLS. 1-4 872 - 875.

ARMSTRONG R, HERRINGTON R, DOLGOPOLOVA A, SELTMANN R (2011) CERCAMS Newsletter #14. CERCAMS-XIV Workshop "Ore Giants of Asia" (Proceedings of the Annual Winter Meeting of MDSG), NHM London: 5-7 January 2011. Applied Earth Science (Trans. Inst. Min. Metall. B), 119 : 78 - 119.

Box SE, Syusyura B, Hayes TS, Taylor CD, Zientek ML, Hitzman MW, SELTMANN R, Chechetkin V, DOLGOPOLOVA A, Cossette PM, Wallis JC (2011) Sandstone copper assessment of the Chu-Sarysu Basin, central Kazakhstan. USGS Global Mineral Resource Assessment. Prepared in cooperation with CERCAMS NHM London and MEC Almaty, Kazakhstan. Scientific Investigations Report #2010–5090. U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. 39 pages, 10 figures, 5 tables, 6 Appendices, GIS database :

DOLGOPOLOVA A, SELTMANN R, ARMSTRONG R, Belousova E, Pankhurst R (2011) Sr-Nd-Hf-Pb isotope systematics of the Oyu Tolgoi Cu-Au deposit (Mongolia). In: Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts, Prague, 14-19 August 2011. Mineralogical Magazine, 75 :

Kröner A, Belousova E, SELTMANN R, ARMSTRONG R, DOLGOPOLOVA A, Wong J, Hegner E, Sun M, Liu D, Cai K (2011) Involvement of heterogeneous crustal sources in the generation of granitoid rocks in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt: evidence from zircon ages and Hf isotopes. in Abstract volume of the Annual Meeting, Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) T3 -,,

SELTMANN R, YAKUBCHUK A, DOLGOPOLOVA A (2011) CERCAMS Newsletter #15. Proceedings of the CERCAMS-XV / SEG Workshop "Cu-Au Deposits of Central Asia", Bishkek: 24-25 Oct. 2011, and Excursion Guidebook of Field Conference in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, 17-27 Oct 2011.

ARMSTRONG RN, YAKUBCHUK A, Belousova E, Batkishig B, DOLGOPOLOVA A, SELTMANN R (2010) Crustal evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt: implications for mineralization in Mongolia.. MDSG-2010,

PURVIS OW, González-Miqueo L, DOLGOPOLOVA A, DUBBIN W, UNSWORTH C (2010) Use of rare earth element signatures in lichen, bark and adjacent soils as indicators of sources of geological materials, In: Biology of Lichens, Symbiosis, Ecology, Environmental Monitoring, Systematics, Cyber Applications, T H Nash III. (Eds). Bibliotheca Lichenologica No. 105. J. Cramer in der Gebrüder, Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung : Stuttgart. 65 - 74.

SELTMANN R, DOLGOPOLOVA A (2010) Geodynamics and metallogeny of the Central Eurasia with special references to porphyry Cu-Au/Mo deposits – Does coupling of plate tectonics and plume tectonics give the answer? p.110-113, in: Abstracts of the International workshop on geodynamic evolution, tectonics and magmatism of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Novosibirsk, Russia, 20-30 June 2010. Publishing House of SB RAS, 145 pp. ISBN 978-5-7692-1130-0.

SELTMANN R, DOLGOPOLOVA A, Koneev RI, Mun JS, Khalmatov RA (2010) Au-Ag and Cu-Au giants of Central Eurasia: tracing hot spots within orogenic belts. Maksudov S Kh. (Eds). Abstracts of the Ore-magmatic systems of orogenic regions, Tashkent, Uzbekistan 5-7 May 2010., Medianashr Printing House, Tashkent, Uzbekistan : 382 - 387.

DOLGOPOLOVA A, SELTMANN R, Popov V (2009) Hydrogenic Ore Formation by Ya M. Kislyakov and V.N. Shchetochkin. Russian original edited by A.I. Krivtsov & G.A. Mashkovtsev. Geoinformmark, Moscow 2000. 611pp [English edition by CERCAMS, NHM London, UK, London 2009, 513 pp.]., In: null, null :

DOLGOPOLOVA A, Syusyura B, SELTMANN R (2009) Main types of copper deposits in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Paper No.26-14.. GSA Annual Meeting,

SELTMANN R, DOLGOPOLOVA A (2009) Gold-copper giants of central Eurasia: hot spot tracks vs. orogenic belts. Abstracts of the International Symposium "Large igneous provinces of Asia, mantle plumes and metallogeny", 295 - 297..

SELTMANN R, DOLGOPOLOVA A (2009) Gold-copper giants of central Eurasia: isolated hot spot tracks vs. tracking metallogenic belts that formed during orogenic cycles. International Field Excursion and Workshop on Tectonic Evolution and Crustal Structure of the Paleozoic Chinese Tianshan, 58 - 60..

Dolgopolova A, Seltmann R, Stanley CJ, Weiss D, Kober B (2008) Pb and Zn isotopes as tracers of metal sources in geologic, biologic and anthropogenic samples. Abstract volume.. 33rd International Geological Congress,

Kylander ME, Weiss DJ, Jeffries TE, Kober B, Dolgopolova A, Garcia-Sanchez R, Coles BJ (2007) A rapid and reliable method for Pb isotopic analysis of peat and lichens by laser ablation-quadrupole-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry for biomonitoring and sample screening. Analytica Chimica Acta, 582 (1) : 116 - 124. doi: 10.1016/j.aca.2006.08.050

Seltmann R, Dolgopolova A, Stanley CJ (2007) CERCAMS-9 Workshop "Metallogeny of Central Eurasia from Altaids to Uralides – research in progress", The Natural History Museum, London, 29-30 March 2007. PPT Presentation CD-ROM & Abstract volume. 47 - 47.

Dolgopolova A, Weiss DJ, Seltmann R, Dulski P (2006) Dust dispersal and Pb enrichment at the rare-metal Orlovka–Spokoinoe mining and ore processing site: Insights from REE patterns and elemental ratios. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 132 (1) : 90 - 97. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2005.11.086

Dolgopolova A, Weiss DJ, Seltmann R, Kober B, Mason TFD, Coles B, Stanley CJ (2006) Use of isotope ratios to assess sources of Pb and Zn dispersed in the environment during mining and ore processing within the Orlovka–Spokoinoe mining site (Russia). Applied Geochemistry, 21 (4) : 563 - 579. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2005.12.014

Dolgopolova A, Weiss D, Seltmann R, Kober B, Mason TFD, Coles B, Stanley CJ (2006) Zinc isotope variation in granites and host rocks of the Orlovka-Spokoinoe mining site, Eastern Transbaikalia, Russia. Extended Abstracts. CD-ROM.. 12th Quadrennial IAGOD Symposium,

DOLGOPOLOVA A, WEISS D, SELTMANN R, Dulski P (2006) Tracing dust and Pb dispersal at the Orlovka Ta-W mining and ore processing site: insights from REE patterns and elemental ratios. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 132 : 90 - 97.

SELTMANN R, Cook N, Koneev R, DOLGOPOLOVA A (2006) Proceedings of the Field Workshop on Porphyry and Epithermal Deposits of the Chatkal-Kurama Region, Uzbekistan, 22-30 April 2006. The Natural History Museum :

SELTMANN R, DOLGOPOLOVA A (2006) Uranium of Mongolia (English edition). Translation of monograph by Yu.B. Mironov.. NHM London. Printed in Printing House of VSEGEI St. Petersburg, Russia. ©Centre for Russian and Central EurAsian Mineral Studies (CERCAMS), London, United Kingdom. :

SELTMANN R, Lehmann B, Hennig D, YAKUBCHUK A, ARMSTRONG R, HERRINGTON R, DOLGOPOLOVA A, Konopelko D, Shatov V, CERCAMS team (2006) Magmatic evolution of the Altaid orogenic belt and its mineral potential. Abstract volume.. Xiao , Kroener (Eds). Sino-German workshop, 16 - 17.

Dolgopolova A, Seltmann R, Stanley C, Weiss D, Kober B, Siebel W (2005) Isotope systematics of ore-bearing granites and host rocks of the Orlovka-Spokoinoe mining district, eastern Transbaikalia, Russia. null, 747 - 750. doi: 10.1007/3-540-27946-6_190

Dolgopolova A, Weiss D, Seltmann R, Kober B, Stanley CJ (2005) Use of Pb and Zn isotope systematics to assess metal sources within the Orlovka-Spokoinoe mining site. Salt Lake City Annual Meeting , October 16-19, 2005. Abstract Volume, Paper No. 215-3,

Seltmann R, Shatov V, Guriev G, Yakubchuk A, Dolgopolova A (2005) GIS package on mineral deposits database and thematic maps of Central Eurasia. Springer Berlin Heidelberg : 1331 - 1334. doi: 10.1007/3-540-27946-6_339

Dolgopolova A, Weiss DJ, Seltmann R, Stanley C, Coles B, Cheburkin AK (2004) Closed-vessel microwave digestion technique for lichens and leaves prior to determination of trace elements (Pb, Zn, Cu) and stable Pb isotope ratios. International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 84 (12) : 889 - 899. doi: 10.1080/03067310410001729006

Dolgopolova A, Seltmann R, Kober B, Weiss D, Stanley C, Dulski P (2004) Geochemical characteristics and lead isotope systematics of highly fractionated Li–F-enriched amazonite granites and related host rocks of the Orlovka–Spokoinoe mining district, Eastern Transbaikalia (Russia). Applied Earth Science, 113 (1) : 83 - 99. doi: 10.1179/037174504225004420

HALLS C, SELTMANN R, DOLGOPOLOVA A (2004) Atlas of mineral deposit models of the Republic of Kazakhstan. English edited version of compilation by Bespaev, Kh. A. & Miroshnichenko, L. A. (eds. 2004). Almaty : Kazakhstan.

SELTMANN R, ARMSTRONG R, DOLGOPOLOVA A (2004) Mineral resource assessment of Eurasian ore provinces through CERCAMS, the Centre for Russian and Central Asian Mineral Studies (NHM London, UK). 32nd International Geological Congress, 136-10 :

Weiss DJ, Kober B, Dolgopolova A, Gallagher K, Spiro B, Le Roux G, Mason TFD, Kylander M, Coles BJ (2004) Accurate and precise Pb isotope ratio measurements in environmental samples by MC-ICP-MS. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 232 (3) : 205 - 215. doi: 10.1016/j.ijms.2004.01.005

Yafa C, Farmer JG, Graham MC, Bacon JR, Barbante C, Cairns WRL, Bindler R, Renberg I, Cheburkin A, Emons H, Handley MJ, Norton SA, Krachler M, Shotyk W, Li XD, Martinez-Cortizas A, Pulford ID, MacIver V, Schweyer J, Steinnes E, Sjøbakk TE, WEISS D, DOLGOPOLOVA A, KYLANDER M (2004) Development of an ombrotrophic peat bog material for the determination of elemental concentrations. Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 6 : 502 - 510.

Dolgopolova A, Kober B, Seltmann R, Stanley CJ, Weiss D (2003) Pb isotopes and REE patterns: constraints of metal sources in ore deposits. 6th International Symposium on Environmental Geochemistry, Final Programme and Book of Abstracts, O168 : 102 - 102.

Zhao X, Xue C, Seltmann R, Dolgopolova A, Andersen JCØ, Zhang G (2020) Volcanic–plutonic connection and associated Au‐Cu mineralization of the Tulasu ore district, Western Tianshan, NW China: Implications for mineralization potential in Palaeozoic arc terranes. Geological Journal, 55 (3) : 2318 - 2341. doi: 10.1002/gj.3750

Zu B, Xue C, Seltmann R, Dolgopolova A, Chi G, Li C (2020) Geology, geochronology, and S-Pb-Os geochemistry of the Alastuo gold deposit, West Tianshan, NW China. Mineralium Deposita, 55 (7) : 1407 - 1424. doi: 10.1007/s00126-019-00948-7

Introduction

Summary

At the Centre for Russian and Central EurAsian Mineral Studies (CERCAMS) I work on projects related to mineral deposit studies. I am involved in consultancy projects in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia and Russia.

Research areas of particular interest include: isotope mapping as tool in exploration targeting; origin of ore deposits; economic geology; environmental effects of mining and ore processing.

I am a member of the NHM team contributing to the EU Horizon 2020 funded FAME project (Flexible And Mobile Economic processing technologies) investigating the mineralogy, extraction and beneficiation of greisen, pegmatite and skarn deposits in Europe.

Qualifications

    Degrees

  • PhD, Imperial College London, United Kingdom, 2001 - 2005
  • Diploma, Maastricht School of Management, The Netherlands, 1999 - 1999
  • MSc, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 1997 - 1998
  • BSc, Kazakh National Technical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 1991 - 1996

Employment history

    Academic

  • Lecturer, The Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering, British Gas Chair of Environmental Technology, Kazakhstan, 1998 - 2000
  • Non-academic

    Coordinator of Curriculum Development, Soros Foundation, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 1998 - 2000

    Geologist, JV Ishim Gold, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 1996 - 1997

Projects

Grants

Li4UK: Securing a domestic lithium supply chain for the UK
Role: Principal investigatorSeltmann R
Co-investigator: Armstrong R
Funding: RCUK
Total value £383,566 (to Museum £110,150)
Dates: 2019 - 2020

Altaids-Tethysides Amalgamation (IGCP 662)
Role: Principal investigatorWang T
Co-investigator: Seltmann R
Funding: IUGS - UNESCO
Total value £50,000 (to Museum £0)
Dates: 2018 - 2022

Resource scarcity: securing a sustainable development of mineral resource base of Kazakhstan (Newton Researcher Links Award)
Role: Principal investigatorSeltmann R
Funding: British Council
Total value £34,700 (to Museum £34,700)
Dates: 2016 - 2016

Flexible and Mobile Economic Processing Technologies (FAME)
Co-investigator: Seltmann R
Funding: H2020 Societal Challenges
Total value £5,593,550 (to Museum £457,125)
Dates: 2015 - 2018

Publications

Publications

Zhong S, Li S, Feng C, Gao Y, Qu H, Seltmann R, He S, Liu G, Wang X, Dolgopolova A (2021) Geochronology and geochemistry of mineralized and barren intrusive rocks in the Yemaquan polymetallic skarn deposit, northern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: A zircon perspective. Ore Geology Reviews, 139 : 104560 - 104560. doi: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2021.104560

Konopelko D, Seltmann R, Dolgopolova A, Safonova I, Glorie S, De Grave J, Sun M (2021) Adakite-like granitoids of Songkultau: A relic of juvenile Cambrian arc in Kyrgyz Tien Shan. Geoscience Frontiers, 12 (1) : 147 - 160. doi: 10.1016/j.gsf.2020.08.006

Seltmann R, Goldfarb RJ, Zu B, Creaser RA, Dolgopolova A, Shatov VV (2020) Chapter 24: Muruntau, Uzbekistan: The World’s Largest Epigenetic Gold Deposit, In: Geology of the World’s Major Gold Deposits and Provinces, Society of Economic Geologists : 497 - 521.

Zu B, Seltmann R, Xue C, Wang T, Dolgopolova A, Li C, Zhou L, Pak N, Ivleva E, Chai M, Zhao X (2019) Multiple episodes of Late Paleozoic Cu-Au mineralization in the Chatkal-Kurama terrane: New constraints from the Kuru-Tegerek and Bozymchak skarn deposits, Kyrgyzstan. Ore Geology Reviews, 113 : 103077 - 103077. doi: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.103077

Suiekpayev Y, Sapargaliyev Y, Dolgopolova A, Seltmann R, Raspopov A, Bekenova G (2019) PREDICTIVE ESTIMATE OF Ti-Zr PLACER DEPOSITS IN MESOZOIC AND CENOZOIC SEDIMENTS AT NW MARGINS OF THE ZAYSAN BASIN, EAST KAZAKHSTAN. NEWS of National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 2 (434) : 6 - 14. doi: 10.32014/2019.2518-170x.32

Suiekpayev Y, Sapargaliyev Y, Kravchenko M, Dolgopolova A, Seltmann R, Azelhanov A (2019) Ti–Zr placers and weathering crusts of the Karaotkel and Satpaev deposits, Kazakhstan. Applied Earth Science, 128 (2) : 69 - 69. doi: 10.1080/25726838.2019.1607203

Suiekpayev Y, Sapargaliyev Y, Bekenova G, Kravchenko M, Dolgopolova A, Seltmann R (2019) MINERALOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL FEATURES OF SATPAEV Ti-Zr PLACER DEPOSIT, EAST KAZAKHSTAN. NEWS of National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 1 (433) : 6 - 22. doi: 10.32014/2019.2518-170x.1

Zhong S, Feng C, Seltmann R, Dolgopolova A, Andersen JCØ, Li D, Yu M (2018) Sources of fluids and metals and evolution models of skarn deposits in the Qimantagh metallogenic belt: A case study from the Weibao deposit, East Kunlun Mountains, northern Tibetan Plateau. Ore Geology Reviews, 93 : 19 - 37. doi: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2017.12.013

Ramos V, Guedes A, Noronha F, Dolgopolova A, Seltmann R, Armstrong R, Stanley CJ, Simons B, Andersen J, Rollinson G (2017) Sn mineralization in W skarns from “Douro Scheelite Belt": the example of Tabuaco (Portugal). XII Congreso Nacional y XI Iberico de Geoquimica, 269 9 - 26 9 924 - 28.

Dolgopolova A, Seltmann R, Stanley CJ, Armstrong R, Noronha F, Ramos V, Guedes A, Simons B, Rollinson G, Andersen J, Reimer W (null) Mineralogical study of the Gonçalo Li-pegmatite deposit, Portugal. 8th International Symposium on Granite Pegmatites, 206 6 - 20 6 6

Simons B, Andersen J, Rollinson G, Armstrong R, Dolgopolova A, Seltmann R, Stanley CJ, Roscher M (null) Mineralogical variation of skarn ore from the Tellerhäuser deposit, Pöhla, Germany. EGU General Assembly, 184 4 - 18 4 4

Dyachkov BA, Amralinova BB, Mataybaeva IE, Dolgopolova AV, Mizerny AI, Miroshnikova AP (2017) Laws of formation and criteria for predicting nickel content in weathering crusts of east Kazakhstan. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 89 (5) : 605 - 609. doi: 10.1007/s12594-017-0650-7

Kokkuzova M, Bekenova G, Dyussembayeva K, Dolgopolova A, Seltmann R (2017) Gold-barite-polymetallic VMS deposit of Maikain, NE Kazakhstan. Applied Earth Science, 126 (2) : 71 - 72. doi: 10.1080/03717453.2017.1306266

Baisalova A, Bekenova G, Dolgopolova A, Seltmann R (2017) Geological and mineralogical characteristics of REE mineralisation of the Verkhnee Espe and Iysor granitoid massifs (East Kazakhstan). Applied Earth Science, 126 (2) : 40 - 41. doi: 10.1080/03717453.2017.1306229

Dolgopolova A, Seltmann R, Konopelko D, Biske YS, Shatov V, Armstrong R, Belousova E, Pankhurst R, Koneev R, Divaev F (2017) Geodynamic evolution of the western Tien Shan, Uzbekistan: Insights from U-Pb SHRIMP geochronology and Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf isotope mapping of granitoids. Gondwana Research, 47 : 76 - 109. doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2016.10.022

Konopelko D, Seltmann R, Mamadjanov Y, Romer RL, Rojas-Agramonte Y, Jeffries T, Fidaev D, Niyozov A (2017) A geotraverse across two paleo-subduction zones in Tien Shan, Tajikistan. Gondwana Research, 47 : 110 - 130. doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2016.09.010

Baisalova A, Stepanov A, Bekenova G, Dolgopolova A, Seltmann R (2016) Titanium silicates from the Verkhnee Espe rare metal deposit in East Kazakhstan. Applied Earth Science, 125 (2) : 76 - 77. doi: 10.1080/03717453.2016.1166608

Dolgopolova A, Mizerny A, Mizernaya M, Seltmann R (2016) The Sekisovka gold-telluride deposit in Eastern Kazakhstan: tectonics and magmatism. Applied Earth Science, 125 (2) : 81 - 82. doi: 10.1080/03717453.2016.1166623

Seltmann R, Dolgopolova A, Miroshnikova A, Mizernaya M (2016) Geochemical and petrological study of the gabbro and granodiorite rock series hosting the Vasilkovskoe gold deposit (North Kazakhstan). Applied Earth Science, 125 (2) : 94 - 95. doi: 10.1080/03717453.2016.1166663

Kempe U, Graupner T, Seltmann R, de Boorder H, Dolgopolova A, Zeylmans van Emmichoven M (2015) The Muruntau gold deposit (Uzbekistan) – A unique ancient hydrothermal system in the southern Tien Shan. Geoscience Frontiers, doi: 10.1016/j.gsf.2015.09.005

Guy A, Schulmann K, Janoušek V, Štípská P, Armstrong R, Belousova E, Dolgopolova A, Seltmann R, Lexa O, Jiang Y, Hanžl P (2015) Geophysical and geochemical nature of relaminated arc-derived lower crust underneath oceanic domain in southern Mongolia. Tectonics, 34 (5) : 1030 - 1053. doi: 10.1002/2015tc003845

Dolgopolova A, Seltmann R, Miroshnikova A, Mizernaya M (2015) Mineralogical and Geochemical Characteristics of the Vasilkovskoye Gold Deposit (North Kazakhstan). MINERAL RESOURCES IN A SUSTAINABLE WORLD, VOLS 1-5 77 - 80.

SELTMANN R, DOLGOPOLOVA A, CHOULET F (2014) Mantle Contribution for the Formation of Giant Ore Deposits: Case Study from the Kalmakyr and Muruntau Ore Districts, Tienshan, Uzbekistan. Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition, 88 (s2) : 887 - 888. doi: 10.1111/1755-6724.12376_12

Kröner A, Kovach V, Belousova E, Hegner E, Armstrong R, Dolgopolova A, Seltmann R, Alexeiev DV, Hoffmann JE, Wong J, Sun M, Cai K, Wang T, Tong Y, Wilde SA, Degtyarev KE, Rytsk E (2014) Reassessment of continental growth during the accretionary history of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt. Gondwana Research, 25 (1) : 103 - 125. doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2012.12.023

Zientek ML, Chechetkin VS, Parks HL, Box SE, Briggs DA, Cossette PM, Dolgopolova A, Hayes TS, Seltmann R, Syusyura B, Taylor CD, Wintzer NE (null) Assessment of undiscovered sandstone copper deposits of the Kodar-Udokan area, Russia. : US Geological Survey

Purvis OW, Williamson BJ, Spiro B, Udachin V, Mikhailova IN, Dolgopolova A (2013) Lichen monitoring as a potential tool in environmental forensics: case study of the Cu smelter and former mining town of Karabash, Russia. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 384 (1) : 133 - 146. doi: 10.1144/sp384.6

Dolgopolova A, Seltmann R, Armstrong R, Belousova E, Pankhurst RJ, Kavalieris I (2013) Sr–Nd–Pb–Hf isotope systematics of the Hugo Dummett Cu–Au porphyry deposit (Oyu Tolgoi, Mongolia). Lithos, 164-167 : 47 - 64. doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2012.11.017

DOLGOPOLOVA A, SELTMANN R, Syusyura B (2013) Dhezkazgan-style deposits in Kazakhstan.. Proceedings of MDSG Winter Meeting,

Box SE, Syusyura B, Hayes TS, Taylor CD, Zientek ML, Hitzman MW, SELTMANN R, Chechetkin V, DOLGOPOLOVA A, Cossette PM, Wallis JC (2012) Sandstone copper assessment of the Chu-Sarysu Basin, central Kazakhstan, In: Global mineral resource assessment, Zientek ML, Hammarstrom JM, Johnson KM, Pierce FW (Eds). USGS SIR #2010-5090-E. 63pp :

Box SE, Syusyura B, SELTMANN R, Creaser RA, DOLGOPOLOVA A, Zientek ML (2012) Dzhezkazgan and associated sandstone copper deposits of the Chu-Sarysu Basin, Central Kazakhstan, In: SEG Special Publication Number 16 “Geology and Genesis of Major Copper Deposits and Districts of the World: A Tribute to Richard H. Sillitoe”, Hedenquist JW, Harris MP, Camus F (Eds). null : 303 - 328.

Kröner A, Belousova E, Kovach V, Hegner E, SELTMANN R, Sun M, Ca IK, Rojas-Agramonte Y, Wong J, Rytsk E, Alexeiev DV, DOLGOPOLOVA A, ARMSTRONG R (2012) New assessment of crustal growth in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt.. Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on CAOB,

Rafailovich MS, DOLGOPOLOVA A, SELTMANN R, Diachkov B (2012) Exploration model of the Suzdal sediment-hosted gold deposit, Kazakhstan.. Proceedings of the 34th International Geological Congress,

Seltmann R, Dolgopolova A, Porter TM, Pirajno F (2013) Porphyry Cu-Au/Mo deposits of Central Eurasia: geodynamics and metallogeny. MINERAL DEPOSIT RESEARCH FOR A HIGH-TECH WORLD, VOLS. 1-4 872 - 875.

ARMSTRONG R, HERRINGTON R, DOLGOPOLOVA A, SELTMANN R (2011) CERCAMS Newsletter #14. CERCAMS-XIV Workshop "Ore Giants of Asia" (Proceedings of the Annual Winter Meeting of MDSG), NHM London: 5-7 January 2011. Applied Earth Science (Trans. Inst. Min. Metall. B), 119 : 78 - 119.

Box SE, Syusyura B, Hayes TS, Taylor CD, Zientek ML, Hitzman MW, SELTMANN R, Chechetkin V, DOLGOPOLOVA A, Cossette PM, Wallis JC (2011) Sandstone copper assessment of the Chu-Sarysu Basin, central Kazakhstan. USGS Global Mineral Resource Assessment. Prepared in cooperation with CERCAMS NHM London and MEC Almaty, Kazakhstan. Scientific Investigations Report #2010–5090. U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. 39 pages, 10 figures, 5 tables, 6 Appendices, GIS database :

DOLGOPOLOVA A, SELTMANN R, ARMSTRONG R, Belousova E, Pankhurst R (2011) Sr-Nd-Hf-Pb isotope systematics of the Oyu Tolgoi Cu-Au deposit (Mongolia). In: Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts, Prague, 14-19 August 2011. Mineralogical Magazine, 75 :

Kröner A, Belousova E, SELTMANN R, ARMSTRONG R, DOLGOPOLOVA A, Wong J, Hegner E, Sun M, Liu D, Cai K (2011) Involvement of heterogeneous crustal sources in the generation of granitoid rocks in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt: evidence from zircon ages and Hf isotopes. in Abstract volume of the Annual Meeting, Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) T3 -,,

SELTMANN R, YAKUBCHUK A, DOLGOPOLOVA A (2011) CERCAMS Newsletter #15. Proceedings of the CERCAMS-XV / SEG Workshop "Cu-Au Deposits of Central Asia", Bishkek: 24-25 Oct. 2011, and Excursion Guidebook of Field Conference in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, 17-27 Oct 2011.

ARMSTRONG RN, YAKUBCHUK A, Belousova E, Batkishig B, DOLGOPOLOVA A, SELTMANN R (2010) Crustal evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt: implications for mineralization in Mongolia.. MDSG-2010,

PURVIS OW, González-Miqueo L, DOLGOPOLOVA A, DUBBIN W, UNSWORTH C (2010) Use of rare earth element signatures in lichen, bark and adjacent soils as indicators of sources of geological materials, In: Biology of Lichens, Symbiosis, Ecology, Environmental Monitoring, Systematics, Cyber Applications, T H Nash III. (Eds). Bibliotheca Lichenologica No. 105. J. Cramer in der Gebrüder, Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung : Stuttgart. 65 - 74.

SELTMANN R, DOLGOPOLOVA A (2010) Geodynamics and metallogeny of the Central Eurasia with special references to porphyry Cu-Au/Mo deposits – Does coupling of plate tectonics and plume tectonics give the answer? p.110-113, in: Abstracts of the International workshop on geodynamic evolution, tectonics and magmatism of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Novosibirsk, Russia, 20-30 June 2010. Publishing House of SB RAS, 145 pp. ISBN 978-5-7692-1130-0.

SELTMANN R, DOLGOPOLOVA A, Koneev RI, Mun JS, Khalmatov RA (2010) Au-Ag and Cu-Au giants of Central Eurasia: tracing hot spots within orogenic belts. Maksudov S Kh. (Eds). Abstracts of the Ore-magmatic systems of orogenic regions, Tashkent, Uzbekistan 5-7 May 2010., Medianashr Printing House, Tashkent, Uzbekistan : 382 - 387.

DOLGOPOLOVA A, SELTMANN R, Popov V (2009) Hydrogenic Ore Formation by Ya M. Kislyakov and V.N. Shchetochkin. Russian original edited by A.I. Krivtsov & G.A. Mashkovtsev. Geoinformmark, Moscow 2000. 611pp [English edition by CERCAMS, NHM London, UK, London 2009, 513 pp.]., In: null, null :

DOLGOPOLOVA A, Syusyura B, SELTMANN R (2009) Main types of copper deposits in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Paper No.26-14.. GSA Annual Meeting,

SELTMANN R, DOLGOPOLOVA A (2009) Gold-copper giants of central Eurasia: hot spot tracks vs. orogenic belts. Abstracts of the International Symposium "Large igneous provinces of Asia, mantle plumes and metallogeny", 295 - 297..

SELTMANN R, DOLGOPOLOVA A (2009) Gold-copper giants of central Eurasia: isolated hot spot tracks vs. tracking metallogenic belts that formed during orogenic cycles. International Field Excursion and Workshop on Tectonic Evolution and Crustal Structure of the Paleozoic Chinese Tianshan, 58 - 60..

Dolgopolova A, Seltmann R, Stanley CJ, Weiss D, Kober B (2008) Pb and Zn isotopes as tracers of metal sources in geologic, biologic and anthropogenic samples. Abstract volume.. 33rd International Geological Congress,

Kylander ME, Weiss DJ, Jeffries TE, Kober B, Dolgopolova A, Garcia-Sanchez R, Coles BJ (2007) A rapid and reliable method for Pb isotopic analysis of peat and lichens by laser ablation-quadrupole-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry for biomonitoring and sample screening. Analytica Chimica Acta, 582 (1) : 116 - 124. doi: 10.1016/j.aca.2006.08.050

Seltmann R, Dolgopolova A, Stanley CJ (2007) CERCAMS-9 Workshop "Metallogeny of Central Eurasia from Altaids to Uralides – research in progress", The Natural History Museum, London, 29-30 March 2007. PPT Presentation CD-ROM & Abstract volume. 47 - 47.

Dolgopolova A, Weiss DJ, Seltmann R, Dulski P (2006) Dust dispersal and Pb enrichment at the rare-metal Orlovka–Spokoinoe mining and ore processing site: Insights from REE patterns and elemental ratios. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 132 (1) : 90 - 97. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2005.11.086

Dolgopolova A, Weiss DJ, Seltmann R, Kober B, Mason TFD, Coles B, Stanley CJ (2006) Use of isotope ratios to assess sources of Pb and Zn dispersed in the environment during mining and ore processing within the Orlovka–Spokoinoe mining site (Russia). Applied Geochemistry, 21 (4) : 563 - 579. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2005.12.014

Dolgopolova A, Weiss D, Seltmann R, Kober B, Mason TFD, Coles B, Stanley CJ (2006) Zinc isotope variation in granites and host rocks of the Orlovka-Spokoinoe mining site, Eastern Transbaikalia, Russia. Extended Abstracts. CD-ROM.. 12th Quadrennial IAGOD Symposium,

DOLGOPOLOVA A, WEISS D, SELTMANN R, Dulski P (2006) Tracing dust and Pb dispersal at the Orlovka Ta-W mining and ore processing site: insights from REE patterns and elemental ratios. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 132 : 90 - 97.

SELTMANN R, Cook N, Koneev R, DOLGOPOLOVA A (2006) Proceedings of the Field Workshop on Porphyry and Epithermal Deposits of the Chatkal-Kurama Region, Uzbekistan, 22-30 April 2006. The Natural History Museum :

SELTMANN R, DOLGOPOLOVA A (2006) Uranium of Mongolia (English edition). Translation of monograph by Yu.B. Mironov.. NHM London. Printed in Printing House of VSEGEI St. Petersburg, Russia. ©Centre for Russian and Central EurAsian Mineral Studies (CERCAMS), London, United Kingdom. :

SELTMANN R, Lehmann B, Hennig D, YAKUBCHUK A, ARMSTRONG R, HERRINGTON R, DOLGOPOLOVA A, Konopelko D, Shatov V, CERCAMS team (2006) Magmatic evolution of the Altaid orogenic belt and its mineral potential. Abstract volume.. Xiao , Kroener (Eds). Sino-German workshop, 16 - 17.

Dolgopolova A, Seltmann R, Stanley C, Weiss D, Kober B, Siebel W (2005) Isotope systematics of ore-bearing granites and host rocks of the Orlovka-Spokoinoe mining district, eastern Transbaikalia, Russia. null, 747 - 750. doi: 10.1007/3-540-27946-6_190

Dolgopolova A, Weiss D, Seltmann R, Kober B, Stanley CJ (2005) Use of Pb and Zn isotope systematics to assess metal sources within the Orlovka-Spokoinoe mining site. Salt Lake City Annual Meeting , October 16-19, 2005. Abstract Volume, Paper No. 215-3,

Seltmann R, Shatov V, Guriev G, Yakubchuk A, Dolgopolova A (2005) GIS package on mineral deposits database and thematic maps of Central Eurasia. Springer Berlin Heidelberg : 1331 - 1334. doi: 10.1007/3-540-27946-6_339

Dolgopolova A, Weiss DJ, Seltmann R, Stanley C, Coles B, Cheburkin AK (2004) Closed-vessel microwave digestion technique for lichens and leaves prior to determination of trace elements (Pb, Zn, Cu) and stable Pb isotope ratios. International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 84 (12) : 889 - 899. doi: 10.1080/03067310410001729006

Dolgopolova A, Seltmann R, Kober B, Weiss D, Stanley C, Dulski P (2004) Geochemical characteristics and lead isotope systematics of highly fractionated Li–F-enriched amazonite granites and related host rocks of the Orlovka–Spokoinoe mining district, Eastern Transbaikalia (Russia). Applied Earth Science, 113 (1) : 83 - 99. doi: 10.1179/037174504225004420

HALLS C, SELTMANN R, DOLGOPOLOVA A (2004) Atlas of mineral deposit models of the Republic of Kazakhstan. English edited version of compilation by Bespaev, Kh. A. & Miroshnichenko, L. A. (eds. 2004). Almaty : Kazakhstan.

SELTMANN R, ARMSTRONG R, DOLGOPOLOVA A (2004) Mineral resource assessment of Eurasian ore provinces through CERCAMS, the Centre for Russian and Central Asian Mineral Studies (NHM London, UK). 32nd International Geological Congress, 136-10 :

Weiss DJ, Kober B, Dolgopolova A, Gallagher K, Spiro B, Le Roux G, Mason TFD, Kylander M, Coles BJ (2004) Accurate and precise Pb isotope ratio measurements in environmental samples by MC-ICP-MS. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 232 (3) : 205 - 215. doi: 10.1016/j.ijms.2004.01.005

Yafa C, Farmer JG, Graham MC, Bacon JR, Barbante C, Cairns WRL, Bindler R, Renberg I, Cheburkin A, Emons H, Handley MJ, Norton SA, Krachler M, Shotyk W, Li XD, Martinez-Cortizas A, Pulford ID, MacIver V, Schweyer J, Steinnes E, Sjøbakk TE, WEISS D, DOLGOPOLOVA A, KYLANDER M (2004) Development of an ombrotrophic peat bog material for the determination of elemental concentrations. Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 6 : 502 - 510.

Dolgopolova A, Kober B, Seltmann R, Stanley CJ, Weiss D (2003) Pb isotopes and REE patterns: constraints of metal sources in ore deposits. 6th International Symposium on Environmental Geochemistry, Final Programme and Book of Abstracts, O168 : 102 - 102.

Zhao X, Xue C, Seltmann R, Dolgopolova A, Andersen JCØ, Zhang G (2020) Volcanic–plutonic connection and associated Au‐Cu mineralization of the Tulasu ore district, Western Tianshan, NW China: Implications for mineralization potential in Palaeozoic arc terranes. Geological Journal, 55 (3) : 2318 - 2341. doi: 10.1002/gj.3750

Zu B, Xue C, Seltmann R, Dolgopolova A, Chi G, Li C (2020) Geology, geochronology, and S-Pb-Os geochemistry of the Alastuo gold deposit, West Tianshan, NW China. Mineralium Deposita, 55 (7) : 1407 - 1424. doi: 10.1007/s00126-019-00948-7