Dr Robin Armstrong

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

From arc magmas to ores (FAMOS): A mineral systems approach
Role: Principal investigatorWilkinson JJ
Funding: NERC
Total value £2,866,675 (to Museum £721,989)
Dates: 2017 - 2022

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

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

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

Kocher S, Armstrong RN, Wilkinson J (null) Using High Resolution SEM to Identify Daughter Crystals in Fluid Inclusions from the Bingham Canyon Porphyry Deposit, Utah. Mineral Deposits Study Group AGM, 1712 12 - 17 12 12

Kocher S, Wilkinson J, Armstrong RN, Schroeder K (null) Textures and cathodoluminescence properties of molybdenite-bearing quartz veins at the Bingham Canyon Cu-Au-Mo porphyry deposit. EG 2014: Building Exploration Capability for the 21st Century, 279 9 - 27 9 9Abstracts of oral and poster presentations from SEG 2014: Building Exploration Capability for the 21st Century held in Keystone, CO, USA. Society of Economic Geologists :

Guy A, Schulmann K, Clauer N, Hasalová P, Seltmann R, Armstrong R, Lexa O, Benedicto A (2014) Late Paleozoic–Mesozoic tectonic evolution of the Trans-Altai and South Gobi Zones in southern Mongolia based on structural and geochronological data. Gondwana Research, 25 (1) : 309 - 337. doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2013.03.014

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

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

Hezel DC, Elangovan P, Viehmann S, Howard L, Abel RL, Armstrong R (2013) Visualisation and quantification of CV chondrite petrography using micro-tomography. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 116 : 33 - 40. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.03.015

SELTMANN R, ARMSTRONG R, Schulmann K, Pirajno F (2013) Jackpot at the P-T boundary: hot LIPs and giant deposits across Eurasia.. Proceedings of MDSG Winter Meeting,

Elangovan P, Hezel DC, Howard L, Armstrong R, Abel RL (2012) PhaseQuant: A tool for quantifying tomographic data sets of geological specimens. Computers & Geosciences, 48 : 323 - 329. doi: 10.1016/j.cageo.2012.01.014

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,

SELTMANN R, ARMSTRONG R, Schulmann K, Pirajno F (2012) Jackpot at 290 Ma: selected mineral deposits in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt - metallogeny and tectonic overview.. Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on CAOB,

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.

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 :

HEZEL DC, ELANGOVAN P, ABEL R, ARMSTRONG R, HOWARD L (2011) Meteorites in 3D!. 7th Planet Formation Workshop,

HEZEL DC, ELANGOVAN P, ABEL RL, HOWARD LE, ARMSTRONG R (2011) 3D structure of carbonaceous chondrites. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 46 : A95 - A95.

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, ARMSTRONG R (2011) Geodynamic control of ore deposits in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt. Kroener A (Eds). Proceedings of GSA Penrose Conference “Comparative evolution of past and present accretionary orogens: Central Asia and the Circum-Pacific, September 4-10, 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,

ELANGOVAN P, ABEL R, HEZEL DC, ARMSTRONG R, WILLIAMS CT (2010) Automatic phase segmentation of chondrule and matrix from micro-CT meteorite slices.. Joint meeting: Paneth Kolloquium & The first 10 million years of the solar system,

ELANGOVAN P, ABEL R, HEZEL DC, ARMSTRONG R, WILLIAMS CT (2010) Software package for extracting and quantifying mineralogical phases in micro-CT scans of rock cores.. Joint meeting: Paneth Kolloquium & The first 10 million years of the solar system,

MÜLLER A, HERRINGTON R, ARMSTRONG R, SELTMANN R, Kirwin DJ, Stenina NG, Kronz A (2010) Trace elements and cathodoluminescence of quartz in stockwork veins of Mongolian porphyry-style deposits. IMA 2010 20th general meeting of the international mineralogical association, Budapest, Hungary, 21-27 August 2010. Acta Mineralogica-Petrographica, 6 :

SELTMANN R, Creaser RA, Soloviev SG, ARMSTRONG RN, Konopelko DL, Shatov VV, Alexeiev DV (2010) Gold metallogeny of the Altaids: Update 2010, in: Abstracts and presentations for the SEG 2010 conference "The challenge of finding new mineral resources: global metallogeny, innovative exploration, and new discoveries", Keystone, USA 2-5 October. ISBN 978-1-934969-25-0.

Edfelt Å, ARMSTRONG RN, SMITH MP, Martinsson O (2006) Apatite chemistry - a potential tool for IOCG exploration. Nordic Geological Winter Meeting,

Groza ND, O’Connor G, ARMSTRONG RN, KIRK CA (2006) Alteration systematics at the Frasin Prospect, Apuseni Mountains, Romania. MDSG Winter Conference,

Hawkins TD, KIRK CA, ARMSTRONG RN, RUMSEY M (2006) The Source of Gold from Lochan Beinn Nam Caoroch. MDSG Winter Conference,

HERRINGTON R, SELTMANN R, ARMSTRONG R, YAKUBCHUK A, Konopelko D (2006) Metallogeny of the Altaids: identifying new terrains for the discovery of the new generation of world-class orebodies. Abstr P8. SEG 2006 Conference “Wealth Creation in the Minerals Industry, 144 - 149.

Seltmann R, Armstrong R, Herrington RJ, Stanley CJ (2006) Workshop “Altaids &Tethysides Tectonics: - Abstracts and Presentation CD-ROM. CERCAMS-7/IGCP-473 Workshop “Altaids &Tethysides Tectonics: Implications for Ore Deposits”,

SELTMANN R, HERRINGTON R, ARMSTRONG R, YAKUBCHUK AS, CERCAMS team (2006) Metallogeny of the Altaids – Identifying new terrains for the new generation of world class orebodies. Seltmann R (Eds). Proceedings of the Field Workshop on Porphyry and Epithermal Deposits of the Chatkal-Kurama Region, Uzbekistan, 22-30 April 2006, The Natural History Museum : 67 - 68.

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.

ARMSTRONG R, Kozelj D, HERRINGTON R (2005) The Majdanpek Cu-Au Porphyry Deposit of Eastern Serbia: A Review, In: Super Porphyry Copper & Gold Deposits: A Global Perspective, Porter TM (Eds). PGC Publishing : Adelaide. 453 - 466.

ARMSTRONG R, SELTMANN R, CERCAMS TEAM (2005) Information resources on Central Eurasia. PDAC 2005, Toronto, Canada, 6-9 March 2005. :

Edfelt Å, ARMSTRONG RN, SMITH MP, Martinsson O (2005) Alteration paragenesis and mineral chemistry of the Tjårrojåkka apatite-iron and Cu (-Au) occurrences, Kiruna area, northern Sweden. Mineralium Deposita, 40 : 409 - 434.

Gerel O, Amar-Amgalan S, Oyungerel S, Myagmarsuren S, Kirwin D, ARMSTRONG R, HERRINGTON R, SELTMANN R (2005) Granitoids and related mineralization of Mongolia: Petrochemistry and mineral deposits GIS, In: Mineral Deposit Research: Meeting the global challenge. Proceedings of the eighth Biennial SGA meeting, Beijing, China, 18-21 August 2005, Mao J, Bierlein F (Eds). Springer-Verlag : Berlin Heidelberg. 1313 - 1316.

Herrington R, Maslennikov V, Zaykov V, Seravkin I, Kosarev A, Buschmann B, Orgeval J-J, Holland N, Tesalina S, Nimis P, Armstrong R (2005) 6: Classification of VMS deposits: Lessons from the South Uralides. Ore Geology Reviews, 27 (1-4) : 203 - 237. doi: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.07.014

HERRINGTON RJ, ARMSTRONG RN, Yakubchuk A, SELTMANN R, Shatov V, Gerel O, Koval P, Berzina A (2005) Analysis of magmatic belts of Mongolia utilising a new combined geology map and petrochemistry GIS product, In: Geodynamics and Metallogeny of Mongolia with a Special Emphasis on Copper and Gold Deposits. SEG-IAGOD Field Trip, 14-16 August 2005, 8th Biennial SGA Meeting; IAGOD Guidebook Series 11, SELTMANN R, Gerel O, Kirwin DJ (Eds). CERCAMS/NHM : London. 225 pp. 53 - 62.

HERRINGTON R, SELTMANN R, ARMSTRONG R, YAKUBCHUK A (2005) Metallogeny of the Altaids - Terrane reconstructions leading to new target regions Abstract. 4pp.. AMIRA International Exploration Manager’s Conference,

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 :

ARMSTRONG R, HERRINGTON RJ, SAVAGE MA (2003) Tennantite and tyrolite from the Coed y Brenin Forest, North Wales. Journal of the Russell Society, 8 :

ARMSTRONG RN, Yakubchuk A, HERRINGTON RJ, SELTMANN R (2003) Accreted magmatic belts of Mongolia and their ore potential - A new GIS product. HERRINGTON R, Gerel O, SELTMANN R, Kirwin D (Eds). Proceedings of a workshop in Ulaanbaatar, 31 July - 1 August 2003, 21 : Mongolian Geoscientist. 73 pp : 8 - 11.

MÜLLER A, ARMSTRONG RN, HERRINGTON RJ, SELTMANN R (2003) Characterisation of quartz textures in porphyry copper ore deposits by scanning electron microscope cathodoluminescence (SEM-CL). HERRINGTON R, Gerel O, SELTMANN R, Kirwin D (Eds). Geodynamics and Metallogeny of Mongolia. Proceedings of a workshop in Ulaanbaatar, 31 July - 1 August 2003, 21 : Mongolian Geoscientist. 73 pp : 32 - 35.

SELTMANN R, ARMSTRONG R, HERRINGTON R, WILLIAMSON, B, , (eds) (2003) Geodynamics and metallogeny of Mongolia with a special emphasis on Cu-Au porphyry systems. CERCAMS-III Mongolia Exploration Workshop, Abstracts and Power Point Presentations CD-Rom,

Armstrong RN, Roberts S, White NC (1999) The melt inclusion chemistry of porphyry forming magmas from the SW USA. Mineral Deposits: Process to Processing, Balkema : Rotterdam.