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Bruce Mountain
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Full Name: Bruce Mountain
Position: Geochemist; Team Leader, Water/Gas Laboratory
Contact details
Email: B.Mountain
Phone: +64-7-376 0137
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Qualifications
1984: BSc (Honours), Geological Engineering; 1986: MSc, Mineral Exploration; 1993: PhD, Geochemistry Areas of expertise
Geochemist: Geomicrobiology
Geochemist: Geothermal chemistry
Geochemist: Hydrothermal chemistry
Geology: Geochemistry
Geology: Mesothermal gold mineralisation
Geology: Metallic minerals
Professional activities
International Society of Environmental Biogeochemistry (ISEB): Organising Committee
Major publications
Mountain, B.W. 2006 Life in hot springs. Electronic document IN: Te ara : the encyclopedia of New Zealand. Wellington: Ministry for Culture and Heritage [link to electronic copy]
Pancost, R.D.; Pressley, S.; Coleman, J.M.; Talbot, H.M.; Kelly, S.P.; Farrimond, P.; Schouten, S.; Benning, L.; Mountain, B.W. 2006 Composition and implications of diverse lipids in New Zealand geothermal sinters. Geobiology, 4(2): 71-92 [link to electronic copy]
Pancost, R.D.; Pressley, S.; Coleman, J.M.; Benning, L.G.; Mountain, B.W. 2005 Lipid biomolecules in silica sinters : indicators of microbial biodiversity. Environmental microbiology, 7(1): 66-77 [link to electronic copy]
Benning, L.G.; Mountain, B.W. 2004 The silicification of microorganisms : a comparison between in situ experiments in the field and laboratory. p. 3-10 IN: Wanty, R.B.; Seal, R.R. (eds) Water-rock interaction : proceedings of the eleventh International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction, 27 June - 2 July 2004, Saratoga Springs, New York, USA. Leiden, The Netherlands: Balkema
Cleverley, J.S.; Benning, L.G.; Mountain, B.W. 2003 Reaction path modelling in the As-S system : a case study for geothermal As transport. Applied geochemistry, 18(9): 1325-1345
Mountain, B.W.; Benning, L.G.; Boerema, J.A. 2003 Experimental studies on New Zealand hot spring sinters : rates of growth and textural development. Canadian journal of earth sciences, 40(11): 1643-1667
Mountain, B.W.; Seward, T.M. 2003 Hydrosulfide/sulfide complexes of copper (I): experimental confirmation of the stoichiometry and stability of Cu(HS)2- to elevated temperatures. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 67(16): 3005-3014
Mountain, B.W.; Williams-Jones, A.E. 1996 Mass transfer and the path of metasomatic reactions in mesothermal gold deposits : an example from Flambeau Lake, Ontario. Economic geology, 91(2): 302-321
Wood, S.A.; Mountain, B.W.; Pan, P. 1992 The aqueous geochemistry of platinum, palladium and gold : recent experimental constraints and a re-evaluation of theoretical predictions. Canadian mineralogist, 30(4): 955-982
Wood, S.A.; Mountain, B.W. 1991 Hydrothermal solubility of palladium in chloride solutions from 300 degrees to 700 degrees C : preliminary experimental results : a discussion. Economic geology, 86(7): 1562-1563
Wood, S.A.; Mountain, B.W. 1989 Thermodynamic constraints on the solubility of platinum and palladium in hydrothermal solutions : reassessment of hydroxide, bisulfide, and ammonia complexing. Economic geology, 84(7): 2020-2028
Mountain, B.W.; Wood, S.A. 1988 Chemical controls on the solubility, transport, and deposition of platinum and palladium in hydrothermal solutions : a thermodynamic approach. Economic geology, 83(3): 492-510
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