Magmatic and Ore-Forming Processes Research Laboratory

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

47. Askerka M., Li Z., Lempen M., Liu Y., Johnston A., Saidaminov M.I., Zajacz Z., Sargent E.H. (2019) Learning-in-Templates Enables Accelerated Discovery and Synthesis of New Stable Double-Perovskites. Journal of the American Chemical Society. In Press. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b13420

46. Kerr MJ., Hanley JJ., Kontak DJ., Morrison GG., Petrus J., Fayek M., Zajacz Z. (2018) Evidence of upgrading of gold tenor in an orogenic quartz-carbonate vein system by late magmatic-hydrothermal fluids at the Madrid Deposit, Hope Bay Greenstone Belt, Nunavut, Canada. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 241, 180-218.

45. Yin Y. and Zajacz Z. (2018) The solubility of silver in magmatic fluids: Implications for silver transfer to the magmatic-hydrothermal ore-forming environment. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 238, 235-251.

44. Light T., Williams B., Halfar J., Hou A., Zajacz Z., Tsay A., Adey W. (2018). Advancing Mg/Ca analysis of coralline algae as a climate proxy by assessing LA-ICP-OES sampling and coupled Mg/Ca – d18O analysis. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, DOI: 10.1029/2018gc007504

43. Sullivan N., Zajacz Z., Brenan J.M. (2018) The solubility of Pd and Au in hydrous intermediate silicate melts: The effect of oxygen fugacity and the addition of Cl and S. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 231, 15-29.

42. Hou A., Halfar J., Adey W., Wortmann U.G., Zajacz Z., Tsay A., Williams B., Chan P. (2018) Long-lived coralline alga records multidecadal variability in Labrador Sea carbon isotopes. Chemical Geology, in press, DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.02.026

41. Lierenfeld M., Zajacz Z., Bachmann O. and Ulmer P. (2018) Sulfur diffusion in dacitic melt at various oxidation states: Implications for volcanic degassing. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 226, 50-68.

40. Grondahl C.M. and Zajacz, Z. (2017) Magmatic controls on the genesis of porphyry Cu-Mo-Au deposits: the Bingham Canyon example. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 480, 53-65.

39. Liptai N., Patko L., Kovacs I., Hidas K., Pinter ZS., Jeffries T., Zajacz Z., O’Reilly S.Y., Griffin W.L., Pearson N.J. and Szabo C. (2017) Multiple Metasomatism beneath the Nograd-Gomor Volcanic Field (Northern Pannonian Basin) Revealed by Upper Mantle Peridotite Xenoliths. Journal of Petrology, 58, 1107-1144.

38. Morizet Y., Gennaro E., Jego S., Zajacz Z., Iacono-Marziano G., Pichavant M., Di Carlo I., Ferraina C. and Priscille Lesne (2017) A Raman calibration for the quantification of SO42- groups dissolved in silicate glasses: Application to natural melt inclusions. American Mineralogist, 102, 2065-2076.

37. Zajacz Z, Candela PA, Piccoli PM (2017) The partitioning of Cu, Au and Mo between liquid and vapor at magmatic temperatures and its implications for the genesis of magmatic-hydrothermal ore deposits. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 207, 81-101.

36. Hsu YJ, Zajacz Z, Ulmer P, Heinrich CA (2017) Copper partitioning between silicate melts and amphibole: Experimental insight into magma evolution leading to porphyry copper ore formation. Chemical Geology 448, 151-163.

35. Tsay A, Zajacz Z, Ulmer P, Sanchez-Valle C (2017) Mobility of major and trace elements in the eclogite-fluid system and element fluxes upon slab dehydration. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 198,70-91.

34. Su, Y., Huber, C., Bachmann, O., Zajacz, Z., Wright, H., Vazquez, J. (2016) The role of crystallization-driven exsolution on the sulfur mass balance in volcanic arc magmas. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 121, 5624-5640.

33. Seo, J.H. and Zajacz, Z. (2016) Fractionation of Cl/Br during fluid phase separation in magmatic–hydrothermal fluids. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 183, 125-137.

32. Malfait WJ., Klemencic R., Lang B., Rist T., Klucka M., Zajacz Z., Koebel MM. (2016), Optimized solder allow for glass to metal joints by simultaneous soldering and anionic bonding. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 236, 176-182.

31. Tsay, A., Zajacz, Z., Ulmer, P., Waelle, M., Sanchez-Valle, C. (2016). A new experimental approach to study fluid-rock equilibria at the slab-mantle interface based on the synthetic fluid inclusion technique. American Mineralogist, 101, 2199-2209.

30. Kovacs I, Demeny A, Czuppon G, Lecuyer C, Fourel F, Xia QK, Liu J, Pinter Z, Kiraly E, Torok K, Szabo A, Deloule E, Falus G, Fancsik T, Zajacz Z, Kovacs JS, Udvardi B (2016) Water concentrations and hydrogen isotope compositions of alkaline basalt-hosted clinopyroxene megacrysts and amphibole clinopyroxenites: the role of structural hydroxyl groups and molecular water. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 171(5)

29. Brenan J., Bennett N. and Zajacz Z. (2016) Experimental Results on Fractionation of the Highly Siderophile Elements (HSE) at Variable Pressures and Temperatures during Planetary and Magmatic Differentiation, Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 81, 1-88.

28. Zajacz Z. (2015) The effect of silicate melt composition on the volatile/melt partitioning of oxidized sulfur. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 158, 223-244.

27. Guzmics, T., Zajacz Z., Szabo C., Mitchell R.H., Walle, M. (2015) The role of liquid–liquid immiscibility and crystal fractionation in the genesis of carbonatite magmas: insights from Kerimasi melt inclusions, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 167:17

26. Tsay, A., Zajacz, Z., Sanchez-Valle, C. (2014) Efficient mobilization and fractionation of rare-earth elements by aqueous fluids upon slab dehydration. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 398, 101-112.

25. Stefanova, E., Driesner, T., Zajacz, Z., Heinrich, C.A., Petrov, P., Vasilev, Z., (2014). Melt and Fluid Inclusions in Hydrothermal Veins: The Magmatic to Hydrothermal Evolution of the Elatsite Porphyry Cu-Au Deposit, Bulgaria. Economic Geology, 109, 1359-1381.

24. Zajacz Z., Candela P.A., Piccoli P.M., Sanchez-Valle C. and Wälle M. (2013) Solubility and partitioning behavior of Au, Cu, Ag and reduced S in magmas. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 112, 288-304.

23. Zajacz Z., Candela P.A., Piccoli P.M., Wälle M. and Sanchez-Valle C. (2012) Gold and copper in volatile saturated mafic to intermediate magmas: solubilities, partitioning, and implications for ore deposit formation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 91, 140-159.

22. Zajacz Z., Candela P.A., Piccoli P.M. and Sanchez-Valle C. (2012) The partitioning of sulfur and chlorine between andesite melts and magmatic volatiles and the exchange coefficients of major cations. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 89, 81-101.

21. Zajacz Z., Seo J.H., Candela P.A., Piccoli P.M., Tossel J.A. (2011) The solubility of copper in high-temperature magmatic vapors: a quest for the significance of various chloride and sulfide complexes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75, 2811-2827.

20. Seo J.H., Guillong M., Aaerts M., Zajacz Z., Heinrich C.A. (2011) Microanalysis of S, Cl, and Br in fluid inclusions by LA-ICP-MS. Chemical Geology, 284, 35-44.

19. Zajacz Z., Seo J.H., Candela P.A., Piccoli P.M., Heinrich C.H., Guillong M. (2010) Alkali metals control the release of gold from volatile-rich magmas. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 297, 50-56.

18. Hidas K., Guzmics T., Szabó Cs., Kovács I., Bodnar R.J., Zajacz Z., Nédli ZS., Vaccari L., Perucchi A. (2010) Coexisting silicate melt inclusions and H2O-bearing, CO2-rich fluid inclusions in mantle peridotite xenoliths from the Carpathian-Pannonian region (central Hungary) Chemical Geology, 274, 1-18.

17. Marchev P., Georgiev S., Zajacz Z., Manetti P., Raicheva R., Quadt A., Tommasini S. (2009) High-K ankaramitic melt inclusions and lavas in the Upper Cretaceous Eastern Srednogorie continental arc, Bulgaria: Implications for the genesis of arc shoshonites. Lithos, 113, 228-245.

16. Zajacz Z., Halter WE. (2009) Copper transport by high temperature, sulfur-rich magmatic vapor: Evidence from silicate melt and vapor inclusions in a basaltic andesite from the Villarrica volcano (Chile). Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 282, 115-121.

15. Szabo C., Hidas K., Bali E., Zajacz Z., Kovacs I., Yang K., Guzmics T., Torok K. (2009) Melt-wall rock interaction in the mantle shown by silicate melt inclusions in peridotite xenoliths from the central Pannonian Basin (western Hungary). Island Arc, 18, 375-400.

14. Zajacz Z., Hanley J., Heinrich C., Halter WE. And Guillong M. (2009) Diffusive reequilibration of quartz-hosted silicate melt and fluid inclusions: Are all metal concentrations unmodified? Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73, 3013-3027.

13. Zajacz Z., Halter WE., Pettke T., Guillong M. (2008) Determination of fluid/melt partition coefficients by LA-ICPMS analysis of co-existing fluid- and silicate melt inclusions: Controls on element partitioning. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 72, 2169-2197.

12. Guzmics T., Zajacz Z., Kodolanyi J., Halter WE., Szabó C. (2008) LA-ICP-MS study of apatite- and K feldspar-hosted primary carbonatite melt inclusions in clinopyroxenite xenoliths from lamprophyres, Hungary: Implications for significance of carbonatite melts in the Earth’s mantle. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 72,1864-1886.

11. Bali E., Zajacz Z., Kovács I., Halter WE., Szabó Cs., Vaselli O., Török K., Bodnar R.J. (2008) Silicate melt inclusion study on a quartz-bearing orthopyroxene-rich websterite xenolith western Hungary, Pannonian Basin: Evidence for melting of the subducted slab. Journal of Petrology, 49, 421-439.

10. Beaudoin Y., Scott SD., Gorton MP., Zajacz Z., Halter WE. (2007) Effects of hydrothermal alteration on Pb in the active pacmanus hydrothermal field, ODP leg 193, manus basin, papua new guinea: A LA-ICP-MS study. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 71, 4256-4278.

9. Beaudoin Y., Scott SD., Gorton MP., Zajacz Z., Halter WE. (2007) Pb and other ore metals in modern seafloor tectonic environments: evidence from melt inclusions. Marine Geology, 242, 271-289.

8. Zajacz Z., Kovács I., Szabó C., Halter WE., Pettke T. (2007) Evolution of mafic alkaline melts crystallized in the uppermost lithospheric mantle: a melt inclusion study of olivine-clinopyroxenite xenoliths, Northern Hungary. Journal of Petrology, 48, 853-883.

7. Kovács I., Csontos L., Szabó Cs., Falus Gy., Bali E., Benedek K., Zajacz Z. (2007) Paleogene igneous rocks and geodynamics of the wider Carpathian-Pannonian Region: an integrated approach. Geological Society of America Special Paper 418, 93-112, doi: 10.1130/2007.2418(05)

6. Zajacz Z. and Halter WE. (2007) LA-ICPMS analyses of silicate melt inclusions in co-precipitated minerals: quantification, data analysis and mineral/melt partitioning. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 71, 1021-1040.

5. Falus Gy., Szabó C., Kovács I., Zajacz Z., Halter WE. (2007) Symplectite in spinel lherzolite xenoliths from the Little Hungarian Plain, Western Hungary: a key for understanding basin evolution. Lithos, 94, 230-247.

4. Zajacz Z., Halter WE., Malfait W.J., Bachmann O., Bodnar R.J., Hirschmann M.M., Mandeville C.W., Morizet Y., Muntener O., Ulmer P., Webster J.D. (2005) A composition-independent quantitative determination of the water content in silicate glasses and silicate melt inclusions by Raman Spectroscopy. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 150, 631-642.

3. Kovács I., Zajacz Z., Szabó C. (2004) Type-II xenoliths and related metasomatism from the Nograd-Gomor Volcanic Field, Carpathian-Pannonian region (northern Hungary-southern Slovakia). Tectonophysics 393, 139-161.

2. Szabó C., Falus G., Zajacz Z., Kovács I., Bali E. (2004) Composition and evolution of lithosphere beneath the Carpathian-Pannonian Region: a review. Tectonophysics, 393, 119-137.

1. Zajacz Z., Szabó C. (2003) Origin of sulfide inclusions in cumulate xenoliths from Nograd-Gomor Volcanic Field, Pannonian Basin (north Hungary/south Slovakia). Chemical Geology, 194, 105-117.

 

BOOK CHAPTERS (PEER-REVIEWED):

B1. Dolejs, D. and Zajacz, Z. (2018). Halogens in Silicic Magmas and their Hydrothermal Systems. The Role of Halogens in Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Geochemical Processes. Lectures in Geology Series published by Springer. Editors: Daniel Harlov and Leonya Aranovich. DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-61667-4, p. 431-544.