Publications

Peer-reviewed journal papers

2025

  • Brugger, J., Cuchet, S., Burgt, A. V. d., Crumbach, M., Etschmann, B., Xing, Y., Ram, R., Michaut, P., Nebel, O., Raveggi, M., Maas, R., Pearce, M. A., & Howard, D. L. (2025). Titanite and allanite as a record of multistage co-mobility of Ti-REE-Nb-As during metamorphism in the Central Alps. American Mineralogist, 110(4), 603–621. https://doi.org/doi:10.2138/am-2024-9378
  • Charin, S., Evans, G. N., Chen, X., Xing, Y., Chen, T., Seyfried, W. E., & Zheng, X.-Y. (2025). Experimental constraints on stable potassium (K) isotope fractionation during phase separation in NaCl–KCl–H2O and KCl–H2O systems: implications for the K isotope composition of seafloor hydrothermal vent fluids. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 404, 13–24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2025.07.014
  • Hu, B., Etschmann, B., Testemale, D., Liu, W., Guan, Q., Müller, H., & Brugger, J. (2025). Tantalum in hydrothermal fluids. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 406, 243–261. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2024.10.019
  • Mei, Y., Liu, W., Guan, Q., Brugger, J., Etschmann, B., Siégel, C., Wykes, J., & Ram, R. (2025). Tungsten speciation in hydrothermal fluids. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 406, 262–284. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2024.06.030
  • Qiu, Z. J., Xing, Y., Brugger, J., Etschmann, B., Pinter, Z., Fougerouse, D., Xu, J., Yu, Z., Guo, G. J., & Fan, H. R. (2025). Vacancies in sulfides facilitate fluid-induced solid-state diffusion and critical metals accumulation. Nat Commun, 16(1), 1835. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-57171-4

2024

  • Fan, G.-H., Li, J.-W., Mei, Y., Hu, S.-Y., Zhong, R.-C., Yu, C., Deng, X.-D., Cui, H., & Gao, W.-S. (2024). The role of potassium in lode gold mineralization: insights from ab initio molecular dynamics and geochemical modeling. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2024.12.022
  • Guan, Q., Mei, Y., Liu, W., & Brugger, J. (2024). Reply to “Artificially high stability of the sodium hydromolybdate ion pair in aqueous solution” by Gleb S. Pokrovski, Max Wilke and Maria A. Kokh. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2024.07.009
  • He, W., Xing, Y., Bao, X., Sun, N., Gao, X., & Yang, L. (2024). Iron isotope constraints on the genesis of giant Beiya Au-base metal deposits, Yunnan, Southwest China. Ore Geology Reviews, 171, 106152. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2024.106152
  • Mei, Y., Liu, W., Guan, Q., Brugger, J., Etschmann, B., Siegel, C., Wykes, J., & Ram, R. (2024). Tungsten speciation in hydrothermal fluids. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2024.06.030
  • Owen, N. D., Ram, R., Vollert, L., Seaman, B., Etschmann, B., Xing, Y., Rosemann, M., Verdugo, L., O’Callaghan, J., & Brugger, J. (2024). The deleterious role of gangue mineralogy in copper extraction: A case study of poor recovery in leaching low-grade Cu ores. Applied Geochemistry, 166, 105984. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2024.105984
  • Voisey, C. R., Hunter, N. J. R., Tomkins, A. G., Brugger, J., Liu, W., Liu, Y., & Luzin, V. (2024). Gold nugget formation from earthquake-induced piezoelectricity in quartz. Nature Geoscience. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-024-01514-1
  • Wang, X.-S., Williams-Jones, A. E., Hu, R.-Z., Liu, Q., Liu, F.-X., Mei, Y., Jiang, Z.-Q., Shang, L.-B., Zhu, J.-J., & Bi, X.-W. (2024). The transport of bismuth in HCl-bearing aqueous vapour and low-density aqueous supercritical fluids: Implications for natural systems. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 378, 203–216. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2024.06.008

2023

  • Guan, Q., Mei, Y., Liu, W., & Brugger, J. (2023). Different metal coordination in sub- and super-critical fluids: Do molybdenum(IV) chloride complexes contribute to mass transfer in magmatic systems? Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 354, 240–251. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2023.06.011
  • Kalintsev, A., Guan, Q., Brugger, J., Migdisov, A., Etschmann, B., Ram, R., Liu, W., Mei, Y., Testemale, D., & Xu, H. (2023). Nature and Coordination Geometry of Geologically Relevant Aqueous Uranium(VI) Complexes up to 400 ºC: A Review and New data. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 131309. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131309
  • Li, J., Liu, W., Su, L., Li, D., Zhang, S., & Chen, H. (2023). Porphyry copper mineralization triggered by sulfate reduction and alkali metasomatism: Constraints from an experimental investigation. GSA Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1130/b36435.1
  • Liu, W., Mei, Y., Etschmann, B., Glenn, M., MacRae, C. M., Spinks, S. C., Ryan, C. G., Brugger, J., & Paterson, D. J. (2023). Germanium speciation in experimental and natural sphalerite: Implications for critical metal enrichment in hydrothermal Zn-Pb ores. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 342, 198–214. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2022.11.031

2022

  • Glenn, A. M., Liu, W., MacRae, C. M., Wilson, N. C., & Torpy, A. (2022). An EBSD – EPMA Investigation of Synthetically Produced Sulfide Ores. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 28(S1), 642–644. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1431927622003087
  • Guan, Q., Mei, Y., Etschmann, B., Louvel, M., Testemale, D., Bastrakov, E., & Brugger, J. (2022). Yttrium speciation in sulfate-rich hydrothermal ore-forming fluids. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 325, 278–295. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2022.03.011
  • Guan, Q., Mei, Y., Etschmann, B., Louvel, M., Testemale, D., Spezia, R., & Brugger, J. (2022). Speciation and thermodynamic properties of La(III)-Cl complexes in hydrothermal fluids: A combined molecular dynamics and in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy study. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2022.02.032
  • Hu, Y., Liu, W., Zhang, G., Guan, S., Lu, Y., Li, P., Zheng, S., Fan, H., & Betts, P. G. (2022). Seismic Reflection Profiles Reveal the Ore-Controlling Structures of Carlin-Style Gold Deposits in Lannigou Gold Fields, Southwestern Guizhou, China. Economic Geology, 117(5), 1203–1224. https://doi.org/10.5382/econgeo.4916
  • Li, J., Chen, H., Liu, W., Ding, X., Zhong, R., & Yu, C. (2022). Copper mobilization via seawater-volcanic rock interactions: New experimental constraints for the formation of the iron oxide Cu-Au (IOCG) mineralization. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 330, 209–229. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2022.06.004
  • Mei, Y., Liu, W., Xia, F., Zajacz, Z., Migdisov, A., & Williams-Jones, A. (2022). Preface to Base, Precious and Critical Metals in Fluid-Mineral Interactions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 330, 1–5. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2022.06.030

2021

  • Chaudhari, A., Webster, N. A. S., Xia, F., Frierdich, A., Ram, R., Etschmann, B., Liu, W., Wykes, J., Brand, H. E. A., & Brugger, J. (2021). Anatomy of a complex mineral replacement reaction: Role of aqueous redox, mineral nucleation, and ion transport properties revealed by an in-situ study of the replacement of chalcopyrite by copper sulfides. Chemical Geology, 581, 120390. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2021.120390
  • Laird, J. S., Halfpenny, A., Ryan, C. G., & Liu, W. (2021). Evidence supporting micro-galvanic coupling in sulphides leads to gold deposition. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 176(3), 25. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-021-01781-w
  • Liu, W., Spinks, S. C., Glenn, M., MacRae, C., & Pearce, M. A. (2021). How carbonate dissolution facilitates sediment-hosted Zn-Pb mineralization. Geology, 49(11), 1363–1368. https://doi.org/10.1130/g49056.1
  • Spinks, S. C., Pearce, M. A., Liu, W., Kunzmann, M., Ryan, C. G., Moorhead, G. F., Kirkham, R., Blaikie, T., Sheldon, H. A., Schaubs, P. M., & Rickard, W. D. A. (2021). Carbonate Replacement as the Principal Ore Formation Process in the Proterozoic McArthur River (HYC) Sediment-Hosted Zn-Pb Deposit, Australia. Economic Geology, 116(3), 693–718. https://doi.org/10.5382/econgeo.4793

2015 – 2020

  • Guan, Q., Mei, Y., Etschmann, B., Testemale, D., Louvel, M., & Brugger, J. (2020). Yttrium complexation and hydration in chloride-rich hydrothermal fluids: A combined ab initio molecular dynamics and in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy study. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 281, 168–189. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2020.04.015
  • Hu, S.-Y., Barnes, S. J., Pagès, A., Parr, J., Binns, R., Verrall, M., Quadir, Z., Rickard, W. D. A., Liu, W., Fougerouse, D., Grice, K., Schoneveld, L., Ryan, C., & Paterson, D. (2020). Life on the edge: Microbial biomineralization in an arsenic- and lead-rich deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Chemical Geology, 533, 119438. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2019.119438
  • Jansson, N. F., & Liu, W. (2020). Controls on cobalt and nickel distribution in hydrothermal sulphide deposits in Bergslagen, Sweden – constraints from solubility modelling. GFF, 142(2), 87–95. https://doi.org/10.1080/11035897.2020.1751270
  • Li, J., Zhao, C., Yang, Y., Hollenkamp, T., Liu, W., Chen, M., & Chen, W. (2020). The phase definition and electrochemical property of cobalt-oxide nanoclusters supported on structured carbons. Materials Letters, 271, 127788. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2020.127788
  • Liu, W., Etschmann, B., Mei, Y., Guan, Q., Testemale, D., & Brugger, J. (2020). The role of sulfur in molybdenum transport in hydrothermal fluids: Insight from in situ synchrotron XAS experiments and molecular dynamics simulations. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 290, 162–179. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2020.08.003
  • Mei, Y., Liu, W., Brugger, J., & Guan, Q. (2020). Gold solubility in alkaline and ammonia-rich hydrothermal fluids: Insights from ab initio molecular dynamics simulations. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 291, 62–78. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2019.12.031
  • Mei, Y., Wang, R., Moncada, D., & Williams-Jones, A. E. (2020). Preface to Metals, minerals, melts and fluids associated with giant mineral deposits: Insights from natural observations, experiments and theoretical models. Ore Geology Reviews, 127, 103842. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103842
  • Yang, Y., Chen, J., Liu, W., Zhong, S., Ma, Y., Gao, X., & Chen, M. (2020). The impacts of pyrite/pyrrhotite on aqueous arsenic species in arsenopyrite pressure leaching: An XAS study. Minerals Engineering, 155, 106447. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mineng.2020.106447
  • Bohu, T., Anand, R., Noble, R., Lintern, M., Kaksonen, A. H., Mei, Y., Cheng, K. Y., Deng, X., Veder, J.-P., Bunce, M., Power, M., & Verrall, M. (2019). Evidence for fungi and gold redox interaction under Earth surface conditions. Nature Communications, 10(1), 2290. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10006-5
  • Cui, H., Zhong, R., Xie, Y., Yuan, X., Liu, W., Brugger, J., & Yu, C. (2019). Forming sulfate- and REE-rich fluids in the presence of quartz. Geology, 48(2), 145–148. https://doi.org/10.1130/g46893.1
  • Etschmann, B., Liu, W., Mayanovic, R., Mei, Y., Heald, S., Gordon, R., & Brugger, J. (2019). Zinc transport in hydrothermal fluids: On the roles of pressure and sulfur vs. chlorine complexing. American Mineralogist, 104(1), 158–161. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.2138/am-2019-6719
  • Liu, W., Chen, M., Yang, Y., Mei, Y., Etschmann, B., Brugger, J., & Johannessen, B. (2019). Colloidal gold in sulphur and citrate-bearing hydrothermal fluids: An experimental study. Ore Geology Reviews, 114, 103142. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.103142
  • Syverson, D. D., Etschmann, B., Liu, W., Ram, R., Mei, Y., Lanzirotti, T., Mercadier, J., & Brugger, J. (2019). Oxidation state and coordination environment of Pb in U-bearing minerals. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 265, 109–131. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2019.08.039
  • Xing, Y., Etschmann, B., Liu, W., Mei, Y., Shvarov, Y., Testemale, D., Tomkins, A., & Brugger, J. (2019). The role of fluorine in hydrothermal mobilization and transportation of Fe, U and REE and the formation of IOCG deposits. Chemical Geology, 504, 158–176. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.11.008
  • Yang, Y., Liu, W., Gao, X., & Chen, M. (2019). An XAS study of silver species evolution in silver-catalysed chalcopyrite bioleaching. Hydrometallurgy, 186, 252–259. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hydromet.2019.04.023
  • Chen, M., Yang, Y., Liu, W., Wang, C., & Johannessen, B. (2018). An in-situ synchrotron XAS study on the evolution of aqueous arsenic species in acid pressure leaching. Hydrometallurgy, 175, 11–19. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hydromet.2017.10.016
  • Crede, L.-S., Liu, W., Evans, K. A., Rempel, K. U., Testemale, D., & Brugger, J. (2018). Crude oil as ore fluids: An experimental in-situ XAS study of gold partitioning between brine and organic fluid from 25 to 250°C. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2018.10.007
  • Etschmann, B. E., Mei, Y., Liu, W., Sherman, D., Testemale, D., Müller, H., Rae, N., Kappen, P., & Brugger, J. (2018). The role of Pb(II) complexes in hydrothermal mass transfer: An X-ray absorption spectroscopic study. Chemical Geology. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.10.022
  • Mei, Y., Liu, W., Brugger, J., Sherman, D. M., & Gale, J. D. (2018). The dissociation mechanism and thermodynamic properties of HCl(aq) in hydrothermal fluids (to 700 °C, 60 kbar) by ab initio molecular dynamics simulations. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 226, 84–106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2018.01.017
  • Mei, Y., Liu, W., Migdiov, A. A., Brugger, J., & Williams-Jones, A. E. (2018). CuCl Complexation in the Vapor Phase: Insights from Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Geofluids, 2018, 12, Article 4279124. https://doi.org/http://doi.org/10.1155/2018/4279124
  • Pagès, A., Barnes, S., Schmid, S., Coveney, R. M., Schwark, L., Liu, W., Grice, K., Fan, H., & Wen, H. (2018). Geochemical investigation of the lower Cambrian mineralised black shales of South China and the late Devonian Nick deposit, Canada. Ore Geology Reviews, 94, 396–413. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2018.02.004
  • Uvarova, Y. A., Pearce, M. A., Liu, W., Cleverley, J. S., & Hough, R. M. (2018). Geochemical signatures of copper redistribution in IOCG-type mineralisation, Gawler Craton, South Australia [journal article]. Mineralium Deposita, 53(4), 477–492. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00126-017-0749-1
  • Xing, Y., Mei, Y., Etschmann, B., Liu, W., & Brugger, J. (2018). Uranium Transport in F-Cl-Bearing Fluids and Hydrothermal Upgrading of U-Cu Ores in IOCG Deposits. Geofluids, 2018, 22, Article 6835346. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/6835346
  • Etschmann, B., Liu, W., Li, K., Dai, S., Reith, F., Falconer, D., Kerr, G., Paterson, D., Howard, D., Kappen, P., Wykes, J., & Brugger, J. (2017). Enrichment of germanium and associated arsenic and tungsten in coal and roll-front uranium deposits. Chemical Geology, 463, 29–49. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.05.006
  • Hu, Y., Liu, W., Wang, J., Zhang, G., Zhou, Z., & Han, R. (2017). Basin-scale structure control of Carlin-style gold deposits in central Southwestern Guizhou, China: Insights from seismic reflection profiles and gravity data. Ore Geology Reviews, 91(Supplement C), 444–462. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2017.09.011
  • Liu, W., Etschmann, B., Migdisov, A., Boukhalfa, H., Testemale, D., Müller, H., Hazemann, J.-L., & Brugger, J. (2017). Revisiting the hydrothermal geochemistry of europium(II/III) in light of new in-situ XAS spectroscopy results. Chemical Geology, 459, 61–74. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.04.005
  • Liu, W., Mei, Y., Etschmann, B., Brugger, J., Pearce, M., Ryan, C. G., Borg, S., Wykes, J., Kappen, P., Paterson, D., Boesenberg, U., Garrevoet, J., Moorhead, G., & Falkenberg, G. (2017). Arsenic in hydrothermal apatite: Oxidation state, mechanism of uptake, and comparison between experiments and nature. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 196, 144–159. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2016.09.023
  • Mei, Y., Liu, W., Brugger, J., Migdisov, A. A., & Williams-Jones, A. E. (2017). Hydration Is the Key for Gold Transport in CO2–HCl–H2O Vapor. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 1(7), 368–375. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.7b00020
  • Wang, R., Cudahy, T., Laukamp, C., Walshe, J. L., Bath, A., Mei, Y., Young, C., Roache, T. J., Jenkins, A., Roberts, M., Barker, A., & Laird, J. (2017). White Mica as a Hyperspectral Tool in Exploration for the Sunrise Dam and Kanowna Belle Gold Deposits, Western Australia. Economic Geology, 112(5), 1153. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5382/econgeo.2017.4505
  • Yang, Y., Liu, W. H., Wang, C., Chen, M., Ram, R., & Bhargava, S. K. (2017). An XPS and XANES Study on the Bioleaching of Arsenopyrite with or without Pyrite. Solid State Phenomena, 262, 53–56. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.262.53
  • Brugger, J., Liu, W., Etschmann, B., Mei, Y., Sherman, D. M., & Testemale, D. (2016). A review of the coordination chemistry of hydrothermal systems, or do coordination changes make ore deposits? Chemical Geology, 447, 219–253. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2016.10.021
  • Etschmann, B. E., Liu, W., Pring, A., Grundler, P. V., Tooth, B., Borg, S., Testemale, D., Brewe, D., & Brugger, J. (2016). The role of Te(IV) and Bi(III) chloride complexes in hydrothermal mass transfer: An X-ray absorption spectroscopic study. Chemical Geology, 425, 37–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2016.01.015
  • Fougerouse, D., Micklethwaite, S., Tomkins, A. G., Mei, Y., Kilburn, M., Guagliardo, P., Fisher, L. A., Halfpenny, A., Gee, M., Paterson, D., & Howard, D. L. (2016). Gold remobilisation and formation of high grade ore shoots driven by dissolution-reprecipitation replacement and Ni substitution into auriferous arsenopyrite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 178, 143–159. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2016.01.040
  • Mei, Y., Etschmann, B., Liu, W., Sherman, D. M., Testemale, D., & Brugger, J. (2016). Speciation and thermodynamic properties of zinc in sulfur-rich hydrothermal fluids: Insights from ab initio molecular dynamics simulations and X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 179, 32–52. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2016.01.031
  • Yang, Y., Liu, W., Bhargava, S. K., Zeng, W., & Chen, M. (2016). A XANES and XRD study of chalcopyrite bioleaching with pyrite. Minerals Engineering, 89, 157–162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mineng.2016.01.019
  • Mei, Y., Etschmann, B., Liu, W., Sherman, D. M., Barnes, S. J., Fiorentini, M. L., Seward, T. M., Testemale, D., & Brugger, J. (2015). Palladium complexation in chloride- and bisulfide-rich fluids: Insights from ab initio molecular dynamics simulations and X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 161(0), 128–145. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2015.04.009
  • Mei, Y., Sherman, D. M., Liu, W., Etschmann, B., Testemale, D., & Brugger, J. (2015). Zinc complexation in chloride-rich hydrothermal fluids (25–600°C): A thermodynamic model derived from ab initio molecular dynamics. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 150(0), 265–284. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2014.09.023
  • Yang, Y., Liu, W., & Chen, M. (2015). XANES and XRD study of the effect of ferrous and ferric ions on chalcopyrite bioleaching at 30 degrees C and 48 degrees C. Minerals Engineering, 70, 99–108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mineng.2014.08.021

2014 and before

  • Borg, S., Liu, W., Pearce, M., Cleverley, J., & MacRae, C. (2014). Complex mineral zoning patterns caused by ultra-local equilibrium at reaction interfaces. Geology, 42(5), 415–418. https://doi.org/10.1130/G35287.1
  • Brugger, J., Tooth, B., Etschmann, B., Liu, W., Testemale, D., Hazemann, J.-L., & Grundler, P. V. (2014). Structure and Thermal Stability of Bi(III) Oxy-Clusters in Aqueous Solutions. Journal of Solution Chemistry, 43(2), 314–325. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10953-014-0131-1
  • Liu, W., Etschmann, B., Testemale, D., Hazemann, J.-L., Rempel, K., Mueller, H., & Brugger, J. (2014). Gold transport in hydrothermal fluids: Competition among the Cl-, Br-, HS- and NH3(aq) ligands. Chemical Geology, 376, 11–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2014.03.012
  • Mei, Y., Liu, W., Sherman, D. M., & Brugger, J. (2014). Metal complexation and ion hydration in low density hydrothermal fluids: Ab initio molecular dynamics simulation of Cu(I) and Au(I) in chloride solutions (25–1000°C, 1–5000bar). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 131(0), 196–212. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2014.01.033
  • Grundler, P. V., Brugger, J., Etschmann, B. E., Helm, L., Liu, W., Spry, P. G., Tian, Y., Testemale, D., & Pring, A. (2013). Speciation of aqueous tellurium(IV) in hydrothermal solutions and vapors, and the role of oxidized tellurium species in Te transport and gold deposition. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 120, 298–325. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2013.06.009
  • Mei, Y., Sherman, D. M., Liu, W., & Brugger, J. (2013). Complexation of gold in S3–rich hydrothermal fluids: Evidence from ab-initio molecular dynamics simulations. Chemical Geology, 347(0), 34–42. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.03.019
  • Mei, Y., Sherman, D. M., Liu, W., & Brugger, J. (2013). Ab initio molecular dynamics simulation and free energy exploration of copper(I) complexation by chloride and bisulfide in hydrothermal fluids. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 102(0), 45–64. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2012.10.027
  • Yang, Y., Liu, W., & Chen, M. (2013). A copper and iron K-edge XANES study on chalcopyrite leached by mesophiles and moderate thermophiles. Minerals Engineering, 48, 31–35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mineng.2013.01.010
  • Barnes, S. J., & Liu, W. (2012). Pt and Pd mobility in hydrothermal fluids: Evidence from komatiites and from thermodynamic modelling. Ore Geology Reviews, 44, 49–58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.08.004
  • Liu, W., Borg, S., Etschmann, B., Mei, Y., & Brugger, J. (2012). An XAS study of speciation and thermodynamic properties of aqueous zinc bromide complexes at 25–150 °C. Chemical Geology, 298–299(0), 57–69. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.12.018
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