2024
Bishop, B.A., Alam, M.S., Flynn, S.L., Chen, N., Hao, W., Shivakumar, K.R., Swaren, L., Gutierrez Rueda, D., Konhauser, K.O., Alessi, D.S., and Robbins, L.J. (2024) Rare earth element adsorption to clay minerals: Mechanistic insights and implications for recovery from secondary sources. Environmental Science & Technology, doi: 10.1021/acs.est.4c00974.
Wei, W., Yu, W, Du, Y., Algeo, T.J., Li, Z., Cheng, M., Wang, P., Zhang, J., Robbins, L.J., and Konhauser, K.O. (2024) A new salinity-based model for Cryogenian Mn-carbonate deposits. Precambrian Research 403, 107309. Available online.
Wang, C., Robbins, L.J., Peng, Z., Zhang, X., and Zhang, L. (2024) Late Archean shelf-to-basin iron shuttle contributes to the formation of the world-class Dataigou banded iron formation. Economic Geology, doi: 10.5382/econgeo.5047.
Bishop, B.A., and Robbins, L.J. (2024) Using machine learning to identify indicators of rare earth element enrichment in sedimentary lithologies with applications for metal prospectivity. Journal of Geochemical Exploration 258, 107388. Available online.
Xie, S., Dong, Z., Shang, J., Zhang, X., Peng, Z., Li, W., Zhang, L., Shi, Y., Robbins, L., and Wang, C. (2024) Age and genesis of the Tongshan banded iron formation in the Zhongtiao region, North China Craton. Ore Geology Reviews 164, 105845. Available online.
Li, Z., Konhauser, K.O., Zhou, Y., Adlakha, E., Button, M., Lazowski, C., Pecoits, E., Aubet, N.R., Lecumberri-Sanchez, P., Alessi, D.S., and Robbins, L.J. (2024) How does weathering influence geochemical proxies in Paleoproterozoic banded iron formations? A case study from outcrop samples of the 2.46 Banded Iron Formation, Hamersley Basin. Geological Society of America Bulletin. doi: 10.1130/B37152.1.
Yan, H., Xu, L., Mao, J., Yang, X., Tang, D., Bai, Y., Li, C., Konhauser, K.O., and Robbins, L.J. (2024) Mineralogy of the 1.45 Ga Wafangzi manganese deposit in North China: Implications for pulsed Mesoproterozoic oxygenation events. American Mineralogist 109, 764-784. Available online.
2023
Konhauser, K.O., Kappler, A., Lalonde, S.V., and Robbins, L.J. (2023) Logan Medallist 8.
Trace Elements in Iron Formation as a Window into Biogeochemical Evolution Accompanying the Oxygenation of Earth’s Atmosphere. Geoscience Canada 50, 239-258. Available online.
Hu, T., Lu, L., Chi, G., Robbins, L.J., Liu, H., Zhou, W., Santosh, M., Yu, Z., Kang, S., Hou, Q., Yang, X. (2023) Geodynamic regime of the southeastern North China Craton before the Tectono-Magmatic Lull: evidence from ca. 2510 Ma and 2430 Ma igneous rocks in the Xuhuai micro-block. International Geology Review. Available online.
Keller, D.S., Tassara, S., Robbins, L.J., Lee, C.A., Ague, J.J., and Dasgupta, R. (2023) A role for subducted iron formations in the generation of Large Igneous Provinces. Nature Geoscience 16, 527-533. Available online.
Robbins, L.J., Fakhraee, M., Smith, A.J.B., Bishop, B.A., Swanner, E.D., Peacock, C.L., Wang, C., Planavsky, N.J., Reinhard, C.T., Crowe, S.A., and Lyons, T.W. (2023) Manganese oxides, Earth surface oxygenation, and the rise of oxygenic photosynthesis. Earth-Science Reviews 239, 104368. Available online.
Bishop, B.A., Shivakumar, K.R., Alessi, D.S., and Robbins, L.J. (2023) Insights into the rare earth element potential of coal combustion by-products from western Canada. Environmental Science: Advances 2, 529-542. Open access.
Wang, C., Robbins, L.J., Planavksy, N.J., Beukes, N.J., Patry, L.A., Lalonde, S.V., Lechte, M., Asael, D., Reinhard, C.T., Zhang, L., and Konhauser, K.O. (2023) Archean to early Paleoproterozoic iron formations document a transition in iron oxidation mechanisms. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 343, 286-303. Available online.
Dong, Z.-G., Peng, Z.-D., Robbins, L.J., Konhauser, K.O., Zhang, B.-L., Zhang, L.-C., Li, J., Li, W.-J., Zhang, L., Wang, C.-L. (2023) Episodic ventilation of euxinic bottom waters triggers the formation of black shale-hosted Mn carbonate deposits. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 341, 132-149.
Planavsky, N.J., Asael, D., Rooney, A.D., Robbins, L.J., Gill, B.C., Dehler, C.M., Cole, D.B., Porter, S.M., Love, G.D., Konhauser, K.O., and Reinhard, C.T. (2023) A sedimentary record of the evolution of the global marine phosphorous cycle. Geobiology 21, 168-174. Available online.
2022
Li, Z., Zhou, Y., Yu, P., Zhang, L., Wei, W., Li, Y., Konhauser, K.O. and Robbins, L.J. (2022) Geology and geochemistry of the high-grade Zankan magnetite ore, Western Kunlun Mountains, NW China. Ore Geology Reviews 150, 105129. Available online.
Huang, Q., Pi, D-H., Jian, S-Y., Liu, D., Yan, H., Mänd, K., Kirsimäe, K., Bishop, B., Robbins, L.J., and Yang, S-S. (2022) The dual role of microbes in the formation of the Malkantu manganese carbonate deposit, NW China: Petrographic, geochemical, and experimental evidence. Chemical Geology 606, 120992. Available online.
Yan, H., Pi, D-H., Jiang, S-Y., Mao, J., Xu, L., Yang, X., Hao, W., Mänd, K., Li, L., Konhauser, K.O., and Robbins, L.J. (2022) Mineral paragenesis in Paleozoic manganese ore deposits: Depositional versus post-depositional formation processes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 325, 65-86. Available online.
Elongo, V., Falck, H., Rasmussen, K.L., Robbins, L.J., Creaser, R.A., Luo, Y., Pearson, D.G., Sarkar, C., Adlakha, E., Palmer, M.C., Scott, J.M., Hickey, K., Konhauser, K.O., and Lecumberri-Sanchez, P. (2022) Ancient roots of tungsten in western North America. Geology. Available online.
Hao, W., Chen, N., Sun, W., Mänd, K., Kirsimäe, K., Teitler, Y., Somelar, P., Robbins, L.J., Babechuk, M.G., Planavsky, N.J., Alessi, D.S., and Konhauser, K.O. (2022) Binding and transport of Cr(III) by clay minerals during the Great Oxidation Event. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 584, 117503. Available online.
Mänd, K., Planavsky, N.J., Porter, S.M., Robbins, L.J., Wang, C., Kreistmann, T., Paiste, K., Paiste, P., Romaskin, A.E., Deines, Y.E., Kirsimäe, K., Lepland, A., and Konhauser, K.O. (2022) Chromium evidence for protracted oxygenation during the Paleoproterozoic. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 584, 117501. Available online.
Li, W.-J., Peng, Z.-D., Dong, Z.-G., Zhang, B.-L., Gao, B.-Y., Zhang, L.-C., Zhu, M.-T., Robbins, L.J., and Konhauser, K.O. (2022) Direct Re-Os dating of manganese carbonate ores and implications for the formation of the Ortokarnash Manganese Deposit, Northwest China. Economic Geology 117, 237-252. Available online.
Mänd, K., Robbins, L., Planavsky, N., Bekker, A., & Konhauser, K. (2022). Iron Formations as Palaeoenvironmental Archives (Elements in Geochemical Tracers in Earth System Science). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108993791
Dreher, C.L., Schad, M., Robbins, L.J., Konhauser, K.O., Kappler, A., and Prachi, J. (2021) Microbial processes during deposition and diagenesis of Banded Iron Formations. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 95, 593-610. Available online.
Schad, M., Halama, M., Jakus, N., Robbins, L.J., Warchola, T.J., Tejada, J., Kirchhof, R., Lalonde, S.V., Swanner, E.D., Planavsky, N.J., Thorwarth, H., Mansur, M., Konhauser, K.O., and Kappler, A. (2021) Phosphate remobilization from banded iron formations during metamorphic mineral transformations. Chemical Geology 584: 120489. Available online.
Boden, J.S., Konhauser, K.O., Robbins, L.J., and Sánchez-Baracaldo, P. (2021) Timing the evolution of antioxidant enzymes in cyanobacteria. Nature Communications 12: 4742. Available online.
Liu, H., Konhauser, K.O., Robbins, L.J., and Sun, W. (2021) Global continental volcanism controlled the evolution of the oceanic nickel reservoir. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 572: 117116. Available online.
Mänd, K., Lalonde, S.V., Paiste, K., Thoby, M., Lumiste, K., Robbins, L.J., Kreitsmann, T., Romashkin, A.E., Kirsimäe, K., Lepland, A., and Konhauser, K.O. (2021) Iron Isotopes Reveal a Benthic Iron Shuttle in the Paleoproterozoic Zaonega Formation: Basinal Restriction, Euxinia, and the Effect on Global Palaeoredox Proxies. Minerals 11, 368. Available online.
Tong, X., Wang, C., Peng, Z., Li, Y., Hao, W., Mänd, K., Robbins, L.J., Zhang, L., Ke, Q., Zhai, M., and Konhauser, K.O. (2021) Depositional and Environmental Constraints on the Late Neoarchean Dagushan Deposit (Anshan-Benxi Area, North China Craton): An Algoma-Type Banded Iron Formation. Economic Geology. doi: 10.5382/econgeo.4841. Available online.
Wang, C., Reinhard, C.T., Rybacki, K.S., Hardisty, D.S., Ossa Ossa, F., Wang, X., Hofmann, A., Asael, D., Robbins, L.J., Zhang, L., and Planavsky, N.J. (2021) Chromium isotope systematics and the diagenesis of marine carbonates. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 562: 116824. Available online.
Tong, X., Mänd, K., Li, Y., Zhang, L., Peng, Z., Wu, Q., Li, P., Zhai, M., Robbins, L.J., Wang, C., and Konhauser, K.O. (2021) Iron and carbon isotope constraints on the formation pathway of iron-rich carbonates within the Dagushan Iron Formation, North China Craton. Minerals 11: 94. Available online.
Yang, X., Mao, J., Zhang, Z., Robbins, L.J., Planavsky, N.J., Jiang, Z., Duan, S., and Chen, Z. (2021) Episodic ferruginous conditions associated with submarine volcanism led to the deposition of a Late Carboniferous iron formation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 292: 1-23. Available online.
Robbins, L.J. and Konhauser, K.O. (2021) Geobiology and Geomicrobiology. In: Encyclopedia of Geology, 2nd Edition, Elsevier. pp. 554-568 Available online.
2021
2020
Zhang, B.-L., Wang, C.-L., Robbins, L.J., Zhang, L.-C., Konhauser, K.O., Dong, Z.-G., Li, W.-J., Peng, Z.-D., and Zheng, M.-T. (2020) Petrography and Geochemistry of the Carboniferous Ortokarnash Manganese Deposit in the Western Kunlun Mountains, Xinjiang Province, China: Implications for the Depositional Environment and the Origin of Mineralization. Economic Geology 115: 1559-1588. Available online.
Planavsky, N.J., Robbins, L.J., Kamber, B.S., and Schoenberg, R. (2020) Weathering, alteration and reconstructing Earth’s oxygenation. Interface Focus 10: 20190140. Available online.
Yan, H., Pi, D., Jiang, S-Y., Hao, W., Cui, H., Robbins, L.J., Mänd, K., Li, L., Planavsky, N.J., and Konhauser, K.O. (2020) Hydrothermally induced 34S enrichment in pyrite as an alternative explanation of the Late-Devonian sulfur isotope excursion in South China. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 283: 1-21. Available online.
Mänd, K., Lalonde, S.V., Robbins, L.J., Thoby, M., Paiste, K., Kreitsmann, T., Paiste, P., Reinhard, C.T., Romashkin, A.E., Planavsky, N.J., Kirsimäe, K., Lepland, A., and Konhauser, K.O. (2020) Palaeoproterozoic oxygenated oceans following the Lomagundi-Jatuli Event. Nature Geoscience 13: 302-306. Available online.
Yan, H., Pi, D.-H., Jiang, S.-Y., Hao, W., Mänd, K., Robbins, L.J., Li, L., and Konhauser, K.O. (2020) New constraints on the onset age of the Emeishan LIP volcanism and implications for the Guadalupian mass extinction. Lithos 360-361: 105441. Available online.
Robbins L.J., Mänd K., Planavsky N.J., Alessi D.S., and Konhauser K.O. (2020) Trace Metals. In: Gargaud M. et al. (eds) Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27833-4_5422-1
Konhauser, K.O., Hao, W., Li., Y., von Gunten, K., Bishop, B.A., Alessi, D.S., Tarhan, L.G., O’Connell, B., Robbins, L.J., Planavsky, N.J., and Gingras, M.K. (2020) Diopatra cuprea worm burrow parchment: a cautionary tale of infernal surface reactivity. Lethaia 53: 47-61. Available online.
2019
von Gunten, K., Bishop, B., Plata Enriquez, I, Alam, Md.S., Blanchard, P., Robbins, L.J., Feng, R., Konhauser, K.O., and Alessi, D.S., Colloidal transport mechanisms and sequestration of U, Ni, and As in meromictic mine pit lakes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 265: 292-312. Available online.
Hao, W., Flynn, S.L., Kashiwabara, T., Alam, M.S., Bandara, S., Swaren, L., Robbins, L.J., Alessi, D.S., and Konhauser, K.O. (2019) The impact of ionic strength on the proton reactivity of clay minerals. Chemical Geology 529: 119294. Available online.
Tarhan, L.G., Hood, A. v.S., Droser, M.L., Gehling, J.G., Briggs, D.E.G., Gaines, R.R., Robbins, L.J., and Planavsky, N.J. (2019) Petrological evidence supports the death mask model for the preservation of Ediacara soft-bodied organisms in South Australia: COMMENT. Geology 47: e473. Available online.
Alessi, D.S., Flynn, S.L., Alam, M.S., Robbins, L.J., and Konhauser, K.O. (2019) Potentiometric titrations to characterize the reactivity of geomicorbial surfaces. In: Kenney, J., Veermani, H., and Alessi, D.S. (Editors), Analytical Geomicrobiology: A Handbook of Instrumental Techniques. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 79-92.
Robbins, L.J., Funk, S.P., Flynn, S.L., Warchola, T.J., Li, Z. Lalonde, S.V., Rostron, B.J., Smith, A.J.B., Beukes, N.J., de Kock, M.O., Heaman, L.M., Alessi, D.S., and Konhauser, K.O. (2019) Hydrogeological constraints on the formation of Palaeoproterozoic banded iron formations. Nature Geoscience 12: 558-563. Available online. Or a read only view available here.
Bishop, B.A., Flynn, S.L., Warchola, T.J., Alam, S., Robbins, L.J., Liu, Y., Owttrim, G.W., Alessi, D.S., and Konhauser, K.O. Adsorption of biologically critical trace elements to the marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002: Implications for marine trace metal cycling. Chemical Geology 525: 28-36. Available online.
Warchola, T., Lalonde, S.V., Pecoits, E., von Gunten, K., Robbins, L.J., Alessi, D.S., Philippot, P., and Konhauser, K.O. (2019)Reply to Desmond F. Lascelles’ comment on “Tyler Warchola, Stefan V. Lalonde, Ernesto Pecoits, Konstantin von Gunten, Leslie J. Robbins, Daniel S. Alessi, Pascal Philippot, Kurt O. Konhauser. Petrology and geochemistry of the Boolgeeda iron formation, Hamersley Basin, Western Australia. Precambrian Research, (2018) 316: 155–173”. Precambrian Research 327: 363-365. Available online.
Chi Fru, E., Somogyi, A., Albani, A.E., Medjoubi, K., Aubineau, J., Robbins, L.J., Lalonde, S.V., and Konhauser, K.O. (2019) The rise of oxygen-driven arsenic cycling at ca. 2.48 Ga. Geology 47: 243-246. Available online.
Li, Z., Zhang, L., Xue, C., Zhu, M., Zheng, M., Robbins, L.J., and Konhauser, K.O. (2019) Genesis of the Neoproterozoic-Early Cambrian banded iron ore-bearing sedimentary rocks in the Jiertieke-Zankan iron ore belt, West Kunlun Orogenic Belt, Zinjiang (NW China). Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 173: 143-160. Available online.
Robbins, L.J., Konhauser, K.O., Warchola, T.J., Homann, M., Thoby, M., Foster, I., Mloszewska, A.M., Alessi, D.S., and Lalonde, S.V. (2019) A comparison of bulk versus laser ablation trace element analyses in banded iron formations: Insights into the mechanisms leading to compositional variability. Chemical Geology 506: 197-224. Available online.
2018
Warchola, T., Lalonde, S.V., Pecoits, E., von Gunten, K., Robbins, L.J., Alessi, D.S., Philippot, P., and Konhauser, K.O. (2018) Petrology and geochemistry of the Boolgeeda Iron Formation, Hamersley Basin, Western Australia. Precambrian Research 316: 155-173. Available online.
Mao. R., Cheng, X., Mao, Z., Guan, W., Chen, X., Li, Z., Robbins, L.J., and Konhauser, K.O. (2018) Hydrocarbon potential and biomarker assemblages of Paleogene source rocks in the Cangdong sag, Bohai Bay Basin, China. Journal of Geochemical Exploration 194: 9-18. Available online.
Li, Z.-Q., Zhang, L.-C., Xue, C.-J., Zheng, M.-T., Zhu, M.-T., Robbins, L.J., Slack, J.F., Planavsky, N.J., and Konhauser, K.O. (2018) Earth's youngest banded iron formation implies ferruginous conditions in the Early Cambrian ocean. Scientific Reports 8: 9970. Available online.
Konhauser, K.O., Robbins, L.J., Alessi, D.S., Flynn, S.L., Gingras, M.K., Martinez, R.E., Kappler, A., Swanner, E.D., Li, Y-L., Crowe, S.A., and Lalonde, S.V. Marine photoferrotrophs contribute trace elements to banded iron formation. Geological Society of America Bulletin 130: 941-951 . Available online.
Alam, M.S., Swaren, L., von Gunten, K., Cossio, M., Bishop, B., Robbins, L.J., Hou, D., Flynn, S.L., Ok, Y.S., Konhauser, K.O., and Alessi, D.S. (2018) Application of surface complexation modeling to trace metals uptake by biochar-amended agricultural soils. Applied Geochemistry 88: 103-112. Available online.
Playter, T., Corlett, H., Konhauser, K., Robbins, L., Rohais, S., Crombez, V., MacCormack, K., Rokosh, D., Prenoslo, D., Furlong, C.M., Pawlowicz, J., Gingras, M., Lalonde, S., Lyster, S., and Zonneveld, J-P. (2018) Clinoform identification and correlation in fine-grained sediments: a case study using the Triassic Montney Formation. Sedimentology 65: 263-302. Available online.
2017
Konhauser, K.O., Planavsky, N.J., Hardisty, D.S., Robbins, L.J., Warchola, T.J., Haugaard, R., Lalonde, S.V., Partin, C.A., Oonk, P.B.H., Tsikos, H., Lyons, T.W., Bekker, A., and Johnson, C.M. (2017) Iron Formations: a global record of Neoarchaean to Palaeoproterozoic environmental history. Earth-Science Reviews 172: 140-177. Available online.
Warchola, T.J., Flynn, S.L., Robbins, L.J., Liu, Y., Gauger, T., Kovalchuck, O., Alam, M.S., Wei, S., Myers, R., Bishop, B., Lalonde, S.V., Gingras, M.K., Kappler, A., Alessi, D.S., and Konhauser, K.O. (2017) Field- and lab-based potentiometric titrations of microbial mats from the Fairmont Hot Spring, Canada. Geomicrobiology Journal 34: 851-863. Available online.
Flynn, S.L., Gao, Q., Robbins, L.J., Warchola, T.J., Weston, J.N.J., Alam, M.S., Liu, Y., Konhauser, K.O., and Alessi, D.S. (2017) Measurements of bacterial mat metal binding capacity in alkaline and carbonate-rich systems. Chemical Geology 451: 17-24. Available online.
Reinhard, C.T., Planavsky, N.J., Gill, B.C., Ozaki, K., Robbins, L.J., Lyons, T.W., Fischer, W.W., Wang, C., Cole, D., and Konhauser, K.O. (2017) Evolution of the global phosphorus cycle. Nature 541: 386-389. Available online.
2016
Robbins, L.J., Lalonde, S.V., Planavsky, N.J., Partin, C.A., Reinhard, C.T., Kendall, B., Scott, C., Hardisty, D.S., Gill, B.C., Alessi, D.S., Dupont, C.L., Saito, M.A., Crowe, S.A., Poulton, S.W., Bekker, A., Lyons, T.W., and Konhauser, K.O. (2016) Trace elements at the intersection of marine biological and geochemical evolution. Earth-Science Reviews 163: 323-348. Available online.
Petrash, D., Robbins, L.J., Shapiro, R.S., Mojzsis, S.J., and Konhauser, K.O. (2016) Chemical and textural overprinting of ancient stromatolites: Timing, processes, and implications for their use as paleoenvironmental proxies. Precambrian Research 278: 145-160. Available online.
Konhauser, K.O., Robbins, L.J., Peacock, C., Kappler, A., and Lalonde, S.V. (2015) The Archean nickel famine revisited. Astrobiology 15: 804-815. Available online.
Robbins, L.J., Swanner, E.D., Lalonde, S.V., Eickhoff, M., Paranich, M.L., Reinhard, C.T., Peacock, C.L., Kappler, A., and Konhauser, K.O. (2015) Limited Zn and Ni mobility during simulated Iron Formation diagenesis. Chemical Geology 402: 30-39. Available online.
2015
2014
Eickhoff, M., Obst, M., Schröder, C., Hitchcock, A.P., Tyliszczak, T., Martinez, R.E., Robbins, L.J., Konhauser, K.O., and Kappler, A. (2014) Nickel partitioning in biogenic and abiogenic ferrihydrite: the influence of silica and implications for ancient environments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 140: 65-79. Available online.
Swanner, E.D., Planavsky, N.J., Lalonde, S.V., Robbins, L.J., Bekker, A., Rouxel, O.J., Kappler, A., Mojzsis, S.J., Saito, M.A., and Konhauser, K.O. (2014) Cobalt and marine redox evolution. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 390: 253-263. Available online.
Robbins, L.J., Lalonde, S.V., Saito, M.A., Planavsky, N.J., Mloszewska, A.M., Pecoits, E., Scott, C., Dupont, C.L., Kappler, A., and Konhauser, K.O. (2013) Authigenic iron oxide proxies for marine Zn over geological time and implications for eukaryotic metallome evolution. Geobiology 11: 295-306. Available online.
Reinhard, C.T., Planavsky, N.J., Robbins, L.J., Partin, C.A., Gill, B.C., Lalonde, S.V., Bekker, A., Konhauser, K.O., and Lyons, T.W. (2013) Proterozoic ocean redox and biogeochemical stasis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110: 5357-5362. Available online.
Scott, C., Planavsky, N.J., Dupont, C.L., Kendall, B., Gill, B.C., Robbins, L.J., Husband, K.F., Arnold, G.L., Wing, B.A., Poulton, S.W., Bekker, A., Anbar, A.D., Konhauser, K.O., and Lyons, T.W. (2013) Bioavailability of zinc in marine systems through time. Nature Geoscience 6: 125-128. Available online.
2013
Mloszewska, A.M., Pecoits, E., Cates, N.L., Mojzsis, S.J., O’Neil, J., Robbins, L.J., and Konhauser, K.O. (2012) The composition of Earth’s oldest iron formations: The Nuvvuagittuq Supracrustal Belt (Québec, Canada). Earth and Planetary Science Letters 317-318: 331-342. Available online.