149. Lamont, T.N., Loader, M.A., Roberts, N.M.W., Cooper, F.J., Wilkinson, J.J., Bevan, D., Gorecki, A., Kemp, A., Elliott, T., Gardiner, N.J. and Tapster, S., 2024. Porphyry copper formation driven by water-fluxed crustal melting during flat-slab subduction. Nature Geoscience. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-024-01575-2
148. Drake, H., Makahnouk, W.R.M., Roberts, N.M.W., Reinhardt, M., Henkemans, E., Frape, S.K., Tullborg, E.L., Broman, C., Whitehouse, M.J. and Kooijman, E., 2024. Late Cretaceous and Early Paleogene fluid circulation and microbial activity in deep fracture networks of the Precambrian basement of Western Greenland. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 25(9), p.e2024GC011646.
147. Roberts, N.M.W., 2024. Chicken or egg? Recipes for creating Earth's continental crust. The Innovation Geoscience, 2(3).
146. Blinkenberg, K.H., Rameil, N., Hodgskiss, M.S., Polonio, I., Riber, L., Gianotten, I.P., Roberts, N.M.W., Lepland, A. and Stemmerik, L., 2024. Widespread dolomite recrystallization and porosity modification of Upper Permian Zechstein carbonates, Symra discovery, Utsira High, Norwegian North Sea. Marine and Petroleum Geology, p.107064.
145. Wu, S., Yang, Y., Wang, H., Roberts, N.M.W., Niu, J., Wang, Y., Yang, J. and Wu, F., 2024. In situ LuHf dating of allanite by LA-ICP-MS/MS: Implications for geochronology. Chemical Geology, p.122383.
144. Condie, K.C., Puetz, S.J., Sundell, K.E., Pisarevsky, S.A., Spencer, C.J. and Roberts, N.M.W., 2024. Geographic bias effects on interpretations of secular trends of Hf isotope times series in zircons. Lithos, p.107787.
143. Lu, G.M., Xu, Y.G., Wang, W., Spencer, C.J., Roberts, N.M.W., and Condie, K.C., 2024. Diverse source materials contributed to a secular increase in δ18O for the Paleo-Mesoproterozoic A2-type granites. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 642, p.118885.
142. McCormick, C.A., Corlett, H., Roberts, N.M.W., Johnston, P.A., Collom, C.J., Stacey, J., Koeshidayatullah, A. and Hollis, C., 2024. U-Pb geochronology reveals that hydrothermal dolomitization was coeval to the deposition of the Burgess Shale lagerstätte. Communications Earth & Environment, 5(1), p.318.
141. Roberts, N.M.W., Hernández-Montenegro, J.D. and Palin, R.M., 2024. Garnet stability during crustal melting: Implications for chemical mohometry and secular change in arc magmatism and continent formation. Chemical Geology, p.122142.
140. Yu, J., Glorie, S., Hand, M., Simpson, A., Gilbert, S., Szilas, K., Roberts, N.M.W., Pawley, M. and Cheng, Y., 2024. Laser ablation (in situ) Lu-Hf geochronology of epidote group minerals. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 179(6), pp.1-26.
139. Slagstad, T., Skår, Ø., Bjerkan, G., Coint, N., Granseth, A., Kirkland, C.L., Kulakov, E., Mansur, E., Orvik, A.A., Petersson, A. and Roberts, N.M.W., 2024. Subduction and loss of continental crust during the Mesoproterozoic Sveconorwegian Orogeny. Precambrian Research, 409, p.107454.
138. Lamont, T., Loader, M., Roberts, N.M.W., Cooper, F., Wilkinson, J., Bevan, D., Elliott, T., Kemp, A., Gorecki, A., Gardiner, N.J. and Tapster, S.R., 2024. The role of crustal anatexis in porphyry copper ore formation during flat-slab subduction: Insights from the Laramide Belt, SW USA. Preprint. EarthArXiv
137. Roberts, N.M.W., Spencer, C., Puetz, S., Keller, C.B. and Tapster, S.R., 2024. Regional trends and petrologic factors inhibit global interpretations of zircon trace element compositions. Preprint. EarthArXiv
136. Bidgood, A.K., Parsons, A.J., Roberts, N.M.W., Waters, D., Tapster, S. and Gopon, P., 2024. The Geodynamic Significance of Continental UHP Exhumation: New Constraints From the Tso Morari Complex, NW Himalaya. Tectonics, 43(5), p.e2023TC007976.
135. Hodgskiss, M.S., Roberts, N.M.W., Matysik, M., Paiste, P., Rameil, N., Hammer, E., Pedersen, J.H., Brunstad, H. and Lepland, A., 2024. Time-calibration of carbonate diagenesis and regional tectonism in the Norwegian Barents Sea. Marine and Petroleum Geology, p.106892.
134. Wood, E., Warren, C.J., Kunz, B.E., Argles, T.W., Bidgood, A., Halton, A., Hammond, S.J., Millar, I.L. and Roberts, N.M.W., 2024. Allanite U–Pb dating places new constraints on the high‐pressure to high‐temperature evolution of the deep Himalayan crust. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, in press.
133. Mackay‐Champion, T.C., Searle, M.P., Tapster, S., Roberts, N.M.W., Shail, R.K., Palin, R.M., Willment, G.H. and Evans, J.T., 2024. Magmatic, metamorphic and structural history of the Variscan Lizard ophiolite and metamorphic sole, Cornwall, UK. Tectonics, 43(4), p.e2023TC008187.
132. Lu, G.M., Xu, Y.G., Wang, W., Spencer, C.J., Huang, G. and Roberts, N.M.W., 2024. Continental crust rejuvenation across the Paleo‐Mesoarchean transition resulted from elevated mantle geotherms. Geophysical Research Letters, 51(8), p.e2024GL108715.
131. Roberts, N.M.W., Yakymchuk, C., Spencer, C.J., Keller, C.B. and Tapster, S.R., 2024. Revisiting the discrimination and distribution of S-type granites from zircon trace element composition. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 633, p.118638.
130. Puetz, S.J., Condie, K.C., Sundell, K., Roberts, N.M.W., Spencer, C.J., Boulila, S. and Cheng, Q., 2024. The replication crisis and its relevance to Earth Science studies: Case studies and recommendations. Geoscience Frontiers, 15(4), p.101821.
129. Strugale, M., Lima, B.E.M., Day, C., Omma, J., Rushton, J., Olivito, J.P.R., Bouch, J., Robb, L., Roberts, N.M.W. and Cartwright, J., 2024. Diagenetic Products, Settings and Evolution of the Presalt Succession in the Northern Campos Basin, Brazil. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 548(1), pp.SP548-2023.
128. Puetz, S.J., Spencer, C.J., Condie, K.C. and Roberts, M.M.W., Enhanced U-Pb detrital zircon, Lu-Hf zircon, δ18O zircon, and Sm-Nd whole rock global databases. Scientific Data 11, 56 (2024). DOI:10.1038/s41597-023-02902-9
127. MacDonald, J., Vanderwal, J., Roberts, N.M.W., Winkelstern, I., Faithfull, J. and Boyce, A. in press. Fingerprinting fluid source in calcite veins: combining LA-ICP-MS U-Pb calcite dating with trace elements and clumped isotope palaeotherm. Tektonika, in press.
126. Condie, K.C., Puetz, S.J., Spencer, C.J. and Roberts, N.M.W., 2024. Four billion years of secular compositional change in granitoids. Chemical Geology, 644, p.121868.
125. Stemmerik, L., Blinkenberg, K.H., Gianotten, I.P., Hodgskiss, M.S., Lepland, A., Paiste, P., Polonio, I., Roberts, N.M.W. and Rameil, N., 2023. Stratigraphic Framework for Zechstein Carbonates on the Utsira High, Norwegian North Sea. Journal of Petroleum Geology, 46(3), pp.257-273.
124. Hodgskiss, M.S., Roberts, N.M.W., Päiste, P., Rameil, N., Hammer, E., Brunstad, H. and Lepland, A., 2023. Direct dating of deposition and rift-related alteration of fossil barren red bed units in the North Sea. Journal of the Geological Society, jgs2023-052.
123. Tamas, A., Holdsworth, R.E., Tamas, D.M., Dempsey, E.D., Hardman, K., Bird, A., Roberts, N.M.W., Lee, J., Underhill, J.R., McCarthy, D. and McCaffrey, K.J.W., 2023. Older than you think: using U–Pb calcite geochronology to better constrain basin-bounding fault reactivation, Inner Moray Firth Basin, western North Sea. Journal of the Geological Society, 180(5), jgs2022-166.
122. Roberts, N.M.W., Condie, K., Palin, R. and Spencer, C., 2023. Hot, wide, continental back-arcs explain Earth’s enigmatic mid-Proterozoic magmatic and metamorphic record. Tektonika, 1(1).
121. Pidchenko, I.N., Christensen, J.N., Kutzschbach, M., Ignatyev, K., Puigdomenech, I., Tullborg, E.L., Roberts, N.M.W., Rasbury, E.T., Northrup, P., Tappero, R. and Kvashnina, K.O., 2023. Deep anoxic aquifers could act as sinks for uranium through microbial-assisted mineral trapping. Communications Earth & Environment, 4(1), p.128.
120. Kent C. Condie, Sergei A. Pisarevsky, Stephen J. Puetz, Nick M.W. Roberts, Christopher J. Spencer, A-type granites in space and time: Relationship to the supercontinent cycle and mantle events, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, in press.
119. Bidgood, A.K., Waters, D.J., Dyck, B.J. and Roberts, N.M.W., 2023. The emplacement, alteration, subduction and metamorphism of metagranites from the Tso Morari Complex, Ladakh Himalaya. Mineralogical Magazine, 87(1), pp.40-59.
118. Thomas N. Lamont, Andrew J. Smye, Nick M.W. Roberts, Michael P. Searle, David J. Waters, Richard W. White; Constraints on the thermal evolution of metamorphic core complexes from the timing of high-pressure metamorphism on Naxos, Greece. GSA Bulletin 2023; doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/B36332.1
117. Lamont, T.N., Roberts, N.M.W., Searle, M.P., Gardiner, N.J., Gopon, P., Hsieh, Y.T., Holdship, P. and White, R.W., 2023. Contemporaneous crust-derived I-and S-type granite magmatism and normal faulting on Tinos, Delos, and Naxos, Greece: Constraints on Aegean orogenic collapse. Geological Society of America Bulletin, in press.
116. Ribeiro, B.V., Lopes, L.B., Kirkland, C.L., Cawood, P.A., Faleiros, F.M., Hartnady, M.I., Teixeira, W., Mulder, J.A., Roberts, N.M.W. and Tassinari, C.C., 2022. Growing the Paleo-to Mesoproterozoic margin of the SW Amazonia and the transition from an accretionary to a collisional system. Precambrian Research, 381, p.106841.
115. Roberts, N.M.W., Salminen, J., Johansson, Å., Mitchell, R.N., Palin, R.M., Condie, K.C. and Spencer, C.J., 2022. On the enigmatic mid-Proterozoic: Single-lid versus plate tectonics. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 594, p.117749.
114. Condie, K.C., Puetz, S.J., Spencer, C.J. and Roberts, N.M.W., 2022. Secular compositional changes in hydrated mantle: The record of arc-type basalts. Chemical Geology, p.121010.
113. Ganade, C.E., Cioffi, C.R., Machado, J.P., Miranda, T., Lopes, L.B., Weinberg, R.F., Celestino, M.A., Carvalho, B., Guillong, M. and Roberts, N.M.W., 2022. Recurrent tectonic activity in northeastern Brazil during Pangea breakup: Constraints from U-Pb carbonate dating. Geology. in press
112. Wu, S., Yang, Y., Roberts, N.M.W., Yang, M., Wang, H., Lan, Z., Xie, B., Li, T., Xu, L., Huang, C. and Xie, L., 2022. In situ calcite U− Pb geochronology by high-sensitivity single-collector LA-SF-ICP-MS. Science China Earth Sciences, 65(6), pp.1146-1160.
111. Slagstad, T., Henderson, I.H., Roberts, N.M.W., Kulakov, E.V., Ganerød, M., Kirkland, C.L., Dalslåen, B., Creaser, R.A. and Coint, N., 2022. Anorthosite formation and emplacement coupled with differential tectonic exhumation of ultrahigh-temperature rocks in a Sveconorwegian continental back-arc setting. Precambrian Research, 376, p.106695.
110. Lan, Z., Kamo, S.L., Roberts, N.M.W., Sano, Y. and Li, X.H., 2022. A Neoarchean (ca. 2500 Ma) age for jaspilite-carbonate BIF hosting purported micro-fossils from the Eoarchean (≥ 3750 Ma) Nuvvuagittuq supracrustal belt (Québec, Canada). Precambrian Research, 377, p.106728.
109. Lan, Z., Wu, S., Roberts, N.M.W., Zhang, S., Cao, R., Wang, H., & Yang, Y. (2022). Geochronological and geochemical constraints on the origin of highly 13Ccarb-depleted calcite in basal Ediacaran cap carbonate. Geological Magazine, 1-12. doi:10.1017/S001675682200019X
108. Roberts, N.M.W. and Holdsworth, R.E., 2022. Timescales of faulting through calcite geochronology: A review. Journal of Structural Geology, 158, p.104578.
107. Lorenz, H., Rosberg, J.-E., Juhlin, C., Klonowska, I., Lescoutre, R., Westmeijer, G., Almqvist, B.S.G., Anderson, M., Bertilsson, S., Dopson, M., Kallmeyer, J., Kück, J., Lehnert, O., Menegon, L., Pascal, C., Rejkjær, S., and Roberts, N.M.W., 2022. COSC-2 – drilling the basal décollement and underlying margin of palaeocontinent Baltica in the Paleozoic Caledonide Orogen of Scandinavia, Scientific Drilling, 30, 43–57.
106. Rochelle‐Bates, N., Wood, R., Schröder, S. and Roberts, N.M.W., In‐situ U‐Pb geochronology of Pre‐salt carbonates reveals links between diagenesis and regional tectonics. Terra Nova, in press, doi.org/10.1111/ter.12586.
105. Yang, M., Yang, Y.H., Kamo, S.L., Romer, R.L., Roberts, N.M.W., Wang, H., Xie, L.W., Huang, C., Yang, J.H. and Wu, F.Y., Natural Allanite Reference Materials for In Situ U‐Th‐Pb and Sm‐Nd Isotopic Measurements by LA‐(MC)‐ICP‐MS. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, in press, doi.org/10.1111/ggr.12417
104. Lan, Z., Roberts, N.M.W., Zhou, Y., Zhang, S., Li, Z. and Zhao, T., 2022. Application of in situ U-Pb carbonate geochronology to Stenian-Tonian successions of North China. Precambrian Research, 370, p.106551.
103. Spencer, C.J., Cavosie, A.J., Morrell, T.R., Lu, G.M., Liebmann, J. and Roberts, N.M.W., 2022. Disparities in oxygen isotopes of detrital and igneous zircon identify erosional bias in crustal rock record. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 577, p.117248.
102. Liivamägi, S., Środoń, J., Bojanowski, M.J., Stanek, J.J. and Roberts, N.M.W., 2021. Precambrian paleosols on the Great Unconformity of the East European Craton: An 800 million year record of Baltica’s climatic conditions. Precambrian Research, 363, p.106327.
101. Celestino, M.A.L., de Miranda, T.S., Mariano, G., Alencar, M.L., Buckman, J., Roberts, N.M.W., Barbosa, J.A., Neumann, V.H., Souza, J.A.B. and Roemers-Oliveira, E., 2021. Structural control and geochronology of Cretaceous carbonate breccia pipes, Crato Formation, Araripe Basin, NE Brazil. Marine and Petroleum Geology, p.105190.
100. Drake, H., Roberts, N.M.W., Reinhardt, M., Whitehouse, M., Ivarsson, M., Karlsson, A., Kooijman, E. and Kielman-Schmitt, M., 2021. Biosignatures of ancient microbial life are present across the igneous crust of the Fennoscandian shield. Communications Earth & Environment, 2(1), pp.1-13.
99. Roberts, N.M.W., Žák, J., Vacek, F. and Sláma, J., 2021. No more blind dates with calcite: Fluid-flow vs. fault-slip along the Očkov thrust, Prague Basin. Geoscience Frontiers, 12(4), p.101143.
98. Granseth, A., Slagstad, T., Roberts, N.M.W., Hagen-Peter, G., Kirkland, C.L., Møkkelgjerd, S.H., Røhr, T.S., Coint, N. and Sørensen, B.E., 2021. Multi-isotope tracing of the 1.3–0.9 Ga evolution of Fennoscandia; crustal growth during the Sveconorwegian orogeny. Gondwana Research, 91, pp.31-39.
97. Rochelle-Bates, N., Roberts, N.M.W., Sharp, I., Freitag, U., Verwer, K., Halton, A., Fiordalisi, E., van Dongen, B.E., Swart, R., Ferreira, C.H. and Dixon, R., 2021. Geochronology of volcanically associated hydrocarbon charge in the pre-salt carbonates of the Namibe Basin, Angola. Geology, 49(3), pp.335-340.
96. Nuriel, P., Wotzlaw, J.F., Ovtcharova, M., Vaks, A., Stremtan, C., Šala, M., Roberts, N.M.W. and Kylander-Clark, A.R., 2021. The use of ASH-15 flowstone as a matrix-matched reference material for laser-ablation U− Pb geochronology of calcite. Geochronology, 3(1), pp.35-47.
95. Simpson, A., Glorie, S., Morley, C.K., Roberts, N.M.W., Gillespie, J. and Lee, J.K., 2021. In-situ calcite U-Pb geochronology of hydrothermal veins in Thailand: new constraints on Indosinian and Cenozoic deformation. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 206, p.104649.
94. Roberts, N. M. W., Lee, J. K., Holdsworth, R. E., Jeans, C., Farrant, A. R. and Haslam, R., 2020. Near-surface Palaeocene fluid flow, mineralisation and faulting at Flamborough Head, UK: new field observations and U–Pb calcite dating constraints. Solid Earth, 11(5), pp.1931-1945.
93. Hoareau, G., Crognier, N., Lacroix, B., Aubourg, C., Roberts, N.M.W., Niemi, N., Branellec, M., Beaudoin, N. and Ruiz, I.S., Combination of Δ47 and U-Pb dating in tectonic calcite veins unravel the last pulses related to the Pyrenean Shortening (Spain). Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 553, p.116636.
92. Martin, E.L., Spencer, C.J., Collins, W.J., Thomas, R.J., Macey, P.H. and Roberts, N.M.W., 2020. The core of Rodinia formed by the juxtaposition of opposed retreating and advancing accretionary orogens. Earth-Science Reviews, p.103413.
91. Miranda, T.S., Neves, S.P., Celestino, M.A.L. and Roberts, N.M.W., 2020. Structural evolution of the Cruzeiro do Nordeste shear zone (NE Brazil): Brasiliano-Pan-African-ductile-to-brittle transition and Cretaceous brittle reactivation. Journal of Structural Geology, 141, p.104203.
90. Ivarsson, M., Drake, H., Neubeck, A., Sallstedt, T., Bengtson, S., Roberts, N.M.W., and Rasmussen, B. The fossil record of igneous rock. Earth-Science Reviews, in press, 103342.
89. Slagstad, T., Marker, M., Roberts, N.M.W., Saalmann, K., Kirkland, C.L., Kulakov, E., Ganerød, M., Røhr, T.S., Møkkelgjerd, S.H., Granseth, A. and Sørensen, B.E., 2020. The Sveconorwegian orogeny–Reamalgamation of the fragmented southwestern margin of Fennoscandia. Precambrian Research, 350, p.105877.
88. Meinhold, G., Roberts, N.M.W., Arslan, A., Jensen, S., Ebbestad, J.O.R., Högström, A.E., Høyberget, M., Agić, H., Palacios, T. and Taylor, W.L., 2020. U–Pb dating of calcite in ancient carbonates for age estimates of syn-to post-depositional processes: a case study from the upper Ediacaran strata of Finnmark, Arctic Norway. Geological Magazine, 157(8), pp.1367-1372.
87. Beaudoin, N.E., Labeur, A., Lacombe, O., Koehn, D., Billi, A., Hoareau, G., Boyce, A., John, C.M., Marchegiano, M., Roberts, N.M.W., and Millar, I.L., 2020. Regional-scale paleofluid system across the Tuscan Nappe–Umbria–Marche Apennine Ridge (northern Apennines) as revealed by mesostructural and isotopic analyses of stylolite–vein networks. Solid Earth, 11(4), pp.1617-1641.
86. Granseth, A., Slagstad, T., Coint, N., Roberts, N.M.W., Røhr, T.S. and Sørensen, B.E., 2019. Tectonomagmatic evolution of the Sveconorwegian orogen recorded in the chemical and isotopic compositions of 1070–920 Ma granitoids. Precambrian Research, DOI:10.1016/j.precamres.2019.105527.
85. Nicholson, S.L., Pike, A.W., Hosfield, R., Roberts, N.M.W., Sahy, D., Woodhead, J., Cheng, H., Edwards, R.L., Affolter, S., Leuenberger, M. and Burns, S.J., 2020. Pluvial periods in Southern Arabia over the last 1.1 million-years. Quaternary Science Reviews, 229, DOI:10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.106112.
84. Han, Y.S., Santosh, M., Roberts, N.M.W. and Samuel, V.O., 2019. Post-collisional ultramafic complex in the northern North China Craton: Implications for crust-mantle interaction. Lithos, in press, doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2019.105209
83. Lamont, T.N., Roberts, N.M.W., Searle, M.P., Gopon, P., Waters, D.J. and Miller, I., 2019. The age, origin and emplacement of the Tsiknias Ophiolite, Tinos, Greece. Tectonics, in press, doi:10.1029/2019TC005677
82. Roberts, N.M.W., Drost, K., Horstwood, M.S., Condon, D.J., Chew, D., Drake, H., Milodowski, A.E., McLean, N.M., Smye, A.J., Walker, R.J. and Haslam, R., 2020. Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) U-Pb carbonate geochronology: strategies, progress, and limitations. Geochronology, 2, 33-61.
81. Spencer, C.J., Kirkland, C.L., Roberts, N.M.W., Evans, N.J. and Liebmann, J., 2019. Strategies towards robust interpretations of in situ zircon Lu-Hf isotope analyses. Geoscience Frontiers, 11, 843-853.
80. Drake, H., Roberts, N.M.W. and Whitehouse, M.J., 2020. Geochronology and Stable Isotope Analysis of Fracture-fill and Karst Mineralization Reveal Sub-Surface Paleo-Fluid Flow and Microbial Activity of the COSC-1 Borehole, Scandinavian Caledonides. Geosciences, 10, 56, doi:10.3390/geosciences10020056.
79. Lamont, T.N., Searle, M.P., Waters, D.J., Roberts, N.M.W., Palin, R.M., Smye, A., Dyck, B., Gopon, P., Weller, O.M. and St-Onge, M.R., 2019. Compressional origin of the Naxos metamorphic core complex, Greece: Structure, petrography, and thermobarometry. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 132, 149–197
78. Hopkinson, T., Harris, N., Roberts, N.M.W., Warren, C.J., Hammond, S., Spencer, C.J. and Parrish, R.R., 2019. Evolution of the melt source during protracted crustal anatexis: An example from the Bhutan Himalaya. Geology, 48, 87-91.
77. Beaudoin, N., Lacombe, O., Roberts, N.M.W. and Koehn, D., 2019. U-Pb dating of calcite veins reveals complex stress evolution and thrust sequence in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, USA: REPLY. Geology, 47, doi:10.1130./G46606Y.1
76. Drake, H., Roberts, N.M.W., Heim, C., Whitehouse, M.J., Siljeström, S., Kooijman, E., Broman, C., Ivarsson, M. and Astrom, M.E., 2019. Timing and origin of natural gas in the Siljan impact structure, Sweden. Nature Communications, 10, 4736, doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12728-y
75. Holdsworth, R.E., McCaffrey, K.J.W., Dempsey, E., Roberts, N.M.W., Hardman, K., Morton, A., Feely, M., Hunt, J., Conway, A. and Robertson, A., 2019. Natural fracture propping and earthquake-induced oil migration in fractured basement reservoirs. Geology, 47(8), pp.704-709.
74. MacDonald, J.M., Faithfull, J.W., Roberts, N.M.W., Davies, A.J., Holdsworth, C.M., Newton, M., Williamson, S., Boyce, A. and John, C.M., 2019. Clumped-isotope palaeothermometry and LA-ICP-MS U–Pb dating of lava-pile hydrothermal calcite veins. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 174(7), p.63.
73. Roberts, N.M.W. and Searle, M.P., 2019. Zircon U–Pb–Hf constraints from Gongga Shan granites on young crustal melting in eastern Tibet. Geoscience Frontiers, 10(3), pp.885-894.
72. Spencer, C.J., Dyck, B., Mottram, C.M., Roberts, N.M.W., Yao, W.H. and Martin, E.L., 2019. Deconvolving the pre-Himalayan Indian margin–Tales of crustal growth and destruction. Geoscience Frontiers, 10(3), pp.863-872.
71. Deady, E., Lacinska, A., Goodenough, K.M., Shaw, R.A. and Roberts, N.M.W., 2019. Volcanic-Derived Placers as a Potential Resource of Rare Earth Elements: The Aksu Diamas Case Study, Turkey. Minerals, 9(4), p.208.
70. Manda, B.W., Cawood, P.A., Spencer, C.J., Prave, T., Robinson, R. and Roberts, N.M., 2019. Evolution of the Mozambique Belt in Malawi constrained by granitoid U-Pb, Sm-Nd and Lu-Hf isotopic data. Gondwana Research, 68, pp.93-107.
69. Farrant, A.R., Mounteney, I., Burton, A., Thomas, R.J., Roberts, N.M., Knox, R.W. and Bide, T., 2019. Gone with the wind: dune provenance and sediment recycling in the northern Rub’al-Khali, United Arab Emirates. Journal of the Geological Society, 176(2), pp.269-283.
68. Slagstad, T., Kulakov, E., Kirkland, C.L., Roberts, N.M.W. and Ganerød, M., 2019. Breaking the Grenville–Sveconorwegian link in Rodinia reconstructions. Terra Nova.
67. Spencer, C.J., Roberts, N.M.W. and Nance, R.D., 2019. “Miles wide and miles deep”–exploring the depth and breadth of geoscience during the first ten years of Geoscience Frontiers. Geoscience Frontiers, 10(3), pp.1219-1221.
66. Warren, C.J., Greenwood, L.V., Argles, T.W., Roberts, N.M., Parrish, R.R. and Harris, N.B., 2019. Garnet–monazite rare earth element relationships in sub-solidus metapelites: a case study from Bhutan. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 478(1), pp.145-166.
65. Beaudoin, N., Lacombe, O., Roberts, N.M.W. and Koehn, D., 2018. U-Pb dating of calcite veins reveals complex stress evolution and thrust sequence in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, USA. Geology, 46(11), pp.1015-1018.
64. Gardiner, N.J., Searle, M.P., Morley, C.K., Robb, L.J., Whitehouse, M.J., Roberts, N.M., Kirkland, C.L. and Spencer, C.J., 2018. The crustal architecture of Myanmar imaged through zircon U-Pb, Lu-Hf and O isotopes: Tectonic and metallogenic implications. Gondwana Research, 62, pp.27-60.Roberts, N.M. and Santosh, M., 2018.
63. Roberts, N.M. and Santosh, M., 2018. Capturing the Mesoarchean emergence of continental crust in the Coorg Block, southern India. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(15), pp.7444-7453.
62. Hopley, P.J., Weedon, G.P., Brierley, C.M., Thrasivoulou, C., Herries, A.I., Dinckal, A., Richards, D.A., Nita, D.C., Parrish, R.R., Roberts, N.M. and Sahy, D., 2018. Orbital precession modulates interannual rainfall variability, as recorded in an Early Pleistocene speleothem. Geology, 46(8), pp.731-734.
61. Slagstad, T., Roberts, N.M., Coint, N., Høy, I., Sauer, S., Kirkland, C.L., Marker, M., Røhr, T.S., Henderson, I.H., Stormoen, M.A. and Skår, Ø., 2018. Magma-driven, high-grade metamorphism in the Sveconorwegian Province, southwest Norway, during the terminal stages of Fennoscandian Shield evolution. Geosphere, 14(2), pp.861-882.
60. Roberts, N.M., Yang, Q.Y. and Santosh, M., 2018. Rapid oxygen diffusion during high temperature alteration of zircon. Scientific reports, 8(1), p.3661.
59. Drake, H., Mathurin, F.A., Zack, T., Schäfer, T., Roberts, N.M., Whitehouse, M., Karlsson, A., Broman, C. and Åström, M.E., 2018. Incorporation of metals into calcite in a deep anoxic granite aquifer. Environmental science & technology, 52(2), pp.493-502.
58. Spencer, C.J., Roberts, N.M.W. and Santosh, M., 2017. Growth, destruction, and preservation of Earth's continental crust. Earth-Science Reviews, 172, pp.87-106.
57. Drake, H., Heim, C., Roberts, N.M.W., Zack, T., Tillberg, M., Broman, C., Ivarsson, M., Whitehouse, M.J. and Åström, M.E., 2017. Isotopic evidence for microbial production and consumption of methane in the upper continental crust throughout the Phanerozoic eon. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 470, pp.108-118.
56. Roberts, N.M.W., Rasbury, E.T., Parrish, R.R., Smith, C.J., Horstwood, M.S. and Condon, D.J., 2017. A calcite reference material for LA‐ICP‐MS U‐Pb geochronology. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 18(7), pp.2807-2814.
55. Hopkinson, T.N., Harris, N.B., Warren, C.J., Spencer, C.J., Roberts, N.M., Horstwood, M.S. and Parrish, R.R., 2017. The identification and significance of pure sediment-derived granites. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 467, pp.57-63.
54. Gardiner, N.J., Hawkesworth, C.J., Robb, L.J., Whitehouse, M.J., Roberts, N.M., Kirkland, C.L. and Evans, N.J., 2017. Contrasting granite metallogeny through the zircon record: a case study from Myanmar. Scientific reports, 7(1), p.748.
53. T Slagstad, N Roberts, E Kulakov. Linking orogenesis across a supercontinent: the Grenvillian and Sveconorwegian margins on Rodinia. Gondwana Research, 2017, 44, 109-115.
52. R Shaw, K Goodenough, N Roberts, M Horstwood, S Chenery, A Gunn. Petrogenesis of rare-metal pegmatites in high-grade metamorphic terranes: a case study from the Lewisian Gneiss Complex of north-west Scotland. Precambrian Research, 2016, 281, 338-362.
51. N Roberts, R Walker. U-Pb geochronology of calcite-mineralized faults: Absolute timing of rift-related fault events on the northeast Atlantic margin. Geology, 2016, DOI:10.1130/G37868.1
50: D Regis, C Warren, C Mottram, N Roberts. Using monazite and zircon petrochronology to constrain the P-T-t evolution of the middle crust in the Bhutan Himalaya. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 2016, 34, 617-639.
49. M Searle, N Roberts, S-L Chung, Y-H Lee, K Cook, J Elliott, O Weller, M St-Onge, X Xu, X Tan, K Li. Age and anatomy of the Gongga Shan batholith, Eastern Tibetan Plateau and its relationship to the active Xianshui-He fault. Geosphere, 2016, 12, 948-970.
48. L Joosu, A Lepland, T Kreitsmann, K Upraus, N Roberts, P Paiste, A Martin, K Kirsimae. Petrography and the REE-composition of apatite in the Paleoproterozoic Pilgujarvi Sedimentary Formation, Pechenga Greenstone Belt, Russia. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2016, 186, 135-153.
47. N Gardiner, C Morley, P Cawood, M Searle, T Aung Myint, L Robb, M Whitehouse, N Roberts, C Kirkland. The Tectonic and Metallogenic Framework of Myanmar: A Tethyan Mineral System. Ore Geology Reviews, 2016, 79, 26-45.
46. N Roberts, R Thomas, J Jacobs. Geochronological constraints on the metamorphic sole of the Semail ophiolite in the United Arab Emirates. Geoscience Frontiers, 2016, 7, 609-619.
45. R Thomas, C Spencer, A Bushi, N Baglow, N Boniface, G de Kock, M Horstwood, L Hollick, J Jacobs, S Kajara, G Kamihanda, R Key, Z Maganga, F Mbawala, W McCourt, P Momburi, F Moses, A Mruma, Y Myambilwa, N Roberts, H Saidi, P Nyanda, K Nyoka, I Millar. Geochronology of the central Tanzania Craton and its southern and eastern orogenic margins. Precambrian Research, 2016, 277, 47-67.
44. S Tapster, D Condon, J Naden, S Noble, M Petterson, N Roberts, A Saunders, D Smith. Rapid thermal rejuvenation of high crystallinity magma linked to copper porphyry deposit formation; evidence from the Koloula Porphyry Prospect, Solomon Islands. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2016, 442, 206-217.
43. L Coogan, R Parrish, N Roberts. Early hydrothermal carbon uptake by the upper oceanic crust: insight from U-Pb dating. Geology, 2016, 44, 147-150.
42. T Shepherd, W Dirks, N Roberts, J Patel, S Hodgson, T Pless-Mulloli, P Walton, R Parrish. Tracing fetal and childhood exposure to lead using isotope analysis of deciduous teeeth. Environmental Research, 2016, 145-153.
41. N Gardiner, N Roberts, C Morley, M Searle, M Whitehouse. Oligocene metamorphism at Doi Inthanon precedes the onset of extensional basin development in Northern Thailand. Lithos, 2016, 240-243, 69-83.
40. F Cooper, K Hodges, R Parrish, N Roberts, M Horstwood. Synchronous N-S and E-W extension at the Tibet-to-Himalaya transition in NW Bhutan. Tectonics. 2015, DOI:10.1002/2014TC003712.
39. C Mottram, R Parrish, C Warren, D Regis, N Roberts, T Argles, N Harris. Time windows into ductile thrusting: insights for rates of movement from the Himalayan Main Central Thrust. Tectonics. 2015, DOI:10.1002/2014TC003743.
38. R Palin, M Searle, M St-Onge, D Waters, N Roberts, M Horstwood, R Parrish, O Weller. Two-stage cooling history of pelitic mylonite from the Dongjiu-Milin shear zone, northwest flank of the eastern Himalayan Syntaxes. Gondwana Research. 2015, 28, 509-530.
37. C Spencer, R Thomas, N Roberts, P Cawood, I Millar. Crustal growth during island arc accretion and transcurrent deformation, Natal Metamorphic Province, South Africa: New isotopic constraints. Precambrian Research. 2015, 265, 203-217.
36. N Coint, T Slagstad, N Roberts, T Røhr, M Marker, B Sørensen. The late Mesoproterozoic Sirdal Magmatic Belt, SW Norway; relationships between magmatism and metamorphism and implications for Sveconorwegian orogenesis. Precambrian Research. 2015, 265, 57-77.
35. N Roberts, T Slagstad, G Viola. The structural, metamorphic and magmatic evolution of Mesoproterozoic orogens. Precambrian Research. 2015, 265, 1-9.
34. H Lorenz, J-E Rosberg, C Juhlin, L Bjelm, B S G Almquist, T Berthert, R Conze, D Gee, I Klonowska, C Pascal, K Pedersen, N Roberts, C Tsang. Phase 1 of the Collisional Orogeny in the Scandinavian Caledonides scientific drilling report (COSC-1). Scientific Drilling. 2015, 19, 1-11.
33. N Roberts, T Slagstad. Continental growth and reworking on the edge of the Columbia and Rodinia supercontinents; 1.86-0.9 Ga accretionary orogeny in SW Fennoscandia. International Geology Review. 2015, 57, 1582-1606.
32. C Spencer, P Cawood, C Hawkesworth, A Prave, N Roberts, M Horstwood, M Whitehouse, EIMF. Generation and Preservation of Continental Crust in the Grenville Orogenic Cycle. Geoscience Frontiers. 2015, 6, 357-372.
31. A Martin, A Cooper, R Price, R Turnbull, N Roberts. The petrology, Geochronology and significance of Granite Harbour Intrusive Complex xenoliths, Southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 2015, 58, 33-51.
30. N Roberts, C Spencer. The zircon archive of continent formation through time. Geological Society of London, Special Publications. In: N Roberts et al. (Eds.) Continent Formation Through Time. Geological Society of London Special Publication, 2015, 389, 197-225.
29. N Roberts, M Van Kranendonk, S Parman, P Clift. Continent Formation Through Time. In: N Roberts et al. (Eds.) Continent Formation Through Time. Geological Society of London Special Publication, 2015, 389, 1-16.
28. F Boekhout, N Roberts, A Gerdes, U Schaltegger. Continent formation in accretionary orogens; in Hf isotope perspective on the proto-Peruvian Andes. In: N Roberts et al. (Eds.) Continent Formation Through Time. Geological Society of London Special Publication, 2015, 389, 305-321.
27. L Joosu, A Lepland, K Kirsimäe, A Romashkin, N Roberts, A Martin, A Črne. REE-composition of sedimentary apatite in 2.0 Ga Zaonega organic rich sediments: environmental setting of the phosphogenesis. Chemical Geology, 2015, 395, 88-107.
26. S Tapster, N Roberts, M Petterson, A Saunders, J Naden. From continent to intra-oceanic arc: zircon xenocrysts record the Solomon Island Arc's crustal evolution. Geology, 2014, 42, 1087-1090.
25. R Thomas, R Ellison, K Goodenough, N Roberts, P Allen. Salt domes of the UAE and Oman: probing eastern Arabia. Precambrian Research, 2015, 256, 1-16.
24. K Stubner, D Grujic, R Parrish, N Roberts , A Konz, J Wooden, T Ahmad. Monazite geochronology unravels the timing of crustal thickening in NW Himalaya. Lithos, 2014, 210-211, 111-128.
23. C Spencer, N Roberts, P Cawood, C Hawkesworth, A Prave, A Antonini, M Horstwood, EIMF. Intermontane basins and bimodal volcanism at the onset of the Sveconorwegian Orogeny, southern Norway. Precambrian Research, 2014, 252, 107-118.
22. C Mottram, C Warren, D Regis, N Roberts, N Harris, T Argles, R Parrish. Developing an inverted Barrovian sequence; insights from monazite petrochronology. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2014, 403, 418-431.
21. R Thomas, A Bushi, N Roberts, J Jacobs. Geochronology of granitic rocks from the Ruangwa region, southern Tanzania - links with NE Mozambique and beyond. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2014, 100, 70-80.
20. C Spencer, A Prave, P Cawood, N Roberts. Detrital Zircon Geochronology of the Grenville/Llano Foreland and Basal Sauk Sequence in West Texas. GSA Bulletin, 2014, 126, 1117-1128.
19. R Palin, M Searle, M St-Onge, D Waters, N Roberts, M Horstwood, R Parrish, O Weller, S Chen, J Yang. Monazite Geochronology and petrology of kyanite-and sillimanite-bearing migmatites from the northwestern flank of the eastern Himalayan Syntaxes. Gondwana Research, 2014, 26, 323-347.
18. C Warren, A Singh, N Roberts, D Regis, Halton A, R Singh. Timing and conditions of peak metamorphism and cooling across the Zimithang Thrust, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Lithos, 2014, 200, 94-110.
17. K Goodenough, P Lusty, N Roberts, R Key, A Garba. Post-collisional Pan-African Granitoids and rare metal pegmatites in western Nigeria: age, petrogenesis, and the 'pegmatite conundrum'. Lithos, 2014, 200-201, 22-34.
16. A Smye, N Roberts, D Condon, M Horstwood, R Parrish. Characterizing the U-Th-Pb systematics of allanite by ID and LA-ICPMS: implications for Geochronology. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2014, 135, 1-28.
15. C Spencer, P Cawood, C Hawkesworth, T Raub, A Prave, N Roberts. Onset of Proterozoic collisional tectonics: A Reappraisal of the zircon oxygen isotope records. Geology, 2014, 42, 451-454.
14. D Regis, C Warren, D Young, N Roberts. Tectono-metamorphic evolution of the Massif Jomolhari: variations in timing of syn-collisional metamorphism across western Bhutan. Lithos, 2014, 190-191, 449-466.
13. A Lepland, L Joosu, K Kirsim, A Prave, A Romashkin, A Črne, A Martin, A Fallick, P Somelar, K Üpraus, N Roberts, M van Zuilen, R Wirth, A Schreiber. Potential influence of sulfur bacteria on Palaeoproterozoic phosphogenesis. Nature Geoscience, 2014, 7, 20-24.
12. N Roberts. The boring billion? - Lid tectonics, continental growth and environmental change associated with the Columbia supercontinent. Geoscience Frontiers, 2013, 4, 681-691.
11. R Palin, M Searle, C Morley, P Charusuri, M Horstwood, N Roberts. Timing of metamorphism of the gneiss Lansang and implications for left-lateral motion along the Mae Ping (Wang Chao) strike-slip fault, Thailand. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2013, 26, 120-136.
10. A Walters, K Goodenough, H Hughes, N Roberts, A Gunn, J Rushton, A Lacinska. Enrichment of Rare Earth Elements During magmatic and post-magmatic processes: a case study from the Loch Loyal Syenite Complex, northern Scotland. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 2013, 166, 1177-1202.
9. R Palin, M Searle, D Waters, R Parrish, N Roberts, M Horstwood, MW Yeh, SL Chung. A geochronological and petrological study of anatectic paragneiss and associated granite dykes from the Day Nui Con Voi metamorphic core complex, North Vietnam; constraints upon the timing of metamorphism and strike-slip motion along the Red River Shear Zone. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 2013, 31, 359-387.
8. T Slagstad, N Roberts, M Marker, T Røhr, H Schiellerup. A Non-collisional, accretionary Sveconorwegian Orogen - Reply. Terra Nova 2013, 25, 169-171.
7. N Roberts, T Slagstad, R Parrish, M Norry, M Marker, M Horstwood. Sedimentary recycling in arc Magmas: geochemical and U-Pb-Hf-O constraints on the Mesoproterozoic Suldal Arc, SW Norway. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 2013, 165, 507-523.
6. T Slagstad, N Roberts, M Marker, T Røhr, H Schiellerup. A Non-collisional, accretionary Sveconorwegian Orogen. Terra Nova, 2013, 25, 30-37.
5. R Thomas, N Roberts, J Jacobs, A Bushi, M Horstwood, A Mruma. Structural and geochronological constraints on the evolution of the eastern margin of the Tanzania Craton in the Mpwapwa area, central Tanzania. Precambrian Research 2013, 224, 671-689.
4. N Roberts. Increased loss of continental crust during supercontinent amalgamation. Gondwana Research, 2012, 21, 994-1000.
3. P Vermeesch, S Sherlock, N Roberts, A Carter. A simple method for in-situ U-Th-He dating. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2012, 79, 140-147.
2. N Roberts, R Parrish, M Horstwood, T Brewer. The 1.23 Ga rhyolite Fjellhovdane, Grossæ-Totak; a new age within the Telemark supracrustals, southern Norway. Norwegian Journal of Geology, 2011, 91, 239-246.
1. N Roberts, D Cunningham. Automated alluvial fan discrimination, Quaternary fault identification, and the distribution of tectonically reactivated crust in the Gobi Altai region, southern Mongolia. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2008, 29, 6957-6959.
Non-peer reviewed:
Cutts, K., Schannor, M., Moreira, H. and Roberts, N.M.W., (2022). The Dynamic Neoproterozoic Evolution of eastern Brazil: Crustal evolution, supercontinent assembly and breakup. Precambrian Research, 379.
Moreira, H., Schannor, M., Cutts, K. and Roberts, N.M.W., (2022). The dynamic archaean to palaeoproterozoic crustal evolution of brazil: Preface. Geoscience Frontiers, p.101406.
Palin, R.M. and Roberts, N.M.W., (2021). Metamorphism at convergent plate margins: Preface. Geoscience Frontiers, DOI:10.1016/j.gsf.2021.101288
Spencer, C.J., Roberts, N.M.W. and Nance, R.D., (2019). “Miles wide and miles deep”–exploring the depth and breadth of geoscience during the first ten years of Geoscience Frontiers. Geoscience Frontiers, 10, 1219-1221.
O'Neill, C. and Roberts, N.M.W., (2018). Lid tectonics. Preface. Geoscience Frontiers, 9, 1-2.
Ashchepkov, I.V. and Roberts, N.M.W., (2017). Deep seated magmas and their mantle roots: Introduction. Geoscience Frontiers, 8, 617-619.
N Roberts, S Pawlig, M Horstwood, (2011).The Nu Attom High Resolution ICP-MS Laser Ablation U-Pb Geochronology. Nu Instruments Application Note AN11
Popular Science (in Norwegian):
T Slagstad, S Bang, N Coint, T Harstad, I Henderson, C Jourdan, M Marker, A Muller, N Roberts, T Røhr, H Schiellerup, A Sigersvold, M Stormoen. Et imponerende arbeid. GEO, 9 Dec 2014.
T Slagstad, N Roberts, M Marker, T Røhr, H Schiellerup, Fargelegger landet på nytt. GEO, 15, 6.
Book Review:
Roberts, N.M.W., (2021). An Introduction to Metamorphic Petrology, Second Edition B.W.D. Yardley and C. Warren Cambridge University Press. Pp. 344, ISBN 9781108456487. Mineralogical Magazine, 1-1. DOI:10.1180/mgm.2021.49