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• Cumming, V.M, Poulton, S.W., Rooney, A.D. & Selby, D (2013). Anoxia in the terrestrial environment during the Late Mesoproterozoic. Geology 41(5): 583.
• Tang, K, Li, J, Selby, D, Bi, S & Deng, X (2013). Geology, mineralization, and geochronology of the Qianhe gold deposit, southern North China Craton. Mineralium Deposita
• Lawley, C.J., Selby, D. Condon, D.J., Horstwood, M., Millar, I., Crowley, Q., & Imber, J. (2013). Lithogeochemistry, Geochronology and Geodynamic Setting of the Lupa Terrane, Tanzania: Implications for the Extent of the Archean Tanzanian Craton. Precambrian Research 231: 174.
• Porter, S.J., Selby, D., Grocke, D.R. & Katz, S. (2013). Opening of a trans-Pangaean marine corridor during the Early Jurassic: Insights from osmium isotopes across the Sinemurian–Pliensbachian GSSP, Robin Hood's Bay, UK. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 375: 50.
• Holwell, D.A, Selby, D, Boyce, A.J, Gilbertson, J.A & Abraham-James, T (2012). An Re-Os date for molybdenite-bearing quartz vein mineralization within the Kangerlussuaq alkaline complex, East Greenland: Implications for the timing of regional metallogenesis. Economic Geology 107: 713-722.
• Rooney, A. D, Selby, D, Lewan, M. D, Lillis, P. G & Houzay, J-P (2012). Evaluating Re-Os systematics in organic-rich sedimentary rocks in response to petroleum generation using hydrous pyrolysis experiments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 77: 275.
• Li, Jian-Wei, Bi, Shi-Jian, Selby, David, Chen, Lei, Vasconcelos, Paulo, Thiede, David, Zhou, Mei-Fu, Zhao, Xin-Fu, Li, Zhan-Ke & Qiu, Hua-Ning (2012). Giant Mesozoic gold provinces related to the destruction of the North China Craton. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 349-350: 26-37.
• Finlay, A. J., Selby, D & Osborne, M. J (2012). Petroleum source rock identification of United Kingdom Atlantic Margin oil fields and the Western Canadian Oil Sands using Platinum, Palladium, Osmium and Rhenium: Implications for global petroleum systems. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 313-314: 95-104.
• Cumming, V.M, Selby, D & Lillis, P.G (2012). Re–Os geochronology of the lacustrine Green River Formation: Insights into direct depositional dating of lacustrine successions, Re–Os systematics and paleocontinental weathering. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 359-360: 194-205.
• Lawley, C.J.M & Selby, D (2012). Re-Os Geochronology of Quartz Enclosed Ultra-fine Molybdenite: Implications for Ore Geochronology. Economic Geology 107(7): 1499-1506.
• Li, Jian-Wei, Li, Zhan-Ke, Zhou, Mei-Fu, Chen, Lei, Bi, Shi-Jian, Deng, Xiao-Dong, Qiu, Hua-Ning, Cohen, B, Selby, D & Zhao, Xin-Fu (2012). The Early Cretaceous Yangzhaiyu Lode Gold Deposit, North China Craton: A link between carton reactivation and gold veining. Economic Geology 107: 43-79.
• Finlay, A.J., McComish, J.M. Ottley, C.J., Bates, C.R. & Selby, D. (2012). Trace element fingerprinting of ceramic building material from Carpow and York Roman fortresses manufactured by the VI Legion. Journal of Archaeological Science
• Finlay, A. J., Selby, D & Osborne, M. J (2011). Re-Os geochronology and fingerprinting of United Kingdom Atlantic margin oil: Temporal implications for regional petroleum systems. Geology 39(5): 475-478.
• Rooney, A. D., Chew, D. M. & Selby, D. (2011). Re-Os geochronology of the Neoproterozoic-Cambrian Dalradian Supergroup of Scotland and Ireland: Implications for Neoproterozoic stratigraphy, glaciations and Re-Os systematics. Precambrian Research 185: 202-214.
• Kerr, A & Selby, D (2011). The timing of epigenetic gold mineralization on the Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada: new evidence from Re-Os pyrite geochronology. Mineralium Deposita
• Finlay, A. J., , Selby, D.,, Osborne, M. & Finucane, D. (2010). Fault-charged mantle-fluid contamination of United Kingdom North Sea oils: Insights from Re-Os isotopes. Geology 38(11): 979-982.
• Feely, M., Selby, D., , Conliffe, J., & Hunt, J. (2010). Long-lived granite-related molybdenite mineralisation at Connemara, western Irish Caledonides. Geological Magazine
• Rooney, A.D., , Selby, D., , Houzay, J-P., & Renne, P.R (2010). Re-Os geochronology of Mesoproterozoic sediments from the Taoudeni basin, Mauritania: Implications for basin-wide correlations, supercontinent reconstruction and Re-Os systematics of organic-rich sediments. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 289: 486-496.
• Conliffe, J. Selby, D., Porter, S.J. & Feely, M. (2010). Re-Os molybdenite dates from the Ballachulish and Kilmelford Igneous Complexes (Scottish Highlands): Age constraints for late-Caledonian magmatism. Journal of the Geological Society, London 167: 297-302.
• Porter, S.J., & Selby, D. (2010). Rhenium-Osmium (Re-Os) molybdenite systematics and geochronology of the Cruchan Granite skarn mineralization, Etive Complex: implications for emplacement chronology. Scottish Journal of Geology 46: 17-21.
• Finlay, A. J. , Selby, D. & Grocke, D. R. (2010). Tracking the Hirnantian glaciation using Os isotopes. Earth Planetary Science and Letters 293: 339-348.
• Kendall, B. S., Creaser, R. A. & Selby, D. (2009). 187Re-187Os geochronology of Precambrian organic-rich sedimentary rocks. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 326: 85-107.
• Selby, D., , Kelley, K.D., Hitzman, M.W., & Zieg, J. (2009). Re-Os sulfide (bornite, chalcopyrite and pyrite) systematics of the carbonate-hosted copper deposits at Ruby Creek, southern Brooks Range, Alaska. Economic Geology 104: 437-444.
• Selby, D., , Mutterlose, J., & Condon, D.J. (2009). U-Pb and Re-Os Geochronology of the Aptian/Albian and Cenomanian/Turonian stage boundaries: Implications for timescale calibration, osmium isotope seawater composition and Re-Os systematics in organic-rich sediments. Chemical Geology 265: 394-409.
• Selby, D. (2009). U-Pb zircon geochronology of the Aptian/Albian boundary implies that the GL-O international glauconite standard is anomalously young. Cretaceous Research 30: 1263-1267.
• Morelli, R.M., Creaser, R.A., Seltmann, R. Stuart, F.M., Selby, D. & Graupner, T. (2007). Age of and source constraints for the Giant Murantau gold deposit, Uzbekistan, from coupled Re-Os-He isotopes in arsenopyrite. Geology 35: 795-798.
• Selby, D., Creaser, R.A., Stein, H. J., Markey, R. J. & Hannah, J. L. (2007). Assessment of the 187Re decay constant by cross calibration of Re–Os molybdenite and U–Pb zircon chronometers in magmatic ore systems. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 71(8): 1999-2013.
• Selby, D. (2007). Direct rhenium-osmium age of the oxfordian-kimmidgian boundary, Staffin Bay, Isle of Skye, UK and the Late Jurassic geologic timescale. Norwegian Journal of Geology 87: 291-299.
• Selby, D., Creaser, R. A. & Fowler, M. G. (2007). Re-Os elemental and isotopic systematics in crude oils. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 71: 378-386.
• Feely, M., Selby, D., Conliffe, J. & Judge, M., (2007). The role and temporal evolution of granite–related molybdenite mineral systems along the Caledonian-Appalachian orogen: Implications from Re-Os geochronology and fluid inclusion microthermometry. Applied Earth Science (IMM Transactions section B) 116: 143-149.
• Kendall, B., Creaser, R. A. & Selby, D. (2006). Re-Os geochronology of the post-glacial black shales in Australia: Constraints on the timing of “Sturtian” glaciation. Geology 34: 729-732.
• Selby, D & Creaser, R.A (2005). Direct radiometric dating of hydrocarbon deposits using Rhenium-Osmium isotopes. Science 308(5726): 1293-1295.
• Selby, D & Creaser, R.A (2005). Direct radiometric dating of the Devonian-Mississippian time-scale boundary using the Re-Os black shale geochronometer. Geology 33(7): 545-548.
• Selby, D, Creaser, R.A, Dewing, K & Fowler, M (2005). Evaluation of bitumen as a 187Re-187Os geochronometer for hydrocarbon maturation and migration: A case study from the Polaris MVT deposit, Canada. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 235(1-2): 1-15.
• Selby, D, Creaser, R.A & Feely, M (2004). Accurate and precise Re-Os molybdenite dates from the Galway Granite, Ireland. A Critical Comment to: 'Disturbance of the Re-Os chronometer of molybdenites from the late-Caledonian Galway Granite, Ireland, by hydrothermal fluid circulation.'. Geochemical Journal 35: 29-35.
• Kendall, B.S, Creaser, R.A, Ross, G.M & Selby, D (2004). Constraints on the timing of Marinoan 'Snowball Earth' glaciation by 187Re-187Os dating of a Neoproterozoic, post-glacial black shale in Western Canada. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 222: 729-740.
• Selby, D & Creaser, R.A (2004). Macroscale NTIMS and microscale LA-MC-ICP-MS Re-Os isotopic analysis of molybdenite: Testing spatial restrictions for reliable Re-Os age determinations, and implications for the decoupling of Re and Os within molybdenite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 68: 3897-3908.
• Morelli, R.M, Creaser, R.A & Selby, D (2004). Re-Os sulfide geochronology from the Red Dog sedimentary-hosted Zn-Pb-Ag deposit, Alaska. Economic Geology 99: 1569-1576.
• Selby, D, Creaser, R.A, Heaman, L.M & Hart, C.J.R (2003). Re-Os and U-Pb geochronology of the Clear Creek, Dublin Gulch and Mactung deposits, Tombstone Gold Belt, Canada: Absolute timing relationships between plutonism and mineralization. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 40: 1839-1852.
• Selby, D & Creaser, R.A (2003). Re-Os geochronology of organic rich sediments: An evaluation of organic matter analysis methods. Chemical Geology 200: 225-240.
• Selby, D, Creaser, R.A, Hart, C.J.R, Rombach, C.S, Thompson, J.F.H, Smith, M.T, Bakke, A & Goldfarb, R.J (2002). Absolute timing of sulfide and gold mineralization: A comparison of Re-Os molybdenite and Ar-Ar mica methods from the Tintina Gold Belt, Alaska. Geology 30(9): 791-794.
• Creaser, R.A, Sannigrahi, P, Chacko, T & Selby, D (2002). Further evaluation of the Re-Os geochronometer in organic-rich sedimentary rocks: A test of hydrocarbon maturation effects in the Exshaw Formation, Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66: 3441-3452.
• Selby, D, Nesbitt, B. E, Creaser, R. A, Reynolds, P. H & Muehlenbachs, K (2001). Constraints for a Non-Magmatic Component in Potassic Hydrothermal Fluids of Porphyry Cu-Au-Mo Systems, Yukon, Canada. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 65: 571-587.
• Selby, D & Creaser, R. A (2001). Late and Mid Cretaceous mineralization in the Northern Canadian Cordillera: Constraints from Re-Os molybdenite dates. Economic Geology 96: 1461-1467.
• Selby, D & Creaser, R. A., (2001). Re-Os Geochronology and Systematics in Molybdenite from the Endako Porphyry Molybdenum Deposit, British Columbia, Canada. Economic Geology 96: 197-204.
• Selby, D & Nesbitt, B. E., (2000). Biotite Chemistry of the Casino Porphyry Cu-Au-Mo Mineralization, Yukon, Canada: Evaluation of Magmatic and Hydrothermal Fluid Chemistry. Chemical Geology 171: 77-93.
• Selby, D, Nesbitt, B. E, Muehlenbachs, K & Prochaska, W (2000). Hydrothermal Alteration and Fluid Chemistry the Endako Porphyry Molybdenum System, British Columbia. Economic Geology 95: 183-202.
• Selby, D., Creaser, R.A. & Nesbitt, B.E. (1999). Geochemical and Sr-Nd-Pb Systematics of Crystalline Rocks from the Dawson Range, Yukon, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 36: 1463-1481.