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Smith, W. D., Albrechtsen, B., Maier, W. D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Mungall, J. E. 2025. Petrogenesis and Ni-Cu-(PGE) prospectivity of the Mount Ayliff Complex in the Karoo Igneous Province: new insights from the Ingeli and Horseshoe lobes. Geological Society Special Publications 552 (1) 10.1144/SP552-2023-35

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Mansur, Eduardo and Nykänen, Vesa 2025. Thematic Issue on Magmatic PGE-(Ni-Cu-Cr-V) deposits: petrology, geochemistry and exploration tools. Mineralium Deposita 10.1007/s00126-024-01345-5

Moore, Andy E., Blenkinsop, Thomas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9684-0749, Key, Roger M., Maier, Wolfgang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Mapeo, Read 2025. Tectonic triggers for the intrusion of the great dyke (Zimbabwe) and bushveld complex (South Africa). South African Journal of Geology

Maier, Wolfgang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Barnes, Sarah-Jane 2024. Origin of chromitite-anorthosite interlayering in the Bushveld Complex. The Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology 62 (5) , pp. 731-745. 10.3749/2300069

Fischer-Gödde, Mario, Tusch, Jonas, Goderis, Steven, Bragagni, Alessandro, Mohr-Westheide, Tanja, Messling, Nils, Elfers, Bo-Magnus, Schmitz, Birger, Reimold, Wolf U., Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Claeys, Philippe, Koeberl, Christian, Tissot, François L. H., Bizzarro, Martin and Münker, Carsten 2024. Ruthenium isotopes show the Chicxulub impactor was a carbonaceous-type asteroid. Science 385 (6710) , pp. 752-756. 10.1126/science.adk4868

Brits, J. A. N., Grobler, D. F., Crossingham, A., Blenkinsop, T. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9684-0749 and Maier, W. D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 2024. Structural context of the Flatreef in the Northern Limb of the Bushveld Complex. Mineralium Deposita 10.1007/s00126-024-01289-w

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Muir, D. D., Barnes, S-. J. and Szilas, K. 2024. Petrogenesis of Ni-sulfide mineralisation in the ca. 3.0 Ga Maniitsoq intrusive belt, western Greenland. Mineralium Deposita 10.1007/s00126-024-01282-3

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Barnes, Sarah-Jane and Smith, William D. 2023. Petrogenesis of the Mesoarchean Stella layered intrusion, South Africa: implications for the origin of PGE reefs in the upper portion of layered intrusions. Mineralium Deposita 58 , pp. 1477-1497. 10.1007/s00126-023-01189-5

Guo, Fang-Fang, Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Heinonen, Jussi S., Hanski, Eero, Vuollo, Jouni, Barnes, Sarah-Jane, Lahaye, Yann, Huhma, Hannu and Yang, Shenghong 2023. Geochemistry of 2.45 Ga mafic dykes in northern Finland: Constraints on the petrogenesis and PGE prospectivity of coeval layered intrusions. Lithos 452–3 , 107206. 10.1016/j.lithos.2023.107206

Maier, Wolfgang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Barnes, Stephen J., Godel, Belinda M., Grobler, Danie and Smith, William D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6523-7864 2023. Petrogenesis of thick, high-grade PGE mineralisation in the Flatreef, northern Bushveld Complex. Mineralium Deposita 58 , pp. 881-902. 10.1007/s00126-022-01156-6

Maier, W. D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Wade, B., Barnes, Sarah-Jane and Dutch, R. 2023. Petrogenesis of the Kalka, Ewarara and Gosse Pile layered intrusions, Musgrave Province, South Australia, and implications for magmatic sulfide prospectivity. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 70 (4) , pp. 453-475. 10.1080/08120099.2023.2173292

Maier, Wolfgang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 2023. Controls on Pt/Pd ratios in Bushveld magmas and cumulates: a review complemented by new W isotope data. Mineralium Deposita 58 , pp. 553-568. 10.1007/s00126-022-01141-z

Smith, W. D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6523-7864, Maier, W. D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Muir, D. D., Andersen, J. C. Ø., Williams, B. J. and Henry, H. 2023. New perspectives on the formation of the Boulder Bed of the western Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Mineralium Deposita 58 (3) , pp. 617-638. 10.1007/s00126-022-01150-y

Barnes, Stephen J., Yao, Zhuo-Sen, Mao, Ya-Jing, Jesus, Ana P., Yang, Shenghong, Taranovic, Valentina and Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 2023. Nickel in olivine as an exploration indicator for magmatic Ni-Cu sulfide deposits: A data review and re-evaluation. American Mineralogist 108 (1) , pp. 1-17. 10.2138/am-2022-8327

Maier, W. D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Brits, A. and Grobler, D. 2022. Petrogenesis of PGE mineralised intrusions in the floor of the northern Bushveld Complex. South African Journal of Geology 125 (3-4) , pp. 265-290. 10.25131/sajg.125.0019

Barnes, Sarah-Jane, Mansur, Eduardo T., Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Prevec, Stephen A. 2022. A comparison of trace element concentrations in chromite from komatiites, picrites, and layered intrusions: implications for the formation of massive chromite layers. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 60 (2) 10.1139/cjes-2022-0064

Smith, William Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6523-7864, Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Andersen, Jens C.O., Muir, Duncan D., Mansur, Eduardo and Bliss, Ian 2022. Accessory phase perspectives for ore-forming processes and magmatic sulphide exploration in the Labrador Trough, northern Québec, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 59 (5) , pp. 259-277. 10.1139/cjes-2021-0109

Smith, William D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6523-7864, Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Bliss, Ian 2021. Distribution of noble metals in magmatic sulfide occurrences in the Montagnais Sill Complex, Labrador Trough, Canada. Canadian Mineralogist 59 (6) , pp. 1599-1626. 10.3749/canmin.2000119

Smith, W. D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6523-7864, Maier, W. D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Bliss, I. and Martin, L. 2021. In situ multiple sulfur isotope and S/Se composition of magmatic sulfide occurrences in the Labrador Trough, Northern Quebec. Economic Geology 116 (7) , pp. 1669-1686. 10.5382/econgeo.4843

Smith, W. D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6523-7864 and Maier, W. D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 2021. The geotectonic setting, age and mineral deposit inventory of global layered intrusions. Earth-Science Reviews 220 , 103736. 10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103736

Smith, W. D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6523-7864, Maier, W. D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Barnes, S. J., Moorhead, G., Reid, D. and Karykowski, B. 2021. Element mapping the Merensky Reef of the Bushveld Complex. Geoscience Frontiers 12 (3) 10.1016/j.gsf.2020.11.001

Maier, W. D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Abernethy, K. E. L., Grobler, D. F. and Moorhead, G. 2021. Formation of the Flatreef deposit, northern Bushveld, by hydrodynamic and hydromagmatic processes. Mineralium Deposita 56 , pp. 11-30. 10.1007/s00126-020-00987-5

Smith, W. D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6523-7864, Maier, W. D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Bliss, I. 2021. The geology, geochemistry, and petrogenesis of the Huckleberry Cu-Ni-PGE prospect in the Labrador Trough, Canada: Perspectives for regional prospectivity. Ore Geology Reviews 128 , 103905. 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103905

Maier, W. D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Barnes, S. -J., Muir, D., Savard, D., Lahaye, Y. and Smith, W. D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6523-7864 2021. Formation of Bushveld anorthosite by reactive porous flow. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 176 (1) , 3. 10.1007/s00410-020-01760-7

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Yudovskaya, Marina and Jugo, Pedro 2021. Introduction to the special issue on the Flatreef PGE-Ni-Cu deposit, northern limb of the Bushveld Igneous Complex. Mineralium Deposita 56 (1) , pp. 1-10. 10.1007/s00126-020-01027-y

Tusch, Jonas, Münker, Carsten, Hasenstab, Eric, Jansen, Mike, Marien, Chris S., Kurzweil, Florian, Van Kranendonk, Martin J., Smithies, Hugh, Maier, Wolfgang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Garbe-Schönberg, Dieter 2021. Convective isolation of Hadean mantle reservoirs through Archean time. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (2) , e2012626118. 10.1073/pnas.2012626118

Hasentab, E., Tusch, J., Schnabel, C., Marien, C. S., Van Kranendonk, M. J., Smithies, H., Howard, H., Maier, W. D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Munker, C. 2021. Evolution of the early to late Archean mantle from Hf-Nd-Ce isotope systematics in basalts and komatiites from the Pilbara Craton. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 553 , 116627. 10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116627

Smith, William Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6523-7864, Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Bliss, Ian 2020. Contact-Style magmatic sulphide mineralisation in the Labrador Trough, northern Québec, Canada: Implications for regional prospectivity. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 57 (7) , pp. 867-883. 10.1139/cjes-2019-0137

Guo, Fang-Fang, Svetov, Sergei, Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Hanski, Eero, Yang, Sheng-Hong and Rybnikova, Zoya 2020. Geochemistry of komatiites and basalts in Archean greenstone belts of Russian Karelia with emphasis on platinum-group elements. Mineralium Deposita 55 , pp. 971-990. 10.1007/s00126-019-00909-0

Fischer-Gödde, Mario, Elfers, Bo-Magnus, Münker, Carsten, Szilas, Kristoffer, Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Messling, Nils, Morishita, Tomoaki, Van Kranendonk, Martin and Smithies, Hugh 2020. Ruthenium isotope vestige of Earth's pre-late-veneer mantle preserved in Archaean rocks. Nature 579 , pp. 240-244. 10.1038/s41586-020-2069-3

Groshev, Nikolay Yu., Rundkvist, Tatyana V., Karykowski, Bartosz T., Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Korchagin, Aleksey U., Ivanov, Anton N. and Junge, Malte 2019. Low-sulfide platinum-palladium deposits of the Paleoproterozoic Fedorova-Pana Layered Complex, Kola Region, Russia. Minerals 9 (12) , 764. 10.3390/min9120764

Zi, Jian-Wei, Rasmussen, Birger, Muhling, Janet R., Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Fletcher, Ian R. 2019. U-Pb monazite ages of the Kabanga mafic-ultramafic intrusions and contact aureoles, central Africa: Geochronological and tectonic implications. Geological Society of America Bulletin 131 (11-12) , pp. 1857-1870. 10.1130/B35142.1

Yang, Sheng-Hong, Maier, Wolfgang D ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Godel, Bélinda, Barnes, Sarah-Jane, Hanski, Eero and O'Brien, Hugh 2019. Parental magma composition of the main zone of the Bushveld complex: evidence from in situ LA-ICP-MS trace element analysis of silicate minerals in the cumulate rocks. Journal of Petrology 60 (2) , pp. 359-392. 10.1093/petrology/egy115

Grobler, D. F., Brits, J. A. N., Maier, W. D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Crossingham, A. 2019. Litho- and chemostratigraphy of the Flatreef PGE deposit, northern Bushveld Complex. Mineralium Deposita 54 (1) , pp. 3-28. 10.1007/s00126-018-0800-x

Sarkar, Tapabrato, Dubinina, Elena O., Harris, Chris, Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Mouri, Hassina 2018. Petrogenesis of ultramafic rocks of komatiitic composition from the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, South Africa: Evidence from O and H isotopes. Journal of African Earth Sciences 147 , pp. 68-77. 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2018.06.001

Luolavirta, Kirsi, Hanski, Eero, Maier, Wolfgang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Lahaye, Yann, O'Brien, Hugh and Santaguida, Frank 2018. In situ strontium and sulfur isotope investigation of the Ni-Cu-(PGE) sulfide ore-bearing Kevitsa intrusion, northern Finland. Mineralium Deposita 53 (7) , pp. 1019-1038. 10.1007/s00126-018-0792-6

Karykowski, Bartosz T., Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Groshev, Nikolay Y., Barnes, Sarah-Jane, Pripachkin, Pavel V., McDonald, Iain ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9066-7244 and Savard, Dany 2018. Critical controls on the formation of contact-style PGE-Ni-Cu mineralization: evidence from the Paleoproterozoic Monchegorsk Complex, Kola region, Russia. Economic Geology 113 (4) , pp. 911-935. 10.5382/econgeo.2018.4576

Luolavirta, Kirsi, Hanski, Eero, Maier, Wolfgang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Santaguida, Frank 2018. Characterization and origin of dunitic rocks in the Ni-Cu-(PGE) sulfide ore-bearing Kevitsa intrusion, northern Finland: whole-rock and mineral chemical constraints. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland 90 (1) , pp. 5-32. 10.17741/bgsf/90.1.001

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Halkoaho, T, Huhma, H, Hanski, E and Barnes, S -J 2018. The Penikat Intrusion, Finland: Geochemistry, Geochronology, and Origin of Platinum–Palladium Reefs. Journal of Petrology 59 (5) , pp. 967-1006. 10.1093/petrology/egy051

Karykowski, Bartosz T, Yang, Sheng-Hong, Maier, Wolfgang D ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Lahaye, Yann, Lissenberg, C Johan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7774-2297 and O'Brien, Hugh 2018. In situ Sr isotope compositions of plagioclase from a complete stratigraphic profile of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa: evidence for extensive magma mixing and percolation. Journal of Petrology 58 (11) , pp. 2285-2308. 10.1093/petrology/egy008

Luolavirta, Kirsi, Hanski, Eero, Maier, Wolfgang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Santaguida, Frank 2018. Whole-rock and mineral compositional constraints on the magmatic evolution of the Ni-Cu-(PGE) sulfide ore-bearing Kevitsa intrusion, northern Finland. Lithos 296-29 , pp. 37-53. 10.1016/j.lithos.2017.10.015

Maier, Wolfgang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Prevec, S. A., Scoates, J. S., Wall, C. J., Barnes, S. -J. and Gomwe, T. 2018. The Uitkomst intrusion and Nkomati Ni-Cu-Cr-PGE deposit, South Africa: trace element geochemistry, Nd isotopes and high-precision geochronology. Mineralium Deposita 53 (1) , pp. 67-88. 10.1007/s00126-017-0716-x

Maier, Wolfgang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Hanski, Eero J. 2017. Layered mafic-ultramafic intrusions of Fennoscandia: Europe's treasure chest of magmatic metal deposits. Elements 13 (6) , pp. 415-420. 10.2138/gselements.13.6.415

Maier, W.D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, O'Brien, H., Peltonen, P. and Barnes, Sarah-Jane 2017. Platinum-group element contents of Karelian kimberlites: implications for the PGE budget of the sub-continental lithospheric mantle. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 216 , pp. 358-371. 10.1016/j.gca.2017.07.002

Hall, Ian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6960-1419, Maier, Wolfgang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Barnes, Stephen J. 2017. Dedication to Professor Hazel Prichard BSc, PhD, MBA (1954-2017). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 216 , pp. 312-313. 10.1016/j.gca.2017.06.029

Karykowski, Bartosz and Maier, Wolfgang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 2017. Microtextural characterisation of the Lower Zone in the western limb of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa: evidence for extensive melt migration within a sill complex. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 172 (60) 10.1007/s00410-017-1380-y

Karykowski, Bartosz, Polito, Paul A., Maier, Wolfgang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Gutzmer, Jens and Krause, Joachim 2017. New insights into the petrogenesis of the Jameson Range layered intrusion and associated Fe-Ti-P-V-PGE-Au mineralisation, West Musgrave Province, Western Australia. Mineralium Deposita 52 (2) , pp. 233-255. 10.1007/s00126-016-0655-y

Yang, Sheng-Hong, Hanski, Eero, Li, Chao, Maier, Wolfgang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Huhma, Hannu, Mokrushin, Artem V., Latypov, Rais, Lahaye, Yann, O'Brien, Hugh and Qu, Wen-Jun 2016. Mantle source of the 2.44-2.50-Ga mantle plume-related magmatism in the Fennoscandian Shield: evidence from Os, Nd, and Sr isotope compositions of the Monchepluton and Kemi intrusions. Mineralium Deposita 51 (8) , pp. 1055-1073. 10.1007/s00126-016-0673-9

Maier, Wolfgang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Ariskin, Alexey A 2016. Ni-Cu-PGE-Cr-V bearing layered mafic-ultramafic intrusions of Russia - preface to a thematic issue. Mineralium Deposita 51 (8) , pp. 971-972. 10.1007/s00126-016-0699-z

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Karykowski, Bartosz and Yang, Shanghong 2016. Formation of transgressive anorthosite seams in the Bushveld Complex via tectonically induced mobilisation of plagioclase-rich crystal mushes. Geoscience Frontiers 7 (6) , pp. 875-889. 10.1016/j.gsf.2016.06.005

Maier, W. D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Smithies, R. H., Spaggiari, C. V., Barnes, S. J., Kirkland, C. L., Yang, S., Lahaye, Y., Kiddie, O. and MacRae, C. 2016. Petrogenesis and Ni–Cu sulphide potential of mafic–ultramafic rocks in the Mesoproterozoic Fraser Zone within the Albany–Fraser Orogen, Western Australia. Precambrian Research 281 , pp. 27-46. 10.1016/j.precamres.2016.05.004

Maier, W. D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Barnes, S. J. and Karykowski, B. T. 2016. A chilled margin of komatiite and Mg-rich basaltic andesite in the western Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 171 , 57. 10.1007/s00410-016-1257-5

Frank, Elizabeth A., Maier, Wolfgang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Mojzsis, Stephen J. 2016. Highly siderophile element abundances in Eoarchean komatiite and basalt protoliths. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 171 (3) , 29. 10.1007/s00410-016-1243-y

Barnes, Stephen J., Fisher, Louise A., Godel, Bélinda, Pearce, Mark A., Maier, Wolfgang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Paterson, David, Howard, Daryl L., Ryan, Christopher G. and Laird, Jamie S. 2016. Primary cumulus platinum minerals in the Monts de Cristal Complex, Gabon: magmatic microenvironments inferred from high-definition X-ray fluorescence microscopy. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 171 (3) , 23. 10.1007/s00410-016-1232-1

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Howard, H. M., Smithies, R. H., Yang, S. H., Barnes, S.-J., O'Brien, H., Huhma, H. and Gardoll, S. 2015. Magmatic ore deposits in mafic–ultramafic intrusions of the Giles Event, Western Australia. Ore Geology Reviews 71 , pp. 405-436. 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2015.06.010

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Määttää, S., Yang, S., Oberthür, T., Lahaye, Y., Huhma, H. and Barnes, S. -J. 2015. Composition of the ultramafic-mafic contact interval of the Great Dyke of Zimbabwe at Ngezi mine: Comparisons to the Bushveld Complex and implications for the origin of the PGE reefs. Lithos 238 , pp. 207-222. 10.1016/j.lithos.2015.09.007

Karykowski, Bartosz, Polito, P. A., Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Gutzmer, J. 2015. Origin of Cu-Ni-PGE mineralization at the Manchego Prospect, West Musgrave Province, Western Australia. Economic Geology 110 (8) , pp. 2063-2085. 10.2113/econgeo.110.8.2063

Barnes, Stephen J., Mungall, James E. and Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 2015. Platinum group elements in mantle melts and mantle samples. Lithos 232 , pp. 395-417. 10.1016/j.lithos.2015.07.007

Maier, W. D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Rasmussen, B., Fletcher, I. R., Godel, B., Barnes, S. J., Fisher, L. A., Yang, S. H., Huhma, H. and Lahaye, Y. 2015. Petrogenesis of the ∼2·77 Ga Monts de Cristal Complex, Gabon: Evidence for Direct Precipitation of Pt-arsenides from Basaltic Magma. Journal of Petrology 56 (7) , pp. 1285-1308. 10.1093/petrology/egv035

Smithies, R. H., Kirkland, C. L., Korhonen, F. J., Aitken, A. R. A., Howard, H. M., Maier, W. D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Wingate, M. T. D., Quentin de Gromard, R. and Gessner, K. 2015. The Mesoproterozoic thermal evolution of the Musgrave Province in central Australia — Plume vs. the geological record. Gondwana Research 27 (4) , pp. 1419-1429. 10.1016/j.gr.2013.12.014

Maier, Wolfgang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Lahtinen, Raimo and O'Brien, Hugh, eds. 2015. Mineral deposits of Finland. Elsevier.

Maier, Wolfgang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 2015. Geology and petrogenesis of magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE-Cr-V deposits: An introduction and overview. Maier, Wolfgang, Lahtinen, Raimo and O'Brien, Hugh, eds. Mineral Deposits of Finland, Elsevier, pp. 73-92.

Iljina, M., Maier, Wolfgang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Karinen, T, 2015. PGE-(CU-NI) deposits of the Tornio-Narankavaara belt of intrusions (Portimo, Penikat and Koillismaa). Maier, Wolfgang, Lahtinen, Raimo and O'Brien, Hugh, eds. Mineral Deposits of Finland, Elsevier, pp. 133-164.

Smithies, R. H., Howard, H. M., Kirkland, C. L., Korhonen, F. J., Medlin, C. C., Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, de Gromard, R. Q. and Wingate, M. T. D. 2015. Piggy-back supervolcanoes—long-lived, voluminous, juvenile rhyolite volcanism in Mesoproterozoic central Australia. Journal of Petrology 56 (4) , pp. 735-763. 10.1093/petrology/egv015

Howard, H. M., Smithies, R. H., Kirkland, C. L., Kelsey, D. E., Aitken, A., Wingate, M. T. D., de Gromard, R. Quentin, Spaggiari, C. V. and Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 2015. The burning heart - The Proterozoic geology and geological evolution of the west Musgrave Region, central Australia. Gondwana Research 27 (1) , pp. 64-94. 10.1016/j.gr.2014.09.001

Bjärnborg, Karolina, Scherstén, Anders, Söderlund, Ulf and Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 2015. Geochronology and geochemical evidence for a magmatic arc setting for the Ni-Cu mineralised 1.79 Ga Kleva gabbro–diorite intrusive complex, southeast Sweden. GFF 137 (2) , pp. 83-101. 10.1080/11035897.2015.1015265

Maier, Wolfgang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Howard, H. M., Smithies, R. H., Yang, S., Barnes, S. -J., O'Brien, H., Huhma, H. and Gardoll, S. 2014. Mafic-ultramafic intrusions of the Giles Event, Western Australia: Petrogenesis and prospectivity for magmatic ore deposits. [Technical Report]. Report 134, Government of Western Australia. Available at: http://dmpbookshop.eruditetechnologies.com.au/prod...

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Barnes, Sarah-Jane and Groves, David I. 2014. Reply to discussion by RN Scoon and AA Mitchell on the paper “The Bushveld complex, South Africa: formation of platinum-palladium, chrome and vanadium-rich layers via hydrodynamic sorting of a mobilized cumulate slurry in a large, relatively slowly cooling, subsiding magma chamber” by WD Maier, S-J Barnes, and DI Groves. Mineralium Deposita 49 (3) , pp. 405-407. 10.1007/s00126-013-0505-0

Yang, Sheng-Hong, Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Lahaye, Yann and O'Brien, Hugh 2013. Strontium isotope disequilibrium of plagioclase in the Upper Critical Zone of the Bushveld Complex: evidence for mixing of crystal slurries. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 166 (4) , pp. 959-974. 10.1007/s00410-013-0903-4

Yang, Sheng-Hong, Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Hanski, Eero J., Lappalainen, Markku, Santaguida, Frank and Maatta, Sanna 2013. Origin of ultra-nickeliferous olivine in the Kevitsa Ni-Cu-PGE-mineralized intrusion, northern Finland. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 166 (1) , pp. 81-95. 10.1007/s00410-013-0866-5

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Peltonen, P., Halkoaho, T. and Hanski, E. 2013. Geochemistry of komatiites from the Tipasjärvi, Kuhmo, Suomussalmi, Ilomantsi and Tulppio greenstone belts, Finland: implications for tectonic setting and Ni sulphide prospectivity. Precambrian Research 228 , pp. 63-84. 10.1016/j.precamres.2012.12.004

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Barnes, S. -J. and Groves, D. I. 2013. The Bushveld Complex, South Africa: formation of platinum-palladium, chrome- and vanadium-rich layers via hydrodynamic sorting of a mobilized cumulate slurry in a large, relatively slowly cooling, subsiding magma chamber. Mineralium Deposita 48 (1) , pp. 1-56. 10.1007/s00126-012-0436-1

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Rasmussen, B., Fletcher, I. R., Li, C., Barnes, S.-J. and Huhma, H. 2013. The Kunene Anorthosite Complex, Namibia, and its satellite intrusions: geochemistry, geochronology, and economic potential. Economic Geology 108 (5) , pp. 953-986. 10.2113/econgeo.108.5.953

Mouri, H., Maier, Wolfgang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Brandl, G. 2013. On the possible occurrence of komatiites in the archaean high-grade polymetamorphic central zone of the Limpopo Belt, South Africa. South African Journal of Geology 116 (1) , pp. 55-66. 10.2113/gssajg.116.1.55

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Andreoli, M. A. G., Groves, D. I. and Barnes, S. -J 2012. Petrogenesis of CU-NI Sulphide ores from O'Okiep and Kliprand, Namaqualand, South Africa: Constraints from Chalcophile metal contents. South African Journal of Geology 115 (4) , pp. 499-514. 10.2113/gssajg.115.4.499

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Peltonen, P., McDonald, Iain ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9066-7244, Barnes, S. J., Barnes, S.-J., Hatton, C. and Viljoen, F. 2012. The concentration of platinum-group elements and gold in southern African and Karelian kimberlite-hosted mantle xenoliths: Implications for the noble metal content of the Earth's mantle. Chemical Geology 302-3 , pp. 119-135. 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.06.014

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Groves, David I. 2011. Temporal and spatial controls on the formation of magmatic PGE and Ni-Cu deposits. Mineralium Deposita 46 (8) , pp. 841-857. 10.1007/s00126-011-0339-6

Barnes, Stephen J., Osborne, Grant A., Cook, Doug, Barnes, Lauritz, Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Godel, Belinda 2011. The Santa Rita Nickel sulfide deposit in the Fazenda Mirabela Intrusion, Bahia, Brazil: geology, sulfide geochemistry, and genesis. Economic Geology 106 (7) , pp. 1083-1110. 10.2113/econgeo.106.7.1083

Godel, Belinda, Barnes, Sarah-Jane and Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 2011. Parental magma composition inferred from trace element in cumulus and intercumulus silicate minerals: An example from the Lower and Lower Critical Zones of the Bushveld Complex, South-Africa. Lithos 125 (1-2) , pp. 537-552. 10.1016/j.lithos.2011.03.010

Godel, Belinda, Seat, Zoran, Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Barnes, Sara-Jane 2011. The Nebo-Babel Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposit (West Musgrave Block, Australia): Pt. 2. Constraints on parental magma and processes, with implications for mineral exploration. Economic Geology 106 (4) , pp. 557-584. 10.2113/econgeo.106.4.557

Said, Nuru, Kerrich, Robert, Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and McCuaig, Campbell 2011. Behaviour of Ni-PGE-Au-Cu in mafic-ultramafic volcanic suites of the 2.7 Ga Kambalda Sequence, Kalgoorlie Terrane, Yilgarn Craton. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 75 (10) , pp. 2882-2910. 10.1016/j.gca.2011.02.032

Fiorentini, Marco L., Barnes, Stephen J., Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Burnham, O. Marcus and Heggie, Geoffrey 2011. Global variability in the Platinum-group element contents of komatiites. Journal of Petrology 52 (1) , pp. 83-112. 10.1093/petrology/egq074

Barnes, Sarah-Jane, Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Curl, Edward A. 2011. Composition of the Marginal Rocks of the Rustenburg Layered Series, Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Presented at: 11th Biennial SGA Meeting, Antofagasta, Chile, 26-29 September 2011. Published in: Barra, F. ed. Let's talk ore deposits: Proceedings of the Eleventh Biennial SGA Meeting, Antofagasta, Chile, 26-29 September 2011. Antofagasta, Chile: Ediciones Universidad Católica del Norte, pp. 664-666.

Barnes, Sarah-Jane, Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Curl, Edward A. 2010. Composition of the marginal rocks and sills of the Rustenburg Layered Suite, Bushveld Complex, South Africa: Implications for the formation of the Platinum-group element deposits. Economic Geology 105 (8) , pp. 1491-1511. 10.2113/econgeo.105.8.1491

Godel, Belinda, Barnes, Stephen J., Barnes, Sarah-Jane and Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 2010. Platinum ore in three dimensions: Insights from high-resolution X-ray computed tomography. Geology 38 (12) , pp. 1127-1130. 10.1130/G31265.1

González-Álvarez, I., Porwal, A., Beresford, S. W., McCuaig, T. C. and Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 2010. Hydrothermal Ni prospectivity analysis of Tasmania, Australia. Ore Geology Reviews 38 (3) , pp. 168-183. 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2010.04.003

Markwitz, V., Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Gonzalez-Alvarez, I., McCuaig, T. C. and Porwal, A. 2010. Magmatic nickel sulfide mineralization in Zimbabwe: Review of deposits and development of exploration criteria for prospectivity analysis. Ore Geology Reviews 38 (3) , pp. 139-155. 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2010.07.004

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Barnes, Sarah-Jane 2010. The Kabanga Ni sulfide deposits, Tanzania: II. Chalcophile and siderophile element geochemistry. Mineralium Deposita 45 (5) , pp. 443-460. 10.1007/s00126-010-0283-x

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Barnes, Sarah-Jane, Sarkar, Arindam, Ripley, Ed, Li, Chusi and Livesey, Tim 2010. The Kabanga Ni sulfide deposit, Tanzania: I. Geology, petrography, silicate rock geochemistry, and sulfur and oxygen isotopes. Mineralium Deposita 45 (5) , pp. 419-441. 10.1007/s00126-010-0280-0

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Barnes, S. -J. 2010. The petrogenesis of platinum-group element reefs in the upper main zone of the northern lobe of the Bushveld Complex on the farm Moorddrift, South Africa. Economic Geology 105 (4) , pp. 841-854. 10.2113/gsecongeo.105.4.841

Koek, M., Kreuzer, O. P., Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Porwal, A. K., Thompson, M. and Guj, P. 2010. A review of the PGM industry, deposit models and exploration practices: Implications for Australia's PGM potential. Resources Policy 35 (1) , pp. 20-35. 10.1016/j.resourpol.2009.08.001

Jourdan, F., Andreoli, M. A. G., McDonald, Iain ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9066-7244 and Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 2010. 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology of the fossil LL6-chondrite from the Morokweng crater, South Africa. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 74 (5) , pp. 1734-1747. 10.1016/j.gca.2009.11.032

Barnes, S.-J., Savard, D., Bédard, L. P. and Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 2009. Selenium and sulfur concentrations in the Bushveld Complex of South Africa and implications for formation of the platinum-group element deposits. Mineralium Deposita 44 (6) , pp. 647-663. 10.1007/s00126-009-0237-3

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Barnes, S. J., Campbell, I. H., Fiorentini, M. L., Peltonen, P., Barnes, S.-J. and Smithies, R. H. 2009. Progressive mixing of meteoritic veneer into the early Earth’s deep mantle [Letter]. Nature 460 (7255) , pp. 620-623. 10.1038/nature08205

Fiorentini, Marco L., Barnes, Stephen J., Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Heggie, Geoffrey J. 2009. Global variability in the platinum-group element contents of komatiites. Presented at: 10th Biennial SGA Meeting, Townsville, Australia, 17-20 August 2009. Published in: Williams, P. ed. Smart Science for Exploration and Mining: Proceedings of the 10th Biennial SGA Meeting, Townsville, Australia, 17th-20th August 2009. Townsville, Qld.: James Cook University School of Earth & Environmental Studies. Economic Geology Research Unit, pp. 164-166.

Godel, B., Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Barnes, S.-J. 2008. Platinum-group elements in the Merensky and J-M reefs: a review of current studies. Journal of the Geological Society of India 72 (5) , pp. 595-609.

Sarkar, A., Ripley, E. M., Li, C. and Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 2008. Stable isotope, fluid inclusion, and mineral chemistry constraints on contamination and hydrothermal alteration in the Uitkomst Complex, South Africa. Chemical Geology 257 (1-2) , pp. 129-138. 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.08.026

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Barnes, S.-J. 2008. Platinum-group elements in the UG1 and UG2 chromitites and the Bastard reef at Impala platinum mine, western Bushveld Complex. South African Journal of Geology 111 (2-3) , pp. 159-176. 10.2113/gssajg.111.2-3.159

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, de Klerk, L., Blaine, J., Manyeruke, R., Barnes, S.-J., Stevens, M. V. A. and Mavrogenes, J. A. 2008. Petrogenesis of contact-style PGE mineralization in the northern lobe of the Bushveld Complex: comparison of data from the farms Rooipoort, Townlands, Drenthe and Nonnenwerth. Mineralium Deposita 43 (3) , pp. 255-280. 10.1007/s00126-007-0145-3

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Barnes, S.-J., Bandyayera, D., Livesey, T., Li, C. and Ripley, E. 2008. Early Kibaran rift-related mafic–ultramafic magmatism in western Tanzania and Burundi: Petrogenesis and ore potential of the Kapalagulu and Musongati layered intrusions. Lithos 101 (1-2) , pp. 24-53. 10.1016/j.lithos.2007.07.015

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Barnes, S.-J., Chinyepi, G., Barton Jr., J. M., Eglington, B. and Setshedi, I. 2008. The composition of magmatic Ni–Cu–(PGE) sulfide deposits in the Tati and Selebi-Phikwe belts of eastern Botswana. Mineralium Deposita 43 (1) , pp. 37-60. 10.1007/s00126-007-0143-5

Godel, Belinda, Barnes, Sarah-Jane and Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 2007. Platinum-group elements in sulphide minerals, platinum-group minerals, and whole-rocks of the Merensky Reef (Bushveld Complex, South Africa): Implications for the formation of the reef. Journal of Petrology 48 (8) , pp. 1569-1604. 10.1093/petrology/egm030

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Mcdonald, I., Peltonen, P., Barnes, S-J, Gurney, J. and Hatton, C. 2007. Platinum-group elements in mantle xenoliths from the Kaapvaal craton [Abstract]. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 71 (15) , A614. 10.1016/j.gca.2007.06.021

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Peltonen, P. and Livesey, T. 2007. The ages of the Kabanga North and Kapalagulu intrusions, western Tanzania: A reconnaissance study. Economic Geology 102 (1) , pp. 147-154. 10.2113/gsecongeo.102.1.147

Godel, Belinda, Barnes, Sarah-Jane and Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 2007. Microtomographical, microstructural and geochemical analysis of the Merensky Reef (Bushveld Complex, South Africa): Implication on the formation of the reef. Presented at: 9th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits, Dublin, Ireland, 20-23 August 2007. Published in: Andrew, C. J. ed. Digging deeper: Proceedings of the Ninth Biennial Meeting of the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits: Dublin, Ireland 20th-23rd August 2007. Dublin: Irish Association for Economic Geology, pp. 1547-1550.

Godel, Belinda, Barnes, Sarah-Jane and Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 2006. 3-D distribution of sulphide minerals in the Merensky Reef (Bushveld Complex, South Africa) and the J-M Reef (Stillwater Complex, USA) and their relationship to microstructures using X-ray computed tomography. Journal of Petrology 47 (9) , pp. 1853-1872. 10.1093/petrology/egl029

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Andreoli, M. A. G., McDonald, Iain ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9066-7244, Higgins, M. D., Boyce, A. J., Shukolyukov, A., Lugmair, G. W., Ashwal, L. D., Graeser, P., Ripley, E. M. and Hart, R. J. 2006. Discovery of a 25-cm asteroid clast in the giant Morokweng impact crater, South Africa. Nature 441 (7090) , pp. 203-206. 10.1038/nature04751

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Peltonen, P., Juvonen, R. and Pienaar, C. 2005. Platinum-group elements in peridotite xenoliths and kimberlite from the Premier kimberlite pipe, South Africa. South African Journal of Geology 108 (3) , pp. 413-428. 10.2113/108.3.413

Manyeruke, T. D., Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Barnes, S.-J. 2005. Major and trace element geochemistry of the Platreef on the farm Townlands, northern Bushveld Complex. South African Journal of Geology 108 (3) , pp. 381-396. 10.2113/108.3.381

Li, C. S., Ripley, E. M., Sarkar, A., Shin, D. B. and Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 2005. Origin of phlogopite-orthopyroxene inclusions in chromites from the Merensky Reef of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 150 (1) , pp. 119-130. 10.1007/s00410-005-0013-z

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 2005. Platinum-group element (PGE) deposits and occurrences: Mineralization styles, genetic concepts, and exploration criteria. Journal of African Earth Sciences 41 (3) , pp. 165-191. 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2005.03.004

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Barnes, J. 2004. Pt/Pd and Pd/Ir ratios in mantle-derived magmas: A possible role for mantle metasomatism. South African Journal of Geology 107 (3) , pp. 333-340. 10.2113/107.3.333

Barnes, S.-J., Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Ashwal, L. D. 2004. Platinum-group element distribution in the main zone and upper zone of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Chemical Geology 208 (1-4) , pp. 293-317. 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.04.018

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Gomwe, T., Barnes, S.-J., Li, C. and Theart, H. 2004. Platinum group elements in the Uitkomst Complex, South Africa. Economic Geology and the Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists 99 (3) , pp. 499-516. 10.2113/gsecongeo.99.3.0499

Prichard, Hazel Margaret, Barnes, Sarah-Jane, Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Fisher, Peter Charles 2004. Variations in the nature of the platinum-group minerals in a cross-section through the Merensky reef at Impala Platinum: implications for the mode of formation of the reef. The Canadian Mineralogist 42 (2) , pp. 423-437. 10.2113/gscanmin.42.2.423

Li, C. S., Xu, Z. H., de Waal, S. A., Ripley, E. M. and Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 2004. Compositional variations of olivine from the Jinchuan Ni-Cu sulfide deposit, western China: implications for ore genesis. Mineralium Deposita 39 (2) , pp. 159-172. 10.1007/s00126-003-0389-5

Li, C., Ripley, E. M., Merino, E. and Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 2004. Replacement of base metal sulfides by actinolite, epidote, calcite, and magnetite in the UG2 and merensky reef of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Economic Geology and the Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists 99 (1) , pp. 173-184. 10.2113/gsecongeo.99.1.0173

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Roelofse, F. and Barnes, S.-J. 2003. The concentration of the platinum-group elements in south African komatiites: Implications for mantle sources, melting regime and PGE Fractionation during crystallization. Journal of Petrology 44 (10) , pp. 1787-1804. 10.1093/petrology/egg059

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Barnes, S.-J. and Marsh, J. S. 2003. The concentrations of the noble metals in Southern African flood-type basalts and MORB: implications for petrogenesis and magmatic sulphide exploration. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 146 (1) , pp. 44-61. 10.1007/s00410-003-0480-z

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Barnes, S.-J., Gartz, V. and Andrews, G. 2003. Pt-Pd reefs in magnetitites of the Stella layered intrusion, South Africa: A world of new exploration opportunities for platinum group elements. Geology 31 (10) , pp. 885-888. 10.1130/G19746.1

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Peltonen, P., Grantham, G. and Manttari, I. 2003. A new 1.9 Ga age for the Trompsburg intrusion, South Africa. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 212 (3-4) , pp. 351-360. 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00281-4

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Barnes, S.-J. 2003. Platinum-group elements in the Boulder Bed, western Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Mineralium Deposita 38 (3) , pp. 370-380. 10.1007/s00126-002-0311-6

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 2003. The potential for magmatic Ni sulfide ores in South African komatiites: a review. South African Journal of Geology 106 (1) , pp. 35-40. 10.2113/1060035

Li, C., Ripley, E. M., Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Gomwe, T. E. S. 2002. Olivine and sulfur isotopic compositions of the Uitkomst Ni-Cu sulfide ore-bearing complex, South Africa: evidence for sulfur contamination and multiple magma emplacements. Chemical Geology 188 (3-4) , pp. 149-159. 10.1016/S0009-2541(02)00098-0

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Marsh, J. S., Barnes, S.-J. and Dodd, D. C. 2002. The distribution of platinum group elements in the Insizwa lobe, Mount Ayliff Complex, South Africa: Implications for Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide exploration in the Karoo igneous province. Economic Geology and the Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists 97 (6) , pp. 1293-1306. 10.2113/gsecongeo.97.6.1293

Li, C. S., Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and de Waal, S. A. 2002. The role of magma mixing in the genesis of PGE mineralization in the Bushveld Complex: Thermodynamic calculations and new interpretations - A reply [Letter]. Economic Geology and the Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists 97 (3) , p. 667. 10.2113/gsecongeo.97.3.667

Barnes, S.-J. and Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 2002. Platinum-group elements and microstructures of normal Merensky Reef from Impala Platinum Mines, Bushveld Complex. Journal of Petrology 43 (1) , pp. 103-128. 10.1093/petrology/43.1.103

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Barnes, S.-J. and van der Merwe, M. J. 2001. Platinum-group elements in the Pyroxenite Marker, Bushveld Complex: implications for the formation of the Main Zone. South African Journal of Geology 104 (4) , pp. 301-308. 10.2113/gssajg.104.4.301

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Sliep, J., Barnes, S.-J., de Waal, S. A. and Li, C. 2001. PGE-bearing mafic-ultramafic sills in the floor of the eastern Bushveld Complex on the farms Blaauwboschkraal, Zwartkopje, and Waterval. South African Journal of Geology 104 (4) , pp. 343-354. 10.2113/gssajg.104.4.343

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 2001. Special issue of the South African Journal of Geology Platinum-Group elements and minerals in Southern African rocks [Editorial]. South African Journal of Geology 104 (4) , pp. 273-274. 10.2113/gssajg.104.4.273

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Barnes, S.-J., Ashwal, L. D. and Li, C. 2001. A reconnaissance study on the magmatic Cu-Ni-PGE sulphide potential of the Tete Complex, Mozambique. South African Journal of Geology 104 (4) , pp. 355-363. 10.2113/gssajg.104.4.355

Li, C., Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and de Waal, S. A. 2001. Magmatic Ni-Cu versus PGE deposits: Contrasting genetic controls and exploration implications. South African Journal of Geology 104 (4) , pp. 309-318. 10.2113/gssajg.104.4.309

Bumby, A. J., Eriksson, P. G., van der Merwe, R. and Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 2001. The stratigraphic relationship between the Waterberg and Soutpansberg Groups in Northern Province, South Africa: Evidence from the Blouberg area. South African Journal of Geology 104 (3) , pp. 205-216. 10.2113/1040205

Li, C. S., Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and de Waal, S. A. 2001. The role of magma mixing in the genesis of PGE mineralization in the Bushveld Complex: Thermodynamic calculations and new interpretations. Economic Geology and the Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists 96 (3) , pp. 653-662. 10.2113/gsecongeo.96.3.653

De Waal, S. A., Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Armstrong, R. A. and Gauert, C. D. K. 2001. Parental magma and emplacement of the stratiform Uitkomst Complex, South Africa. Canadian Mineralogist 39 (2) , pp. 557-571. 10.2113/gscanmin.39.2.557

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Li, C. S. and De Waal, S. A. 2001. Why are there no major Ni-Cu sulfide deposits in large layered mafic-ultramafic intrusions? Canadian Mineralogist 39 (2) , pp. 547-556. 10.2113/gscanmin.39.2.547

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Arndt, N. T. and Curl, E. A. 2000. Progressive crustal contamination of the Bushveld Complex: evidence from Nd isotopic analyses of the cumulate rocks. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 140 (3) , pp. 316-327. 10.1007/s004100000186

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 2000. Platinum-group elements in Cu-sulphide ores at Carolusberg and East Okiep, Namaqualand, South Africa. Mineralium Deposita 35 (5) , pp. 422-429. 10.1007/s001260050253

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Barnes, S.-J. 1999. Platinum-group elements in silicate rocks of the Lower, Critical and Main Zones at union section, western Bushveld Complex. Journal of Petrology 40 (11) , pp. 1647-1671. 10.1093/petroj/40.11.1647

Maier, W. D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Barnes, S. J. 1999. The origin of Cu sulfide deposits in the Curaca Valley, Bahia, Brazil: evidence from Cu, Ni, Se, and PGE concentrations:. Economic Geology 94 (2) , pp. 165-183. 10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.165

Maier, Wolfgang D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Prichard, Hazel Margaret, Fisher, Peter Charles and Barnes, S. J. 1999. Compositional variation of laurite at Union Section in the western Bushveld Complex. South African Journal of Geology 102 (3) , pp. 286-292.

Maier, W. D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Barnes, S. -J. 1998. Concentrations of rare earth elements in silicate rocks of the Lower, Critical, and Main Zones of the Bushveld Complex. Chemical Geology 150 (1-2) , pp. 85-103. 10.1016/S0009-2541(98)00054-0

Maier, Wolfgang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Barnes, Sarah-Jane 1998. Exploration for magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE sulphide deposits: a review of recent advances in the use of geochemical tools, and their application to some South African ores. South African Journal of Geology 101 (3) , pp. 237-253.

Maier, W. D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Bowen, M. P. 1996. The UG2 - Merensky Reef interval of the Bushveld Complex northwest of Pretoria. Mineralium Deposita 31 (5) , pp. 186-393. 10.1007/BF00189186

Maier, W. D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658 and Barnes, S. J. 1996. Unusually high concentrations of magnetite at Caraiba and other Cu-sulfide deposits in the Curaça valley, Bahia, Brazil. Canadian Mineralogist 34 (4) , pp. 717-731.

Maier, W. D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-6658, Barnes, S.-J. and Pellet, T. 1996. The economic significance of the Bell River Complex, Abitibi Sub-province, Québec. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 33 (7) , pp. 967-980. 10.1139/e96-073