Geoscience Atom Probe Research Outputs

Journal Articles
2016
Peterman, E. M., Reddy, S. M., Saxey, D. W., Snoeyenbos, D. R., Rickard, W. D. A., Fougerouse, D., & Kylander-Clark, A. R. C. (2016). Nanogeochronology of discordant zircon measured by atom probe microscopy of Pb-enriched dislocation loops. Science Advances, 2, e1601318. doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1601318 

Reddy, S. M., van Riessen, A., Saxey, D. W., Johnson, T. E., Rickard, W. D. A., Fougerouse, D., … Olson, D. (2016). Mechanisms of deformation-induced trace element migration in zircon resolved by atom probe and correlative microscopy. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 195, 158–170. doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2016.09.019

Fougerouse, D., Reddy, S. M., Saxey, D. W., Rickard, W. D. A., van Riessen, A., & Micklethwaite, S. (2016). Nanoscale gold clusters in arsenopyrite controlled by growth rate not concentration: Evidence from atom probe microscopy. American Mineralogist, 101(8), 1916–1919. doi.org/10.2138/am-2016-5781
2017
Ironside, C. N., Saxey, D. W., Rickard, W. D. A., Gray, C., McGlynn, E., Reddy, S. M., & Marks, N. A. (2017). Atom probe microscopy of zinc isotopic enrichment in ZnO nanorods. AIP Advances, 7, 25004. doi.org/10.1063/1.4976299
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Daly, L., Bland, P. A., Dyl, K. A., Forman, L. V., Saxey, D. W., Reddy, S. M., … Piazolo, S. (2017). Crystallography of refractory metal nuggets in carbonaceous chondrites: A transmission Kikuchi diffraction approach. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 216, 42–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2017.03.037

Daly, L., Bland, P. A., Saxey, D. W., Reddy, S. M., Fougerouse, D., Rickard, W. D. A., & Forman, L. V. (2017). Nebula sulfidation and evidence for migration of “free-floating” refractory metal nuggets revealed by atom probe microscopy. Geology, 45(9), 847–850. doi.org/10.1130/G39075.1

Saxey, D. W., Moser, D. E., Piazolo, S., Reddy, S. M., & Valley, J. W. (2017). Atomic worlds: Current state and future of atom probe tomography in geoscience. Scripta Materialia, In Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2017.11.014
2018
Fougerouse, D., Reddy, S. M., Saxey, D. W., Erickson, T. M., Kirkland, C. L., Rickard, W. D. A., … Buick, I. S. (2018). Nanoscale distribution of Pb in monazite revealed by atom probe microscopy. Chemical Geology, 479, 251–258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.01.020
Books
2018
Moser, D. E., Corfu, F., Darling, J. R., Reddy, S. M., & Tait, K. T. (Eds.). (2018). Microstructural Geochronology: Planetary Records Down to Atom Scale (Vol. 232). AGU/Wiley Publishing.
Book Chapters
2018
Saxey, D. W., Reddy, S. M., Fougerouse, D., & Rickard, W. D. A. (2018). The Optimization of Zircon Analyses by Laser-Assisted Atom Probe Microscopy: Insights from the 91500 Zircon Standard. In D. E. Moser, F. Corfu, J. R. Darling, S. M. Reddy, & K. T. Tait (Eds.), Microstructural Geochronology: Planetary Records Down to Atom Scale (Vol. 232, pp. 293–313). AGU/Wiley Publishing.

​Blum, T. B., Darling, J. R., Kelly, T. F., Larson, D. J., Moser, D. E., Perez-Huerta, A., … Valley, J. W. (2018). Best practices for reporting atom probe analysis of geological materials. In D. E. Moser, F. Corfu, J. R. Darling, S. M. Reddy, & K. T. Tait (Eds.), Microstructural Geochronology: Planetary Records Down to Atom Scale (Vol. 232, pp. 369–373). AGU/Wiley Publishing.
Conferences and Workshops  - oral presentations
September 2015
2015 TIGeR Conference, Perth, Australia.
  • ​Reddy, S. M., Johnson, T. E., Rickard, W. D. A., van Riessen, A., Fischer, S., Taylor, R. J. M., … Chen, Y. (2015, September). A shocking transformation: probing Precambrian reidite using state- of-the-art micro- to sub-nanometer 3D imaging.
 
November 2015
Geological Society of America Annual Meeting 2015, Baltimore, USA.
  • Reddy, S. M., Johnson, T. E., Rickard, W. D. A., van Riessen, A., Saxey, D. W., Fougerouse, D., … Chen, Y. M. (2015, November). Precambrian Reidite Unearthed.

January 2016
1st Atom Probe Tomography Workshop for Earth Sciences, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
  • Reddy, S. M., Saxey, D. W., Rickard, W. D. A., van Riessen, A., Fougerouse, D., Johnson, T. E., … Olsen, D. (2016, January). The NRSP’s Geoscience Atom Probe: Context and Future Research.
  • Saxey, D. W., Reddy, S. M., Rickard, W. D. A., Fougerouse, D., & van Riessen, A. (2016, January). Atom Probe Microscopy in the Geosciences: Progress and Challenges.

February 2016
24th Australian Conference on Microscopy and Microanalysis (ACMM 24), Melbourne, Australia.
  • Fougerouse, D., Reddy, S. M., Saxey, D. W., Rickard, W. D. A., Micklethwaite, S., Kilburn, M. R., & Fisher, L. A. (2016, February). Correlative atom probe tomography, NanoSIMS and Maia Mapping of gold in arsenopyrite (FeAsS).
  • Reddy, S. M., van Riessen, A., Johnson, T. E., Saxey, D. W., Rickard, W. D. A., Fougerouse, D., … Chen, Y. M. (2016, February). Recovering from extreme shock: Trace element migration in shock deformed zircon revealed by atom probe tomography.
  • Saxey, D. W., Rickard, W. D. A., Fougerouse, D., & Reddy, S. M. (2016, February). Atom Probe Tomography in the Geosciences.
 
May 2016
Alta 2016 Nickel-Cobalt-Copper, Uranium-REE and Gold-PM Conference & Exhibition, Perth, Australia.
  • Aylmore, M., Merigot, K., McInnes, B., Saxey, D. W., Fougerouse, D., Reddy, S. M., … McDonald, B. (2016, May). Applications of advanced analytical and mass spectrometry techniques to the characterisation of refractory gold ores.
 
June 2016
Goldschmidt 2016 Conference, Yokohama, Japan.
  • Erickson, T. M., Timms, N. E., Reddy, S. M., Cavosie, A. J., Pearce, M. A., Kirkland, C. L., & Tohver, E. (2016, July). Monazite as a tectonic and shock deformation chronometer – linking EBSD and U-Pb analyses
  • Fougerouse, D., Reddy, S. M., Saxey, D. W., Rickard, W. D. A., van Riessen, A., & Micklethwaite, S. (2016, July). Invisible gold in arsenopyrite revealed by correlated Atom Probe Microscopy, NanoSIMS and Maia Mapping.
  • Pearce, M. A., Gazley, M., Fisher, L. A., Hough, R. M., Saunders, M., & Kong, C. (2016, July). Nanoparticles and Gold Deposit Formation.
  • Reddy, S. M., Johnson, T. E., Rickard, W. D. A., van Riessen, A., Saxey, D. W., Fougerouse, D., … Chen, Y. M. (2016, July). Targeting the timing of zircon deformation with atom probe and correlative microscopy.
  • Saxey, D. W., Reddy, S. M., Rickard, W. D. A., Fougerouse, D., van Riessen, A., & Peterman, E. M. (2016b, July). Nanoscale analysis of zircon by atom probe microscopy.
Goldschmidt 2016 Workshop: Atom Probe Microscopy for Geoscientists, Yokohama, Japan.
  • Reddy, S. M. (2016a, June). Atom Probe Microscopy: Principles, Instrumentation and Techniques.
  • Reddy, S. M. (2016b, June). What can Geoscientists do with an Atom Probe?
  • Fougerouse, D. (2016b, June). Atom probe microscopy of ore minerals.
  • Saxey, D. W. (2016a, June). Data Acquisition.
  • Saxey, D. W. (2016b, June). Data Reconstruction and Quality.
  • Saxey, D. W. (2016c, June). Issues for Geoscience Atom Probers.
Atom Probe Tomography and Microscopy 2016, Gyeongju, South Korea.
  • Fougerouse, D., Reddy, S. M., Saxey, D. W., Rickard, W. D. A., & van Riessen, A. (2016, June). Atom probe microscopy of gold-bearing minerals.
  • Rickard, W. D. A., Reddy, S. M., Saxey, D. W., Fougerouse, D., van Riessen, A., & Peterman, E. M. (2016a, June). Correlative Analysis using FIB-ToF-SIMS and Atom Probe Tomography on Geological Materials.
  • Saxey, D. W., Reddy, S. M., Rickard, W. D. A., Fougerouse, D., van Riessen, A., & Peterman, E. M. (2016a, June). Nanoscale analysis of zircon by atom probe microscopy.
Geological Materials Workshop - Atom Probe Tomography and Microscopy 2016, Gyeongju, South Korea.
  • Fougerouse, D. (2016a, June). Correlative microscopy for characterization of ore deposits.
  • Saxey, D. W. (2016, June). Run conditions and reconstruction for geological materials.
Australian Earth Science Convention (AESC), Adelaide, Australia.
  • Johnson, T. E., Reddy, S. M., van Riessen, A., Saxey, D. W., Rickard, W. D. A., Fougerouse, D., … Chen, Y. M. (2016, June). Trace element mobility in shock deformed zircon revealed by atom probe microscopy – A shocking tale!
 
July 2016
4th International Highly-Siderophile Element (HSE) Geochemistry Workshop, Durham, UK.
  • Daly, L., Bland, P. A., Forman, L. V., Reddy, S. M., Rickard, W. D. A., Saxey, D. W., … Schaefer, B. F. (2016a, July). Atom probe tomography of refractory metal nuggets.
Microscopy and Microanalysis (M&M 2016), Columbus, Ohio.
  • Rickard, W. D. A., Reddy, S. M., Saxey, D. W., Fougerouse, D., van Riessen, A., & Peterman, E. M. (2016b, July). Correlative Analysis using FIB-ToF-SIMS and Atom Probe Tomography on Geological Materials.
 
August 2016
79th Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society, Berlin, Germany.
  • Daly, L., Bland, P. A., Forman, L. V., Reddy, S. M., Rickard, W. D. A., Saxey, D. W., … Schaefer, B. F. (2016b, August). Atom probe tomography and its application to refractory metal nuggets.
 
September 2016
GSA annual meeting 2016, Denver, Colorado.
  • Peterman, E. M., Reddy, S. M., Snoeyenbos, D. R., Kylander-Clark, A. R. C., Saxey, D. W., Rickard, W. D. A., & Fougerouse, D. (2016, September). Extracting Geologic Ages from Isotopically Distinct Nanoscale Reservoirs of Pb in Discordant Zircon by Atom Probe Microscopy.
European Mineralogical Congress (EMC2), Rimini, Italy.
  • Reddy, S. M., Peterman, E. M., Saxey, D. W., Rickard, W. D. A., Fougerouse, D., Snoeyenbos, D. R., & Kylander-Clark, A. R. C. (2016a, September). Atom probe analysis of discordant zircon reveals preserved 207Pb/206Pb crystallisation ages in nanoscale dislocation loops.
European Atom Probe Tomography Workshop 2016, Oxford, UK.
  • Reddy, S. M., Peterman, E. M., Saxey, D. W., Rickard, W. D. A., Fougerouse, D., Snoeyenbos, D. R., & Kylander-Clark, A. R. C. (2016b, September). Atom probe analysis of discordant zircon reveals preserved 207Pb/206Pb crystallization ages in nanoscale dislocation loops.
 
November 2016
Thermochronology and Noble Gas Geochemistry and Geochronology Organization Workshop 2016: TANG3O, Perth, Australia.
  • Reddy, S. M., Peterman, E. M., Saxey, D. W., Rickard, W. D. A., & Fougerouse, D. (2016, November). Resolution of nanoscale, isotopically-distinct Pb reservoirs in discordant zircon.
  • Cavosie, A. J., Reddy, S. M., Rickard, W. D. A., Fougerouse, D., Saxey, D. W., & Sharp, T. (2016, November). Towards Dataing Shock-Twin Formation in Zircon.
  • Fougerouse, D., Reddy, S. M., Kirkland, C. L., Erickson, T. M., Saxey, D. W., & Rickard, W. D. A. (2016, November). Imaging Common Pb in Monazite by Atom Probe Microscopy.
 
April 2017
European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2017, Vienna, Austria.
  • Reddy, S. M., Saxey, D. W., Rickard, W. D. A., Fougerouse, D., Peterman, E. M., van Riessen, A., & Johnson, T. E. (2017, April). Nano is the next big thing: Revealing geochemical processes with atom probe microscopy.
  • Clark, C., Taylor, R. J. M., Erickson, T. M., Reddy, S. M., Fougerouse, D., Fitzsimons, I., & Hand, M. (2017, April). The behaviour of monazite at high temperature and high stress in the lower crust.
 
May 2017
EMAS-15 / IUMAS-7, Konstanz, Germany.
  • Reddy, S. M., Saxey, D. W., Rickard, W. D. A., Fougerouse, D., & van Riessen, A. (2017, May). Integration of Electron Backscatter Diffraction, Transmission Kikuchi Diffraction and Atom Probe Microscopy: A Superior Workflow for Nanoscale Geochemistry.
Alta 2017 Nickel-Cobalt-Copper, Uranium-REE and Gold-PM Conference & Exhibition, Perth, Australia.
  • Aylmore, M., Merigot, K., Rickard, W. D. A., McInnes, B., Saxey, D. W., Fougerouse, D., … McDonald, B. (2017, May). Applications of advanced analytical techniques to the characterisation of lithium bearing ores.
 
June 2017
5th Australian Atom Probe Workshop, Magnetic Island, Australia.
  • Reddy, S. M., Peterman, E. M., Saxey, D. W., Rickard, W. D. A., Fougerouse, D., & Marillo-Sialer, E. (2017a, June). Exploring discrete, nanoscale, Pb-isotope reservoirs in zircon and implications for geochronology.
  • Bain, S. J., Reddy, S. M., Saxey, D. W., Rickard, W. D. A., Fougerouse, D., Kaczmarek, M.-A., & Rocco, I. (2017, June). Deformed mantle olivine in the atom probe: understanding macroscale geological processes through nanoscale microscopy.
  • Fougerouse, D., Reddy, S. M., Saxey, D. W., Rickard, W. D. A., & Hough, R. M. (2017, June). Application of atom probe microscopy to mineral deposit studies.
  • Montalvo, S. D., Reddy, S. M., Saxey, D. W., Rickard, W. D. A., & Fougerouse, D. (2017, June). Nanoscale compositional modification in shocked zircon revealed by Atom Probe Microscopy.
  • Pearce, M. A., Saxey, D. W., Kilburn, M. R., Saunders, M., Rickard, W. D. A., Reddy, S. M., … Uvarova, Y. (2017, June). Correlative Microscopy of Zn-bearing Mn-oxide Crusts for Mineral Exploration.
  • Saxey, D. W., Reddy, S. M., Fougerouse, D., Rickard, W. D. A., & van Riessen, A. (2017, June). The Atom Probe Microscope: A tool for Isotope Geochemistry.
  • Verberne, R., Reddy, S. M., Saxey, D. W., Rickard, W. D. A., Fougerouse, D., Plavsa, D., & Agangi, A. (2017, June). Trace element nanoclusters in natural rutile (TiO2) and their geological significance.
 
July 2017
Shock metamorphism in terrestrial and extra-terrestrial rocks workshop, Perth, Australia.
  • Rickard, W. D. A., Reddy, S. M., Montalvo, S. D., Saxey, D. W., Fougerouse, D., & Cavosie, A. J. (2017, July). Nanoscale Trace Element Analysis of Shocked Zircon using FIB-ToF-SIMS and Atom Probe Microscopy.
 
August 2017
Goldschmidt 2017 Conference, Paris, France.
  • Reddy, S. M., Peterman, E. M., Saxey, D. W., Rickard, W. D. A., Fougerouse, D., & Marillo-Sialer, E. (2017b, August). Characterisation of nanoscale Pb mobility and entrapment in zircon using atom probe microscopy.
  • Cavosie, A. J., Reddy, S. M., Rickard, W. D. A., Saxey, D. W., Fougerouse, D., & Sharp, T. (2017, August). Nanoscale characterization of shock twinning in zircon by EBSD, TKD, ToF-SIMS, TEM, and atom probe.
  • Daly, L., Bland, P. A., Tessalina, E. M., Saxey, D. W., Reddy, S. M., Fougerouse, D., … Schaefer, B. F. (2017, August). Re-Os geochronology of sub-micrometre meteoritic alloys through atom probe microscopy.
  • Fougerouse, D., Reddy, S. M., Kirkland, C. L., Saxey, D. W., Rickard, W. D. A., & Hough, R. M. (2017, August). Atom probe analysis of isotopically- distinct nanoscale Pb reservoirs in Witwatersrand pyrite.
  • Rickard, W. D. A., Reddy, S. M., Saxey, D. W., Fougerouse, D., Cavosie, A. J., & Peterman, E. M. (2017, August). High spatial resolution SIMS in a FIB-SEM: Results from the trace element analysis of zircon.
  • Saxey, D. W., Rickard, W. D. A., Fougerouse, D., & Reddy, S. M. (2017, August). Isotope Geochemistry Applications of Atom Probe Microscopy.
  • Tessalina, E. M., Daly, L., Bland, P. A., Saxey, D. W., Reddy, S. M., Fougerouse, D., & Rickard, W. D. A. (2017, August). Application of atom probe microscopy to nanoscale Os isotopic studies.
  • Vasilyev, P., Fougerouse, D., Reddy, S. M., Saxey, D. W., Rickard, W. D. A., Evans, K., & Yaxley, G. M. (2017, August). Atom Probe study of carbonate-silicate melts immiscibility and implication to REE distribution.

September 2017
2017 TIGeR Conference, Perth, Australia.
  • Reddy, S. M., Fougerouse, D., Kirkland, C. L., Saxey, D. W., Rickard, W. D. A., & Hough, R. M. (2017, September). Time-resolved, microstructurally-controlled, trace element mobility in deformed Witwatersrand pyrite.
  • Seydoux-Guillaume, A.-M., Fougerouse, D., Laurent, A. T., Saxey, D. W., & Reddy, S. M. (2017, September). Nano-correlative microscopy (TEM/APT) constrains the nature and timing of nanoclusters formation in monazite crystals.
 
October 2017
Geological Society of America Annual Meeting 2017, Seattle, Washington, USA.
  • Reddy, S. M., Saxey, D. W., Rickard, W. D. A., Fougerouse, D., Bain, S. J., Montalvo, S. D., & Verberne, R. (2017, October). Progress in the Atom Probe Analysis of Geological Materials.

December 2017
2017 AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
  • Černok, A., White, L. F., Darling, J. R., Dunlop, J., Fougerouse, D., Rickard, W. D. A., Reddy, S. M., Saxey, D. W., Anand, M. (2017, December). Sub-µm structure and volatile distribution of shocked lunar apatite.
 
January 2018
4th International Diamond School: “Diamonds: Geology, Gemology and Exploration”, Bressanone, Italy.
  • Reddy, S. M., Saxey, D. W., Rickard, W. D. A., Fougerouse, D., & Pearson, G. (2018, January). Atom Probe Microscopy and Potential Applications to Diamond Research.
supported by the National Resource Sciences Precinct and the Science and Industry Endowment Fund