Outputs

    Peer-reviewed journal articles

9. Emil Jakob Grosse (1880–1971) – a (nearly) forgotten German geologist and his traces in Colombia and Brazil [Emil Jakob Grosse (1880–1971) – ein heute (fast) vergessener Geologe aus Deutschland und seine Spuren in Kolumbien und Brasilien]. (2024). Velásquez-Ruiz, F., Weber-Scharff, M., Cuadros-Jimenez, F., Röhling, H.-G. Z. Dt. Ges. Geowiss, 176 (1), p. 179–192. Doi: 10.1127/zdgg/2024/0457 

8. Microanalytical investigation of K-rich fenites from the Catalão II alkaline-carbonatite complex in Central Brazil: implications for ore-forming processes within the world’s largest niobium province. (2024). Felipe Velásquez-Ruiz, Martin Reich, Pedro Cordeiro, Leonardo Lagoeiro, Thomas Angerer.  Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 258, 107420. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gexplo.2024.107420

7. Origin of carbonatite-related niobium deposits: Insights from pyrochlore geochemistry. (2024). Felipe Velásquez-Ruiz, Martin Reich, Sam Broom-Fendley, Charles D. Beard, Fernando Barra,  Rurik Romero, Pedro Cordeiro. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 366, 1-16.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2023.12.010

6. The genetic link between kamafugite magmatism and alkaline–carbonatite complexes in the Late Cretaceous Alto Paranaíba Igneous Province, Central Brazil. (2023). Felipe Velásquez Ruiz, Pedro Cordeiro, Martin Reich, João Gabriel Motta, Carlos Cordeiro Ribeiro, Thomas Angerer, Renato Borges Bernardes. International Geology Review, 65 (13), 2148–2170. https://doi.org/10.1080/00206814.2022.2127127

5. Deciphering the footprint of Emil Grosse from Germany to Brazil: a brief review. (2023). Felipe Velásquez-Ruiz, Marion Weber-Scharff, Federico Cuadros-Jimenez. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales (raccefyn), 47(185), 952-961. https://doi.org/10.18257/raccefyn.1908

4. Modeling of the large Miocene epithermal and porphyry gold deposits of Colombia using Monte Carlo simulations. (2022). Felipe Velásquez Ruiz, Juan Camilo Martínez, Alejandra Tobón Acevedo, Alejandra Yepes Metaute, Angélica María Zapata, Paulina Cataño Salas. Earth Sciences Research Journal, 25 (4), 415-421. https://doi.org/10.15446/esrj.v25n4.95289
3. Historical memory of the geology of Antioquia: Emil Grosse and The Carboniferous Tertiary of Antioquia. (2021). Felipe Velásquez, Marion Weber, Verónica Botero. Boletín Geológico, 48 (2), 7-39. https://doi.org/10.32685/0120-1425/bol.geol.48.2.2021.570
2. The 3.5 Ga São Tomé layered mafic-ultramafic intrusion, NE Brazil: Insights into a Paleoarchean Fe-Ti-V oxide mineralization and its reworking during West Gondwana assembly. (2019). Felipe Velásquez Ruiz, MES Della Giustina, CG de Oliveira, EL Dantas, MHB Hollanda. Precambrian Research, 326, 462-478. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2018.03.011
1. Caracterización de minerales pesados en sedimentos activos de la cuenca del río Magdalena, Colombia: implicaciones para el análisis de procedencia en el registro fluvial. (2019). Felipe Velásquez, Agustín Cardona, Camilo Montes. Boletín de Geología, 41 (2), 137-147. https://doi.org/10.18273/revbol.v41n2-2019008

Technical Reports

  • González, H., Maya, M., Camacho, J.A., Cardona, O.D., Castañeda, D.M., Arias, E.N., Osorio, J.H., Buriticá, L.F., Vélez, W., Alzate, G.A., Contreras, G.G., Zappa, L.F., Avella, J.L., Grimaldo, J., Echeverri, J. & Velásquez, F. 2015. Mapa geológico de la plancha 74 Guaranda. Escala 1:100,000. Servicio Geológico Colombiano & Consorcio GSG (Geominas–Serviminas–Gemi). Bogotá. Link
  • González, H., Maya, M., García, J., Gómez, J.P., Palacio A.F., Ruiz, C.F., Camacho, J., Montero, J.E., Grimaldo, J., Alzate, G.A., Castañeda, D.M., Rey, J.A., Avella, J.L., Zappa, L.F., Velásquez, F. & Echeverry, J.D. 2015. Mapa geológico de la plancha 84 Los Canelos. Escala 1:100,000. Servicio Geológico Colombiano & Consorcio GSG (Geominas–Serviminas–Gemi). Bogotá. Link
  • González, H., Maya, M., Cardona, O.D., Arias, E., N., Castañeda, D.M., Ruiz, C.F., Montero, J.E., Camacho, J.A., Palacio, A.F., Gómez, J.P., Vélez, W., Alzate, G.A., Tapia, L.C., Osorio, J.H., Grimaldo, J., Botero, C.F., Velásquez, F., Echeverri, J. & García, J. 2015. Mapa geológico de la plancha 94 El Bagre. Escala 1:100,000. Servicio Geológico Colombiano & Consorcio GSG (Geominas–Serviminas–Gemi). Bogotá. Link

Thesis

  • Procesos concentradores de niobio en depósitos asociados a complejos carbonatíticos, Provincia Ígnea del Alto Paranaíba, Brasil. (2024). Felipe Velásquez Ruiz. Ph.D. Thesis, Universidad de Chile, 125 p. 
  • Mineralogia e petrologia da ocorrência paleoarqueana de magnetita vanadifera de São Tomé, NE do Brasil. (2017). Felipe Velásquez Ruiz. M.Sc. Thesis, Universidade de Brasília, 47 p. http://dx.doi.org/10.26512/2017.02.D.24310

Articles in progress or submitted

  • Unraveling the petrogenetic link between carbonatites and high-grade Nb-rich phoscorites: insights from in-situ magnetite microanalysis at the Boa Vista deposit, Central Brazil
  • Reduced sulfide ligands drive PGE-Au alloy formation during Miocene asthenospheric diapirism in the northern Andes, NW Colombia
Scientific dissemination
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