Areas of expertise

• Igneous And Metamorphic Petrology 040304
• Isotope Geochemistry 040203
• Mineralogy And Crystallography 040306
• Inorganic Geochemistry 040202
• Geochronology 040303
• Ceramics 091201
• Solid State Chemistry 030206
• Structural Chemistry And Spectroscopy 030606
• Ore Deposit Petrology 040307
• Geochemistry 0402
• Geology 0403
• Other Earth Sciences 0499

Publications

• Roberts, J, Kumar, A, Du, J et al 2016, 'Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in Australia's largest inland sewage treatment plant, and its contribution to a major Australian river during high and low flow', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 541, pp. 1625-1637.
• Maulana, A, Christy, A & Ellis, D 2015, 'Petrology, geochemistry and tectonic significance of serpentinized ultramafic rocks from the South Arm of Sulawesi, Indonesia', Chemie der Erde, vol. 75, no. 1, pp. 73-87.
• Roberts, J, Bain, P, Kumar, A et al 2015, 'Tracking multiple modes of endocrine activity in Australia's largest inland sewage treatment plant and effluent- receiving environment using a panel of in vitro bioassays', Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, vol. 34, no. 10, pp. 2271-2281.
• Brown, J, Christy, A, Ellis, D et al 2014, 'Prograde sulfide metamorphism in blueschist and eclogite, new Caledonia', Journal of Petrology, vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 643-670.
• Beavis, S, Ellis, D & Mikkelson, N 2014, 'Fluxes and transformations of treated sewage effluent recharging a coastal aquifer', Goldschmidt Conference 2014, Goldschmidt Conference 2014, USA, p. 147.
• Griffin, C, Ellis, D, Beavis, S et al 2013, 'Coastal resources, livelihoods and the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in Aceh, Indonesia', Ocean and Coastal Management, vol. 71, pp. 176-186.
• Maulana, A, Christy, A, IMAI, A et al 2013, 'Geochemistry of eclogite- and blueschist-facies rocks from the bantimala complex, south sulawesi, indonesia: Protolith origin and tectonic setting', The Island Arc, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 427-452.
• Zhang, G, Ellis, D, Christy, A et al 2010, 'Zr-in-rutile thermometry in HP/UHP eclogites from Western China', Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol. 160, no. 3, pp. 427-439.
• Zhang, G, Ellis, D, Christy, A et al 2010, 'UhP metamorphic evolution of coesite-bearing eclogite from the Yuka terrane, North Qaidam UHPM belt, NW China', European Journal of Mineralogy, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 1287-1300.
• Troitzsch, U, Christy, A, Willis, A et al 2010, 'Synthesis and crystal structure of CuZrTiO₅ - a new crystal structure type', Journal of Solid State Chemistry, vol. 183, no. 3, pp. 668-675.
• Beavis, S & Ellis, D 2008, 'Surface-groundwater interactions in a high-value irrigated upland catchment: the Upper Lachlan, NSW, Australia', International Association of Hydrogeologists Conference 2008, Conference Organising Committee, Japan, pp. 478-486.
• Mikkelson, N, Ellis, D & Beavis, S 2008, 'Mobility of Surface Water Contaminants Entering a Coastal Aquifer System: Implications of Variable pH on Choice of Suitable Tracer(s)', Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting 2008, Conference Organising Committee, Cairns.
• Tomkins, H, Powell, R & Ellis, D 2007, 'The pressure dependence of the zirconium-in-rutile thermometer', Journal of Metamorphic Geology, vol. 25, pp. 703-713.
• Troitzsch, U, Christy, A & Ellis, D 2007, 'Synthesis of zirconium titnate with an ordered M-fergusonite (beta) structure', Journal of Solid State Chemistry, vol. 180, pp. 2885-2895.
• Zhang, L, Ai, Y, Li, X et al 2007, 'Triassic collision of western Tianshan orogenic belt, China: Evidence from SHRIMP U-Pb dating of zircon from HP/UHP eclogitic rocks', Lithos, vol. 96, no. 1-2, pp. 266-280.
• Kawakami, T, Ellis, D & Christy, A 2006, 'Sulfide evolution in high-temperature to ultrahigh-temperature metamorphic rocks from Lutzow-Holm Complex, East Antarctica', Lithos, vol. 92, pp. 431-446.
• Mikkelson, N, Ellis, D, Beavis, S et al 2006, 'The geochemistry of a coastal aquifer system: Merimbula, NSW', CRC LEME Regional Regolith Symposia 2006, ed. RW Fitzpatrick and P Shand, CRC LEME, Bentley, Western Australia, pp. 244-248.
• Tynan, S, Opdyke, B, Ellis, D et al 2006, 'Interpreting the Trace Element Ratios of Freshwater Bivalve Shells and their application to understand environmental variability', CRC LEME Regional Regolith Symposia 2006, ed. RW Fitzpatrick and P Shand, CRC LEME, Bentley, Western Australia, pp. 350-354.
• Beavis, F, Ellis, D, Welch, S et al 2006, 'Geochemistry of Sediments in Response to Urbanization in Merimbula/Pambula Estuaries', CRC LEME Regional Regolith Symposia 2006, ed. RW Fitzpatrick and P Shand, CRC LEME, Bentley, Western Australia, pp. 14-17.
• Tynan, S, Opdyke, B, Ellis, D et al 2006, 'A history of heavy metal pollution recorded in the shell of Mytilus edulis', V.M. Goldschmidt Conference 2006, ed. Conference Program Committee, Elsevier, United Kingdom.
• Brown, J, Ellis, D, Arculus, R et al 2006, 'Prograde sulfide metamorphism and sulfide-silicate phase relations in blueschist and eclogite, New Caledonia', V.M. Goldschmidt Conference 2006, ed. Conference Program Committee, Elsevier, United Kingdom, pp. A69.
• Tomkins, H, Williams, I & Ellis, D 2005, 'In situ U-Pb dating of zircon formed from retrograde garnet breakdown during decompression in Rogaland, SW Norway', Journal of Metamorphic Geology, vol. 23, pp. 201-215.
• Troitzsch, U & Ellis, D 2005, 'The Zr02-Ti02 phase diagram', Journal of Materials Science, vol. 40, no. 17, pp. 4571-4577.
• Troitzsch, U, Christy, A & Ellis, D 2005, 'The crystal structure of disordered (Zr,Ti)O₂ solid solution including srilankite: evolution towards tetragonal ZrO₂ with increasing Zr', Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, vol. 32, pp. 504-514.
• Beavis, F, Ellis, D & Welch, S 2005, 'The reactivity of anthropogenic lead in the marine environment (recreational fishing and fluffy lead)', CRC LEME Regional Regolith Symposia 2005, ed. Ian C Roach, CRC LEME, Bentley, WA, pp. 17-21.
• Troitzsch, U, Christy, A & Ellis, D 2004, 'Synthesis of Ordered Zirconium Titanate (Zr, Ti)₂O₄ from the Oxides Using Fluxes', Journal of the American Ceramic Society, vol. 87, no. 11, pp. 2058-2063.
• Troitzsch, U & Ellis, D 2004, 'High-PT study of solid solutions in the system Zr02-Ti02: The stability of srilankite', European Journal of Mineralogy, vol. 16, pp. 577-584.
• Zhang, L, Ellis, D, Arculus, R et al 2003, 'Forbidden zone subduction of sediments to 150 km depth - the reaction of dolomite to magnesite + aragonite in the UHPM metapelites from western Tianshan, China', Journal of Metamorphic Geology, vol. 21, pp. 523-529.
• Zhang, L, Ellis, D, Williams, S et al 2003, 'Ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism in eclogites from the western Tianshan, China - Reply', American Mineralogist, vol. 88, pp. 1157-1160.
• Troitzsch, U & Ellis, D 2002, 'Thermodynamic properties and stability of AIF-bearing Titanite CaTiOSi04-CaAIFSi04', Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol. 142, no. 5, pp. 543-563, 626 (Erratum).
• Zhang, L, Ellis, D, Williams, S et al 2002, 'Ultra-high pressure metamorphism in western Tianshan, China: Part II. Evidence from Magnesite in eclogite', American Mineralogist, vol. 87, pp. 861-866.
• Kemp, A, Gray, C, Ellis, D et al 2002, 'Delamerian Glenelg tectonic zone, western Victoria: characterisation and synthesis of igneous rocks', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 49, pp. 201-224.
• Zhang, L, Ellis, D & Jiang, W 2002, 'Ultrahigh pressure metamorphism in western Tianshan, China', American Mineralogist, vol. 87, pp. 835-860.
• Frost, B, Barnes, C, Collins, W et al 2001, 'A Geochemical Classification for Granitic Rocks', Journal of Petrology, vol. 42, no. 11, pp. 2033-2048.
• Tomkins, H, Eggins, S & Ellis, D 2001, 'Zr budgets for metamorphic reactions, and the formation of zircon from garnet breakdown', Mineralogical Magazine, vol. 65, no. 6, pp. 749-758.
• Mavrogenes, J, Macintosh, I & Ellis, D 2001, 'Partial melting of the Broken Hill galena-sphalerite ore: experimental studies in the system PbS-FeS-ZnS-(Ag₂S)', Economic Geology; Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists, vol. 96, no. 1, pp. 205-210.
• Troitzsch, U & Ellis, D 2000, 'The AR-F-Content of titanite: Thermodynamic modelling in accord with natural observations.', Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Unknown, unknown, p. 1.
• Fraser, G, McDougall, I, Ellis, D et al 2000, 'Timing and rate of isothermal decompression in Pan-African granulites from Rundvagshetta, East Antarctica', Journal of Metamorphic Geology, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 441-454.
• Troitzsch, U & Ellis, D 1999, 'The synthesis and crystal structure of CaAlFSiO4 , the Al-F analog of titanite', American Mineralogist, vol. 84, pp. 1162-1169.

Projects and Grants

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• Measurement of sulphate reduction rates in saline floodplain wetlands of the Murray-Darling Basin (Primary Investigator)