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Adriana Potra
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Federal Grant PI
Associate Professor
Also affiliated: Florida International University (2011–2013)
Faculty Researcher
9 h-index
45 pubs
200 cited
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Adriana Potra's research focuses on understanding the geological processes that form ore deposits, particularly base metal mineralization. Her work investigates the origin and evolution of these deposits through geochemical and isotopic analyses of rocks and minerals. Potra has studied mineralization events in diverse geographic locations, including Morocco and the midcontinent United States.
Her recent publications explore the supergene non-sulfide biomineralization in Moroccan deposits, linking it to microbial activity, uplift, and climate change. She also investigates paleoenvironmental constraints on shale deposition in the midcontinent, tracing the origin of metal ions in Mississippi Valley-Type ore deposits using lead isotope studies, and constraining the provenance of black shales with rare earth elements and neodymium isotopes. Potra also examines basin inversion and hyper-extension in the Central Atlantic Ocean and Maghrebian Tethys as fluid-driving mechanisms for base metal mineralization.
Potra is a recipient of National Science Foundation funding for the acquisition of a replacement multicollector ICP-MS, an instrument essential for her geochemical research in geology, archaeology, and paleobiology. She has published 45 papers, with an h-index of 9 and 196 citations. Key collaborators at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville include Walter L. Manger and Jonathan T. Chick.
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- h-index: 9
- Publications: 45
- Citations: 200
Selected Publications
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Lead isotope studies of Precambrian basement in the midcontinent United States: Implications for metal sources in Mississippi Valley-type ores (2026)
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Mississippi Valley-Type Mineralization in the Atlasic Beni Snassen Belt (Northeastern Morocco): Petrography and C-O-S-Pb Isotopic Evidence for Basin Evolution Linked to Africa–Europe Collision (2026)
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Mineralogy and Fluid Inclusion Constraints on the Genesis of the Recently Discovered Ag-(Ni-Co-Sb-As-Hg ± Bi) Vein Ore Shoot Mineralization in the Aouli Pb-Zn District (Upper Moulouya, Morocco) (2025)
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LEAD ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS OF CHEMICALLY SEPARATED SHALE COMPONENTS (2024)
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Basin inversion, drifting and hyper-extension in the Central Atlantic Ocean and Maghrebian Tethys as fluid driving mechanisms for the superimposed base metal mineralization events in the Jbel Bou Dahar carbonate-hosted Pb-Zn-Ba deposits (High Atlas, Morocco) (2024)
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Tracing the Origin of Metal Ions in Mississippi Valley-Type Ore Deposits: Constraints from Lead Isotope Studies of Black Shales from the Midcontinent United States (2024)
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Paleoenvironmental constraints on Paleozoic shale deposition in the midcontinent United States (2024)
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Constraining the provenance of black shales using rare earth elements and neodymium isotopes, Midcontinent United States (2024)
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RADIOGENIC ISOTOPE ANALYSIS OF BASEMENT ROCK AS A POTENTIAL SOURCE METALS IN MISSISSIPPI VALLEY-TYPE ORES, SOUTHERN MID-CONTINENT, U.S (2023)
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Multiregional Pb isotopic linear patterns and diagenesis: Isotopes from ancient animal enamel show Native American “foreign war trophies” are local ancestors (2023)
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Pb Isotopic Linear Patterns and Diagenesis: Multiregional Isotopes from Ancient Animal Enamel Show Native American 'Foreign War Trophies' are Local Ancestors (2023)
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A Pb isotope synthesis of Mississippi Valley-type ores in the midcontinent U.S.A.: trends and ore metal source(s) (2022)
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Organic-rich black shale geochemistry and their association with lead-zinc ores: Mid-continent United States (2022)
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RADIOGENIC PB ENRICHMENT IN MISSISSIPPI VALLEY-TYPE ORE DEPOSITS, SOUTHERN OZARKS: CONSTRAINTS BASED ON GEOCHEMICAL STUDIES OF POTENTIAL SOURCE ROCKS (2021)
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Radiogenic Pb Enrichment of Mississippi Valley-Type Metallic Ore Deposits, Southern Ozarks: Constraints Based on Geochemical Studies of Source Rocks and Their Diagenetic History (2021)
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Top Collaborators
John R. Samuelsen
Arkansas Archeological Survey
10 shared publications
In database
- Paleoenvironmental constraints on Paleozoic shale deposition in the midcontinent United States
- Tracing the Origin of Metal Ions in Mississippi Valley-Type Ore Deposits: Constraints from Lead Isotope Studies of Black Shales from the Midcontinent United States
- Radiogenic Pb Enrichment of Mississippi Valley-Type Metallic Ore Deposits, Southern Ozarks: Constraints Based on Geochemical Studies of Source Rocks and Their Diagenetic History
- Basin inversion, drifting and hyper-extension in the Central Atlantic Ocean and Maghrebian Tethys as fluid driving mechanisms for the superimposed base metal mineralization events in the Jbel Bou Dahar carbonate-hosted Pb-Zn-Ba deposits (High Atlas, Morocco)
- Constraining the provenance of black shales using rare earth elements and neodymium isotopes, Midcontinent United States
Showing 5 of 10 shared publications
Mohammed Bouabdellah
Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique (MA)
5 shared publications
- Origin of the Moroccan Touissit-Bou Beker and Jbel Bou Dahar Supergene Non-Sulfide Biomineralization and Its Relevance to Microbiological Activity, Late Miocene Uplift and Climate Changes
- Basin inversion, drifting and hyper-extension in the Central Atlantic Ocean and Maghrebian Tethys as fluid driving mechanisms for the superimposed base metal mineralization events in the Jbel Bou Dahar carbonate-hosted Pb-Zn-Ba deposits (High Atlas, Morocco)
- Comment on “Evaporitic brines and copper-sulphide ore genesis at Jbel Haïmer (Central Jebilet, Morocco)”-A discussion by Essarraj et al. (Ore Geology Reviews 129 (2021) 103920)
- Mineralogy and Fluid Inclusion Constraints on the Genesis of the Recently Discovered Ag-(Ni-Co-Sb-As-Hg ± Bi) Vein Ore Shoot Mineralization in the Aouli Pb-Zn District (Upper Moulouya, Morocco)
- Mississippi Valley-Type Mineralization in the Atlasic Beni Snassen Belt (Northeastern Morocco): Petrography and C-O-S-Pb Isotopic Evidence for Basin Evolution Linked to Africa–Europe Collision
Gilles Lévresse
Instituto de Geociencias (ES)
5 shared publications
- Origin of the Moroccan Touissit-Bou Beker and Jbel Bou Dahar Supergene Non-Sulfide Biomineralization and Its Relevance to Microbiological Activity, Late Miocene Uplift and Climate Changes
- Basin inversion, drifting and hyper-extension in the Central Atlantic Ocean and Maghrebian Tethys as fluid driving mechanisms for the superimposed base metal mineralization events in the Jbel Bou Dahar carbonate-hosted Pb-Zn-Ba deposits (High Atlas, Morocco)
- Comment on “Evaporitic brines and copper-sulphide ore genesis at Jbel Haïmer (Central Jebilet, Morocco)”-A discussion by Essarraj et al. (Ore Geology Reviews 129 (2021) 103920)
- Mineralogy and Fluid Inclusion Constraints on the Genesis of the Recently Discovered Ag-(Ni-Co-Sb-As-Hg ± Bi) Vein Ore Shoot Mineralization in the Aouli Pb-Zn District (Upper Moulouya, Morocco)
- Mississippi Valley-Type Mineralization in the Atlasic Beni Snassen Belt (Northeastern Morocco): Petrography and C-O-S-Pb Isotopic Evidence for Basin Evolution Linked to Africa–Europe Collision
Wissale Boukirou
Laboratoire de Génie des Procédés – Environnement – Agro-alimentaire (FR)
3 shared publications
- Origin of the Moroccan Touissit-Bou Beker and Jbel Bou Dahar Supergene Non-Sulfide Biomineralization and Its Relevance to Microbiological Activity, Late Miocene Uplift and Climate Changes
- Basin inversion, drifting and hyper-extension in the Central Atlantic Ocean and Maghrebian Tethys as fluid driving mechanisms for the superimposed base metal mineralization events in the Jbel Bou Dahar carbonate-hosted Pb-Zn-Ba deposits (High Atlas, Morocco)
- Mississippi Valley-Type Mineralization in the Atlasic Beni Snassen Belt (Northeastern Morocco): Petrography and C-O-S-Pb Isotopic Evidence for Basin Evolution Linked to Africa–Europe Collision
Erik Melchiorre
California State University, San Bernardino (US)
3 shared publications
- Origin of the Moroccan Touissit-Bou Beker and Jbel Bou Dahar Supergene Non-Sulfide Biomineralization and Its Relevance to Microbiological Activity, Late Miocene Uplift and Climate Changes
- Mineralogy and Fluid Inclusion Constraints on the Genesis of the Recently Discovered Ag-(Ni-Co-Sb-As-Hg ± Bi) Vein Ore Shoot Mineralization in the Aouli Pb-Zn District (Upper Moulouya, Morocco)
- Mississippi Valley-Type Mineralization in the Atlasic Beni Snassen Belt (Northeastern Morocco): Petrography and C-O-S-Pb Isotopic Evidence for Basin Evolution Linked to Africa–Europe Collision
Johan Yans
University of Namur (BE)
3 shared publications
- Origin of the Moroccan Touissit-Bou Beker and Jbel Bou Dahar Supergene Non-Sulfide Biomineralization and Its Relevance to Microbiological Activity, Late Miocene Uplift and Climate Changes
- Basin inversion, drifting and hyper-extension in the Central Atlantic Ocean and Maghrebian Tethys as fluid driving mechanisms for the superimposed base metal mineralization events in the Jbel Bou Dahar carbonate-hosted Pb-Zn-Ba deposits (High Atlas, Morocco)
- Mineralogy and Fluid Inclusion Constraints on the Genesis of the Recently Discovered Ag-(Ni-Co-Sb-As-Hg ± Bi) Vein Ore Shoot Mineralization in the Aouli Pb-Zn District (Upper Moulouya, Morocco)
Khadra Zaid
Cadi Ayyad University (MA)
3 shared publications
- Origin of the Moroccan Touissit-Bou Beker and Jbel Bou Dahar Supergene Non-Sulfide Biomineralization and Its Relevance to Microbiological Activity, Late Miocene Uplift and Climate Changes
- Mineralogy and Fluid Inclusion Constraints on the Genesis of the Recently Discovered Ag-(Ni-Co-Sb-As-Hg ± Bi) Vein Ore Shoot Mineralization in the Aouli Pb-Zn District (Upper Moulouya, Morocco)
- Mississippi Valley-Type Mineralization in the Atlasic Beni Snassen Belt (Northeastern Morocco): Petrography and C-O-S-Pb Isotopic Evidence for Basin Evolution Linked to Africa–Europe Collision
Mohamed Idbaroud
Cadi Ayyad University (MA)
3 shared publications
- Origin of the Moroccan Touissit-Bou Beker and Jbel Bou Dahar Supergene Non-Sulfide Biomineralization and Its Relevance to Microbiological Activity, Late Miocene Uplift and Climate Changes
- Mineralogy and Fluid Inclusion Constraints on the Genesis of the Recently Discovered Ag-(Ni-Co-Sb-As-Hg ± Bi) Vein Ore Shoot Mineralization in the Aouli Pb-Zn District (Upper Moulouya, Morocco)
- Mississippi Valley-Type Mineralization in the Atlasic Beni Snassen Belt (Northeastern Morocco): Petrography and C-O-S-Pb Isotopic Evidence for Basin Evolution Linked to Africa–Europe Collision
Noah Morris
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
3 shared publications
- Paleoenvironmental constraints on Paleozoic shale deposition in the midcontinent United States
- Tracing the Origin of Metal Ions in Mississippi Valley-Type Ore Deposits: Constraints from Lead Isotope Studies of Black Shales from the Midcontinent United States
- Constraining the provenance of black shales using rare earth elements and neodymium isotopes, Midcontinent United States
Hassan Bouzahzah
University of Liège (BE)
1 shared publication
- Origin of the Moroccan Touissit-Bou Beker and Jbel Bou Dahar Supergene Non-Sulfide Biomineralization and Its Relevance to Microbiological Activity, Late Miocene Uplift and Climate Changes
Julien Poot
University of Namur (BE)
1 shared publication
- Origin of the Moroccan Touissit-Bou Beker and Jbel Bou Dahar Supergene Non-Sulfide Biomineralization and Its Relevance to Microbiological Activity, Late Miocene Uplift and Climate Changes
Augustin Dekoninck
University of Namur (BE)
1 shared publication
- Origin of the Moroccan Touissit-Bou Beker and Jbel Bou Dahar Supergene Non-Sulfide Biomineralization and Its Relevance to Microbiological Activity, Late Miocene Uplift and Climate Changes
Amal El Arbaoui
Cadi Ayyad University (MA)
1 shared publication
- Comment on “Evaporitic brines and copper-sulphide ore genesis at Jbel Haïmer (Central Jebilet, Morocco)”-A discussion by Essarraj et al. (Ore Geology Reviews 129 (2021) 103920)
Amina Wafik
Cadi Ayyad University (MA)
1 shared publication
- Comment on “Evaporitic brines and copper-sulphide ore genesis at Jbel Haïmer (Central Jebilet, Morocco)”-A discussion by Essarraj et al. (Ore Geology Reviews 129 (2021) 103920)
Jonathan T. Chick
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
1 shared publication
In database
- Radiogenic Pb Enrichment of Mississippi Valley-Type Metallic Ore Deposits, Southern Ozarks: Constraints Based on Geochemical Studies of Source Rocks and Their Diagenetic History
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