M.J. Brzozowski Professor

• Department: School of Earth Science and Resources
• Gender: male
• BirthDate: 1990-11-04
• Career: Professor
• Degree: PhD Earth Sciences
• Academic Credentials: Professor
• Graduate School: Univeristy of Windsor
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• Email: mjbrzozo@outlook.com
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Matthew Brzozowski received his PhD in Earth Sciences from the University of Windsor in 2018, and completed two postdoctoral fellowships at Nanjing University (2019–2020) and Lakehead University (2020–2023), and served as a mineral deposit geologist for the British Columbia Geological Survey (2023–2024). During his graduate and post-graduate career, he received a NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship (MSc) and an NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Graduate Scholarship (PhD), and a Postdoctoral Fellow Excellence Award (Lakehead University). Matt joined Chang’an University as a professor in 2024. His research is primarily focused on understanding the petrogenesis of magmatic Ni–Cu–platinum-group element sulfide deposits and associated mafic–ultramafic intrusions through the application of bulk-rock and mineral geochemistry, radiogenic isotopes, and metal stable isotopes. He has published over 50 academic papers, including 12 articles as first or corresponding author, in high-impact international journals, including Economic Geology, Mineralium Deposita, Journal of Petrology, Chemical Geology, GSA Bulletin, Lithos, and Journal of Geochemical Exploration.

i) Petrogenesis of magmatic Ni–Cu–platinum-group element (PGE) sulfide deposits;

a. Role of mantle metasomatism in generating PGE-enriched magmas

b. Architectural control on Ni–Cu–PGE mineralization

c. Impact of deformation on base-metal sulfide deposits

ii) Behavior of metal stable isotopes (e.g., Cu, Fe, Mg, Ni, Zn) during high-temperature magmatic processes and deformation–hydrothermal processes.

- Graduate courses:

o Ore Deposit Geology (co-teaching)

o Advances in ore deposits geology and petrology (co-teaching)

- 2024–2027 – Principal investigator – “The behavior of Cu–Fe–Mg isotopes during processes critical to the formation of magmatic Ni–Cu–platinum-group element deposits”, National Science Foundation of China (NSFC).

- 2021–2023 – Participant – “Copper–platinum-group element mineralization of the Midcontinent rift-related Marathon deposit, Ontario”, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Alliance Grant.

2024

Brzozowski, M. J., Hollings, P., Hamilton, M., Heggie, G., Caglioti, C., Yahia, K., Bravo, A. C. (2024) Petrogenetic relationship of the variably Ni–Cu–PGE-mineralized intrusions of the Thunder Bay North Intrusive Complex, Midcontinent Rift, Canada: Implications for mineral exploration in mafic–ultramafic complexes, Geological Society of America Bulletin, in press.

Jin, X., Lei, R., Yuan, D., Brzozowski, M. J., Wu, C. (2024) Rb enrichment processes in highly evolved granites: insights from mica and K-feldspar from the Baishitouquan pluton, Eastern Tianshan. Ore Geology Reviews, in press.

Bai, S., Lei, R., Brzozowski, M. J., Wang, Z., Wang, W., Wu, C. (2024) Permian ridge subduction-related magmatism in the Chinese Altai: Insights from geochronology and geochemistry of the Jiangjunshan pluton. Journal of Earth Science, in press.

Fan, Z., Xiong, Y., Brzozowski, M. J., Shao, Y., Gu, X. (2024) Crystallographic insights and crystal fractionation simulations of alkali- and water-bearing beryl: Implications for magmatic–hydrothermal evolution and Be enrichment mechanisms. Ore Geology Reviews, in press.

He, J., Wang, G., Brzozowski, M. J., Ni, P., Luo, X., Mu, J., Li, W. (2024) Hypogene sulfide precipitation during phyllic alteration: insights from copper isotopic evolution of the Dexing porphyry Cu–Mo–Au deposit, South China. Mineralium Deposita, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00126-024-01321-z.

Mao, W., Xiong, Y., Shao, Y., Brzozowski, M. J., He, Q., Di, H., Fan, Z., Mao, Y., Fang, W. (2024) Reworking of a Caledonian (Early Paleozoic) granodiorite porphyry in a collisional zone in South China and its contribution for tungsten mineralization. Journal of Asian Earth Science, 276, 106356.

Cao, Y., Zhou, L., Brzozowski, M. J., Wang, C. (2024) Apatite and pyroxene as records of magmatic–hydrothermal processes and PGM formation in the Wengeqi mafic–ultramafic intrusion, Inner Mongolia, China: The role of oxidized, H₂O-rich magmas. Chemical Geology, 670, 122359.

Zhang, Y., Li, W., Brzozowski, M. J. (2024) Dynamics of Cu isotope fractionation during the reaction of pyrite with Cu(I)-bearing hydrothermal fluids. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 383, 43–56.

Yuan, H., Lei, R., Brzozowski, M. J., Wang, Z., Tian, Y., Wang, W., Wu, C. (2024) Multi-stage magmatic–hydrothermal evolution of nepheline pegmatite: insights from the mineralogy and geochronology of a zircon megacryst from the Yilanlike nepheline pegmatite, South Tianshan. Ore Geology Reviews, 172, 106188.

Luo, X., Wu, C, She, J., Brzozowski, M. J., Du, D., An, S., Li, W. (2024) Understanding the extreme differentiation of granitic magmas through elemental geochemistry and Fe isotope signatures. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 380, 31–47.

Zou, S., Brzozowski, M. J., Chen, X., Xu, D. (2024) Machine-learning oxybarometer developed using zircon trace-element chemistry and its applications. American Mineralogist, 109, 1181–1192.

Tan, R., Shao, Y., Brzozowski, M. J., Zheng, Y., Xiong, Y. (2024) Development of a machine learning model to classify mineral deposits using sphalerite chemistry and mineral assemblages. Ore Geology Reviews, 169, 106076.

Marfin, A. E., Bizimis, M., Lightfoot, P. C., Yogodzinski, G., Ivanov, A., Brzozowski, M. J., Latyshev, A., Radomskaya, T. (2024) Constraints on the source of Siberian Trap magmas from Mo isotope evidence. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 375, 106–122.

Zhao, S., Brzozowski, M. J., Li, W. (2024) The behavior of Fe isotopes in Fe skarns: A case study from the Yeshan Fe skarn deposit, Eastern China. Ore Geology Reviews, 168, 106054.

Jia, L., Wu, C., Lei, R., Brzozowski, M. J., Wang, Y., Qian, Z., Deng, X. (2024) Geochronology and geochemistry of zircon and columbite–tantalite group minerals from the Weilasituo Sn–polymetallic deposit, northeastern China: Implications for the relationship between mineralization and the magmatic–hydrothermal transition. Ore Geology Reviews, 168, 106047.

Wang, Z., Lei, R., Brzozowski, M. J., Wu, C. (2024) Magmatic−hydrothermal evolutionary processes in highly evolved granitic systems: Insights from zircons of the Baishitouquan pluton, NW China. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 10.1130/B37425.1.

Chen, X., Brzozowski, M. J., Zou, S., Qi, L., Li, K., Leng, C. (2024) Platinum-group element geochemistry of igneous rocks in the Chongjiang Cu−Mo−Au deposit, southern Tibet: Implications for the formation of post-collisional porphyry Cu deposits. Journal of Petrology, egae025.

Yu, Q., Zhao, Y., Xue, X., Zhao, X., Brzozowski, M. J. (2024) Contrasting Cu mineralization styles across the Dananhu Arc, Eastern Tianshan: insights from the geochronology, geochemistry, and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopes of Carboniferous arc rocks. International Geology Review, 1–23.

Liu, Y., Sun, J., Hollings, P., Kohn, B. P., Brzozowski, M. J. (2024) Evolution and exhumation of intrusive rocks associated with the Naozhi porphyry–epithermal system, NE China. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 179, 1.

2023

Brzozowski, M. J., Hollings, P., Heggie, G., MacTavish, A., Wilton, D., Evans-Lamswood, D. (2023) Characterizing the supra- and subsolidus processes that generated the Current PGE–Cu–Ni deposit, Thunder Bay North Intrusive Complex, Canada: insights from trace elements and multiple S isotopes of sulfides. Mineralium Deposita, 58, 1559–1581.

Brzozowski, M. J., Hollings, P., Zhu, J., Creaser, R. A. (2023) Os isotopes record a complex magmatic history during the early stages of formation of the North American Midcontinent Rift — Implications for rift initiation and platinum-group element mineralization. Lithos, 436–437, 106966.

Wang, Y., Lai, J., Cao, Y., Brzozowski, M. J., Mao, X., Peng, H., Ai, Q. (2023) Controls on the metal tenors of sulfide ores in the Jinchuan Ni–Cu–PGE sulfide deposit, NW China: Implications for the formation of distinct textural types of sulfide ores in magma conduits. Ore Geology Reviews, 163, 105810.

Zhao, Y., Liu, S., Xue, C., Brzozowski, M. J., Chen, J. (2023) Metasomatized mantle facilitates the genesis of magmatic nickel–copper sulfide deposits in orogenic belts: a copper isotope perspective. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 366, 128–140.

Muhtar, M. N., Xiao, W., Brzozowski, M. J., Mao, Q., Yang, H., Wu, C. (2023) Permian–Triassic magmatism above a slab window in the Eastern Tianshan: implications for the evolution of the southern Altaids. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 136, 1-19.

Liu, Y., Sun, J., Brzozowski, M. J., Chen, L. (2023) Deep epithermal Au mineralization at Tuanjiegou, northeast China. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 257, 107364.

Wu, S., Lei, R., Brzozowski, M. J., Wang, W., Yuan, H., Wu, C. (2023) Early Neoproterozoic magmatism in the Central Tianshan Block, China: Implications for its tectono-magmatic evolution and relationship to Rodinia. Precambrian Research, 397, 107203.

Wang, Y., Lai, J., Cao, Y., Brzozowski, M. J. (2023) Compositional variations of magnetite in different sulfide ore types in the Jinchuan Ni–Cu–PGE sulfide deposit, NW China: insights into the mineralizing processes of conduit-type systems. Chemical Geology, 637, 121679.

Bain, W., Hollings, P., Djon, L. M., Brzozowski, M. J., Layton-Matthew, D., Dobosz, A. (2023) The Geology, Geochemistry, and Magmatic Evolution of the Legris Lake Mafic–Ultramafic Complex, Ontario, Canada. Mineralium Deposita, 59, 85–108.

Muhtar, M., Xiao, W., Brzozowski, M. J., Chen, S., Aibai, A., Wang, M., Wu, C. (2023) Genetic link between orogenic Au and porphyry Cu (–Au) mineralization in the Dananhu Arc, NW China: Evidence from geochronology, geochemistry, and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopes of the Tudunbei Au deposit. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 253, 107280.

Sun, X., Li, X., Lei, R., Brzozowski, M. J., Ma, H., Li, W., Xia, M., Yu, Y., Wu, C. (2023) Paleoproterozoic crustal evolution of the Tarim Craton, NW China: Constraints from geochronology and geochemistry of orthogneisses and granitic veins in the Xingdi region of the Quruqtagh Block. Precambrian Research, 399, 107247.

Ye, H., Wu, C., Brzozowski, M. J., Yang, T., Sun, X., Lei, R., Li, W. (2023) Genesis of the Longwanggou iron deposit in the Yudongzi complex, South China Block: implications for the redox state of seawater at the onset of the Great Oxidation Event. Ore Geology Reviews, 159, 105562.

Liu, Y., Zhao, Y., Xue, C., Wang, R., Chu, H., Zhao, X., Brzozowski, M. J., Seltmann, R., Chen, J., Gao, J. (2023) Multiple stages of Au mobilization and in the Changshagou Au deposit, Eastern Tianshan, NW China: insights from mineral chemistry and fluid inclusions. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 255, 105756.

Liu, J., Yang, J., Cao, Y., Ding, T., Brzozowski, M. J., Zhang, H., Zheng, X., Zhao, T. (2023) Indium mineralization and genesis of the Bainiuchang Ag–Sn–polymetallic deposit in southeast Yunnan, China: Evidence from mineral chemistry and U–Pb geochronology. Ore Geology Reviews, 158, 105531.

Jun, M., Zhao, S., Brzozowski, M. J., Li, H., Wu, C., Li, W. (2023) Geology, geochemistry and genesis of the world-class Shizhushan wollastonite deposit, Mengshan area, South China. Ore Geology Reviews, 158, 105469.

Bai, S., Lei, R., Brzozowski, M. J., Hao, L., Zhang, K., Wu, C. (2023) Constraints on the timing of magmatism and rare-metal mineralization in the Fangzheng Rb deposit, Altay, NW China: Implications for the spatiotemporal controls on rare-metal mineralization. Ore Geology Reviews, 157, 105427.

Hao, Y., Feng, Y., Liang, T., Brzozowski, M. J., Ju, M., Zhou, R., Wang, Y. (2023) Quantitative evaluation of metamictization of manganocolumbites from rare-element pegmatites using Raman spectroscopy. Mineralogical Magazine, 1–42.

Chen, J., Shao, Y., Xiong, Y., He, H., Brzozowski, M. J., Wen, C., Zhou, L., Lu, W., Shi, J. (2023) Mechanisms of ore formation in Silurian (Caledonian) scheelite deposits of the Nanling Range, South China: a case study from the Pingtan W deposit. Ore Geology Reviews, 154, 105347.

Hu, J., Zhang, Y., Jia, D., Muxworthy, A., Selby, D., Li, Y., Brzozowski, M. J., Wei, G., Cao, J., Yin, H., Li, W. (2023) Combining paleomagnetic and Re–Os isotope data to date hydrocarbon generation and accumulation processes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 128, e2022JB025955.

Di, H., Shao, Y., Jiang, S., Brzozowski, M. J., Wang, Z., Xiong, Y. (2023) Identifying superimposed W–Sn mineralization events using cassiterite microtextures, trace-element chemistry, and geochronology. Ore Geology Reviews, 153, 105281.

2022

Sun, X. Luan, Y., Zhang, T., Brzozowski, M. J., Ye, H., Wu, C. (2022) Geochemistry, zircon U–Pb chronology and Hf isotope composition of the Heishan’gou iron deposit in the Bikou Terrane, central China: Implication for the genesis of the Yudongzi banded iron formations. Ore Geology Reviews, 105250.

Brzozowski, M. J., Good, D. J., Yan, W., Wu, C., An, S., Li, W. (2022) Mg–Fe isotopes link the geochemical complexity of the Coldwell Complex, Midcontinent Rift to metasomatic processes in the mantle. Journal of Petrology, 63, 1–23.

Feng, Z., Yang, T., Brzozowski, M. J., Yao, X., Lei, R., Wu, C. (2022) Identifying the processes related to ore formation and modification in the Xitieshan Pb–Zn deposit, Qinghai Province, China: constraints from the trace-element and S isotope composition of sulfides. Ore Geology Reviews, 149, 105103.

Liu, Y., Hollings, P., Sun, J., Brzozowski, M. J., Xu, Z., Zhang, X. (2022) Hydrothermal evolution from porphyry- to epithermal-style mineralization in the Naozhi deposit, NE China. Ore Geology Reviews, 150, 105131.

Muhtar, M. N., Wu, C., Santosh, M., Brzozowski, M. J., Tian, R., Xie, G., Zhang, W., Lei, R., Xiao, W. (2022) Timing and spatial variation of deformation along the Kanggur–Huangshan Shear Zone in the Chinese Tianshan: Implications for regional differential uplift and mineralization. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 30, 1–20.

Zou, S., Chen, X., Brzozowski, M. J., Leng, C., Xu, D. (2022) Application of machine learning to characterizing magma fertility in porphyry Cu deposits. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127, e2022JB024584.

Muhtar, M. N., Wu, C., Brzozowski, M. J., Mao, Q., Wang, M., Xiao, W. (2022) Permian ridge subduction-related magmatism in the Eastern Tianshan: Implications for the evolution of the southern Altaids. Lithos, 428–429, 106815.

Zhao, S., Brzozowski, M. J., Mueller, T., Wang, L., Li, W. (2022) Skarn classification and element mobility in the Yeshan Iron Deposit, Eastern China: Insights from lithogeochemistry. Ore Geology Reviews, 145, 104909.

Muhtar, M. N., Wu, C., Brzozowski, M. J., Zhang, W., Chen, B., Xiao, W. (2022) Age and genesis of the Jinshan gold deposit in the Chinese North Tianshan: a link to large-scale strike–slip shearing events. Ore Geology Reviews, 142, 104734.

Wu, C., Deng, X., Bagas, L., Brzozowski, M. J., Chen, Y. (2022) Editorial: Critical metals in northwest China. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10, 851360.

2021

Brzozowski, M. J., Good, D. J., Wu, C., Li, W. (2021) Iron isotope fractionation during sulfide liquid evolution in Cu–PGE mineralization of the Eastern Gabbro, Coldwell Complex, Canada. Chemical Geology, 576, 120282.

Brzozowski, M. J., Good, D. J., Wu, C., Li, W. (2021) Cu isotope systematics of conduit-type Cu–PGE mineralization in the Eastern Gabbro, Coldwell Complex, Canada. Mineralium Deposita, 56, 707–724.

Brzozowski, M. J., Samson, I. M., Good, D. J., Gagnon, J. E., Linnen, R. L. (2021) Oxide mineralogy and trace-element chemistry as an index to magma evolution and Marathon-type mineralization in the Eastern Gabbro of the alkaline Coldwell Complex, Canada. Mineralium Deposita, 56, 621–642.

Brzozowski, M. J., Samson, I. M., Gagnon, J. E., Linnen, R. L., Good, D. J. (2021) Effects of fluid-induced oxidation on the composition of Fe–Ti oxides in the Eastern Gabbro, Coldwell Complex, Canada: Implications for the application of Fe–Ti oxides to petrogenesis and mineral exploration. Mineralium Deposita, 56, 601–618.

Wang, S., Wu, C., Muhtar, M. N., Lei, R., Brzozowski, M. J. (2021) Mobilization of ore-forming metals during post-magmatic hydrothermal overprinting of the Huangshandong Ni–Cu sulfide deposit, Eastern Tianshan, NW China. Ore Geology Reviews, 137, 104315.

Chen, B., Wu, C., Brzozowski, M. J., Lei, R., Muhtar, M. N., Li, T., Zhang, Y., Chen, J. (2021) Geochronology and tectonic setting of the giant Guobaoshan rubidium deposit, Central Tianshan, NW China. Ore Geology Reviews, 141, 104636.

Zou, S., Chen, X., Xu, D., Brzozowski, M. J., Lai, F., Bian, Y., Wang, Z., Deng, T. (2021) A machine learning approach to tracking crustal thickness variations in the eastern North China Craton. Geoscience Frontiers, 12, 101195.

Muhtar, M. N., Wu, C., Brzozowski, M. J., Lei, R., Feng, Z., Chen, B., Jiang, Y. (2021) Sericite 40Ar/39Ar dating and S–Pb isotope composition of the Kanggur gold deposit: Implications for metallogenesis of late Paleozoic gold deposits in the Tianshan, Central Asian Orogenic Belt. Ore Geology Reviews, 121, 104056.

2020

Brzozowski, M. J., Samson, I. M., Gagnon, J. E., Good, D. J., Linnen, R. L. (2020) On the Mechanisms for Low-Sulfide, High-Platinum Group Element and High-Sulfide, Low-Platinum Group Element Mineralization in the Eastern Gabbro, Coldwell Complex, Canada: Evidence from Textural Associations, S/Se Values, and Platinum Group Element Concentrations of Base Metal Sulfides. Economic Geology, 115, 355–384.

Lei, R., Brzozowski, M. J., Feng, Y., Zhang, K., Muhtar, M. N., Luo, Z., Wu, C. (2020) Triassic crust–mantle interaction in the Eastern Tianshan, southern Altaids: insights from microgranular enclaves and their host Tianhu granitoids. Lithos, 402–403, 105879.

Zhang, Y., Jia, D., Muxworth, A. R., Zhang,Y., Li, Y., Yin, H., Chen, Z., Brzozowski, M. J., Li, W., Wang, M., Li, Z. (2020) Fluid migration and widespread remagnetization in the Dabashan fold-and-thrust belts, China. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125, e2020JB019989.

Xu, W., Xu, X., Wang, Y., Brzozowski, M. J. (2020) The effects of selective contamination on the early Paleozoic intracontinental mafic rocks in the South China Block: New insights from high-δ18O zircon. Lithos, 380–381, 105854.

Muhtar, M. N., Wu, C., Brzozowski, M. J., Li, P., Yuan, X., Wang, S., Zhi, J., Jiang, Y. (2020) Geochronology, geochemistry, and Sr–Nd–Pb–Hf–S isotopes of the wall rocks of the Kanggur gold polymetallic deposit, Chinese North Tianshan: Implications for petrogenesis and sources of ore-forming materials. Ore Geology Reviews, 125, 103688.

Ye, H., Wu, C., Brzozowski, M. J., Yang, T., Zha, X., Zhao, S., Gao, B., Li, W. (2020) Calibrating equilibrium Fe isotope fractionation factors between magnetite, garnet, amphibole, and biotite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 271, 78–95.

Lei, R., Wu, C., Muhtar, M. N., Brzozowski, M. J., Zhao, T., Xie, G., Dong, L. (2020) The first Precambrian gold deposit in North Xinjiang, NW China: geochronology, metallogenic character, and ore genesis of the Dajingou gold deposit. Ore Geology Reviews, 119, 103208.

Xu, W., Xu, X., Wang, Y., Brzozowski, M. J. (2020) The effects of mafic–felsic magma interaction on magma diversity: insights from an early Paleozoic hornblendite–quartz monzonite suite of the South China Block. Mineralogy and Petrology, 114, 71–90.

Yakich, T., Brzozowski, M. J., Chernishov, A., Grieco, G., Savinova, O., Timkin, T., Marfin, A. (2020) Petrological Features of the Burlakski and Nizhne–Derbinsk Mafic–Ultramafic Plutons (East Sayan Mountains, Siberia, Russia). Minerals, 10, 119.

2019

Zhang, Y., Muxworthy, A., Jia, D., Wei, G., Xia, B., Wen, B., Wang, M., Liu, W., Brzozowski, M. J. (2019) Identifying and dating the destruction of hydrocarbon reservoirs using secondary chemical remanent magnetization. Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 11100–11108.

2018

Brzozowski, M. J., Samson, I. M., Gagnon, J. E., Linnen, R. L., Good, D. J., Ames, D. E., Flemming, R. L. (2018) Controls on vein-hosted mineral chemistry and implications for exploration vectoring tools in magmatic Ni–Cu–PGE deposits: an example from the Marathon Cu–Pd deposit, Coldwell Alkaline Complex. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 190, 109–129

- 2023 – Postdoctoral Fellow Excellence Award, Lakehead University

- 2014–2017 – NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Graduate Scholarship, University of Windsor

- 2012–2013 – NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship, University of Windsor

- 2024–present, Professor

    School of Earth Science and Resources, Chang’an University

- 2023–2024, Mineral Deposit Geologist

    British Columbia Geological Survey

- 2020–2023, Postdoctoral Fellow

    Lakehead University

- 2019–2020, Postdoctoral Fellow

    Nanjing University

- 2018, Sessional Instructor

    University of Windsor

- 2012, Exploration Geologist

    Stillwater Canada Inc.

- 2011, Exploration Geologist

    Stillwater Canada Inc.