RUTHERFORD N.F. and HEMING R.F.  (1978)  The volatile component of Quaternary ignimbrite magmas from the North Island, New Zealand.  Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 65, p401-411.

RUTHERFORD N.F. (1978)  Fission- track age and trace element geochemistry of some Minden Rhyolite obsidians.  N.Z. Journal of Geology and Geophysics Vol. 21, No. 4, p443-448.

RUTHERFORD N.F. (1978)  A comment on the source of Mayor Island pantellerite magma.  N.Z. Journal of Geology and Geophysics Vol. 21, No. 4, p449-453.

COHEN D.R., BUCK M.D., BARCELONA E., FORD P. and RUTHERFORD N.F.  (1994)  Submission to the Select Committee upon Lead Pollution, Parliament of New  South Wales, 8th November 1994.

COHEN D.R., RUTHERFORD N.F., GARNETT D.G. and WALDRON H. (1995)

Geochemical Survey of the Upper NE Region of NSW. Geological Survey of New South Wales and the Natural Resources Audit Council. 310pp in 2vol.,with 39 maps.

BARCELONA E., COHEN D.R., RUTHERFORD N.F. and FORD P. (1995) Gutter trap sediments - Analogues of stream sediments for use in urban environmental geochemical baseline surveys. Abstract, 17th IGES,   Townsville, May, 1995.

COHEN D.R., GARNETT D. and RUTHERFORD N.F. (1995) A comparison of  stream sediment and vegetation geochemistry in the Drake area, New   South  Wales. In: C.E. Dunn, G.E.M. Hall, R.K. Scagel and D.R. Cohen  (Eds). Applied  Biogeochemistry in mineral exploration and  environmental studies (with Australian supplement) Association of  Exploration Geochemists.

COHEN D.R., RUTHERFORD N.F., DUNLOP A.C. and ALIPOUR S. (1996)  Geochemical exploration in the Cobar region. In: W.G. Cook et al. (Eds)  The  Cobar Mineral Field - A 1996 Perspective. Aust. Instit. Mining and   Metall., Melbourne, pp125-155.   

COHEN D.R., SHEN X., DUNLOP A.C. and RUTHERFORD N.F. (1998) Comparison of selective extraction soil geochemistry and biogeochemistry in the Cobar area, New South Wales. J. Geochem. Explor., 61, Nos 1-3, 173-189.

COHEN D.R., SILVA-SANTISTEBAN C.M., RUTHERFORD N.F., GARNETT D.G. (1999) Comparison of vegetation and stream sediment geochemical patterns in  the north eastern region of New South Wales.  J.Geochem. Explor. 66, No 3, 469-489.

McHugh, G.R., Cohen, D.R., Mooney, S.D. and Rutherford, N.F.  (1998)  The geochemistry of pond sediments in Centennial Park, Botany Basin, Sydney.  In: G.H. McNally & J. Jankowski (Eds) Environmental Geology of the Sydney Basin.  Geol. Soc. Aust.: 58-69.

RUTHERFORD N.F. and BERKMAN D. (1999)  Finding blind ore bodies with Regoleach.  ALS Minerals Division Newsletter Volume 8, No. 4, pp8. (visit ALS Chemex web site to down load a copy).

RUTHERFORD N.F.  (2002)  The regolith, backgrounds, anomalies and partial leaches.  ALS Chemex News Issue 1, 2002 pp6  (Contact ALS Chemex or visit ALS Chemex website to down load a copy).

RUTHERFORD N.F.  (2002)  Interaction of pH, redox and solution chemistry in exploration geochemistry.  ALS Chemex News Issue 2, 2002 pp6  (Contact ALS Chemex or visit ALS Chemex website to down load a copy).

Johnston, C., Griffin, W.L., Giblin, A.M., Rutherford, N.F., Ryan, C.G. and Suter, G.F. (In Prep) The pSIROGAS research project: an assessment of the Geogas exploration method in Australian terrains.

GIBLIN, A. M. and RUTHERFORD, N.F. (2003)  Groundwaters as pathfinders to concealed ore deposits.  Australian Institute of Geoscientists  AIG News Quarterly Newsletter No. 71 February 2003 p1-5

Rutherford N.F. and Salt C.J.  ((2005)  Anomaly P4, Au-As-Sb-pyrite anomalism, Cobar district, New South Wales,  In: Regolith Expressions of Australian Ore Systems, CRC LEME, Perth.

Rutherford N.F. and Salt C.J.  (2005)  Anomaly LP3, Pb-Zn anomalism, Cobar district, New South Wales,  In: Regolith Expressions of Australian Ore Systems, CRC LEME, Perth.

RUTHERFORD, N. F.,  LAWRANCE, L. M.  and SPARKS, G.  (2005)   Osborne copper-gold deposit, Cloncurry Mining District, north west Queensland.  In: Regolith Expressions of Australian Ore Systems, CRC LEME, Perth.