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Alan P. Dickin

Alan P. Dickin

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Earth Science

D-Index
57
Citations
10572
World Ranking
2293
National Ranking
109

Overview

Alan P. Dickin is affiliated with McMaster University in Canada and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences with a particular focus on Geophysics. Their research spans multiple subfields including Artificial Intelligence, Archeology, Religious studies, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's work primarily covers topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Biblical Studies and Interpretation, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis.

Alan P. Dickin has contributed several research papers published in notable scientific journals. Recent publications include:

  • "Forging isotopically juvenile metamorphic zircon from and within Archean TTG gneiss: Whole-rock Sr-Nd-Pb and zircon U-Pb-Hf-REE constraints" (2022), published in Chemical Geology
  • "Nd isotope mapping of the Frontenac Terrane in southwestern Grenville Province" (2021), published in Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
  • "Nd isotope mapping of a tectonic window near Chalk River, Ontario: Implications for large-scale Grenvillian tectonics" (2020), published in Precambrian Research
  • "The significance of Nd isotope mapping in Precambrian orogenic belts: A case study from the Saguenay region of the Quebec Grenville Province" (2023), published in Precambrian Research
  • "The continuing power of Nd isotope mapping in Precambrian orogenic belts: A demonstration from the Ontario Grenville Province" (2023), published in Precambrian Research

Frequent co-authors include J.W.D. Strong, Peter A. Cawood, Alexander R. Cruden, Oliver Nebel, and Jacob A. Mulder.

Alan P. Dickin's research is often published in venues such as:

  • Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
  • Precambrian Research
  • Christian Perspectives on Science and Technology
  • Lithos
  • Chemical Geology

Best Publications

  • Radiogenic isotope geology

    Alan P. Dickin

  • The Late Cretaceous Impact of the Trindade Mantle Plume: Evidence from Large-volume, Mafic, Potassic Magmatism in SE Brazil

    S. A. Gibson;R. N. Thompson;O. H. Leonardos;A. P. Dickin

  • MANTLE DYNAMICS - A ND, SR, PB AND O ISOTOPIC STUDY OF THE CAMEROON LINE VOLCANIC CHAIN

    A. N. Halliday;A. P. Dickin;A. E. Fallick;J. G. Fitton

  • High-precision mass-spectrometric uranium-series dating of cave deposits and implications for palaeoclimate studies

    W.-X. Li;J. Lundberg;A. P. Dickin;D. C. Ford

  • Isotope Geochemistry of Tertiary Igneous Rocks from the Isle of Skye, N.W. Scotland

    Alan P. Dickin

  • Migrating Cretaceous-Eocene Magmatismin the Serra do Mar Alkaline Province,SE Brazil: Melts from the Deflected Trindade Mantle Plume?

    R. N. Thompson;S. A. Gibson;J. G. Mitchell;A. P. Dickin

  • High-Ti and low-Ti mafic potassic magmas: Key to plume-lithosphere interactions and continental flood-basalt genesis

    S.A. Gibson;R.N. Thompson;A.P. Dickin;O.H. Leonardos

  • Elemental fingerprints of isotopic contamination of hebridean Palaeocene mantle-derived magmas by archaean sial

    R. N. Thompson;A. P. Dickin;I. L. Gibson;M. A. Morrison

  • Petrogenesis of Proterozoic Lamproites and Kimberlites from the Cuddapah Basin and Dharwar Craton, Southern India

    N. V. Chalapathi Rao;S. A. Gibson;D. M. Pyle;A. P. Dickin

  • Early Proterozoic Melt Generation Processes beneath the Intra-cratonic Cuddapah Basin, Southern India

    M. Anand;S. A. Gibson;K. V. Subbarao;S. P. Kelley

  • Ferropicrites: geochemical evidence for Fe-rich streaks in upwelling mantle plumes

    S.A. Gibson;R.N. Thompson;A.P. Dickin

  • Late Cretaceous rift-related upwelling and melting of the Trindade starting mantle plume head beneath western Brazil

    S. A. Gibson;R. N. Thompson;R. K. Weska;A. P. Dickin

  • Strongly potassic mafic magmas from lithospheric mantle sources during continental extension and heating: evidence from Miocene minettes of northwest Colorado, U.S.A.

    R.N. Thompson;P.T. Leat;A.P. Dickin;M.A. Morrison

  • Early cretaceous basalt and picrite dykes of the Southern Etendeka Region, NW Namibia : windows into the role of the Tristan Mantle Plume in Paraná–Etendeka magmatism.

    R. N. Thompson;S. A. Gibson;A. P. Dickin;P. M. Smith

  • Crustal formation in the Grenville Province: Nd-isotope evidence

    A.P. Dickin

  • Melt-generation processes associated with the Tristan mantle plume: Constraints on the origin of EM-1

    S.A. Gibson;R.N. Thompson;J.A. Day;S.E. Humphris

  • The limited extent of plume-lithosphere interactions during continental flood-basalt genesis: geochemical evidence from Cretaceous magmatism in southern Brazil

    S. A. Gibson;R. N. Thompson;O. H. Leonardos;A. P. Dickin

  • The isotopic and chemical evolution of Mount St. Helens

    A.N. Halliday;A.E. Fallick;A.P. Dickin;A.B. Mackenzie

  • Compositionally-Diverse Miocene—Recent Rift-Related Magmatism in Northwest Colorado: Partial Melting, and Mixing of Mafic Magmas from 3 Different Asthenospheric and Lithospheric Mantle Sources

    P. T. Leat;R. N. Thompson;M. A. Morrison;G. L. Hendry

  • Ultrapotassic Magmas along the Flanks of the Oligo-Miocene Rio Grande Rift, USA: Monitors of the Zone of Lithospheric Mantle Extension and Thinning Beneath a Continental Rift

    S. A. Gibson;R. N. Thompson;P. T. Leat;M. A. Morrison

  • Radiogenic Isotope Geology

    Alan P. Dickin;Richard Muller

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert N. Thompson
Robert N. Thompson Durham University
Sally A. Gibson
Sally A. Gibson University of Cambridge
R.H. McNutt
R.H. McNutt McMaster University
Philip T. Leat
Philip T. Leat British Antarctic Survey
Alex N. Halliday
Alex N. Halliday Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
James H. Crocket
James H. Crocket McMaster University
Franco Marcantonio
Franco Marcantonio Texas A&M University
Anthony E. Fallick
Anthony E. Fallick University of Glasgow
Donald W. Davis
Donald W. Davis University of Toronto
John N. Aleinikoff
John N. Aleinikoff United States Geological Survey

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