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Alexander A. Nemchin

Alexander A. Nemchin

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Earth Science

D-Index
63
Citations
13535
World Ranking
1604
National Ranking
100

Overview

Alexander A. Nemchin is affiliated with Curtin University in Australia, focusing on research within the fields of Physics and Astronomy and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their scholarly work encompasses a variety of topics centered around planetary science, geochemistry, and geological analysis.

The primary areas of study in Nemchin's research include:

  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies

Nemchin has contributed extensively to research published in key scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Meteoritics and Planetary Science
  • Chemical Geology
  • Mineralogical Journal

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Age and composition of young basalts on the Moon, measured from samples returned by Chang'e-5" (2021, Science)
  • "Constraining the formation and transport of lunar impact glasses using the ages and chemical compositions of Chang'e-5 glass beads" (2022, Science Advances)
  • "The internal structure and geodynamics of Mars inferred from a 4.2-Gyr zircon record" (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "The phases of the Moon: Modelling crystallisation of the lunar magma ocean through equilibrium thermodynamics" (2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters)
  • "Pb-Pb ages and initial Pb isotopic composition of lunar meteorites: NWA 773 clan, NWA 4734, and Dhofar 287" (2020, Meteoritics and Planetary Science)

Nemchin collaborates frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Martin J. Whitehouse
  • J. F. Snape
  • Renaud Merle
  • G. G. Kenny
  • Leonid Shumlyanskyy

Best Publications

  • Early Palaeozoic orogenesis along the Indian margin of Gondwana: Tectonic response to Gondwana assembly

    Peter A. Cawood;Michael R.W. Johnson;Alexander A. Nemchin

  • Hadean crustal evolution revisited: New constraints from Pb-Hf isotope systematics of the Jack Hills zircons

    Ais Kemp;SA Wilde;Chris J Hawkesworth;Chris J Hawkesworth;Christopher D Coath

  • Granitoid evolution in the Late Archean Wutai Complex, North China Craton

    Simon A. Wilde;Peter A. Cawood;Kaiyi Wang;Alexander A. Nemchin

  • Internal structures of zircons from Archaean granites from the Darling Range batholith: implications for zircon stability and the interpretation of zircon U-Pb ages

    R. T. Pidgeon;A. A. Nemchin;G. J. Hitchen

  • Provenance record of a rift basin: U/Pb ages of detrital zircons from the Perth Basin, Western Australia

    P.A. Cawood;A.A. Nemchin

  • Sedimentary basin and detrital zircon record along East Laurentia and Baltica during assembly and breakup of Rodinia

    Peter A. Cawood;Alexander A. Nemchin;Rob Strachan;Tony Prave

  • Mesozoic crust-mantle interaction beneath the North China craton: A consequence of the dispersal of Gondwanaland and accretion of Asia

    Simon A. Wilde;Xinhua Zhou;Alexander A. Nemchin;Min Sun

  • Linking source and sedimentary basin: Detrital zircon record of sediment flux along a modern river system and implications for provenance studies

    Peter A. Cawood;Alexander A. Nemchin;Mike Freeman;Keith Sircombe

  • Age and composition of young basalts on the Moon, measured from samples returned by Chang'e-5.

    Xiaochao Che;Alexander Nemchin;Dunyi Liu;Tao Long

  • Petrology and geochemistry of crustally contaminated komatiitic basalts from the Vetreny Belt, southeastern Baltic Shield: Evidence for an early Proterozoic mantle plume beneath rifted Archean continental lithosphere

    I.S. Puchtel;K.M. Haase;A.W. Hofmann;C. Chauvel

  • Origin and age of the earliest Martian crust from meteorite NWA 7533

    M. Humayun;Alexander Nemchin;Alexander Nemchin;B. Zanda;B. Zanda;R. Hewins;R. Hewins

  • Single zircon ages from high-grade rocks of the Jianping Complex, Liaoning Province, NE China

    A Kröner;W.Y Cui;S.Q Wang;C.Q Wang

  • Zircon ages for high pressure granulites from South Bohemia, Czech Republic, and their connection to Carboniferous high temperature processes

    A. Kröner;P. J. O'Brien;A. A. Nemchin;R. T. Pidgeon

  • Paleogeographic development of the east Laurentian margin: Constraints from U-Pb dating of detrital zircons in the Newfoundland Appalachians

    Peter A. Cawood;Alexander A. Nemchin

  • Timing of crystallization of the lunar magma ocean constrained by the oldest zircon

    Alexander Nemchin;Nicholas Eric Timms;Robert Pidgeon;T. Geisler

  • Archaean to Neoproterozoic magmatic events in the Kaoko belt of NW Namibia and their geodynamic significance

    B. Seth;B. Seth;A. Kröner;Klaus Mezger;A.A. Nemchin

  • Source of the Dalradian Supergroup constrained by U-Pb dating of detrital zircon and implications for the East Laurentian margin

    Peter A. Cawood;Alexander A. Nemchin;Martin Smith;Staci L Loewy

  • Mobilization of radiogenic Pb in zircon revealed by ion imaging: Implications for early Earth geochronology

    Monika A. Kusiak;Monika A. Kusiak;Monika A. Kusiak;Martin J. Whitehouse;Simon A. Wilde;Alexander A. Nemchin

  • The mechanism of borosilicate glass corrosion revisited

    Thorsten Geisler;Thorsten Nagel;Matt R. Kilburn;Arne Janssen

  • Discordance of the U-Pb system in detrital zircons: implication for provenance studies of sedimentary rocks

    Alexander A. Nemchin;Peter A. Cawood

  • Determining precambrian crustal evolution in China: A case-study from Wutaishan, Shanxi Province, demonstrating the application of precise SHRIMP U-Pb geochronology

    Simon A. Wilde;Peter A. Cawood;Kaiyi Wang;Alexander Nemchin

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin J. Whitehouse
Martin J. Whitehouse Swedish Museum of Natural History
Robert T. Pidgeon
Robert T. Pidgeon Curtin University
Peter A. Cawood
Peter A. Cawood Monash University
Nicholas E. Timms
Nicholas E. Timms Curtin University
Simon A. Wilde
Simon A. Wilde Curtin University
Roger H. Hewins
Roger H. Hewins Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Aaron J. Cavosie
Aaron J. Cavosie Curtin University
Steven M. Reddy
Steven M. Reddy Curtin University
Alfred Kröner
Alfred Kröner Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Thorsten Geisler
Thorsten Geisler University of Bonn

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