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Alexander R. L. Nichols

Alexander R. L. Nichols

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Earth Science

D-Index
33
Citations
3387
World Ranking
8491
National Ranking
98

Overview

Alexander R. L. Nichols is affiliated with the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. Their research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions across various subfields, including Geophysics, Environmental Chemistry, Ocean Engineering, Atmospheric Science, and Geology.

The scientist's work encompasses a range of main topics such as geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, methane hydrates and related phenomena, seismic imaging and inversion techniques, reservoir engineering and simulation methods, and geology and paleoclimatology research.

Alexander R. L. Nichols has published extensively in peer-reviewed venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Goldschmidt Abstracts
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Geology

Selected recent papers reflecting the scope of their scholarly output are:

  • Silicate melt inclusions in the new millennium: A review of recommended practices for preparation, analysis, and data presentation (2021, Chemical Geology)
  • Anatomy of Intraplate Monogenetic Alkaline Basaltic Magmatism (2021, Geophysical Monograph)
  • First identification of a Cathaysian continental fragment beneath the Gagua Ridge, Philippine Sea, and its tectonic implications (2021, Geology)
  • The Origin of Late Cenozoic Magmatism in the South China Sea and Southeast Asia (2021, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems)
  • Highly heterogeneous mantle caused by recycling of oceanic lithosphere from the mantle transition zone (2022, Earth and Planetary Science Letters)

Throughout their career, Alexander R. L. Nichols has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Ben Kennedy (11 collaborations)
  • Cédric Hamelin (6 collaborations)
  • Sheng-Ping Qian (5 collaborations)
  • Le Zhang (5 collaborations)
  • Takeshi Hanyu (5 collaborations)

Best Publications

  • Cristobalite in volcanic ash of the soufriere hills volcano, montserrat, british west indies

    P. J. Baxter;C. Bonadonna;R. Dupree;V. L. Hards

  • Is the Iceland hot spot also wet? Evidence from the water contents of undegassed submarine and subglacial pillow basalts

    A.R.L. Nichols;M.R. Carroll;Á. Höskuldsson

  • Glass transition temperatures of natural hydrous melts: a relationship with shear viscosity and implications for the welding process

    Daniele Giordano;A. R. L. Nichols;D. B. J. Dingwell

  • The Petrology and Geochemistry of St. Helena Alkali Basalts: Evaluation of the Oceanic Crust-recycling Model for HIMU OIB

    Hiroshi Kawabata;Takeshi Hanyu;Qing Chang;Jun-Ichi Kimura

  • Lead isotope analysis of melt inclusions by LA-MC-ICP-MS

    Le Zhang;Zhong-Yuan Ren;Alexander R. L. Nichols;Yin-Hui Zhang

  • Viscosity of peridotite liquid

    D.B. Dingwell;P. Courtial;D. Giordano;A.R.L. Nichols

  • Controls on magmatic degassing along the Reykjanes Ridge with implications for the helium paradox

    D.R Hilton;D.R Hilton;M.F Thirlwall;R.N Taylor;B.J Murton

  • Timescales of spherulite crystallization in obsidian inferred from water concentration profiles

    Jonathan M. Castro;Pierre Beck;Hugh Tuffen;Alexander R. L. Nichols

  • Limited latitudinal mantle plume motion for the Louisville hotspot

    Anthony A. P. Koppers;Toshitsugu Yamazaki;Joerg Geldmacher;Jeffrey S. Gee

  • Primary magmas and mantle sources of Emeishan basalts constrained from major element, trace element and Pb isotope compositions of olivine-hosted melt inclusions

    Zhong-Yuan Ren;Ya-Dong Wu;Le Zhang;Alexander R.L. Nichols

  • Mission Immiscible: Distinct Subduction Components Generate Two Primary Magmas at Pagan Volcano, Mariana Arc

    Yoshihiko Tamura;Osamu Ishizuka;Robert J. Stern;Alexander R. L. Nichols

  • Using micro-FTIR spectroscopy to measure volatile contents in small and unexposed inclusions hosted in olivine crystals

    A.R.L. Nichols;R.J. Wysoczanski

  • Distribution of dissolved water in magmatic glass records growth and resorption of bubbles

    I.M. McIntosh;I.M. McIntosh;E.W. Llewellin;M.C.S. Humphreys;M.C.S. Humphreys;A.R.L. Nichols

  • Advances in Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy of natural glasses: From sample preparation to data analysis

    F.W. von Aulock;F.W. von Aulock;B.M. Kennedy;C.I. Schipper;J.M. Castro

  • Silicate melt inclusions in the new millennium: A review of recommended practices for preparation, analysis, and data presentation

    E.F. Rose-Koga;A.-S. Bouvier;G.A. Gaetani;P.J. Wallace

  • Petrogenesis of Late Cenozoic basalts from North Hainan Island: Constraints from melt inclusions and their host olivines

    Jian-Qiang Liu;Jian-Qiang Liu;Zhong-Yuan Ren;Alexander R.L. Nichols;Mao-Shuang Song

  • Hyperquenched volcanic glass from Loihi Seamount, Hawaii

    Marcel Potuzak;Marcel Potuzak;Alexander R.L. Nichols;Alexander R.L. Nichols;Donald B. Dingwell;Donald B. Dingwell;David A. Clague

  • Surface tension driven processes densify and retain permeability in magma and lava

    Ben M. Kennedy;Fabian B. Wadsworth;Jérémie Vasseur;C. Ian Schipper

  • Accounting for the species-dependence of the 3500 cm-1 H2Ot infrared molar absorptivity coefficient : implications for hydrated volcanic glasses.

    Iona M. McIntosh;Alexander R.L. Nichols;Kenichiro Tani;Edward W. Llewellin

  • Cooling rate correction of paleointensity determination for volcanic glasses by relaxation geospeedometry

    R. Leonhardt;J. Matzka;A.R.L. Nichols;D.B. Dingwell

  • Geochemical Differences of the Hawaiian Shield Lavas: Implications for Melting Process in the Heterogeneous Hawaiian Plume

    Zhong-Yuan Ren;Takeshi Hanyu;Takashi Miyazaki;Qing Chang

  • Low degree melting under the Southwest Indian Ridge: the roles of mantle temperature, conductive cooling and wet melting

    C.J Robinson;M.J Bickle;T.A Minshull;R.S White

Frequent Co-Authors

Osamu Ishizuka
Osamu Ishizuka National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Yoshihiko Tamura
Yoshihiko Tamura Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Robert J. Stern
Robert J. Stern The University of Texas at Dallas
Yoshiyuki Tatsumi
Yoshiyuki Tatsumi Kobe University
Donald B. Dingwell
Donald B. Dingwell Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Ben Kennedy
Ben Kennedy University of Canterbury
Kenichiro Tani
Kenichiro Tani Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Richard J. Wysoczanski
Richard J. Wysoczanski National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
James B. Gill
James B. Gill University of California, Santa Cruz
Qing Chang
Qing Chang Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

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