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Overview

Anthony Dosseto is a researcher affiliated with the University of Wollongong in Australia, specializing in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields including Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, Geophysics, Anthropology, and Ecology. Their research topics notably include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies.

Dosseto's publication record features contributions to several respected scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues include Goldschmidt2021 abstracts, Quaternary Science Reviews, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Earth system science data, and Science.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Dosseto include:

  • A global environmental crisis 42,000 years ago (2021, Science)
  • Extinction of eastern Sahul megafauna coincides with sustained environmental deterioration (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Early presence of Homo sapiens in Southeast Asia by 86-68 kyr at Tam Pà Ling, Northern Laos (2023, Nature Communications)
  • Diversity, equity, and inclusion: Tackling under-representation and recognition of talents in geochemistry and cosmochemistry (2021, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta)
  • The demise of the giant ape Gigantopithecus blacki (2024, Nature)

Frequent collaborators in Dosseto's work include Florian Dux, Pavel Dlapa, Ross A. Bradstock, Damien Lemarchand, and Zoë Thomas, reflecting a network of collaboration across multiple studies and publications.

Best Publications

  • Amphibole “sponge” in arc crust?

    Jon Davidson;Simon Turner;Heather Handley;Colin Macpherson

  • The age of Homo naledi and associated sediments in the Rising Star Cave, South Africa

    P.H.G.M. Dirks;P.H.G.M. Dirks;Eric M. Roberts;Eric M. Roberts;Hannah Louise Hilbert-Wolf;Jan Dirk Kramers

  • Riverine Li isotope fractionation in the Amazon River basin controlled by the weathering regimes

    Mathieu Dellinger;Mathieu Dellinger;Jerome Gaillardet;Jerome Gaillardet;Julien Bouchez;Damien Calmels

  • Revised stratigraphy and chronology for Homo floresiensis at Liang Bua in Indonesia

    Thomas Sutikna;Matthew W. Tocheri;Matthew W. Tocheri;Michael J. Morwood;E. Wahyu Saptomo

  • Geophysical constraints on deep weathering and water storage potential in the Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory

    W. Steven Holbrook;Clifford S. Riebe;Mehrez Elwaseif;Jorden L. Hayes

  • An Inter-Laboratory Assessment of the Thorium Isotopic Composition of Synthetic and Rock Reference Materials

    Kenneth W.W. Sims;James B. Gill;Anthony Dosseto;Dirk L. Hoffmann

  • Time scale and conditions of weathering under tropical climate: Study of the Amazon basin with U-series

    A. Dosseto;B. Bourdon;J. Gaillardet;C.J. Allègre

  • Climatic records over the past 30 ka from temperate Australia - a synthesis from the Oz-INTIMATE workgroup

    Lynda Petherick;Lynda Petherick;Helen Bostock;Tim J Cohen;Kathryn Fitzsimmons

  • Uranium-series isotopes in river materials: Insights into the timescales of erosion and sediment transport

    Anthony Dosseto;Bernard Bourdon;Simon P. Turner

  • The evolution of weathering profiles through time: New insights from uranium-series isotopes

    Anthony Dosseto;Simon P. Turner;John Chappell

  • Weathering and transport of sediments in the Bolivian Andes: Time constraints from uranium-series isotopes

    Anthony Dosseto;Bernard Bourdon;Jerome Gaillardet;Laurence Maurice-Bourgoin

  • Rapid regolith formation over volcanic bedrock and implications for landscape evolution

    Anthony Dosseto;Heather L. Buss;P.O Suresh

  • Climatic and vegetation control on sediment dynamics during the last glacial cycle

    A Dosseto;P. P. Hesse;Kate Maher;Kirstie Fryirs

  • Regolith formation rate from U-series nuclides: Implications from the study of a spheroidal weathering profile in the Rio Icacos watershed (Puerto Rico)

    F. Chabaux;E. Blaes;P. Stille;R. di Chiara Roupert

  • A global environmental crisis 42,000 years ago

    Alan Cooper;Chris S. M. Turney;Jonathan Palmer;Alan Hogg

  • U-series disequilibria in suspended river sediments and implication for sediment transfer time in alluvial plains: The case of the Himalayan rivers

    M. Granet;F. Chabaux;Peter Stille;A Dosseto

  • Extinction of eastern Sahul megafauna coincides with sustained environmental deterioration

    Scott A. Hocknull;Scott A. Hocknull;Richard Lewis;Lee J. Arnold;Tim Pietsch

  • Uranium-series isotopes in colloids and suspended sediments: Timescale for sediment production and transport in the Murray-Darling River system

    A Dosseto;S. P Turner;G. B Douglas

  • Dehydration and partial melting in subduction zones: Constraints from U-series disequilibria

    Bernard Bourdon;Simon Turner;Anthony Dosseto

  • U-Th-Pa-Ra study of the Kamchatka arc: New constraints on the genesis of arc lavas

    Anthony Dosseto;Bernard Bourdon;Jean Louis Joron;Bernard Dupré

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon Turner
Simon Turner Macquarie University
Paul Hesse
Paul Hesse Macquarie University
Jérôme Gaillardet
Jérôme Gaillardet Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Allan R. Chivas
Allan R. Chivas University of Wollongong
Bernard Bourdon
Bernard Bourdon École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
François Chabaux
François Chabaux University of Strasbourg
Rainer Grün
Rainer Grün Australian National University
Claude J. Allègre
Claude J. Allègre Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Paul H.G.M. Dirks
Paul H.G.M. Dirks James Cook University
Eric M. Roberts
Eric M. Roberts James Cook University

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