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Bruce A. Kjarsgaard

Bruce A. Kjarsgaard

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Earth Science

D-Index
45
Citations
8092
World Ranking
4422
National Ranking
203

Overview

Bruce A. Kjarsgaard is affiliated with the Geological Survey of Canada in Canada. Their academic contributions focus primarily on earth sciences, with an emphasis on geological and geochemical analysis, geochemistry and geologic mapping, and high-pressure geophysics and materials.

Their recent publications include notable papers such as:

  • Plume-driven recratonization of deep continental lithospheric mantle, 2021, published in Nature
  • A Review of the Geology of Global Diamond Mines and Deposits, 2022, published in Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry
  • Evolution of Carbonatite Magmas in the Upper Mantle and Crust, 2021, published in Elements
  • Rapid geochemical imaging of rocks and minerals with handheld laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), 2020, published in Journal of Geochemical Exploration
  • An analytical protocol for determining the elemental chemistry of Quaternary sediments using a portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometer, 2021, published in Applied Geochemistry

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Kjarsgaard include:

  • D. Graham Pearson
  • C. K. Sarkar
  • Larry M. Heaman
  • C J M Lawley
  • Eric Grunsky

The scientist has published extensively in several well-regarded venues, including:

  • Mineralogy and Petrology
  • Lithos
  • Chemical Geology
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Goldschmidt2022 abstracts

Kjarsgaard's research spans multiple fields, primarily:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Computer Science

Their work in subfields is concentrated in:

  • Geophysics
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Geology

The main research topics addressed include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Mineral Processing and Grinding
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Best Publications

  • Genesis of Ultramafic Lamprophyres and Carbonatites at Aillik Bay, Labrador: a Consequence of Incipient Lithospheric Thinning beneath the North Atlantic Craton

    Sebastian Tappe;Stephen F. Foley;George A. Jenner;Larry M. Heaman

  • PARAGENETIC TYPES OF CARBONATITE AS INDICATED BY THE DIVERSITY AND RELATIVE ABUNDANCES OF ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: EVIDENCE FROM A GLOBAL DATABASE

    Alan R. Woolley;Bruce A. Kjarsgaard

  • Silicate–Carbonate Liquid Immiscibility and Phase Relations in the System SiO2–Na2O–Al2O3–CaO–CO2 at 0·1–2·5 GPa with Applications to Carbonatite Genesis

    Richard A Brooker;BA Kjarsgaard

  • Carbonatite occurrences of the world: map and database

    Unknown

  • Craton reactivation on the Labrador Sea margins: 40Ar/39Ar age and Sr–Nd–Hf–Pb isotope constraints from alkaline and carbonatite intrusives

    Sebastian Tappe;Stephen F. Foley;Andreas Stracke;Rolf L. Romer

  • Timing of eastern North American kimberlite magmatism: continental extension of the Great Meteor hotspot track?

    L.M. Heaman;B.A. Kjarsgaard

  • Between carbonatite and lamproite—Diamondiferous Torngat ultramafic lamprophyres formed by carbonate-fluxed melting of cratonic MARID-type metasomes

    Sebastian Tappe;Stephen F. Foley;Bruce A. Kjarsgaard;Rolf L. Romer

  • The temporal evolution of North American kimberlites

    Larry M. Heaman;Bruce A. Kjarsgaard;Robert A. Creaser

  • Integrating Ultramafic Lamprophyres into the IUGS Classification of Igneous Rocks: Rationale and Implications

    Sebastian Tappe;Stephen F. Foley;George A. Jenner;Bruce A. Kjarsgaard

  • Geochemistry of hypabyssal kimberlites from Lac de Gras, Canada: Comparisons to a global database and applications to the parent magma problem

    B.A. Kjarsgaard;D.G. Pearson;S. Tappe;G.M. Nowell

  • The timing of kimberlite magmatism in North America: implications for global kimberlite genesis and diamond exploration

    L.M Heaman;B.A Kjarsgaard;R.A Creaser

  • Carbonatites—Into the Twenty-First Century

    K. Bell;B. A. Kjarsgaard;A. Simonetti

  • Liquid immiscibility and the origin of alkali-poor carbonatites

    Unknown

  • Phase relations of a Carbonated High-CaO Nephelinite at 0.2 and 0.5 GPa

    B. A. Kjarsgaard

  • Nephelinite-carbonatite liquid immiscibility at Shombole volcano, East Africa: Petrographic and experimental evidence

    B. Kjarsgaard;T. Peterson

  • Mantle transition zone input to kimberlite magmatism near a subduction zone: Origin of anomalous Nd–Hf isotope systematics at Lac de Gras, Canada

    Sebastian Tappe;Sebastian Tappe;D. Graham Pearson;Bruce A. Kjarsgaard;Geoff Nowell

  • Constraints on the depth and thermal history of cratonic lithosphere from peridotite xenoliths, xenocrysts and seismology

    Kathy A. Mather;D. Graham Pearson;Dan McKenzie;Bruce A. Kjarsgaard

  • Peralkaline Nephelinite/Carbonatite Liquid Immiscibility: Comparison of Phase Compositions in Experiments and Natural Lavas from Oldoinyo Lengai

    Unknown

  • Torngat ultramafic lamprophyres and their relation to the North Atlantic Alkaline Province

    Sebastian Tappe;Sebastian Tappe;George A. Jenner;Stephen F. Foley;Larry Heaman

  • A Re–Os isotope and PGE study of kimberlite-derived peridotite xenoliths from Somerset Island and a comparison to the Slave and Kaapvaal cratons

    G. J. Irvine;D. G. Pearson;B. A. Kjarsgaard;R. W. Carlson

  • Liquid immiscibility between trachyte and carbonate in ash flow tuffs from Kenya.

    R. Macdonald;B. A. Kjarsgaard;I. P. Skilling;G. R. Davies

  • Unbedded diatreme deposits reveal maar-diatreme-forming eruptive processes: Standing Rocks West, Hopi Buttes, Navajo Nation, USA

    N. S. Lefebvre;J. D. L. White;B. A. Kjarsgaard

  • Mineralogy of primary carbonate-bearing hypabyssal kimberlite, Lac de Gras, Slave Province, Northwest Territories, Canada

    John P. Armstrong;Mark Wilson;Robert L. Barnett;Tom Nowicki

  • Tracking the Late Jurassic apparent (or true) polar shift in U‐Pb‐dated kimberlites from cratonic North America (Superior Province of Canada)

    Dennis V. Kent;Bruce A. Kjarsgaard;Jeffrey S. Gee;Giovanni Muttoni

  • Proceedings of 10th International Kimberlite Conference

    D Graham Pearson;Herman S Grütter;Jeff W Harris;Bruce A Kjarsgaard

Frequent Co-Authors

Larry M. Heaman
Larry M. Heaman University of Alberta
Sebastian Tappe
Sebastian Tappe TU Bergakademie Freiberg
D.G. Pearson
D.G. Pearson University of Alberta
Thomas Stachel
Thomas Stachel University of Alberta
Stephen F. Foley
Stephen F. Foley Macquarie University
George A. Jenner
George A. Jenner Memorial University of Newfoundland
Simon E. Jackson
Simon E. Jackson Geological Survey of Canada
Geoff Nowell
Geoff Nowell Durham University
Andreas Stracke
Andreas Stracke University of Münster
Roger H. Mitchell
Roger H. Mitchell Lakehead University

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