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Christopher J. Spencer

Christopher J. Spencer

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
50
Citations
7844
World Ranking
3469
National Ranking
160

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Young Scientist Award (Donath Medal), The Geological Society of America
  • 1967 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Christopher J. Spencer is affiliated with Queen's University in Canada and has a significant body of research primarily focused on Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans various subfields including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

Their research topics cover a broad spectrum of geological and geochemical studies such as:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis

Some of their recent published papers include:

  • The supercontinent cycle, 2021, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • The role of megacontinents in the supercontinent cycle, 2020, Geology
  • Distinct formation history for deep-mantle domains reflected in geochemical differences, 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • Molybdenum isotopes unmask slab dehydration and melting beneath the Mariana arc, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Analyses from a validated global U Pb detrital zircon database: Enhanced methods for filtering discordant U Pb zircon analyses and optimizing crystallization age estimates, 2021, Earth-Science Reviews

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Spencer include:

  • Xiaoping Xia
  • Ross N. Mitchell
  • Gui-Mei Lu
  • Nick M.W. Roberts
  • Stephen J. Puetz

Key venues where Spencer frequently publishes are:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Geology
  • Precambrian Research
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Lithos

Spencer has received recognition in the form of the Young Scientist Award (Donath Medal) from The Geological Society of America in 2020 and was a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1967.

Best Publications

  • Strategies towards statistically robust interpretations of in situ U–Pb zircon geochronology

    Christopher J. Spencer;Christopher L. Kirkland;Christopher L. Kirkland;Richard J.M. Taylor

  • LITHOPROBE-southern Vancouver Island: Cenozoic subduction complex imaged by deep seismic reflections: Reply

    R. M. Clowes;M. T. Brandon;A. G. Green;C. J. Yorath

  • The zircon archive of continent formation through time

    Nick M. W. Roberts;Christopher J. Spencer

  • Dunes on Titan observed by Cassini Radar

    J. Radebaugh;R. D. Lorenz;J. I. Lunine;S. D. Wall

  • The identification and significance of pure sediment-derived granites

    Thomas N. Hopkinson;Nigel B.W. Harris;Clare J. Warren;Christopher J. Spencer

  • Growth, destruction, and preservation of Earth's continental crust

    Christopher Spencer;N. Roberts;M. Santosh;M. Santosh;M. Santosh

  • The supercontinent cycle

    Ross N. Mitchell;Nan Zhang;Johanna Salminen;Yebo Liu

  • Generation and preservation of continental crust in the Grenville Orogeny

    Christopher J. Spencer;Peter A. Cawood;Chris J. Hawkesworth;Anthony R. Prave

  • A Cross‐Cultural Study of Young Children's Mapping Abilities

    Mark Blades;J M Blaut;Zhra Darvizeh;Silvia Elguea

  • Decoding Earth’s rhythms: Modulation of supercontinent cycles by longer superocean episodes

    Z.X. Li;R.N. Mitchell;C.J. Spencer;R. Ernst;R. Ernst

  • Strategies towards robust interpretations of in situ zircon Lu–Hf isotope analyses

    C.J. Spencer;C.J. Spencer;C.L. Kirkland;N.M.W. Roberts;N.J. Evans

  • Proterozoic onset of crustal reworking and collisional tectonics: Reappraisal of the zircon oxygen isotope record

    Christopher J. Spencer;Peter A. Cawood;Chris J. Hawkesworth;Timothy D. Raub

  • The closure of Palaeo-Tethys in Eastern Myanmar and Northern Thailand: New insights from zircon U–Pb and Hf isotope data

    N.J. Gardiner;M.P. Searle;C.K. Morley;Martin J. Whitehouse

  • A Palaeoproterozoic tectono-magmatic lull as a potential trigger for the supercontinent cycle

    Christopher J. Spencer;J. Brendan Murphy;J. Brendan Murphy;Christopher L. Kirkland;Yebo Liu

  • Linear dunes on Titan and earth: Initial remote sensing comparisons

    J. Radebaugh;R. Lorenz;T. Farr;P. Paillou

  • Depositional provenance of the Himalayan metamorphic core of Garhwal region, India: Constrained by U–Pb and Hf isotopes in zircons

    Christopher Spencer;R. Harris;M.J. Dorais

  • Abiological processes in the removal of silicate from sea water

    P.S. Liss;C.P. Spencer

  • The role of megacontinents in the supercontinent cycle

    Chong Wang;Chong Wang;Ross N. Mitchell;J. Brendan Murphy;Peng Peng

  • The metamorphism and exhumation of the Himalayan metamorphic core, eastern Garhwal region, India

    Christopher J. Spencer;Christopher J. Spencer;Ron A. Harris;Michael J. Dorais

  • Not all supercontinents are created equal: Gondwana-Rodinia case study

    Christopher J. Spencer;Chris J Hawkesworth;Peter A. Cawood;Bruno P M Dhuime;Bruno P M Dhuime

  • Evidence for melting mud in Earth's mantle from extreme oxygen isotope signatures in zircon

    Christopher J. Spencer;Aaron J. Cavosie;Aaron J. Cavosie;Timothy D. Raub;Hugh Rollinson

  • The crustal architecture of Myanmar imaged through zircon U-Pb, Lu-Hf and O isotopes: Tectonic and metallogenic implications

    Nicholas J. Gardiner;Michael P. Searle;Christopher K. Morley;Laurence J. Robb

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Blades
Mark Blades University of Sheffield
Ross N. Mitchell
Ross N. Mitchell Chinese Academy of Sciences
Christopher L. Kirkland
Christopher L. Kirkland Curtin University
Zheng-Xiang Li
Zheng-Xiang Li Curtin University
William J. Collins
William J. Collins University of Reading
Nick M.W. Roberts
Nick M.W. Roberts British Geological Survey
J. Brendan Murphy
J. Brendan Murphy St. Francis Xavier University
M. Santosh
M. Santosh China University of Geosciences
Noreen J. Evans
Noreen J. Evans Curtin University
Peter A. Cawood
Peter A. Cawood Monash University

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