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Colin G. Macpherson

Colin G. Macpherson

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Earth Science

D-Index
46
Citations
8852
World Ranking
4179
National Ranking
471

Overview

Colin G. Macpherson is a researcher affiliated with Durham University in the United Kingdom. Their work primarily spans the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on geophysics as the leading subfield. Additional areas of study include archeology, paleontology, ecology, and geology, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to understanding Earth's processes and history.

The scientist has contributed significantly to several main topics within their research domain. These include geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, and high-pressure geophysics and materials. Macpherson has also engaged in geological and tectonic studies in Latin America, forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology studies, archaeology and ancient environmental studies, and broad geological and geophysical studies worldwide.

Regarding recent publications, Macpherson co-authored multiple papers published between 2020 and 2022. These include:

  • Variable water input controls evolution of the Lesser Antilles volcanic arc, 2020, Nature
  • Intertropical convergence zone variability in the Neotropics during the Common Era, 2020, Science Advances
  • The principles of helium exploration, 2022, Petroleum Geoscience
  • Subduction history of the Caribbean from upper-mantle seismic imaging and plate reconstruction, 2021, Nature Communications
  • A Triassic to Jurassic arc in north Borneo: Geochronology, geochemistry, and genesis of the Segama Valley Felsic Intrusions and the Sabah ophiolite, 2020, Gondwana Research

Macpherson frequently collaborates with a group of co-authors, indicating ongoing research partnerships. These collaborators include George F. Cooper, Saskia Goes, Jenny Collier, Lidong Bie, and Nicholas Harmon.

The scientist's work appears regularly in reputable publication venues. Notable venues with several publications are Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Nature, Science Advances, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Petroleum Geoscience.

Best Publications

  • Adakites without slab melting: High pressure differentiation of island arc magma, Mindanao, the Philippines

    Colin G. Macpherson;Scott T. Dreher;Matthew F. Thirlwall

  • Amphibole “sponge” in arc crust?

    Jon Davidson;Simon Turner;Heather Handley;Colin Macpherson

  • Oxygen isotope composition of mantle peridotite

    David Mattey;David Lowry;Colin Macpherson

  • Petrogenesis of Quaternary Intraplate Volcanism, Sana'a, Yemen: Implications for Plume-Lithosphere Interaction and Polybaric Melt Hybridization

    J.A. Baker;M.A. Menzies;M.F. Thirlwall;C.G. MacPherson

  • Extreme 3He/4He ratios in northwest Iceland: constraining the common component in mantle plumes

    David R. Hilton;Karl Grönvold;Colin G. Macpherson;Paterno R. Castillo

  • Resolution of the effects of crustal assimilation, sediment subduction, and fluid transport in island arc magmas: PbSrNdO isotope geochemistry of Grenada, Lesser Antilles

    M.F. Thirlwall;A.M. Graham;R.J. Arculus;R.S. Harmon

  • Evidence for distinct proportions of subducted oceanic crust and lithosphere in HIMU-type mantle beneath El Hierro and La Palma, Canary Islands

    James M.D. Day;James M.D. Day;D. Graham Pearson;Colin G. Macpherson;David Lowry

  • Tectonic setting of Eocene boninite magmatism in the Izu–Bonin–Mariana forearc

    Colin G. Macpherson;Colin G. Macpherson;Robert Hall

  • Aerosol forcing of the position of the intertropical convergence zone since ad 1550

    Harriet E. Ridley;Yemane Asmerom;James U. L. Baldini;Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach

  • Pyroxenite-rich mantle formed by recycled oceanic lithosphere: Oxygen-osmium isotope evidence from Canary Island lavas

    James M.D. Day;James M.D. Day;D. Graham Pearson;Colin G. Macpherson;David Lowry

  • Resolving Crustal and Mantle Contributions to Continental Flood Volcanism, Yemen; Constraints from Mineral Oxygen Isotope Data

    J. A. Baker;C. G. Macpherson;M. A. Menzies;M. F. Thirlwall

  • Constraining fluid and sediment contributions to subduction-related magmatism in Indonesia : Ijen Volcanic Complex.

    H. K. Handley;C. G. Macpherson;J. P. Davidson;K. Berlo

  • Titanium stable isotope investigation of magmatic processes on the Earth and Moon

    Marc-Alban Millet;Marc-Alban Millet;Nicolas Dauphas;Nicolas D. Greber;Kevin W. Burton

  • Lapita migrants in the Pacific's oldest cemetery: Isotopic analysis at Teouma, Vanuatu

    R. Alexander Bentley;Hallie R. Buckley;Matthew Spriggs;Stuart Bedford

  • High-precision oxygen isotope microanalysis of ferromagnesian minerals by laser-fluorination

    David Mattey;Colin Macpherson

  • Inter-element fractionation of highly siderophile elements in the Tonga Arc due to flux melting of a depleted source

    Christopher W. Dale;Colin G. Macpherson;D. Graham Pearson;Samantha J. Hammond

  • Variable water input controls evolution of the Lesser Antilles volcanic arc

    George F Cooper;George F Cooper;Colin G Macpherson;Jon D Blundy;Benjamin Maunder

  • Shifting Gender Relations at Khok Phanom Di, Thailand: Isotopic Evidence from the Skeletons

    R. Alexander Bentley;Nancy G. Tayles;Charles F.W. Higham;Colin G. Macpherson

  • High-3He/4He, depleted mantle and low-δ18O, recycled oceanic lithosphere in the source of central Iceland magmatism

    Colin G. Macpherson;David R. Hilton;James M.D. Day;David Lowry

  • Plio-Pleistocene intra-plate magmatism from the southern Sulu Arc, Semporna peninsula, Sabah, Borneo: Implications for high-Nb basalt in subduction zones

    Colin G. Macpherson;Colin G. Macpherson;Kai Kim Chiang;Robert Hall;Geoff M. Nowell

  • Trace Element and Isotope Geochemistry of the Volcanic Rocks of Bequia, Grenadine Islands, Lesser Antilles Arc: a Study of Subduction Enrichment and Intra-crustal Contamination

    T. E. Smith;M. F. Thirlwall;C. Macpherson

Frequent Co-Authors

Jon P. Davidson
Jon P. Davidson Durham University
David R. Hilton
David R. Hilton University of California, San Diego
Simon Turner
Simon Turner Macquarie University
Robert Hall
Robert Hall Royal Holloway University of London
Geoff Nowell
Geoff Nowell Durham University
James U. L. Baldini
James U. L. Baldini Durham University
David P. Mattey
David P. Mattey Royal Holloway University of London
Matthew F. Thirlwall
Matthew F. Thirlwall Royal Holloway University of London
James M.D. Day
James M.D. Day University of California, San Diego
John M. Sinton
John M. Sinton University of Hawaii at Manoa

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