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David C. Champion

David C. Champion

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Earth Science

D-Index
37
Citations
9809
World Ranking
6678
National Ranking
333

Overview

David C. Champion is affiliated with Geoscience Australia in Australia and has a research profile spanning Earth and Planetary Sciences and Computer Science. Their work is concentrated particularly within the subfields of Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Mechanics of Materials, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's main topics of study include Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, earthquake and tectonic studies, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, and Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods.

Recent publications by David C. Champion span several journals and cover diverse aspects of geological and geochemical research. Notable papers include:

  • Oxygen isotopes trace the origins of Earth's earliest continental crust, 2021, Nature
  • Hydrogen in Australian natural gas: occurrences, sources and resources, 2021, The APPEA Journal
  • TTG generation by fluid-fluxed crustal melting: Direct evidence from the Proterozoic Georgetown Inlier, NE Australia, 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Zinc on the edge-isotopic and geophysical evidence that cratonic edges control world-class shale-hosted zinc-lead deposits, 2022, Mineralium Deposita
  • Applications of Pb isotopes in granite K-feldspar and Pb evolution in the Yilgarn Craton, 2021, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

The scientist frequently publishes in journals such as Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Journal of Geochemical Exploration, Chemical Geology, Nature, and The APPEA Journal. Collaboration is evident with frequent co-authors including David L. Huston, R.H. Smithies, Karol Czarnota, Yongjun Lu, and Christopher L. Kirkland.

The research emphasizes various aspects of geochemical processes, tectonic and geophysical phenomena, and materials under high pressure, often linking detailed analytical methods with regional geological studies. Their involvement in hydrocarbon exploration is reflected in studies of natural gas occurrences and resource assessments.

This multifaceted profile underscores a combination of fieldwork, analytical geochemistry, and computational techniques likely informed by expertise in Artificial Intelligence, bridging physical sciences and data-driven approaches within Earth sciences.

Best Publications

  • An overview of adakite, tonalite–trondhjemite–granodiorite (TTG), and sanukitoid: relationships and some implications for crustal evolution

    H Martin;R H Smithies;Robert Rapp;J F M Moyen

  • The Archaean High-Mg Diorite Suite: Links to Tonalite–Trondhjemite–Granodiorite Magmatism and Implications for Early Archaean Crustal Growth

    R. H. Smithies;D. C. Champion

  • Review: secular tectonic evolution of Archean continental crust: interplay between horizontal and vertical processes in the formation of the Pilbara Craton, Australia

    Martin J. Van Kranendonk;R. Hugh Smithies;Arthur H. Hickman;D.C. Champion

  • Formation of Earth’s early Archaean continental crust

    R.H. Smithies;D.C. Champion;K.F. Cassidy

  • Formation of Paleoarchean continental crust through infracrustal melting of enriched basalt

    R.H. Smithies;D.C. Champion;M.J. Van Kranendonk

  • Geochemistry and Nd isotope systematics of Archaean granites of the Eastern Goldfields, Yilgarn Craton, Australia: implications for crustal growth processes

    D.C. Champion;J.W. Sheraton

  • Modern-style subduction processes in the Mesoarchaean: Geochemical evidence from the 3.12 Ga Whundo intra-oceanic arc

    R.H. Smithies;D.C. Champion;M.J. Van Kranendonk;H.M. Howard

  • Geodynamics of the eastern Yilgarn Craton

    K. Czarnota;D.C. Champion;B. Goscombe;R.S. Blewett

  • It started with a plume – early Archaean basaltic proto-continental crust

    R.H. Smithies;M.J. Van Kranendonk;D.C. Champion

  • The Mesoarchean emergence of modern-style subduction

    R.H. Smithies;M.J. Van Kranendonk;D.C. Champion

  • Chapter 4.1 Paleoarchean Development of a Continental Nucleus: the East Pilbara Terrane of the Pilbara Craton, Western Australia

    Martin J. Van Kranendonk;R. Hugh Smithies;Arthur H. Hickman;David C. Champion

  • Chapter 4.3 Geochemistry of Paleoarchean Granites of the East Pilbara Terrane, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia: Implications for Early Archean Crustal Growth

    David C. Champion;R. Hugh Smithies

  • Making it thick: a volcanic plateau origin of Palaeoarchean continental lithosphere of the Pilbara and Kaapvaal cratons

    Martin J. Van Kranendonk;Martin J. Van Kranendonk;R. Hugh Smithies;William L. Griffin;David L. Huston

  • Tectono-metallogenic systems — The place of mineral systems within tectonic evolution, with an emphasis on Australian examples

    David L. Huston;Terrence P. Mernagh;Steffen G. Hagemann;Michael P. Doublier

  • No evidence for high-pressure melting of Earth's crust in the Archean

    Robert H. Smithies;Yongjun Lu;Tim E. Johnson;Tim E. Johnson;Christopher L. Kirkland

  • SHRIMP U-Pb zircon age constraints on the Late Archaean tectonostratigraphic architecture of the Eastern Goldfields Superterrane, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia

    Natalie Kositcin;Stuart J.A. Brown;Mark E. Barley;Bryan Krapež

  • The geochemical and SrNd isotopic characteristics of Paleozoic fractionated S-types granites of north Queensland: Implications for S-type granite petrogenesis

    David C. Champion;Robert J. Bultitude

  • Oxygen isotopes trace the origins of Earth's earliest continental crust

    Robert H Smithies;Robert H Smithies;Yongjun Lu;Yongjun Lu;Christopher L Kirkland;Tim E Johnson;Tim E Johnson

  • Hydrogen in Australian natural gas: occurrences, sources and resources

    Christopher J. Boreham;Dianne S. Edwards;Krystian Czado;Nadege Rollet

  • Late Archaean felsic alkaline igneous rocks in the Eastern Goldfields, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia: a result of lower crustal delamination?

    R. H. Smithies;D. C. Champion

  • Scale-integrated architecture of a world-class gold mineral system: The Archaean eastern Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia

    R.S. Blewett;P.A. Henson;I.G. Roy;D.C. Champion

  • The case for Archaean boninites

    R. Hugh. Smithies;David C. Champion;Shen-Su Sun

Frequent Co-Authors

David L. Huston
David L. Huston Geoscience Australia
Martin J. Van Kranendonk
Martin J. Van Kranendonk Curtin University
Tim E. Johnson
Tim E. Johnson Curtin University
Yongjun Lu
Yongjun Lu Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety
Terrence P. Mernagh
Terrence P. Mernagh Australian National University
Charlotte M. Allen
Charlotte M. Allen Queensland University of Technology
Michael T.D. Wingate
Michael T.D. Wingate University of Western Australia
Steffen Hagemann
Steffen Hagemann University of Western Australia
Marc Poujol
Marc Poujol University of Rennes
William J. Collins
William J. Collins University of Reading

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