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David E. Kelsey is affiliated with the University of Adelaide in Australia and has made contributions primarily in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Computer Science. Their research spans multiple subfields including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Atmospheric Science, Mechanics of Materials, and Geology.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies

Kelsey has a record of publishing in several scientific venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Journal of Metamorphic Geology
  • Gondwana Research
  • Geology
  • Precambrian Research
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Some of the recent papers include:

  • "Thorium zoning in monazite: A case study from the Ivrea-Verbano zone, NW Italy" (2022), Journal of Metamorphic Geology
  • "Time-strain evolution of shear zones from petrographically constrained Rb-Sr muscovite analysis" (2023), Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "Preserved intercratonic lithosphere reveals Proterozoic assembly of Australia" (2022), Geology
  • "Lithological fabric as a proxy for Rb-Sr isotopic complexity" (2022), Chemical Geology
  • "Metamorphic response within different subduction-obduction settings preserved on the NE Arabian margin" (2020), Gondwana Research

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Christopher L. Kirkland
  • Martin Hand
  • Kai Rankenburg
  • Laura J. Morrissey
  • Fawna J. Korhonen

Best Publications

  • Thermobarometric modelling of zircon and monazite growth in melt-bearing systems: examples using model metapelitic and metapsammitic granulites

    D. E. Kelsey;C. Clark;C. Clark;M. Hand

  • On ultrahigh-temperature crustal metamorphism

    David E. Kelsey

  • On ultrahigh temperature crustal metamorphism: phase equilibria, trace element thermometry, bulk composition, heat sources, timescales and tectonic settings

    David E. Kelsey;Martin Hand

  • Passage through India: the Mozambique Ocean suture, high-pressure granulites and the Palghat-Cauvery shear zone system

    Alan S. Collins;Chris Clark;K. Sajeev;M. Santosh

  • Progress in linking accessory mineral growth and breakdown to major mineral evolution in metamorphic rocks: a thermodynamic approach in the Na2O‐CaO‐K2O‐FeO‐MgO‐Al2O3‐SiO2‐H2O‐TiO2‐ZrO2 system

    D. E. Kelsey;R. Powell

  • High-Temperature Granite Magmatism, Crust–Mantle Interaction and the Mesoproterozoic Intracontinental Evolution of the Musgrave Province, Central Australia

    Robert H. Smithies;H.M. Howard;P. M. Evins;Christopher L. Kirkland

  • Calculated phase equilibria in K2O-FeO-MgO-Al2O3-SiO2-H2O for sapphirine-quartz-bearing mineral assemblages

    D. E. Kelsey;R. W. White;T. J. B. Holland;R. Powell

  • On the application of in situ monazite chemical geochronology to constraining P – T – t histories in high-temperature ( > 850 ° C) polymetamorphic granulites from Prydz Bay, East Antarctica

    D.E. Kelsey;D.E. Kelsey;M. Hand;C. Clark;C.J.L. Wilson

  • The Musgrave Province: Stitching north, west and south Australia

    B.P. Wade;D.E. Kelsey;M. Hand;K.M. Barovich

  • The burning heart - The Proterozoic geology and geological evolution of the west Musgrave Region, central Australia

    H. M. Howard;R. H. Smithies;C. L. Kirkland;D. E. Kelsey

  • Calculated phase equilibria in K2O‐FeO‐MgO‐Al2O3‐SiO2‐H2O for silica‐undersaturated sapphirine‐bearing mineral assemblages

    D. E. Kelsey;R. W. White;R. Powell

  • Three metamorphic events recorded in a single garnet: Integrated phase modelling, in situ LA‐ICPMS and SIMS geochronology from the Moine Supergroup, NW Scotland

    K. A. Cutts;P. D. Kinny;R. A. Strachan;M. Hand

  • Orthopyroxene-sillimanite-quartz assemblages: distribution, petrology, quantitative P-T-X constraints and P-T paths

    D. E. Kelsey;R. W. White;R. Powell

  • (Th+U)-Pb monazite ages from Al-Mg-rich metapelites, Rauer Group, east Antarctica

    D. E. Kelsey;R. Powell;C. J. L. Wilson;D. A. Steele

  • Paleoproterozoic orogenesis in the southeastern Gawler Craton, South Australia∗

    A. Reid;M. Hand;E. Jagodzinski;D. Kelsey

  • New constraints on metamorphism in the Rauer Group, Prydz Bay, east Antarctica

    D. E. Kelsey;R. W. White;R. Powell;C. J. L. Wilson

  • High-pressure granulites at the dawn of the Proterozoic

    Jade R. Anderson;Justin L. Payne;David E. Kelsey;Martin Hand

  • Discovery of a Neoproterozoic basin in the Prydz belt in East Antarctica and its implications for Gondwana assembly and ultrahigh temperature metamorphism

    D.E. Kelsey;B.P. Wade;A.S. Collins;M. Hand

  • Evidence for early Mesoproterozoic (ca. 1590 Ma) ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism in southern Australia

    K. Cutts;M. Hand;D.E. Kelsey

  • Long‐lived high‐T, low‐P granulite facies metamorphism in the Arunta Region, central Australia

    L. J. Morrissey;M. Hand;T. Raimondo;D. E. Kelsey

  • Ultrahigh-temperature crustal metamorphism

    David E. Kelsey

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Hand
Martin Hand University of Adelaide
Chris D. Clark
Chris D. Clark University of Sheffield
Alan S. Collins
Alan S. Collins University of Adelaide
M. Santosh
M. Santosh China University of Geosciences
Richard W. White
Richard W. White University of St Andrews
Justin L. Payne
Justin L. Payne University of South Australia
Roger Powell
Roger Powell University of Melbourne
Michael T.D. Wingate
Michael T.D. Wingate University of Western Australia
Christopher L. Kirkland
Christopher L. Kirkland Curtin University
Karin M. Barovich
Karin M. Barovich University of Adelaide

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