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David R. M. Pattison

David R. M. Pattison

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Earth Science

D-Index
40
Citations
5705
World Ranking
5864
National Ranking
293

Overview

David R. M. Pattison is affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on Geophysics and Geochemistry and Petrology within this field. Their research spans various subfields including Artificial Intelligence, Earth-Surface Processes, and Paleontology.

The scientist's work frequently explores topics such as:

  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Mineralogy and Gemology Studies
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies

Pattison has contributed papers to a range of publication venues, notably:

  • Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
  • Geology
  • Journal of Petrology
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Several key recent publications include:

  • "Ferrous/ferric (Fe2+/Fe3+) partitioning among silicates in metapelites," 2021, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • "Major-element geochemistry of pelites," 2022, Geology
  • "Metamorphism of the Buchan type-area, NE Scotland and its relation to the adjacent Barrovian domain," 2021, Journal of the Geological Society
  • "Nailed to the craton: Stratigraphic continuity across the southeastern Canadian Cordillera with tectonic implications for ribbon continent models," 2020, Geology
  • "Bulk Compositional Influence on Diverse Metapelitic Mineral Assemblages in the Whetstone Lake Area, Ontario," 2023, Journal of Petrology

The scientist collaborates frequently, working most often with Jacob B. Forshaw, with whom they share multiple publications. Other notable co-authors include P S Simony, Douglas R. MacLeod, Shantal A. Goldsmith, and Alexandra B. Nagurney.

Best Publications

  • Temperatures of Granulite-facies Metamorphism: Constraints from Experimental Phase Equilibria and Thermobarometry Corrected for Retrograde Exchange

    David R. M. Pattison;Thomas Chacko;James Farquhar;Christopher R. M. McFARLANE

  • Stability of Andalusite and Sillimanite and the Al2SiO5 Triple Point: Constraints from the Ballachulish Aureole, Scotland

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  • Reversed experimental calibration of the garnet-clinopyroxene Fe — Mg exchange thermometer

    D. R. M. Pattison;R. C. Newton

  • Phase equilibria and thermobarometry of metapelites

    David R. M. Pattison;Robert J. Tracy

  • Petrogenetic significance of orthopyroxene-free garnet+clinopyroxene+plagioclase±quartz-bearing metabasites with respect to the amphibolite and granulite facies

    D. R. M. Pattison

  • Reassessment of the garnet-clinopyroxene Fe-Mg exchange thermometer: II. Thermodynamic analysis

    R. G. Berman;L. Ya Aranovich;D. R. M. Pattison

  • On the Initiation of Metamorphic Sulfide Anatexis

    Andrew G. Tomkins;Andrew G. Tomkins;David R. M. Pattison;B. Ronald Frost

  • The Hemlo Gold Deposit, Ontario: An Example of Melting and Mobilization of a Precious Metal-Sulfosalt Assemblage during Amphibolite Facies Metamorphism and Deformation

    Andrew G. Tomkins;David R. M. Pattison;Eva Zaleski

  • Zoning patterns in orthopyroxene and garnet in granulites: implications for geothermometry

    D. R. M. Pattison;N. J. Bégin

  • Interplay between equilibrium and kinetics in prograde metamorphism of pelites: an example from the Nelson aureole, British Columbia

    D. R. M. Pattison;D. K. Tinkham

  • Petrological consequences of variations in metamorphic reaction affinity

    D.R.M. Pattison;C. de Capitani;Fred Gaidies;Fred Gaidies

  • Genesis of the Kapuskasing (Ontario) migmatitic mafic granulites by dehydration melting of amphibolite: the importance of quartz to reaction progress

    T. H. D. Hartel;D. R. M. Pattison

  • Genesis of monazite and Y zoning in garnet from the Black Hills, South Dakota

    Panseok Yang;David Pattison

  • Thermodynamic modelling of the reaction muscovite+cordierite→Al2SiO5+biotite+quartz+ H2O: constraints from natural assemblages and implications for the metapelitic petrogenetic grid

    D. R. M. Pattison;F. S. Spear;C. L. Debuhr;J. T. Cheney

  • Evolution of structurally contrasting anatectic migmatites in the 3‐kbar Ballachulish aureole, Scotland

    D.R.M. Pattison;B. Harte

  • Instability of Al2SiO5 “triple-point” assemblages in muscovite+biotite+quartz-bearing metapelites, with implications

    David R.M. Pattison

  • Accessory phase petrogenesis in relation to major phase assemblages in pelites from the Nelson contact aureole, southern British Columbia

    H. S. Tomkins;D. R. M. Pattison

  • The implications of overstepping for metamorphic assemblage diagrams (MADs)

    Frank S. Spear;David R.M. Pattison

  • Toward a quantitative model of metamorphic nucleation and growth

    F. Gaidies;D. R. M. Pattison;C. de Capitani

  • CONTRASTING SEQUENCES OF METAPELITIC MINERAL-ASSEMBLAGES IN THE AUREOLE OF THE TILTED NELSON BATHOLITH, BRITISH COLUMBIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR PHASE EQUILIBRIA AND PRESSURE DETERMINATION IN ANDALUSITE–SILLIMANITE-TYPE SETTINGS

    David R.M. Pattison;James J. Vogl

  • A comparison of observed and thermodynamically predicted phase equilibria and mineral compositions in mafic granulites

    Jacob B. Forshaw;David J. Waters;David R. M. Pattison;Richard M. Palin

  • ARSENOPYRITE MELTING DURING METAMORPHISM OF SULFIDE ORE DEPOSITS

    Andrew G. Tomkins;B. Ronald Frost;David R.M. Pattison

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank S. Spear
Frank S. Spear Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Ben Harte
Ben Harte University of Edinburgh
Andrew George Tomkins
Andrew George Tomkins Monash University
David J. Waters
David J. Waters University of Oxford
Richard M. Palin
Richard M. Palin University of Oxford
Edward D. Ghent
Edward D. Ghent University of Calgary
David R. Lentz
David R. Lentz University of New Brunswick
William D. Carlson
William D. Carlson The University of Texas at Austin
Robert C. Newton
Robert C. Newton University of California, Los Angeles
Marc Jolivet
Marc Jolivet University of Rennes

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