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  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

David Selby is affiliated with Durham University in the United Kingdom and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on several subfields including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Paleontology, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Atmospheric Science. Their research spans a broad range of topics related to geological and geochemical analysis, geochemistry and geologic mapping, as well as paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils.

The main areas of study in David Selby's work include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis

Frequent collaborators in Selby's research include Bradley B. Sageman, Jeremy M. Lloyd, R. E. Holdsworth, Edward D. Dempsey, and Luca Podrecca. These coauthors have worked extensively with Selby across various projects contributing to multiple publications.

Selby's research has been published in several notable venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Journal of the Geological Society
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Chemical Geology
  • Geology
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin

Some recent representative papers authored or coauthored by Selby are:

  • "Direct coupling between carbon release and weathering during the Toarcian oceanic anoxic event," 2020, published in Geology
  • "Regional chronostratigraphic synthesis of the Cenomanian-Turonian Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (OAE2) interval, Western Interior Basin (USA): New Re-Os chemostratigraphy and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology," 2020, published in Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • "Implications for Ediacaran biological evolution from the ca. 602 Ma Lantian biota in China," 2022, published in Geology
  • "Late Barremian / Early Aptian Re-Os age of the Ipubi Formation black shales: Stratigraphic and paleoenvironmental implications for Araripe Basin, northeastern Brazil," 2020, published in Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • "Osmium and lithium isotope evidence for weathering feedbacks linked to orbitally paced organic carbon burial and Silurian glaciations," 2021, published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Throughout their career, David Selby has been recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America. This award is noted without a specified year or citation.

Best Publications

  • Macroscale NTIMS and microscale LA-MC-ICP-MS Re-Os isotopic analysis of molybdenite: Testing spatial restrictions for reliable Re-Os age determinations, and implications for the decoupling of Re and Os within molybdenite

    David Selby;Robert A. Creaser

  • Giant Mesozoic gold provinces related to the destruction of the North China craton

    Jian-Wei Li;Shi-Jian Bi;David Selby;Lei Chen

  • Re-Os Geochronology and Systematics in Molybdenite from the Endako Porphyry Molybdenum Deposit, British Columbia, Canada

    David Selby;Robert A. Creaser

  • Re-Os geochronology of organic rich sediments: an evaluation of organic matter analysis methods

    David Selby;Robert A. Creaser

  • Re-Os geochronology of postglacial black shales in Australia: Constraints on the timing of “Sturtian” glaciation

    Brian Kendall;Robert A. Creaser;David Selby

  • Re-Os geochronology and coupled Os-Sr isotope constraints on the Sturtian snowball Earth

    Alan D. Rooney;Francis A. Macdonald;Justin V. Strauss;Francis Oe Dudas

  • Marine 187Os/188Os isotope stratigraphy reveals the interaction of volcanism and ocean circulation during Oceanic Anoxic Event 2

    Alice D.C. Du Vivier;David Selby;Bradley B. Sageman;Ian Jarvis

  • Constraints on the timing of Marinoan “Snowball Earth” glaciation by 187Re–187Os dating of a Neoproterozoic, post-glacial black shale in Western Canada

    Brian S. Kendall;Robert A. Creaser;Gerald M. Ross;David Selby

  • Direct Radiometric Dating of Hydrocarbon Deposits Using Rhenium-Osmium Isotopes

    David Selby;David Selby;Robert A. Creaser;Robert A. Creaser

  • Carbon sequestration in an expanded lake system during the Toarcian oceanic anoxic event

    Weimu Xu;Micha Ruhl;Hugh C. Jenkyns;Stephen P. Hesselbo

  • Re–Os geochronology of a Mesoproterozoic sedimentary succession, Taoudeni basin, Mauritania: Implications for basin-wide correlations and Re–Os organic-rich sediments systematics

    Alan D. Rooney;David Selby;Jean-Pierre Houzay;Paul R. Renne;Paul R. Renne

  • Further evaluation of the Re-Os geochronometer in organic-rich sedimentary rocks: A test of hydrocarbon maturation effects in the Exshaw Formation, Western Canada Sedimentary Basin

    Robert A Creaser;Poulomi Sannigrahi;Thomas Chacko;David Selby

  • Assessment of the 187Re decay constant by cross calibration of Re–Os molybdenite and U–Pb zircon chronometers in magmatic ore systems

    David Selby;David Selby;Robert A. Creaser;Holly J. Stein;Holly J. Stein;Richard J. Markey

  • From a long-lived upper-crustal magma chamber to rapid porphyry copper emplacement : reading the geochemistry of zircon crystals at Bajo de la Alumbrera (NW Argentina).

    Yannick Buret;Albrecht von Quadt;Christoph Heinrich;David Selby

  • Standardizing Re–Os geochronology: A new molybdenite Reference Material (Henderson, USA) and the stoichiometry of Os salts

    Richard Markey;Holly J. Stein;Judith L. Hannah;Aaron Zimmerman

  • Absolute timing of sulfide and gold mineralization: A comparison of Re-Os molybdenite and Ar-Ar mica methods from the Tintina Gold Belt, Alaska

    David Selby;Robert A. Creaser;Craig J.R. Hart;Cameron S. Rombach

  • Age and source constraints for the giant Muruntau gold deposit, Uzbekistan, from coupled Re-Os-He isotopes in arsenopyrite

    Ryan Morelli;Robert A. Creaser;Reimar Seltmann;Finlay M. Stuart

  • Redox heterogeneity of subsurface waters in the Mesoproterozoic ocean

    E. A. Sperling;A. D. Rooney;A. D. Rooney;L. Hays;V. N. Sergeev

  • Chemical composition of biotite from the Casino porphyry Cu–Au–Mo mineralization, Yukon, Canada: evaluation of magmatic and hydrothermal fluid chemistry

    David Selby;Bruce E Nesbitt

  • The Early Cretaceous Yangzhaiyu Lode Gold Deposit, North China Craton: A Link Between Craton Reactivation and Gold Veining

    Jian-Wei Li;Zhan-Ke Li;Mei-Fu Zhou;Lei Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert A. Creaser
Robert A. Creaser University of Alberta
Bradley B. Sageman
Bradley B. Sageman Northwestern University
Darren R. Gröcke
Darren R. Gröcke Durham University
Kevin W. Burton
Kevin W. Burton Durham University
Jian-Wei Li
Jian-Wei Li China University of Geosciences
Chris J. Ottley
Chris J. Ottley Durham University
Robert E. Holdsworth
Robert E. Holdsworth Durham University
Daniel J. Condon
Daniel J. Condon British Geological Survey
Robert Moritz
Robert Moritz University of Geneva
Mei-Fu Zhou
Mei-Fu Zhou Chinese Academy of Sciences

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