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Overview

Don Porcelli is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and works primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans several subfields, including Geochemistry and Petrology, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Paleontology, and Astronomy and Astrophysics. The main topics of their work include Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, and Radioactive element chemistry and processing.

Porcelli's publication record features contributions to several scientific journals, with the most frequent venues including:

  • Chemical Geology
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Geology
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Marine Chemistry

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Porcelli include:

  • Estuarine processes modify the isotope composition of dissolved riverine barium fluxes to the ocean, 2021, Chemical Geology
  • Controls on the cadmium isotope composition of modern marine sediments, 2021, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Zinc- and cadmium-isotope evidence for redox-driven perturbations to global micronutrient cycles during Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (Late Cretaceous), 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • No effect of thermal maturity on the Mo, U, Cd, and Zn isotope compositions of Lower Jurassic organic-rich sediments, 2022, Geology
  • Controls on the Cd-isotope composition of Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) organic-rich mudrocks from south Texas (Eagle Ford Group), 2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

The scientist frequently collaborates with colleagues such as Gideon M. Henderson, Alexander J. Dickson, Hugh C. Jenkyns, Luke Bridgestock, and Joseph Nathan. These coauthors have appeared in multiple joint publications, indicating ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • The behavior of U- and Th-series nuclides in groundwater

    Donald Porcelli;Peter W. Swarzenski

  • Mass transfer of helium, neon, argon, and xenon through a steady-state upper mantle

    D. Porcelli;G. J. Wasserburg

  • An Overview of Noble Gas Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry

    Donald Porcelli;Chris J. Ballentine;Rainer Wieler

  • Thallium isotope variations in seawater and hydrogenetic, diagenetic, and hydrothermal ferromanganese deposits

    M. Rehkämper;Martin Frank;J. R. Hein;D. Porcelli

  • Cadmium isotope fractionation in seawater — A signature of biological activity

    S. Ripperger;M. Rehkämper;D. Porcelli;A.N. Halliday

  • U-Th isotope systematics from the Soreq cave, Israel and climatic correlations

    A. Kaufman;A. Kaufman;G.J. Wasserburg;D. Porcelli;M. Bar-Matthews

  • Models for Distribution of Terrestrial Noble Gases and Evolution of the Atmosphere

    Donald Porcelli;Chris J. Ballentine

  • The importance of colloids and mires for the transport of uranium isotopes through the Kalix River watershed and Baltic Sea

    D. Porcelli;P. S. Andersson;G. J. Wasserburg;Johan Ingri

  • Origin of Noble Gases in the Terrestrial Planets

    Robert O. Pepin;Donald Porcelli

  • Adsorption as a cause for iron isotope fractionation in reduced groundwater

    Nadya Teutsch;Nadya Teutsch;Urs von Gunten;Don Porcelli;Olaf A. Cirpka

  • Nonconservative behavior of dissolved organic carbon across the Laptev and East Siberian seas

    Vanja Alling;Laura Sanchez-Garcia;Don Porcelli;Sveta Pugach

  • Uranium isotope evidence for two episodes of deoxygenation during Oceanic Anoxic Event 2.

    Matthew O. Clarkson;Claudine H. Stirling;Hugh C. Jenkyns;Alexander J. Dickson;Alexander J. Dickson

  • The core as a possible source of mantle helium

    D Porcelli;A.N Halliday

  • Thallium isotope composition of the upper continental crust and rivers—An investigation of the continental sources of dissolved marine thallium

    Sune G. Nielsen;Mark Rehkämper;Don Porcelli;Per Andersson

  • Controls on the barium isotope compositions of marine sediments

    Luke Bridgestock;Yu-Te Hsieh;Donald Porcelli;William B. Homoky

  • Particle Transport of 234U-238U in the Kalix River and in the Baltic Sea

    P. S. Andersson;D. Porcelli;G. J. Wasserburg;Johan Ingri

  • Storage and Transport of Noble Gases in the Subcontinental Lithosphere

    Tibor J. Dunai;Donald Porcelli

  • Deep Earth rare gases: initial inventories, capture from the solar nebula, and losses during Moon formation

    D. Porcelli;D. Woolum;P. Cassen;P. Cassen

  • Chapter 4 Investigating Groundwater Processes Using U- and Th-Series Nuclides

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  • In search of lost planets – the paleocosmochemistry of the inner solar system

    A.N. Halliday;D. Porcelli

  • Transport of U- and Th-series nuclides in a Baltic shield watershed and the Baltic sea

    D. Porcelli;P.S. Andersson;M. Baskaran;G.J. Wasserburg

  • The contemporary degassing rate of 40Ar from the solid Earth

    Michael L. Bender;Bruce Barnett;Gabrielle Dreyfus;Jean Jouzel

Frequent Co-Authors

Per Andersson
Per Andersson Swedish Defence Research Agency
Alex N. Halliday
Alex N. Halliday Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Mark Baskaran
Mark Baskaran Wayne State University
Hugh C. Jenkyns
Hugh C. Jenkyns University of Oxford
Johan Ingri
Johan Ingri Luleå University of Technology
G. J. Wasserburg
G. J. Wasserburg California Institute of Technology
Igor Semiletov
Igor Semiletov Russian Academy of Sciences
Philip A.E. Pogge von Strandmann
Philip A.E. Pogge von Strandmann Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Carl-Magnus Mörth
Carl-Magnus Mörth Stockholm University
Claudine H. Stirling
Claudine H. Stirling University of Otago

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