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Brazil
2026

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Earth Science

D-Index
51
Citations
8639
World Ranking
3267
National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Brazil Leader Award

Overview

Farid Chemale is affiliated with Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos in Brazil and has contributed extensively to Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on Geophysics, Environmental Chemistry, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Artificial Intelligence, and Geology. Their research encompasses a broad range of topics including Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geological and Geophysical Studies, Astro and Planetary Science, and Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies.

The scientist's frequently published work appears in several key venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) at La Trobe University, Journal of South American Earth Sciences, Precambrian Research, and Gondwana Research.

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Evaluation of machine learning methods for lithology classification using geophysical data, 2020, Computers & Geosciences
  • Multi-proxy evidence for subduction of the Neoproterozoic Adamastor Ocean and Wilson cycle tectonics in the South Atlantic Brasiliano Orogenic System of Western Gondwana, 2022, Precambrian Research
  • Timing of the Late Palaeozoic glaciation in western Gondwana: New ages and correlations from Paganzo and Paraná basins, 2020, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Integration of elemental and isotope data supports a Neoproterozoic Adamastor Ocean realm, 2021, Geochemical Perspectives Letters
  • Multi-stage crustal accretion by magmatic flare-up and quiescence intervals in the western margin of the São Francisco Craton: U-Pb-Hf and geochemical constraints from the Almas Terrane, 2020, Gondwana Research

Frequent co-authors include:

  • T. Yang
  • Katerina Petronotis
  • Xixi Zhao
  • W. Chen
  • K.T. Pickering

The range of study fields and topics suggests a multidisciplinary approach integrating geophysical analysis with geochemical and geological data, alongside artificial intelligence techniques to address classification problems in earth sciences. Their research in methane hydrates and related phenomena indicates engagement with energy resources and environmental chemistry aspects within geosciences.

Best Publications

  • Sequence stratigraphy of continental Triassic strata of Southernmost Brazil: a contribution to Southwestern Gondwana palaeogeography and palaeoclimate

    Henrique Zerfass;Ernesto Luiz Lavina;Cesar Leandro Schultz;Antônio Jorge Vasconcellos Garcia

  • The tectonic evolution of the Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Minas Gerais, Brazil

    Farid Chemale;Carlos A. Rosière;Issamu Endo

  • Unravelling a Proterozoic basin history through detrital zircon geochronology: The case of the Espinhaço Supergroup, Minas Gerais, Brazil

    Farid Chemale;Ivo A. Dussin;Fernando F. Alkmim;Maximiliano Sousa Martins

  • The Pb/Pb age of the Minas Supergroup carbonate rocks, Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Brazil

    Marly Babinski;Farid Chemale;William R. Van Schmus

  • JUVENILE ACCRETION AT 750-700 MA IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL

    Marly Babinski;Farid Chemale Jr.;Leo Afraneo Hartmann;W. R. Van Schmus

  • U-Pb and Sm-Nd geochronology of the neoproterozoic granitic-gneissic Dom Feliciano belt, Southern Brazil

    Marly Babinski;Farid Chemale;W.R. Van Schmus;Leo Afrâneo Hartmann

  • Age and autochthonous evolution of the Sunsás Orogen in West Amazon Craton based on mapping and U–Pb geochronology

    J.O.S. Santos;G.J. Rizzotto;P.E. Potter;N.J. McNaughton

  • The Amazon at sea: Onset and stages of the Amazon River from a marine record, with special reference to Neogene plant turnover in the drainage basin

    Carina Hoorn;Giovanni R. Bogotá-A;Giovanni R. Bogotá-A;Millerlandy Romero-Baez;Emmy I. Lammertsma;Emmy I. Lammertsma

  • Evaluation of machine learning methods for lithology classification using geophysical data

    Thiago Santi Bressan;Marcelo Kehl de Souza;Tiago J. Girelli;Farid Chemale Junior

  • Evolução tectônica do Cinturão Dom Feliciano no Sul do Brasil: relações geológicas e geocronologia U-Pb

    Ruy Paulo Philipp;Marcio Martins Pimentel;Farid Chemale Jr

  • The precise temporal calibration of dinosaur origins

    Claudia Alicia Marsicano;Randall Irmis;Adriana Cecilia Mancuso;Roland Mundil

  • Tectonics and sedimentation in Southern South America during Triassic

    Henrique Zerfass;Farid Chemale;Cesar Leandro Schultz;Ernesto Lavina

  • SHRIMP U/Pb zircon geochronology of Neoproterozoic juvenile and crustal-reworked terranes in southernmost Brazil

    Jayme A. D. Leite;LéO A. Hartman;Neal J. Mcnaughton;Farid Chemale

  • Age constraints on crystal-tuff from the Espinhaço Supergroup — Insight into the Paleoproterozoic to Mesoproterozoic intracratonic basin cycles of the Congo–São Francisco Craton

    Felipe Guadagnin;Felipe Guadagnin;Farid Chemale;Farid Chemale;Antônio J.C. Magalhães;Ana Santana;Ana Santana

  • Late- to post-orogenic basins of the Pan-African – Brasiliano collision orogen in southern Africa and southern Brazil

    P. G. Gresse;F. Chemale;L. C. Da Silva;F. Walraven

  • Tectonic setting and U/Pb zircon dating of the plutonic Socorro Complex in the Transpressive Rio Paraíba do Sul Shear Belt, SE Brazil

    H. D. Ebert;F. Chemale;M. Babinski;A. C. Artur

  • Isotope geochemistry and geochronology of the Nico Pérez Terrane, Rio de la Plata Craton, Uruguay

    Guilherme Mallmann;Farid Chemale;Janaina N. Avila;K. Kawashita

  • Pb-Pb dating and Pb isotope geochemistry of Neoproterozoic carbonate rocks from the Sao Francisco basin, Brazil: ˜ implications for the mobility of Pb isotopes during tectonism and metamorphism

    Marly Babinski;W.R Van Schmus;Farid Chemale

  • ITABIRITOS E MINÉRIOS DE FERRO DE ALTO TEOR DO QUADRILÁTERO FERRÍFERO – UMA VISÃO GERAL E DISCUSSÃO

    Carlos A. Rosière;Farid Chemale

  • Provenance of the Arroyo del Soldado Group (Ediacaran to Cambrian, Uruguay): Implications for the paleogeographic evolution of southwestern Gondwana

    Gonzalo Blanco;H.M. Rajesh;Claudio Gaucher;Gerard J.B. Germs

  • Highly 13C-enriched carbonate and organic matter in the Neoproterozoic sediments of the BambuíGroup, Brazil

    S. Iyer;M. Babinski;H. Krouse;F. Chemalejr

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlos A. Cingolani
Carlos A. Cingolani National University of La Plata
Kevin T. Pickering
Kevin T. Pickering University College London
Koji Kawashita
Koji Kawashita Universidade de São Paulo
Kitty L. Milliken
Kitty L. Milliken The University of Texas at Austin
Steffen Kutterolf
Steffen Kutterolf Kiel University
Ivo Antônio Dussin
Ivo Antônio Dussin Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Richard Armstrong
Richard Armstrong Australian National University
Brandon Dugan
Brandon Dugan Colorado School of Mines
Jan Backman
Jan Backman Stockholm University
Marly Babinski
Marly Babinski Universidade de São Paulo

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