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G. Nelson Eby is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Lowell in the United States and has contributed to research primarily within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans several subfields including Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology, Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, and Artificial Intelligence.

The scientist's research topics focus on Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Mineralogy and Gemology Studies, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Quasicrystal Structures and Properties, Archaeology and Rock Art Studies, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, and High-pressure Geophysics and Materials.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by G. Nelson Eby include:

  • Characterizing major and trace element concentrations, and radioactivity in bulk glass samples from the Trinity atomic test (2024, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity)
  • The smelters and the tree-an environmental story (2020, Geology Today)
  • CHEMICAL CLASSIFICATION AND INSIGHTS INTO THE FORMATION OF EMERALD DEPOSITS (2020, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America)
  • Accidental synthesis of a previously unknown quasicrystal in the first atomic bomb test (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • GEOCHEMISTRY AND PETROGENESIS OF CAPE ANN, MA, MESOZOIC DIKES (2021, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America)

Frequently collaborating with G. Nelson Eby are the following co-authors:

  • Luca Bindi
  • William P. Kolb
  • Paul D. Asimow
  • Terry C. Wallace
  • Paul J. Steinhardt

The main publication venues where Eby's work appears include:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
  • Geology Today
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts

Best Publications

  • Chemical subdivision of the A-type granitoids:Petrogenetic and tectonic implications

    G. Nelson Eby

  • The A-type granitoids: A review of their occurrence and chemical characteristics and speculations on their petrogenesis

    G.Nelson Eby

  • The Cretaceous Separation Point batholith, New Zealand: granitoid magmas formed by melting of mafic lithosphere

    R.J. Muir;S.D. Weaver;J.D. Bradshaw;G.N. Eby

  • Principles of Environmental Geochemistry

    G. Nelson Eby

  • Geochemistry of beach sands along the western Gulf of Mexico, Mexico: Implication for provenance

    John S. Armstrong-Altrin;Yong Il Lee;Juan J. Kasper-Zubillaga;A. Carranza-Edwards

  • Geochronology and geochemistry of a Mesozoic magmatic arc system, Fiordland, New Zealand

    R. J. Muir;T. R. Ireland;S. D. Weaver;J. D. Bradshaw

  • Abundance and distribution of the rare-earth elements and yttrium in the rocks and minerals of the Oka carbonatite complex, Quebec

    G.Nelson Eby

  • The volatile inventory (F, Cl, Br, S, C) of magmatic apatite: An integrated analytical approach

    Michael A.W. Marks;Thomas Wenzel;Martin J. Whitehouse;Matthias Loose

  • Fault controlled Carboniferous A-type magmatism in the proto-Andean foreland(Sierras Pampeanas, Argentina): Geochemical constraints and petrogenesis

    Juan Andrés Dahlquist;Pablo Horacio Alasino;G. Nelson Eby;Carmen Galindo

  • Geochemistry and petrogenesis of the malani igneous suite, North Peninsular India

    G. Nelson Eby;Naresh Kochhar

  • Geochemistry and Petrogenesis of Nepheline Syenites: Kasungu–Chipala, Ilomba, and Ulindi Nepheline Syenite Intrusions, North Nyasa Alkaline Province, Malawi

    G. Nelson Eby;Alan R. Woolley;Vic Din;Garth Platt

  • The Hohonu Batholith of North Westland, New Zealand: granitoid compositions controlled by source H 2 O contents and generated during tectonic transition

    Tod E. Waight;Stephen D. Weaver;Roderick J. Muir;Roland Maas

  • Geology and Age of the Late Archean Keivy Alkaline Province, Northeastern Baltic Shield

    Dmitry R. Zozulya;Tamara B. Bayanova;G. Nelson Eby

  • Geochronology of the Monteregian Hills alkaline igneous province, Quebec

    G. Nelson Eby

  • Geology, geochronology and geochemistry of a basanitic volcano, White Island, Ross Sea, Antarctica

    Alan F. Cooper;Lotte J. Adam;Roseanne F. Coulter;G. Nelson Eby

  • SHRIMP U‐Pb geochronology of Cretaceous magmatism in northwest Nelson‐Westland, South Island, New Zealand

    R. J. Muir;T. R. Ireland;S. D. Weaver;J. D. Bradshaw

  • Geochemistry of the Karamea Batholith, New Zealand and comparisons with the Lachlan Fold Belt granites of SE Australia

    R.J. Muir;S.D. Weaver;J.D. Bradshaw;G.N. Eby

  • The petrology of the Mont Saint Hilaire complex, southern Quebec: An alkaline gabbro-peralkaline syenite association

    K.L. Currie;G.Nelson Eby;John Gittins

  • Geology, geochronology, and geochemistry of the White Mountain batholith, New Hampshire

    G. Nelson Eby;Harold W. Krueger;John W. Creasy

  • Determination of rare-earth, yttrium, and scandium abundances in rocks and minerals by an ion exchange-x-ray fluorescence procedure

    G. Nelson. Eby

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael A.W. Marks
Michael A.W. Marks University of Tübingen
Thomas Zack
Thomas Zack University of Gothenburg
Gregor Markl
Gregor Markl University of Tübingen
Mark A. Kendrick
Mark A. Kendrick Australian National University
Paulo M. Vasconcelos
Paulo M. Vasconcelos University of Queensland
César Casquet
César Casquet Complutense University of Madrid
Carmen Galindo
Carmen Galindo Complutense University of Madrid
Martin J. Whitehouse
Martin J. Whitehouse Swedish Museum of Natural History
Alan Cooper
Alan Cooper Charles Sturt University
Paul J. Steinhardt
Paul J. Steinhardt Princeton University

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