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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1996 - Geochemistry Fellow Honor, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry
  • 1981 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1977 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1962 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

George R. Tilton is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their academic profile includes recognition from multiple scientific organizations over several decades, highlighting a sustained presence in the field of geochemistry and related disciplines.

The honors awarded to George R. Tilton include the Geochemistry Fellow Honor by the Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry in 1996. Earlier distinctions include being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1981 and a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1977. Additionally, Tilton was recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) as early as 1962.

These awards mark milestones corresponding to professional achievements and contributions predominantly within geochemistry and earth sciences, as indicated by the organizations granting the awards. Geochemistry, in particular, appears as a primary domain of expertise.

Best Publications

  • Timing of collision of the Sino-Korean and Yangtse cratons: U-Pb zircon dating of coesite-bearing eclogites

    Leslie Ames;George R. Tilton;Gaozhi Zhou

  • Geochemistry of oceanic carbonatites compared with continental carbonatites: mantle recycling of oceanic crustal carbonate

    Kaj Hoernle;George Tilton;Mike J. Le Bas;Svend Duggen

  • Uranium-lead isotopic ages of the Samail Ophiolite, Oman, with applications to Tethyan ocean ridge tectonics

    G. R. Tilton;C. A. Hopson;J. E. Wright

  • Tectonic evolution of the West Junggar Region, Xinjiang, China

    Y. Feng;R. G. Coleman;G. Tilton;X. Xiao

  • Isotopic Composition of Lead and Strontium from Ascension and Gough Islands

    Paul W. Gast;G. R. Tilton;Carl Hedge

  • Nd, Pb and Sr Isotopic Compositions of East African Carbonatites: Evidence for Mantle Mixing and Plume Inhomogeneity

    Keith Bell;G. R. Tilton

  • Volume diffusion as a mechanism for discordant lead ages

    G. R. Tilton

  • The Geochemistry of Volcanic Rocks from Pantelleria Island, Sicily Channel: Petrogenesis and Characteristics of the Mantle Source Region

    Lucia Civetta;Massimo D‘Antonio;Giovanni Orsi;George R. Tilton

  • SrNdPb isotopic evolution of Gran Canaria: Evidence for shallow enriched mantle beneath the Canary Islands

    Kaj Hoernle;George Tilton;Hans-Ulrich Schmincke

  • Age of the Earth.

    C. Patterson;G. Tilton;M. Inghram

  • Pb-Sr-Nd isotopic behavior of deeply subducted crustal rocks from the Dora Maira Massif, Western Alps, Italy-II: what is the age of the ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism?

    G. R. Tilton;W. Schreyer;H. P. Schertl

  • ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION AND DISTRIBUTION OF LEAD, URANIUM, AND THORIUM IN A PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE

    George R Tilton;Claire Patterson;Harrison Brown;Mark Inghram

  • Isotopic lead ages of chondritic meteorites

    G.R. Tilton

  • Isotopic studies bearing on the tectonics of the West Junggar Region, Xinjiang, China

    S.-T. Kwon;G. R. Tilton;R. G. Coleman;Y. Feng

  • Sr-Nd-Pb isotope data for Fuerteventura (Canary Islands) basal complex and subaerial volcanics: applications to magma genesis and evolution

    Kaj Hoernle;G. Tilton

  • Large volume recycling of oceanic lithosphere over short time scales: geochemical constraints from the Caribbean Large Igneous Province

    F. Hauff;K. Hoernle;G. Tilton;D. W. Graham

  • Probing the mantle: The story from carbonatites

    Keith Bell;George R. Tilton

  • Isotopic lead investigations on the Allende carbonaceous chondrite

    J.H Chen;G.R Tilton

  • Isotopic ages of zircon from granites and pegmatites

    G. R. Tilton;G. L. Davis;G. W. Wetherill;L. T. Aldrich

  • Sr-Nd-Pb isotope relationships in Late Archean carbonatites and alkaline complexes: Applications to the geochemical evolution of Archean mantle

    G.R. Tilton;Keith Bell

  • Geochim. cosmochim. acta

    G.R. Tilton;W. Schreyer;H.-P. Schertl

Frequent Co-Authors

Kaj Hoernle
Kaj Hoernle GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Stanley R. Hart
Stanley R. Hart Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Keith Bell
Keith Bell Carleton University
Andrew Craig Kerr
Andrew Craig Kerr Cardiff University
David W. Graham
David W. Graham Oregon State University
Hans-Peter Schertl
Hans-Peter Schertl Ruhr University Bochum
Folkmar Hauff
Folkmar Hauff GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Clair C. Patterson
Clair C. Patterson California Institute of Technology
Bor-ming Jahn
Bor-ming Jahn National Taiwan University
Lucia Civetta
Lucia Civetta University of Naples Federico II

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