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Greg R. Dunning is a researcher affiliated with Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada. Their academic focus lies within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with specific expertise branching into Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Paleontology, Geology, and Atmospheric Science.

Their research prominently covers topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geological Studies and Exploration, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis.

Recent publications by Greg R. Dunning include:

  • "The age and origin of the South Mountain Batholith (Nova Scotia, Canada) as constrained by zircon U-Pb geochronology, geochemistry, and O-Hf isotopes," 2022, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
  • "Core outcome set for clinical studies of postoperative ileus after intestinal surgery," 2022, British journal of surgery
  • "Lithogeochemical, isotopic, and U-Pb (zircon) age constraints on arc to rift magmatism, northwestern and central Avalon Terrane, Newfoundland, Canada: implications for local lithostratigraphy," 2020, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
  • "New Cryogenian, Neoproterozoic, and middle Paleozoic U-Pb zircon ages from the Caledonia terrane, southern New Brunswick, Canada: better constrained but more complex volcanic stratigraphy," 2020, Atlantic Geology
  • "Latest Silurian syntectonic sedimentation and magmatism and Early Devonian orogenic gold mineralization, central Newfoundland Appalachians, Canada: Setting, structure, lithogeochemistry, and high-precision U-Pb geochronology," 2022, Geological Society of America Bulletin

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Greg R. Dunning include:

  • H A Sandeman
  • Cees R. van Staal
  • Shoufa Lin
  • Pablo Valverde-Vaquero
  • David I. Schofield

Major publication venues where Greg R. Dunning has contributed include:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
  • Journal of Petrology
  • British journal of surgery
  • Atlantic Geology

Best Publications

  • Opening Iapetus: Constraints from the Laurentian margin in Newfoundland

    Peter A. Cawood;Phil J.A. McCausland;Greg R. Dunning

  • The application of laser-ablation microprobe; inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LAM-ICP-MS) to in situ trace-element determinations in minerals

    Simon E. Jackson;Henry P. Longerich;Greg R. Dunning;Brian J. Freyer

  • Did the Manicouagan impact trigger end-of-Triassic mass extinction?

    J. P. Hodych;G. R. Dunning

  • Bay of Islands and Little Port complexes, revisited: age, geochemical and isotopic evidence confirm suprasubduction-zone origin

    G. A. Jenner;G. R. Dunning;J. Malpas;M. Brown

  • Variscan collisional magmatism and deformation in NW Iberia : constraints from U-Pb geochronology of granitoids

    J. Fernández‐Suárez;G. R. Dunning;G. A. Jenner;G. Gutiérrez‐Alonso

  • Silurian Orogeny in the Newfoundland Appalachians

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  • U/Pb zircon and baddeleyite ages for the Palisades and Gettysburg sills of the northeastern United States: Implications for the age of the Triassic/Jurassic boundary

    G. R. Dunning;J. P. Hodych

  • New U–Pb ages for Early Ordovician magmatism in Central Spain

    P. Valverde‐Vaquero;P. Valverde‐Vaquero;G. R. Dunning

  • Early Ordovician orogenic event in Galicia (NW Spain): evidence from U–Pb ages in the uppermost unit of the Ordenes Complex

    J Abati;G.R Dunning;R Arenas;F Dı́az Garcı́a

  • Geochronology of ophiolites of the Newfoundland Appalachians

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  • Zircon and monazite UPb dating of the Doi Inthanon core complex, northern Thailand: implications for extension within the Indosinian Orogen

    G.R. Dunning;A.S. Macdonald;S.M. Barr

  • Late Neoproterozoic Avalonian and related peri-Gondwanan rocks of the Newfoundland Appalachians

    S. J. O'Brien;B. H. O'Brien;G. R. Dunning;R. D. Tucker

  • Tectonic Evolution of the Careón Ophiolite (Northwest Spain):A Remnant of Oceanic Lithosphere in the Variscan Belt

    Florentino Díaz García;Ricardo Arenas;José R. Martínez Catalán;José González del Tánago

  • New insights into the Appalachian Orogen from geology and geochronology along the Cape Ray fault zone, southwest Newfoundland

    B. Dubé;G. R. Dunning;K. Lauzière;J. C. Roddick

  • Timing of peak metamorphism and deformation along the Appalachian margin of Laurentia in Newfoundland: Silurian, not Ordovician

    Peter A. Cawood;Greg R. Dunning;Dan Lux;Jeroen A. M. van Gool

  • Two-step magma flooding of the upper crust during rifting: The Early Paleozoic of the Ossa Morena Zone (SW Iberia)

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  • Geochemistry and U–Pb zircon age of comenditic metafelsites of the Tibbit Hill Formation, Quebec Appalachians

    P. Stephen Kumarapeli;Greg R. Dunning;Hillar Pintson;Jim Shaver

  • Chronology of Devonian to early Carboniferous rifting and igneous activity in southern Magdalen Basin based on U–Pb (zircon) dating

    Greg R. Dunning;Sandra M. Barr;Peter S. Giles;D. Colin McGregor

  • Petrochemistry, U–Pb (zircon) age, and palaeotectonic setting of the Lampang volcanic belt, northern Thailand

    S. M. Barr;A. S. Macdonald;G. R. Dunning;P. Ounchanum

  • A U/Pb age for the Sulitjelma Gabbro, North Norway: further evidence for the development of a Caledonian marginal basin in Ashgill–Llandovery time

    Rolf-Birger Pedersen;Harald Furnes;Greg R. Dunning

  • Timing and nature of multiple 3700–3600 Ma tectonic events in intrusive rocks north of the Isua greenstone belt, southern West Greenland

    J.L. Crowley;J.S. Myers;G.R. Dunning

  • U-Pb geochronology and origin of granitoid rocks in the Thetford Mines ophiolite, Canadian Appalachians

    J. Whitehead;G.R. Dunning;J.G. Spray

  • U-Pb zircon, titanite, and monazite ages in the Bras d'Or and Aspy terranes of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia: Implications for igneous and metamorphic history

    G. R. Dunning;S. M. Barr;R. P. Raeside;R. A. Jamieson

  • Dunnage-Gander relationships and Ordovician orogeny in central Newfoundland; a sediment provenance and U/Pb age study

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Frequent Co-Authors

Sandra M. Barr
Sandra M. Barr Acadia University
Peter A. Cawood
Peter A. Cawood Monash University
John S. Myers
John S. Myers Geological Survey of Western Australia
Daniel J. Kontak
Daniel J. Kontak Laurentian University
George A. Jenner
George A. Jenner Memorial University of Newfoundland
Cees R. van Staal
Cees R. van Staal Geological Survey of Canada
Rolf B. Pedersen
Rolf B. Pedersen University of Bergen
Christian Pin
Christian Pin Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Simon E. Jackson
Simon E. Jackson Geological Survey of Canada
Michael R.W. Brown
Michael R.W. Brown University of Dundee

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