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Ian R. Fletcher

Ian R. Fletcher

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Earth Science

D-Index
69
Citations
12369
World Ranking
1094
National Ranking
72

Overview

Ian R. Fletcher is affiliated with Curtin University in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to related subfields including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, and Molecular Biology.

Their publications cover a range of topics centered on geological and geochemical processes. Major themes in their work include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies

Ian R. Fletcher has authored and co-authored several papers published in established journals and conferences, reflecting a diverse scope within Earth sciences. Notable publications include:

  • In situ U-Pb and geochemical evidence for ancient Pb-loss during hydrothermal alteration producing apparent young concordant zircon dates in older tuffs, 2021, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Petrogenesis of Meso-Neoarchean granitoids from the Chitradurga Greenstone Belt: Implications on crustal growth and reworking of the Dharwar Craton, southern India, 2022, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
  • Eocene animal trace fossils in 1.7-billion-year-old metaquartzites, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Dating Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusions by Monazite in Hornfels: The Kabanga Intrusions in the Eastern African Nickel Belt, 2020, Goldschmidt Abstracts
  • Issue Information, 2022, Peace & Change

Co-authors who have frequently collaborated with Ian R. Fletcher include:

  • Birger Rasmussen
  • Jian-Wei Zi
  • Janet R. Muhling
  • M. Ram Mohan
  • Neal J. McNaughton

Their work has been published across various venues, further highlighting the multidisciplinary nature of their research. Regular publication forums include:

  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts
  • Peace & Change

Best Publications

  • A New Understanding of the Provinces of the Amazon Craton Based on Integration of Field Mapping and U-Pb and Sm-Nd Geochronology

    João Orestes Schneider Santos;Léo Afraneo Hartmann;Henri Eugene Gaudette;David Ian Groves

  • Reassessing the first appearance of eukaryotes and cyanobacteria

    Birger Rasmussen;Ian R. Fletcher;Jochen J. Brocks;Matt R. Kilburn

  • The neoproterozoic Mantiqueira Province and its African connections: a zircon-based U-Pb geochronologic subdivision for the Brasiliano/Pan-African systems of orogens

    Luiz Carlos da Silva;Neal J. McNaughton;Richard Armstrong;Léo Afraneo Hartmann

  • 1.6 Ga U-Pb zircon age for the Chorhat Sandstone, lower Vindhyan, India: Possible implications for early evolution of animals

    Birger Rasmussen;Pradip K. Bose;Subir Sarkar;Santanu Banerjee

  • Advances in SHRIMP geochronology and their impact on understanding the tectonic and metallogenic evolution of southern Brazil

    L.A. Hartmann;J.A.D. Leite;L.C. Da Silva;M.V.D. Remus

  • SHRIMP U-Pb dating of the preeruption growth history of zircons from the 340 ka Whakamaru Ignimbrite, New Zealand: Evidence for >250 k.y. magma residence times

    Stuart J. A. Brown;Ian R. Fletcher

  • Pre-Variscan geological events in the Austrian part of the Bohemian Massif deduced from U-Pb zircon ages

    Gertrude Friedl;Fritz Finger;Jean-Louis Paquette;Albrecht von Quadt

  • Archean-Proterozoic Evolution of Indian Charnockites: Isotopic and Geochemical Evidence from Granulites of the Eastern Ghats Belt

    D. K. Paul;T. Ray Barman;N. J. McNaughton;I. R. Fletcher

  • Deducing the ancestry of terranes: SHRIMP evidence for South America–derived Gondwana fragments in central Europe

    Gertrude Friedl;Fritz Finger;Neal J. McNaughton;Ian R. Fletcher

  • Metallogenesis of the Carajás Mineral Province, Southern Amazon Craton, Brazil: Varying styles of Archean through Paleoproterozoic to Neoproterozoic base- and precious-metal mineralisation

    Christian J. Grainger;David I. Groves;Fernando H.B. Tallarico;Fernando H.B. Tallarico;Ian R. Fletcher

  • Correlation of Paleoproterozoic glaciations based on U–Pb zircon ages for tuff beds in the Transvaal and Huronian Supergroups

    Birger Rasmussen;Andrey Bekker;Ian R. Fletcher

  • Age, source, and regional stratigraphy of the Roraima Supergroup and Roraima-like outliers in northern South America based on U-Pb geochronology

    João Orestes Schneider Santos;Paul Edwin Potter;Nélson Joaquim Reis;Léo Afraneo Hartmann

  • Discoidal impressions and trace-like fossils more than 1200 million years old.

    Birger Rasmussen;Stefan Bengtson;Ian R. Fletcher;Neal J. McNaughton

  • Geology and SHRIMP U-Pb Geochronology of the Igarapé Bahia Deposit, Carajás Copper-Gold Belt, Brazil: An Archean (2.57 Ga) Example of Iron-Oxide Cu-Au-(U-REE) Mineralization

    Fernando H. B. Tallarico;Bernardino R. Figueiredo;David I. Groves;Natalie Kositcin

  • Dating low-grade metamorphic events by SHRIMP U-Pb analysis of monazite in shales

    Birger Rasmussen;Ian R. Fletcher;Neal J. McNaughton

  • Isotopic dating of the migration of a low-grade metamorphic front during orogenesis

    Birger Rasmussen;Ian R. Fletcher;Stephen Sheppard

  • Textural and geochemical discrimination between xenotime of different origin in the Archaean Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa

    Natalie Kositcin;Neal J. McNaughton;Brendan J. Griffin;Ian R. Fletcher

  • Triassic mineralization with Cretaceous overprint in the Dahu Au–Mo deposit, Xiaoqinling gold province: Constraints from SHRIMP monazite U–Th–Pb geochronology

    Nuo Li;Yan-Jing Chen;Yan-Jing Chen;Ian R. Fletcher;Qing-Tao Zeng

  • Giant iron-ore deposits of the Hamersley province related to the breakup of Paleoproterozoic Australia: new insights from in situ SHRIMP dating of baddeleyite from mafic intrusions

    Stefan G. Müller;Bryan Krapež;Mark E. Barley;Ian R. Fletcher

  • Age constraints on Tarkwaian palaeoplacer and lode-gold formation in the Tarkwa-Damang district, SW Ghana

    Jon-Philippe Pigois;David I. Groves;Ian R. Fletcher;Neal J. McNaughton

  • Matrix effects and calibration limitations in ion probe U-Pb and Th-Pb dating of monazite

    Ian R. Fletcher;Neal J. McNaughton;William J. Davis;Birger Rasmussen

Frequent Co-Authors

Neal J. McNaughton
Neal J. McNaughton Curtin University
Birger Rasmussen
Birger Rasmussen University of Western Australia
David I. Groves
David I. Groves University of Western Australia
Léo Afraneo Hartmann
Léo Afraneo Hartmann Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Janet R. Muhling
Janet R. Muhling University of Western Australia
Mark Barley
Mark Barley University of Western Australia
Bryan Krapež
Bryan Krapež Guilin University of Technology
Steffen Hagemann
Steffen Hagemann University of Western Australia
Matt R. Kilburn
Matt R. Kilburn University of Western Australia
Kevin J.R. Rosman
Kevin J.R. Rosman Curtin University

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