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Igor S. Puchtel is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. The primary field of research is Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on subfields including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Geochemistry and Petrology, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Paleontology. The scientist's work spans across key topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, High-pressure geophysics and materials, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, and Astro and Planetary Science.

Their recent publications include:

  • Mantle data imply a decline of oxidizable volcanic gases could have triggered the Great Oxidation, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Ultra-depleted 2.05 Ga komatiites of Finnish Lapland: Products of grainy late accretion or core-mantle interaction?, 2020, Chemical Geology
  • The komatiite testimony to ancient mantle heterogeneity, 2022, Chemical Geology
  • Zirconium isotopic composition of the mantle through time, 2020, Geochemical Perspectives Letters
  • The δ53Cr isotope composition of komatiite flows and implications for the composition of the bulk silicate Earth, 2020, Chemical Geology

Frequent publication venues for Igor S. Puchtel include:

  • Chemical Geology
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Goldschmidt2022 abstracts

Collaborations with frequent co-authors have been a part of their research, including:

  • Robert W. Nicklas
  • R. J. Walker
  • Eero Hanski
  • Marek Locmelis
  • К. N. Malitch

Igor S. Puchtel has contributed extensively to the study of mantle geochemistry and the understanding of ancient geological processes through isotopic and geochemical analyses. Their research includes examination of komatiites and mantle heterogeneity, reflecting a strong focus on understanding the Earth's early composition and tectonic evolution.

Best Publications

  • Recycling deep cratonic lithosphere and generation of intraplate magmatism in the North China Craton

    Shan Gao;Shan Gao;Roberta L. Rudnick;Wen-Liang Xu;Hong-Lin Yuan

  • Oceanic plateau model for continental crustal growth in the Archaean: A case study from the Kostomuksha greenstone belt, NW Baltic Shield

    I.S. Puchtel;A.W. Hofmann;Klaus Mezger;K.P. Jochum

  • Petrology and geochemistry of crustally contaminated komatiitic basalts from the Vetreny Belt, southeastern Baltic Shield: Evidence for an early Proterozoic mantle plume beneath rifted Archean continental lithosphere

    I.S. Puchtel;K.M. Haase;A.W. Hofmann;C. Chauvel

  • Temporal Evolution of the Lithospheric Mantle beneath the Eastern North China Craton

    Zhu-Yin Chu;Fu-Yuan Wu;Richard J. Walker;Roberta L. Rudnick

  • 182W evidence for long-term preservation of early mantle differentiation products.

    Mathieu Touboul;Igor S. Puchtel;Richard J. Walker

  • Radar-Enabled Recovery of the Sutter’s Mill Meteorite, a Carbonaceous Chondrite Regolith Breccia

    Peter Jenniskens;Peter Jenniskens;Marc D. Fries;Qing-Zhu Yin;Michael Zolensky

  • Combined mantle plume-island arc model for the formation of the 2.9 ga sumozero-kenozero greenstone belt, se baltic shield: isotope and trace element constraints

    I.S Puchtel;A.W Hofmann;Yu.V Amelin;C.-D Garbe-Schönberg

  • Platinum group element fractionation in a komatiitic basalt lava lake

    Igor S Puchtel;Munir Humayun

  • Platinum group element geochemistry of komatiites from the Alexo and Pyke Hill areas, Ontario, Canada

    Igor S. Puchtel;Munir Humayun;Andrew J. Campbell;Rebecca A. Sproule

  • Copper isotope evidence for large-scale sulphide fractionation during Earth’s differentiation

    Paul S. Savage;F. Moynier;H. Chen;G. Shofner

  • Depleted mantle sources through time: Evidence from Lu–Hf and Sm–Nd isotope systematics of Archean komatiites

    Janne Blichert-Toft;Igor S. Puchtel

  • Platinum group elements in Kostomuksha komatiites and basalts: Implications for oceanic crust recycling and core-mantle interaction

    Igor Puchtel;Munir Humayun

  • 186 Os^ 187 Os systematics of Gorgona Island komatiites: implications for early growth of the inner core

    Alan D Brandon;Richard J Walker;Igor S Puchtel;Harry Becker

  • Petrology of mafic lavas within the Onega plateau, Central Karelia: evidence for 2.0 Ga plume-related continental crustal growth in the Baltic Shield

    I. S. Puchtel;N. T. Arndt;A. W. Hofmann;K. M. Haase

  • Tungsten isotopic evidence for disproportional late accretion to the Earth and Moon

    Mathieu Touboul;Igor S. Puchtel;Richard J. Walker

  • Evolution of the martian mantle inferred from the 187Re–187Os isotope and highly siderophile element abundance systematics of shergottite meteorites

    Alan D. Brandon;Igor S. Puchtel;Richard J. Walker;James M.D. Day;James M.D. Day

  • Secular mantle oxidation across the Archean-Proterozoic boundary: Evidence from V partitioning in komatiites and picrites

    Robert W. Nicklas;Igor S. Puchtel;Richard D. Ash;Philip M. Piccoli

  • Insights into early Earth from Barberton komatiites: Evidence from lithophile isotope and trace element systematics

    I.S. Puchtel;J. Blichert-Toft;M. Touboul;R.J. Walker

  • Platinum–osmium isotope evolution of the Earth’s mantle: Constraints from chondrites and Os-rich alloys

    A.D. Brandon;R.J. Walker;I.S. Puchtel

  • Lithophile and siderophile element systematics of Earth’s mantle at the Archean–Proterozoic boundary: Evidence from 2.4 Ga komatiites

    I.S. Puchtel;M. Touboul;J. Blichert-Toft;R.J. Walker

  • Precise Re–Os mineral isochron and Pb–Nd–Os isotope systematics of a mafic–ultramafic sill in the 2.0 Ga Onega plateau (Baltic Shield)

    I. S. Puchtel;G. E. Brügmann;A. W. Hofmann

  • Osmium Isotope Evidence for an s-Process Carrier in Primitive Chondrites

    A. D. Brandon;M. Humayun;I. S. Puchtel;I. Leya

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard J. Walker
Richard J. Walker University of Maryland, College Park
Munir Humayun
Munir Humayun Florida State University
Alan D. Brandon
Alan D. Brandon University of Houston
James M.D. Day
James M.D. Day University of California, San Diego
Shan Gao
Shan Gao China University of Geosciences
Janne Blichert-Toft
Janne Blichert-Toft École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Mary F. Horan
Mary F. Horan Carnegie Institution for Science
Roberta L. Rudnick
Roberta L. Rudnick University of California, Santa Barbara
Euan G. Nisbet
Euan G. Nisbet Royal Holloway University of London
Lawrence A. Taylor
Lawrence A. Taylor University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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