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Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

James R. Hein is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on geochemistry and petrology, paleontology, atmospheric science, molecular biology, and geophysics. The main topics addressed in their work include geochemistry and elemental analysis, paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, geology and paleoclimatology research, geomagnetism and paleomagnetism studies, geological and geochemical analysis, radioactive element chemistry and processing, and extraction and separation processes.

Their recent published papers include the following:

  • Deep-ocean polymetallic nodules as a resource for critical materials, 2020, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Genesis and Evolution of Ferromanganese Crusts from the Summit of Rio Grande Rise, Southwest Atlantic Ocean, 2020, Minerals
  • Geochemistry and origins of carbonate fluorapatite in seamount Fe Mn crusts from the Pacific Ocean, 2020, Marine Geology
  • Seabed mining and blue growth: exploring the potential of marine mineral deposits as a sustainable source of rare earth elements (MaREEs) (IUPAC Technical Report), 2022, Pure and Applied Chemistry
  • Low-temperature, shallow-water hydrothermal vent mineralization following the recent submarine eruption of Tagoro volcano (El Hierro, Canary Islands), 2020, Marine Geology

Frequent co-authors in their work are:

  • Kira Mizell
  • Javier González
  • Luigi Jovane
  • Thomas Kuhn
  • Mariana Benites

James R. Hein has published extensively in several scientific venues, including:

  • Marine Geology
  • Chemical Geology
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
  • Ore Geology Reviews

They have received recognition as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Deep-ocean mineral deposits as a source of critical metals for high- and green-technology applications: Comparison with land-based resources

    James R. Hein;Kira Mizell;Andrea Koschinsky;Tracey A. Conrad;Tracey A. Conrad

  • Comparison of the partitioning behaviours of yttrium, rare earth elements, and titanium between hydrogenetic marine ferromanganese crusts and seawater

    Michael Bau;Andrea Koschinsky;Peter Dulski;James R. Hein

  • Discriminating between different genetic types of marine ferro-manganese crusts and nodules based on rare earth elements and yttrium

    M. Bau;K. Schmidt;A. Koschinsky;J. Hein

  • Uptake of elements from seawater by ferromanganese crusts: solid-phase associations and seawater speciation

    Andrea Koschinsky;James R. Hein

  • Cobalt-Rich Ferromanganese Crusts in the Pacific

    James R. Hein;Andrea Koschinsk;Michael Bau;Frank T. Manheim

  • Deep-Ocean Ferromanganese Crusts and Nodules

    James R. Hein;Andrea Koschinsky

  • News from the seabed – Geological characteristics and resource potential of deep-sea mineral resources

    Swen Petersen;Anna Kratschell;Nico Augustin;John Jamieson

  • Deep-ocean polymetallic nodules as a resource for critical materials

    James R. Hein;Andrea Koschinsky;Thomas Kuhn

  • Iron and manganese oxide mineralization in the Pacific

    James R. Hein;Andrea Koschinsky;Peter Halbach;Frank T. Manheim

  • Diagenesis of late Cenozoic diatomaceous deposits and formation of the bottom simulating reflector in the southern Bering Sea

    James R. Hein;David W. Scholl;John A. Barron;Marjorie G. Jones

  • Evolution of Nd and Pb isotopes in Central Pacific seawater from ferromanganese crusts

    H.F. Ling;K.W. Burton;R.K. O'Nions;B.S. Kamber

  • 60 Myr records of major elements and Pb–Nd isotopes from hydrogenous ferromanganese crusts: reconstruction of seawater paleochemistry

    Martin Frank;R.K. O'Nions;J.R. Hein;V.K. Banakar

  • Global occurrence of tellurium-rich ferromanganese crusts and a model for the enrichment of tellurium

    James R. Hein;Andrea Koschinsky;Alex N. Halliday

  • Thallium isotope variations in seawater and hydrogenetic, diagenetic, and hydrothermal ferromanganese deposits

    M. Rehkämper;Martin Frank;J. R. Hein;D. Porcelli

  • Two major Cenozoic episodes of phosphogenesis recorded in equatorial Pacific seamount deposits

    James R. Hein;Hsueh-Wen Yeh;Susan H. Gunn;William V. Sliter

  • COBALT- AND PLATINUM-RICH FERROMANGANESE CRUSTS AND ASSOCIATED SUBSTRATE ROCKS FROM THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

    James R Hein;William C Schwab;AlicéS Davis

  • Manganese Mineralization: Geochemistry And Mineralogy of Terrestrial And Marine Deposits

    Keith Nicholson;J. R. Hein;Bernhard Bühn;Somnath Dasgupta

  • Critical metals in manganese nodules from the Cook Islands EEZ, abundances and distributions

    James R. Hein;Francesca Spinardi;Nobuyuki Okamoto;Kira Mizell

  • Osmium isotope stratigraphy of a marine ferromanganese crust

    Veronika Klemm;Sylvain Levasseur;Martin Frank;James R. Hein

  • North Atlantic Deep Water export to the Southern Ocean over the past 14 Myr: Evidence from Nd and Pb isotopes in ferromanganese crusts

    Martin Frank;Nicholas Whiteley;Sabine Kasten;James R. Hein

  • Climate and ocean dynamics and the lead isotopic records in Pacific ferromanganese crusts

    John N. Christensen;Alex N. Halliday;Linda V. Godfrey;James R. Hein

Frequent Co-Authors

Alex N. Halliday
Alex N. Halliday Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Andrea Koschinsky
Andrea Koschinsky Jacobs University
Kevin W. Burton
Kevin W. Burton Durham University
David A. Clague
David A. Clague Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Peter W. Swarzenski
Peter W. Swarzenski International Atomic Energy Agency
Robert J. Rosenbauer
Robert J. Rosenbauer United States Geological Survey
Sune G. Nielsen
Sune G. Nielsen Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Patrick L. Barnard
Patrick L. Barnard United States Geological Survey
David W. Scholl
David W. Scholl United States Geological Survey
Robert J. Stern
Robert J. Stern The University of Texas at Dallas

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