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56
Citations
10401
World Ranking
2442
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Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Jay J. Ague is affiliated with Yale University in the United States and contributes to multiple fields of study, primarily Earth and Planetary Sciences, Computer Science, and Engineering. Their research subfields focus on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Mechanics of Materials, Environmental Engineering, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

Ague's main topics of work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis, Earthquake and Tectonic Studies, High-Pressure Geophysics and Materials, CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions, and Rock Mechanics and Modeling.

The scientist has published extensively, with frequent contributions to venues such as Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, Chemical Geology, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, and Nature Communications.

Their recent papers include:

  • Slab-derived devolatilization fluids oxidized by subducted metasedimentary rocks, 2022, Nature Geoscience
  • Uncovering and quantifying the subduction zone sulfur cycle from the slab perspective, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Pervasive subduction zone devolatilization recycles CO2 into the forearc, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Fluid-mediated selective dissolution of subducting carbonaceous material: Implications for carbon recycling and fluid fluxes at forearc depths, 2020, Chemical Geology
  • Field-Based Evidence for Intra-Slab High-Permeability Channel Formation at Eclogite-Facies Conditions During Subduction, 2021, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

Jay J. Ague has collaborated frequently with researchers including Anthony R. Philpotts, Santiago Tassara, Duncan S. Keller, Jilei Li, and Benjamin Hess.

In addition to journal articles, Ague has contributed to academic book publications. A notable work includes the book Principles of Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology published by Cambridge University Press in 2022, cited extensively within the field.

The scientist has received recognition from professional societies, notably as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Principles of igneous and metamorphic petrology

    Anthony Robert Philpotts;Jay J. Ague

  • Principles of Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology

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  • Magmatic arc asymmetry and distribution of anomalous plutonic belts in the batholiths of California: Effects of assimilation, crustal thickness, and depth of crystallization

    Jay J. Ague;George H. Brimhall

  • Carbon dioxide released from subduction zones by fluid-mediated reactions

    Jay J. Ague;Jay J. Ague;Stefan Nicolescu

  • Evidence for major mass transfer and volume strain during regional metamorphism of pelites

    Jay J. Ague

  • Metal enrichment in bauxites by deposition of chemically mature aeolian dust

    George H Brimhall;Christopher J. Lewis;Jay J. Ague;William E. Dietrich

  • Mass transfer during Barrovian metamorphism of pelites, south-central Connecticut. I : Evidence for changes in composition and volume

    Jay J. Ague

  • Regional variations in bulk chemistry, mineralogy, and the compositions of mafic and accessory minerals in the batholiths of California

    Jay J. Ague;George H. Brimhall

  • Thermodynamic calculation of emplacement pressures for batholithic rocks, California: Implications for the aluminum-in-hornblende barometer

    Jay J. Ague

  • Brief thermal pulses during mountain building recorded by Sr diffusion in apatite and multicomponent diffusion in garnet

    Jay J. Ague;Ethan F. Baxter

  • Prograde temperature–time evolution in the Barrovian type–locality constrained by Sm/Nd garnet ages from Glen Clova, Scotland

    Ethan F. Baxter;Ethan F. Baxter;Jay J. Ague;Donald J. Depaolo

  • Evolution of the Global Carbon Cycle and Climate Regulation on Earth

    Terry T. Isson;Terry T. Isson;Noah J. Planavsky;L.A. Coogan;E.M. Stewart

  • Fluid Flow in the Deep Crust

    J.J. Ague

  • Fluid Infiltration and Transport of Major, Minor, and Trace Elements During Regional Metamorphism of Carbonate Rocks, Wepawaug Schist, Connecticut, USA

    Jay J. Ague

  • Fluid–metasedimentary rock interactions in subduction-zone mélange: Implications for the chemical composition of arc magmas

    Christopher M. Breeding;Jay J. Ague;Michael Bröcker

  • U–Pb isotopic behaviour of zircon during upper-amphibolite facies fluid infiltration in the Napier Complex, east Antarctica

    Christopher J. Carson;Jay J. Ague;Marty Grove;Christopher D. Coath

  • Geochemical modeling of steady state fluid flow and chemical reaction during supergene enrichment of porphyry copper deposits

    Jay James Ague;George H. Brimhall

  • Mass transfer during Barrovian metamorphism of pelites, south-central Connecticut; II, Channelized fluid flow and the growth of staurolite and kyanite

    Jay J. Ague

  • Slab-derived fluids and quartz-vein formation in an accretionary prism, Otago Schist, New Zealand

    Christopher M. Breeding;Jay J. Ague

  • Uncovering and quantifying the subduction zone sulfur cycle from the slab perspective.

    Ji-Lei Li;Ji-Lei Li;Esther M. Schwarzenbach;Timm John;Jay J. Ague

  • Principles of Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology: Physical properties of magma

    Anthony Philpotts;Jay Ague

  • Tilt and northward offset of Cordilleran batholiths resolved using igneous barometry

    Jay J. Ague;Mark T. Brandon

Frequent Co-Authors

Danny M. Rye
Danny M. Rye Yale University
George H. Brimhall
George H. Brimhall University of California, Berkeley
Noah J. Planavsky
Noah J. Planavsky Yale University
Michael Bröcker
Michael Bröcker University of Münster
Olivier Beyssac
Olivier Beyssac Sorbonne University
Timm John
Timm John Freie Universität Berlin
Jun Gao
Jun Gao Chinese Academy of Sciences
C. Page Chamberlain
C. Page Chamberlain Stanford University
Mark T. Brandon
Mark T. Brandon Yale University
Roy D. Hyndman
Roy D. Hyndman University of Victoria

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