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Overview

John A. Percival is affiliated with the Geological Survey of Canada located in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with particular expertise in the subfields of Geophysics and Materials Chemistry.

The main topics explored in John A. Percival's work include:

  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research

John A. Percival has contributed to scientific knowledge through publications in recognized venues. Their recent papers include:

  • "A Geologic Si-O-C Pathway to Incorporate Carbon in Silicates," published in 2020 in Geophysical Monograph
  • "THE NEORCHEAN RECORD OF THE CANADIAN PRECAMBRIAN SHIELD: NEW PERSPECTIVES FROM THE CRUST AND LITHOSPHERE," also from 2020, was published as part of the Abstracts with programs of the Geological Society of America

These papers reflect research areas related to geological processes and the physical and chemical properties influencing Earth's crust and mantle.

Frequent collaboration is evident in John A. Percival's work. Some of their regular co-authors are:

  • Alexandra Navrotsky
  • L. Dobrzhinetskaya
  • S J Pehrsson
  • B. M. Eglington
  • R G Berman

John A. Percival's publications appear mainly in:

  • Geophysical Monograph
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Best Publications

  • Tectonic evolution of the western Superior Province from NATMAP and Lithoprobe studies

    J.A. Percival;M. Sanborn-Barrie;T. Skulski;G.M. Stott

  • Archean crust as revealed in the Kapuskasing uplift, Superior province, Canada

    J. A. Percival;K. D. Card

  • The Kapuskasing uplift: a geological and geophysical synthesis

    John A. Percival;Gordon F. West

  • Late Archean Quetico accretionary complex, Superior province, Canada

    John A. Percival;Howard R. Williams

  • Paleomagnetism and U-Pb geochronology of diabase dyke swarms of Minto block, Superior Province, Quebec, Canada

    Kenneth L Buchan;James K Mortensen;Kenneth D Card;John A Percival

  • Heat production in an Archean crustal profile and implications for heat flow and mobilization of heat-producing elements

    L.D. Ashwal;P. Morgan;S.A. Kelley;J.A. Percival

  • A Mainly Crustal Origin for Tonalitic Granitoid Rocks, Superior Province, Canada: Implications for Late Archean Tectonomagmatic Processes

    Joseph B. Whalen;John A. Percival;Vicki J. McNICOLL;Frederick J. Longstaffe

  • Geochemical and isotopic (Nd-O) evidence bearing on the origin of late- to post-orogenic high-K granitoid rocks in the Western Superior Province: implications for late Archean tectonomagmatic processes

    Joseph.B. Whalen;John A. Percival;Vicki J. McNicoll;Frederick J. Longstaffe

  • Minto block, Superior province: Missing link in deciphering assembly of the craton at 2.7 Ga

    J. A. Percival;R. A. Stern;T. Skulski;K. D. Card

  • A regional perspective of the Quetico metasedimentary belt, Superior Province, Canada

    John A. Percival

  • Giant granulite terranes of northeastern Superior Province: the Ashuanipi complex and Minto block

    J. A. Percival;J. K. Mortensen;R. A. Stern;K. D. Card

  • High-grade metamorphism in the Chapleau-Foleyet area, Ontario

    John A. Percival

  • Exposed crustal cross sections as windows on the lower crust

    J. A. Percival

  • Thermobarometry of garnet–clinopyroxene–hornblende granulites from the Kapuskasing structural zone

    Urs K. Mäder;John A. Percival;Robert G. Berman

  • Basement terrane correlations and crustal recycling in the western Superior Province: Nd isotopic character of granitoid and felsic volcanic rocks in the Wabigoon subprovince, N. Ontario, Canada

    Kirsty Y. Tomlinson;Kirsty Y. Tomlinson;Greg M. Stott;John A. Percival;Denver Stone

  • Seismic structure of the continental crust based on rock velocity measurements from the Kapuskasing Uplift

    David M. Fountain;Matthew H. Salisbury;John Percival

  • Grain-boundary graphite in Kapuskasing gneisses and implications for lower-crustal conductivity

    Marianne Mareschal;William S. Fyfe;John Percival;Tammy Chan

  • Lithoprobe: new perspectives on crustal evolution

    R. M. Clowes;F A. Cook;A. G. Green;C. E. Keen

  • U–Pb zircon geochronology of the Kapuskasing structural zone and vicinity in the Chapleau–Foleyet area, Ontario

    J. A. Percival;T. E. Krogh

  • Crustal growth through successive arc magmatism: reconnaissance U–Pb SHRIMP data from the northeastern Superior Province, Canada

    John A Percival;Richard A Stern;Thomas Skulski

  • Granulite-Facies Metamorphism and Crustal Magmatism in the Ashuanipi Complex, Quebec-Labrador, Canada

    John A. Percival

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph B. Whalen
Joseph B. Whalen Geological Survey of Canada
Alan G. Green
Alan G. Green ETH Zurich
Richard A. Stern
Richard A. Stern University of Alberta
Bernd Milkereit
Bernd Milkereit University of Toronto
Don White
Don White Geological Survey of Canada
James K. Mortensen
James K. Mortensen University of British Columbia
Fred J. Longstaffe
Fred J. Longstaffe University of Western Ontario
Matthew H. Salisbury
Matthew H. Salisbury Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Mark Pilkington
Mark Pilkington Geological Survey of Canada
Christopher Beaumont
Christopher Beaumont Dalhousie University

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