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John N. Christensen is affiliated with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with significant work in subfields such as Environmental Chemistry, Atmospheric Science, Geochemistry and Petrology, Geophysics, and Ecology.

The scientist's main research topics cover a variety of areas: Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Karst Systems and Hydrogeology, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics.

Frequent co-authors associated with John N. Christensen include Zeeshan Parvez, Jamie Lucarelli, Irvin Matamoros, Robert A. Eagle, and Aradhna Tripati, each with multiple collaborations.

Common publication venues for Christensen's work include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Goldschmidt2022 abstracts
  • Geophysical monograph

Among recent papers by John N. Christensen are:

  • Isotopic fractionation accompanying CO2 hydroxylation and carbonate precipitation from high pH waters at The Cedars, California, USA (2021), published in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Seasonal manganese transport in the hyporheic zone of a snowmelt-dominated river (East River, Colorado, USA) (2020), published in Hydrogeology Journal
  • Mummified baboons reveal the far reach of early Egyptian mariners (2020), published in eLife
  • Direct Lithium Extraction from α-Spodumene through Solid-State Reactions for Sustainable Li2CO3 Production (2024), published in Inorganic Chemistry
  • Conservative transport of dissolved sulfate across the Rio Madre de Dios floodplain in Peru (2021), published in Geology

Best Publications

  • Applications of Multiple Collector-ICPMS to Cosmochemistry, Geochemistry, and Paleoceanography

    Alex N. Halliday;Der Chuen Lee;John N. Christensen;Mark Rehkämper

  • Recent developments in inductively coupled plasma magnetic sector multiple collector mass spectrometry

    Alex N. Halliday;Der Chuen Lee;John N. Christensen;Andrew J. Walder

  • Rates of Tectonometamorphic Processes from Rubidium and Strontium Isotopes in Garnet

    John N. Christensen;John L. Rosenfeld;Donald J. DePaolo

  • Sediment transport time measured with U-series isotopes: Results from ODP North Atlantic drift site 984

    Donald J. DePaolo;Donald J. DePaolo;Kate Maher;Kate Maher;John N. Christensen;Jerry McManus

  • Kinetic isotopic fractionation during diffusion of ionic species in water

    Frank M. Richter;Ruslan A. Mendybaev;John N. Christensen;Ian D. Hutcheon

  • Correlation by Rb.Sr geochronology of garnet growth histories from different structural levels within the Tauern Window, Eastern Alps

    John N. Christensen;John N. Christensen;John N. Christensen;Jane Selverstone;John L. Rosenfeld;Donald J. DePaolo;Donald J. DePaolo

  • In situ Sr isotopic analysis by laser ablation

    John N. Christensen;Alex N. Halliday;Der-Chuen Lee;Chris M. Hall

  • Time scales of large volume silicic magma systems: Sr isotopic systematics of phenocrysts and glass from the Bishop Tuff, Long Valley, California

    John N. Christensen;Donald J. DePaolo

  • 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

  • The Yellowstone hotspot in space and time: Nd and Hf isotopes in silicic magmas.

    B. P. Nash;M. E. Perkins;J. N. Christensen;D. C. Lee

  • Eruptive history and petrologic evolution of the Albano multiple maar (Alban Hills, Central Italy)

    Carmela Freda;Mario Gaeta;Daniel B. Karner;Fabrizio Marra

  • Direct dating of sulfides by RbSr: A critical test using the Polaris Mississippi Valley-type ZnPb deposit

    John N. Christensen;Alex N. Halliday;Kenneth E. Leigh;Roderick N. Randell

  • Hafnium isotope stratigraphy of ferromanganese crusts

    Der-Chuen Lee;Alex N. Halliday;James R. Hein;Kevin W. Burton

  • Evaluation of Radioisotope Dating of Carlin-Type Deposits in the Great Basin,Western North America, and Implications for Deposit Genesis

    G. B. Arehart;A. M. Chakurian;D. R. Tretbar;J. N. Christensen

  • Water Table Dynamics and Biogeochemical Cycling in a Shallow, Variably-Saturated Floodplain

    Steven B. Yabusaki;Michael J. Wilkins;Yilin Fang;Kenneth H. Williams

  • U–Sr isotopic speedometer: Fluid flow and chemical weathering rates in aquifers

    Kate Maher;Donald J. DePaolo;Donald J. DePaolo;John N. Christensen

  • High-precision in situ 238U–234U–230Th isotopic analysis using laser ablation multiple-collector ICPMS

    C.H. Stirling;D.-C. Lee;J.N. Christensen;A.N. Halliday

  • Isotopic mass dependence of metal cation diffusion coefficients in liquid water

    Ian C. Bourg;Ian C. Bourg;Ian C. Bourg;Frank M. Richter;John N. Christensen;Garrison Sposito

  • In situ long-term reductive bioimmobilization of Cr(VI) in groundwater using hydrogen release compound

    Boris Faybishenko;Terry C. Hazen;Philip E. Long;Eoin L. Brodie

  • Canadian Cordilleran Mississippi Valley-Type Deposits: A Case for Devonian-Mississippian Back-Arc Hydrothermal Origin

    JoAnne Nelson;Suzanne Paradis;John Christensen;Janet Gabites

  • Sediment transport time measured with U-Series isotopes: Results from ODP North Atlantic Drill Site 984

    Donald J. DePaolo;Kate Maher;John N. Christensen;Jerry McManus

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald J. DePaolo
Donald J. DePaolo Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Mark E. Conrad
Mark E. Conrad Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Alex N. Halliday
Alex N. Halliday Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Kenneth H. Williams
Kenneth H. Williams Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Kate Maher
Kate Maher Stanford University
Der-Chuen Lee
Der-Chuen Lee Academia Sinica
Susan S. Hubbard
Susan S. Hubbard Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Tetsu K. Tokunaga
Tetsu K. Tokunaga Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
James R. Hein
James R. Hein United States Geological Survey
Frank M. Richter
Frank M. Richter University of Chicago

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