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Overview

Kenneth L. Buchan is affiliated with the Geological Survey of Canada. Their research spans multiple fields primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Physics and Astronomy. The scientist's work covers a range of subfields, including Geophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science, Mechanics of Materials, and Geology.

The research topics Kenneth L. Buchan has focused on include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Space Exploration and Technology

The scientist has contributed to a variety of publications, with recent papers including:

  • Plumbing systems of large igneous provinces (LIPs) on Earth and Venus: Investigating the role of giant circumferential and radiating dyke swarms, coronae and novae, and mid-crustal intrusive complexes, 2021, Gondwana Research
  • Dyke swarms record the plume stage evolution of the Atla Regio superplume on Venus, 2023, Communications Earth & Environment
  • Geological history of the Atira Mons large shield volcano, Beta Regio, Venus, 2024, Planetary and Space Science

In addition to works where Kenneth L. Buchan is the author, related research in their field includes:

  • Large Igneous Province Record Through Time and Implications for Secular Environmental Changes and Geological Time-Scale Boundaries, 2021, Geophysical monograph
  • An overview of the plumbing systems of large igneous provinces and their significance, 2021, Geological Society London Special Publications

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Kenneth L. Buchan are:

  • Richard E. Ernst
  • Hafida El Bilali
  • J. W. Head
  • Rajesh K. Srivastava
  • Michiel de Kock

Common venues for publication include:

  • Geological Society London Special Publications
  • Planetary and Space Science
  • Icarus
  • Gondwana Research
  • Communications Earth & Environment

Best Publications

  • Magnetization changes caused by burial and uplift

    G. Pullaiah;E. Irving;K.L. Buchan;D.J. Dunlop

  • Global record of 1600–700 Ma Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs): Implications for the reconstruction of the proposed Nuna (Columbia) and Rodinia supercontinents

    R. Ernst;Michael Wingate;Michael Wingate;Michael Wingate;K. Buchan;Zheng-Xiang Li

  • Frontiers in large igneous province research

    Richard E. Ernst;Kenneth L. Buchan;Ian H. Campbell

  • RECOGNIZING MANTLE PLUMES IN THE GEOLOGICAL RECORD

    Richard E. Ernst;Kenneth L. Buchan

  • Giant radiating dyke swarms: Their use in identifying pre-Mesozoic large igneous provinces and mantle plumes

    Richard E. Ernst;Kenneth L. Buchan

  • Large mafic magmatic events through time and links to mantle-plume heads

    Richard E. Ernst;Kenneth L. Buchan

  • Long-lived connection between southern Siberia and northern Laurentia in the Proterozoic

    R. E. Ernst;R. E. Ernst;M. A. Hamilton;U. Söderlund;J. A. Hanes

  • Comparing the drift of Laurentia and Baltica in the Proterozoic: the importance of key palaeomagnetic poles

    K. L. Buchan;S. Mertanen;R. G. Park;L. J. Pesonen

  • Mantle plumes : their identification through time

    Richard E. Ernst;Kenneth L. Buchan

  • A proposed giant radiating dyke swarm fragmented by the separation of Laurentia and Australia based on paleomagnetism of ca. 780 Ma mafic intrusions in western North America

    John K. Park;Kenneth L. Buchan;Steve S. Harlan

  • Maximum size and distribution in time and space of mantle plumes: evidence from large igneous provinces

    Richard E. Ernst;Kenneth L. Buchan

  • Integrated Paleomagnetism and U‐Pb Geochronology of Mafic Dikes of the Eastern Anabar Shield Region, Siberia: Implications for Mesoproterozoic Paleolatitude of Siberia and Comparison with Laurentia

    R. E. Ernst;K. L. Buchan;M. A. Hamilton;A. V. Okrugin

  • The use of mafic dike swarms in identifying and locating mantle plumes

    Richard E. Ernst;Kenneth L. Buchan

  • 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

  • A new plumbing system framework for mantle plume-related continental Large Igneous Provinces and their mafic-ultramafic intrusions

    Richard E. Ernst;Richard E. Ernst;Dustin A. Liikane;Dustin A. Liikane;Simon M. Jowitt;K. L. Buchan

  • Northeast-trending Early Proterozoic dykes of southern Superior Province: multiple episodes of emplacement recognized from integrated paleomagnetism and U–Pb geochronology

    K. L. Buchan;J. K. Mortensen;K. D. Card

  • Rodinia the evidence from integrated palaeomagnetism and U-Pb geochronology

    Kenneth L. Buchan;Richard E. Ernst;Michael A. Hamilton;Satu Mertanen

  • Time‐Series Analysis of Large Igneous Provinces: 3500 Ma to Present

    Andreas Prokoph;Richard E. Ernst;Kenneth L. Buchan

  • Paleomagnetism, U–Pb geochronology, and geochemistry of Marathon dykes, Superior Province, and comparison with the Fort Frances swarm

    Kenneth L. Buchan;Henry C. Halls;James K. Mortensen

  • Diabase dyke swarms and related units in Canada and adjacent regions

    K L Buchan;RE Ernst

  • Large Igneous Province Record Through Time and Implications for Secular Environmental Changes and Geological Time-Scale Boundaries

    Richard E. Ernst;Richard E. Ernst;David P. G. Bond;Shuan-Hong Zhang;Kenneth L. Buchan

  • U-Pb geochronology of the Western Channel Diabase, northwestern Laurentia: Implications for a large 1.59Ga magmatic province, Laurentia's APWP and paleocontinental reconstructions of Laurentia, Baltica and Gawler craton of southern Australia

    Michael A. Hamilton;Kenneth L. Buchan

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard E. Ernst
Richard E. Ernst Carleton University
Michael A. Hamilton
Michael A. Hamilton University of Toronto
Nasrrddine Youbi
Nasrrddine Youbi Cadi Ayyad University
Lauri J. Pesonen
Lauri J. Pesonen University of Helsinki
Sten-åke Elming
Sten-åke Elming Luleå University of Technology
Ross N. Mitchell
Ross N. Mitchell Chinese Academy of Sciences
James K. Mortensen
James K. Mortensen University of British Columbia
Michael T.D. Wingate
Michael T.D. Wingate University of Western Australia
Wouter Bleeker
Wouter Bleeker Geological Survey of Canada
Mark Pilkington
Mark Pilkington Geological Survey of Canada

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