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Kevin W. Burton is affiliated with Durham University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions across related subfields including Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology, Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, and Inorganic Chemistry.

The scientist's work covers a broad range of topics, with notable attention to Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry, High-pressure geophysics and materials, and Radioactive element chemistry and processing.

Kevin W. Burton has published several research papers in reputable scientific venues. Recent papers include:

  • Decoupling of inorganic and organic carbon during slab mantle devolatilisation (2022, Nature Communications)
  • The lithium isotope response to the variable weathering of soils in Iceland (2021, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta)
  • The chondritic neodymium stable isotope composition of the Earth inferred from mid-ocean ridge, ocean island and arc basalts (2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta)
  • The Neodymium Stable Isotope Composition of the Oceanic Crust: Reconciling the Mismatch Between Erupted Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalts and Lower Crustal Gabbros (2020, Frontiers in Earth Science)
  • Ge and Si Isotope Behavior During Intense Tropical Weathering and Ecosystem Cycling (2020, Global Biogeochemical Cycles)

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Kevin W. Burton are:

  • Philip A.E. Pogge von Strandmann
  • Alex J. McCoy-West
  • Sigurður R. Gíslason
  • Sophie Opfergelt
  • Xianyi Liu

Kevin W. Burton has been published multiple times in various scientific venues. Among the most frequent publication venues are:

  • Geochemical Perspectives Letters
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Science Advances

Best Publications

  • Hf isotope ratio analysis using multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry: an evaluation of isobaric interference corrections

    Nan-Chin Chu;Rex N. Taylor;Valérie Chavagnac;Robert W. Nesbitt

  • Ancient melt extraction from the oceanic upper mantle revealed by Re–Os isotopes in abyssal peridotites from the Mid-Atlantic ridge

    Jason Harvey;Abdelmouhcine Gannoun;Kevin W. Burton;Nick W. Rogers

  • 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

  • The behaviour of Li and Mg isotopes during primary phase dissolution and secondary mineral formation in basalt

    Josh Wimpenny;Sigurður R. Gíslason;Rachael H. James;Abdelmouhcine Gannoun

  • Molybdenum isotope evidence for global ocean anoxia coupled with perturbations to the carbon cycle during the Early Jurassic

    Christopher R. Pearce;Anthony S. Cohen;Angela L. Coe;Kevin W. Burton

  • Closure of the Central American Isthmus and its effect on deep-water formation in the North Atlantic

    Kevin W. Burton;Hong-Fei Ling;R. Keith O'Nions

  • The influence of weathering processes on riverine magnesium isotopes in a basaltic terrain

    Philip A.E. Pogge von Strandmann;Philip A.E. Pogge von Strandmann;Kevin W. Burton;Kevin W. Burton;Rachael H. James;Peter van Calsteren

  • Lithium, magnesium and silicon isotope behaviour accompanying weathering in a basaltic soil and pore water profile in Iceland

    Philip A.E. Pogge von Strandmann;Philip A.E. Pogge von Strandmann;Sophie Opfergelt;Sophie Opfergelt;Yi-Jen Lai;Bergur Sigfússon

  • Sedimentary Fe–Mn oxyhydroxides as paleoceanographic archives and the role of aeolian flux in regulating oceanic dissolved REE

    Germaine Bayon;Christopher R. German;Kevin W. Burton;Robert W. Nesbitt

  • In situ Os isotopes in abyssal peridotites bridge the isotopic gap between MORBs and their source mantle

    Olivier Alard;Olivier Alard;Olivier Alard;Ambre Luguet;Ambre Luguet;Norman J. Pearson;William L. Griffin

  • Silicon isotope variations accompanying basalt weathering in Iceland

    R.B. Georg;R.B. Georg;B.C. Reynolds;A.J. West;K.W. Burton

  • Riverine behaviour of uranium and lithium isotopes in an actively glaciated basaltic terrain

    Philip A.E. Pogge von Strandmann;Kevin W. Burton;Rachael H. James;Peter van Calsteren

  • The relationship between riverine lithium isotope composition and silicate weathering rates in Iceland

    Nicolas Vigier;Sigurdur R. Gislason;K. W. Burton;Romain Millot

  • The timescale and mechanism of granulite formation at Kurunegala, Sri Lanka

    Kevin W. Burton;R. Keith O'Nions

  • Glacial–interglacial variations in the neodymium isotope composition of seawater in the Bay of Bengal recorded by planktonic foraminifera

    Kevin W. Burton;Derek Vance

  • Silicon isotope fractionation during magmatic differentiation

    Paul S. Savage;R. Bastian Georg;Helen M. Williams;Kevin W. Burton

  • The relative diffusion of Pb, Nd, Sr and O in garnet

    Kevin W. Burton;Matthew J. Kohn;Anthony S. Cohen;R. Keith O'Nions

  • Osmium isotope disequilibrium between mantle minerals in a spinel-lherzolite

    Kevin W Burton;Kevin W Burton;Pierre Schiano;Pierre Schiano;Jean-Louis Birck;Claude J Allègre

  • The scale and origin of the osmium isotope variations in mid-ocean ridge basalts

    Abdelmouhcine Gannoun;K. W. Burton;I. J. Parkinson;O. Alard

  • Mechanisms of magnesium isotope fractionation in volcanic soil weathering sequences, Guadeloupe

    Sophie Opfergelt;Sophie Opfergelt;R.B. Georg;Bruno Delvaux;Y.M. Cabidoche

Frequent Co-Authors

Sophie Opfergelt
Sophie Opfergelt Université Catholique de Louvain
Philip A.E. Pogge von Strandmann
Philip A.E. Pogge von Strandmann Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Ian J. Parkinson
Ian J. Parkinson University of Bristol
Sigurdur R. Gislason
Sigurdur R. Gislason University of Iceland
Alex N. Halliday
Alex N. Halliday Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Rachael H. James
Rachael H. James University of Southampton
Pierre Schiano
Pierre Schiano University of Clermont Auvergne
Helen M. Williams
Helen M. Williams University of Cambridge
Olivier Alard
Olivier Alard Macquarie University
James R. Hein
James R. Hein United States Geological Survey

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