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Larry M. Heaman

Larry M. Heaman

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Earth Science

D-Index
81
Citations
19706
World Ranking
510
National Ranking
18

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Larry M. Heaman is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research primarily focuses on Geophysics and intersects with areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Mechanics of Materials, Atmospheric Science, and Earth-Surface Processes.

Their work covers a variety of topics including:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological formations and processes

Heaman has contributed to numerous publications, appearing frequently in the following venues:

  • Lithos
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Geology
  • Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • D. Graham Pearson
  • Richard A. Stern
  • Thomas Chacko
  • Edith Martel
  • Robert A. Creaser

Selected recent papers include:

  • A Review of the Geology of Global Diamond Mines and Deposits (2022) published in Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry
  • Ultramafic Carbonated Melt- and Auto-Metasomatism in Mantle Eclogites: Compositional Effects and Geophysical Consequences (2020) published in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Recommendations for the reporting and interpretation of isotope dilution U-Pb geochronological information (2024) published in Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Discovery of a giant 3.3-3.1 Ga terrane in the Rae craton, Canada: Implications for the timing and extent of ancient continental growth (2023) published in Geology
  • Removal of continental lithosphere beneath the Canary archipelago revealed from a U Pb Age and Hf/O isotope study of modern sand detrital zircons (2020) published in Lithos

Larry M. Heaman was awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2007 by the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Mackenzie igneous events, Canada: Middle Proterozoic hotspot magmatism associated with ocean opening

    A.N. LeCheminant;L.M. Heaman

  • Paragenesis and U-Pb systematics of baddeleyite (ZrO2)

    L.M. Heaman;A.N. LeCheminant

  • Nature and timing of Franklin igneous events, Canada: Implications for a Late Proterozoic mantle plume and the break-up of Laurentia

    L.M. Heaman;A.N. LeCheminant;R.H. Rainbird

  • The chemical composition of igneous zircon suites: implications for geochemical tracer studies

    Larry M Heaman;Robert Bowins;James Crocket

  • Global mafic magmatism at 2.45 Ga: Remnants of an ancient large igneous province?

    Larry M. Heaman

  • UPb geochronology of layered mafic intrusions in the eastern Baltic Shield: implications for the timing and duration of Paleoproterozoic continental rifting

    Yu.V. Amelin;Yu.V. Amelin;L.M. Heaman;V.S. Semenov

  • Genesis of Ultramafic Lamprophyres and Carbonatites at Aillik Bay, Labrador: a Consequence of Incipient Lithospheric Thinning beneath the North Atlantic Craton

    Sebastian Tappe;Stephen F. Foley;George A. Jenner;Larry M. Heaman

  • 1891–1883 Ma Southern Bastar–Cuddapah mafic igneous events, India: A newly recognized large igneous province

    Jason E. French;Larry M. Heaman;Thomas Chacko;Rajesh K. Srivastava

  • U–Pb geochronology of Riphean sandstone and gabbro from southeast Siberia and its bearing on the Laurentia–Siberia connection

    Robert H Rainbird;Richard A Stern;Andrei K Khudoley;Anatoly P Kropachev

  • The application of U–Pb geochronology to mafic, ultramafic and alkaline rocks: An evaluation of three mineral standards

    Larry M. Heaman

  • Craton reactivation on the Labrador Sea margins: 40Ar/39Ar age and Sr–Nd–Hf–Pb isotope constraints from alkaline and carbonatite intrusives

    Sebastian Tappe;Stephen F. Foley;Andreas Stracke;Rolf L. Romer

  • Timing of eastern North American kimberlite magmatism: continental extension of the Great Meteor hotspot track?

    L.M. Heaman;B.A. Kjarsgaard

  • Between carbonatite and lamproite—Diamondiferous Torngat ultramafic lamprophyres formed by carbonate-fluxed melting of cratonic MARID-type metasomes

    Sebastian Tappe;Stephen F. Foley;Bruce A. Kjarsgaard;Rolf L. Romer

  • The temporal evolution of North American kimberlites

    Larry M. Heaman;Bruce A. Kjarsgaard;Robert A. Creaser

  • U-Pb baddeleyite ages and Hf, Nd isotope chemistry constraining repeated mafic magmatism in the Fennoscandian Shield from 1.6 to 0.9 Ga

    Ulf Söderlund;Clark E. Isachsen;Göran Bylund;Larry M. Heaman

  • Gunbarrel mafic magmatic event: A key 780 Ma time marker for Rodinia plate reconstructions

    Stephen S. Harlan;Larry Heaman;Anthony N. LeCheminant;Wayne R. Premo

  • Earth’s earliest evolved crust generated in an Iceland-like setting

    Jesse R. Reimink;Thomas Chacko;Richard A. Stern;Larry M. Heaman

  • Precise U–Pb dating of Paleoproterozoic mafic dyke swarms of the Dharwar craton, India: Implications for the existence of the Neoarchean supercraton Sclavia

    Jason E. French;Larry M. Heaman

  • Sedimentary evolution of the Riphean–Vendian basin of southeastern Siberia

    A.K Khudoley;R.H Rainbird;R.A Stern;A.P Kropachev

  • The timing of kimberlite magmatism in North America: implications for global kimberlite genesis and diamond exploration

    L.M Heaman;B.A Kjarsgaard;R.A Creaser

  • Pan-Continental River System Draining Grenville Orogen Recorded by U-Pb and Sm-Nd Geochronology of Neoproterozoic Quartzarenites and Mudrocks, Northwestern Canada

    R. H. Rainbird;V. J. McNicoll;R. J. Thériault;L. M. Heaman

  • U–Pb zircon dating by laser ablation-MC-ICP-MS using a new multiple ion counting Faraday collector array

    Antonio Simonetti;Larry M. Heaman;Russell P. Hartlaub;Robert A. Creaser

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert A. Creaser
Robert A. Creaser University of Alberta
Thomas Chacko
Thomas Chacko University of Alberta
Antonio Simonetti
Antonio Simonetti University of Notre Dame
Richard A. Stern
Richard A. Stern University of Alberta
Sonja Aulbach
Sonja Aulbach Goethe University Frankfurt
Bruce A. Kjarsgaard
Bruce A. Kjarsgaard Geological Survey of Canada
Sebastian Tappe
Sebastian Tappe TU Bergakademie Freiberg
Thomas Stachel
Thomas Stachel University of Alberta
Paul Martin Holm
Paul Martin Holm University of Copenhagen
Steven B. Shirey
Steven B. Shirey Carnegie Institution for Science

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