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Laurence A. Coogan

Laurence A. Coogan

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Earth Science

D-Index
41
Citations
6050
World Ranking
5565
National Ranking
274

Overview

Laurence A. Coogan is affiliated with the University of Victoria in Canada and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans a range of subfields including Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, Geochemistry and Petrology, Geophysics, and Environmental Chemistry.

The main topics covered in their work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Radioactive Element Chemistry and Processing, and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry.

Coogan has a record of publications in several prominent scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Chemical Geology
  • Geophysical Monograph
  • Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers

Recent papers by Coogan illustrate their focus on geochemical processes and hydrothermal systems. These include:

  • Low-temperature oceanic crust alteration and the isotopic budgets of potassium and magnesium in seawater, 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • The effect of solution chemistry on elemental and isotopic fractionation of lithium during inorganic precipitation of calcite, 2021, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Molybdenum in basalt-hosted seafloor hydrothermal systems: Experimental, theoretical, and field sampling approaches, 2023, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Hydrothermal origin of heavy potassium isotope compositions in altered oceanic crust: Implications for tracing the elemental cycle, 2023, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Time series of hydrothermal vent fluid chemistry at Main Endeavour Field, Juan de Fuca Ridge: Remote sampling using the NEPTUNE cabled observatory, 2022, Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers

Coauthors often collaborating with Laurence A. Coogan include:

  • K. M. Gillis
  • Jody Spence
  • William E. Seyfried
  • D. Santiago Ramos
  • John A. Higgins

Best Publications

  • Apatite Trace Element Compositions: A Robust New Tool for Mineral Exploration

    Mao Mao;Alexei S. Rukhlov;Stephen M. Rowins;Jody Spence

  • Volcanic ash fuels anomalous plankton bloom in subarctic northeast Pacific

    Roberta C. Hamme;Peter W. Webley;William R. Crawford;Frank A. Whitney

  • Aluminum-in-olivine thermometry of primitive basalts: Evidence of an anomalously hot mantle source for large igneous provinces

    L.A. Coogan;A.D. Saunders;R.N. Wilson

  • Experimental calibration of aluminum partitioning between olivine and spinel as a geothermometer

    Zhihuan Wan;Laurence A. Coogan;Dante Canil

  • Diffusion of Li in olivine. Part I: Experimental observations and a multi species diffusion model

    Ralf Dohmen;Simone A. Kasemann;Laurence Coogan;Sumit Chakraborty

  • Experimental determination of the diffusion coefficient for calcium in olivine between 900°C and 1500°C

    L.A. Coogan;A. Hain;S. Stahl;S. Chakraborty

  • Near-solidus evolution of oceanic gabbros: insights from amphibole geochemistry

    Laurence A. Coogan;Robert N. Wilson;Kathryn M. Gillis;Christopher John MacLeod

  • Evidence that low‐temperature oceanic hydrothermal systems play an important role in the silicate‐carbonate weathering cycle and long‐term climate regulation

    Laurence A. Coogan;Kathryn M. Gillis

  • Evolution of the Global Carbon Cycle and Climate Regulation on Earth

    Terry T. Isson;Terry T. Isson;Noah J. Planavsky;L.A. Coogan;E.M. Stewart

  • Alteration of ocean crust provides a strong temperature dependent feedback on the geological carbon cycle and is a primary driver of the Sr-isotopic composition of seawater

    Laurence A. Coogan;Stan E. Dosso

  • Early hydrothermal carbon uptake by the upper oceanic crust: insight from in situ U-Pb dating

    Laurence A. Coogan;Randall R. Parrish;Nick M.W. Roberts

  • Secular variation in carbon uptake into the ocean crust

    K.M. Gillis;L.A. Coogan

  • Rates of hydrothermal cooling of new oceanic upper crust derived from lithium-geospeedometry

    Laurence A. Coogan;Simone A. Kasemann;Sumit Chakraborty

  • Anatectic Migmatites from the Roof of an Ocean Ridge Magma Chamber

    K. M. Gillis;L. A. Coogan

  • Evidence from oceanic gabbros for porous melt migration within a crystal mush beneath the Mid‐Atlantic Ridge

    L. A. Coogan;A. D. Saunders;P. D. Kempton;M. J. Norry

  • Low-Temperature Alteration of the Seafloor: Impacts on Ocean Chemistry

    Laurence A. Coogan;Kathryn M. Gillis

  • Do the trace element compositions of detrital zircons require Hadean continental crust

    Laurence A. Coogan;Richard W. Hinton

  • 4.14 – The Lower Oceanic Crust

    L.A. Coogan

  • Melt aggregation within the crust beneath the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: evidence from plagioclase and clinopyroxene major and trace element compositions

    Laurence A. Coogan;Pamela D. Kempton;Andrew D. Saunders;Michael J. Norry

  • The time scales of magma mixing and mingling involving primitive melts and melt–mush interaction at mid-ocean ridges

    Fidel Costa;Fidel Costa;Laurence A. Coogan;Sumit Chakraborty

  • Constraining the cooling rate of the lower oceanic crust: a new approach applied to the Oman ophiolite

    Laurence A. Coogan;Gawen R.T. Jenkin;Robert N. Wilson

Frequent Co-Authors

Sumit Chakraborty
Sumit Chakraborty Ruhr University Bochum
Fidel Costa
Fidel Costa Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Michael J. Cheadle
Michael J. Cheadle University of Wyoming
Gawen R.T. Jenkin
Gawen R.T. Jenkin University of Leicester
Christopher J. MacLeod
Christopher J. MacLeod Cardiff University
Jeffrey A. Karson
Jeffrey A. Karson Syracuse University
Jeffrey S. Gee
Jeffrey S. Gee University of California, San Diego
Barbara E. John
Barbara E. John University of Wyoming
Pamela D. Kempton
Pamela D. Kempton Kansas State University
Andrew D. Saunders
Andrew D. Saunders University of Leicester

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