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Linda Godfrey is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in subfields such as Geochemistry and Petrology, Geophysics, Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, and Artificial Intelligence.

Their scholarly output includes publications in several frequent venues:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Hydrology

Linda Godfrey's research topics encompass a range of geological and geochemical areas:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Selected recent publications illustrate the scope and focus of their work:

  • "Antimony isotope fractionation in hydrothermal systems," 2021, published in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • "The Late Triassic Extinction at the Norian/Rhaetian boundary: Biotic evidence and geochemical signature," 2020, published in Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Volcanic and Saline Lithium Inputs to the Salar de Atacama," 2020, published in Minerals
  • "Recharge and residence times of groundwater in hyper arid areas: The confined aquifer of Calama, Loa River Basin, Atacama Desert, Chile," 2020, published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "From peaks to ports: Insights into tin provenance, production, and distribution from adapted applications of lead isotopic analysis of the Uluburun tin ingots," 2021, published in Journal of Archaeological Science

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Godfrey's research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Ryan Mathur
  • Richard A. Mortlock
  • F. Álvarez
  • Javier Urrutia
  • James D. Wright

The range of topics and collaborations indicates a multidisciplinary approach connecting geochemical methods, paleontological studies, and isotope analysis. Their work has contributed to understanding hydrothermal processes, extinction events, lithium geochemistry, groundwater dynamics, and archaeological geochemistry through isotopic techniques.

Best Publications

  • A 106ka paleoclimate record from drill core of the Salar de Atacama, northern Chile

    Andrew L. Bobst;Tim K. Lowenstein;Teresa E. Jordan;Linda V. Godfrey

  • The cycling and redox state of nitrogen in the Archaean ocean

    Linda V. Godfrey;Paul G. Falkowski

  • 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 role of climate in the accumulation of lithium-rich brine in the Central Andes

    L. V. Godfrey;L. V. Godfrey;L. H. Chan;Ricardo Narciso Alonso;T. K. Lowenstein

  • An Appalachian Amazon? Magnetofossil evidence for the development of a tropical river-like system in the mid-Atlantic United States during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum

    Robert E. Kopp;Dirk Schumann;Timothy D. Raub;David S. Powars

  • The evaluation of brine prospects and the requirement for modifications to filing standards

    John Houston;Andrew S. Butcher;Peter Ehren;Keith Evans

  • Dissolved zirconium and hafnium distributions across a shelf break in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean

    L.V. Godfrey;W.M. White;V.J.M. Salters

  • The Hf isotopic composition of ferromanganese nodules and crusts and hydrothermal manganese deposits: Implications for seawater Hf

    L.V. Godfrey;D.-C. Lee;W.F. Sangrey;A.N. Halliday

  • Magnetostratigraphy, biostratigraphy, and chemostratigraphy of the Pignola-Abriola section: New constraints for the Norian-Rhaetian boundary

    Matteo Maron;Manuel Rigo;Angela Bertinelli;Miriam E. Katz

  • The geochemical record of the ancient nitrogen cycle, nitrogen isotopes, and metal cofactors.

    Linda V. Godfrey;Jennifer B. Glass

  • Active faulting and folding without topographic expression in an evaporite basin, Chile

    T.E. Jordan;N. Muñoz;M. Hein;T. Lowenstein

  • Características isotópicas e implicaciones paleoclimáticas del evento de precipitación extrema de marzo de 2015 en el norte de Chile.

    Teresa E. Jordan;L Christian Herrera;Linda V. Godfrey;Stephen J. Colucci

  • Stability of the nitrogen cycle during development of sulfidic water in the redox-stratified late Paleoproterozoic Ocean

    Linda V. Godfrey;Simon W. Poulton;Gray E. Bebout;Philip W. Fralick

  • Antimony isotope fractionation in hydrothermal systems

    Degao Zhai;Ryan Mathur;Sheng-Ao Liu;Jiajun Liu

  • The Pignola‐Abriola section (southern Apennines, Italy): a new GSSP candidate for the base of the Rhaetian Stage

    Manuel Rigo;Angela Bertinelli;Giuseppe Concheri;Giovanni Gattolin;Giovanni Gattolin

  • Timing of wet episodes in Atacama Desert over the last 15 ka. The Groundwater Discharge Deposits (GWD) from Domeyko Range at 25°S.

    Alberto Sáez;Linda V. Godfrey;Christian Herrera;Guillermo Chong

  • The Late Triassic Extinction at the Norian/Rhaetian boundary: Biotic evidence and geochemical signature

    Manuel Rigo;Manuel Rigo;Tetsuji Onoue;Lawrence H. Tanner;Spencer G. Lucas

  • Characterization of lithium cycling in the Salar De Olaroz, Central Andes, using a geochemical and isotopic approach

    M.G. Garcia;M.G. Garcia;L.G. Borda;L.V. Godfrey;R.L. López Steinmetz

  • Groundwater origin and recharge in the hyperarid Cordillera de la Costa, Atacama Desert, northern Chile.

    Christian Herrera;Christian Herrera;Carolina Gamboa;Carolina Gamboa;Emilio Custodio;Teresa Jordan

  • Optimisation of Lithium Chromatography for Isotopic Analysis in Geological Reference Materials by MC-ICP-MS

    Wenshuai Li;Xiao‐Ming Liu;Linda V. Godfrey

  • Hafnium and neodymium isotope variations in NE Atlantic seawater

    L. V. Godfrey;B. Zimmermann;D.-C. Lee;R. L. King

Frequent Co-Authors

Teresa E. Jordan
Teresa E. Jordan Cornell University
Manuel Rigo
Manuel Rigo University of Padua
Ryan Mathur
Ryan Mathur Juniata College
Miriam E. Katz
Miriam E. Katz Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Wayne Powell
Wayne Powell Scotland's Rural College
Giovanni Muttoni
Giovanni Muttoni University of Milan
Emilio Custodio
Emilio Custodio Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Tim K. Lowenstein
Tim K. Lowenstein Binghamton University
Paul G. Falkowski
Paul G. Falkowski Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Sheng-Ao Liu
Sheng-Ao Liu China University of Geosciences

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