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59
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1975
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Overview

Mark D. Schmitz is affiliated with Boise State University in the United States. Their scholarly work focuses primarily on the Earth and Planetary Sciences with a strong emphasis on geophysics, paleontology, artificial intelligence applications, atmospheric science, and geology. The scientist's research spans topics including geological and geochemical analysis, geochemistry and geologic mapping, paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, geology and paleoclimatology research, earthquake and tectonic studies, geological studies and exploration, and high-pressure geophysics and materials.

Mark D. Schmitz has contributed to a range of peer-reviewed publications, with frequent appearances in several scientific venues. These include:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Geology
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Chemical Geology

The scientist has collaborated with various frequent co-authors, which include:

  • James L. Crowley
  • Michael T. Mohr
  • Corey J. Wall
  • Carol M. Dehler
  • Karl E. Karlstrom

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Mark D. Schmitz provide insights into their research focus. These include:

  • "Redefining the Tonto Group of Grand Canyon and recalibrating the Cambrian time scale" (2020), published in Geology
  • "Apatites for destruction: Reference apatites from Morocco and Brazil for U-Pb petrochronology and Nd and Sr isotope geochemistry" (2021), published in Chemical Geology
  • "Geochronological constraints on Neoproterozoic rifting and onset of the Marinoan glaciation from the Kingston Peak Formation in Death Valley, California (USA)" (2020), published in Geology
  • "A volcanic tuff near the Carboniferous-Permian boundary, Taiyuan Formation, North China: Radioisotopic dating and global correlation" (2020), published in Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
  • "Rapid emplacement of massive Duluth Complex intrusions within the North American Midcontinent Rift" (2020), published in Geology

Best Publications

  • The Geologic Time Scale 2012

    Felix M. Gradstein;James G. Ogg;Mark D. Schmitz;Gabi M. Ogg

  • Calibrating the Cryogenian.

    Francis Alexander Macdonald;Mark D. Schmitz;James L. Crowley;Charles F. Roots

  • Reassessing the uranium decay constants for geochronology using ID-TIMS U–Pb data

    Blair Schoene;James L. Crowley;Daniel J. Condon;Mark D. Schmitz

  • Derivation of isotope ratios, errors, and error correlations for U‐Pb geochronology using 205Pb‐235U‐(233U)‐spiked isotope dilution thermal ionization mass spectrometric data

    Mark D. Schmitz;Blair Schoene;Blair Schoene

  • U-Pb zircon and titanite systematics of the Fish Canyon Tuff: an assessment of high-precision U-Pb geochronology and its application to young volcanic rocks

    Mark D. Schmitz;Samuel A. Bowring

  • The Carboniferous Period

    V.I. Davydov;D. Korn;M.D. Schmitz

  • High‐precision U‐Pb zircon age calibration of the global Carboniferous time scale and Milankovitch band cyclicity in the Donets Basin, eastern Ukraine

    Vladimir I. Davydov;James L. Crowley;Mark D. Schmitz;Vladislav I. Poletaev

  • Ages and origins of rocks of the Killingworth dome, south-central Connecticut: Implications for the tectonic evolution of southern New England

    John N. Aleinikoff;R P Wintsch;Richard P. Tollo;Daniel M. Unruh

  • High-Precision U-Pb Calibration of Carboniferous Glaciation and Climate History, Paganzo Group, NW Argentina

    Erik L. Gulbranson;Isabel P. Montañez;M. D. Schmitz;Carlos Oscar Limarino;Carlos Oscar Limarino

  • High-precision U-Pb CA-TIMS calibration of Middle Permian to Lower Triassic sequences, mass extinction and extreme climate-change in eastern Australian Gondwana

    Ian Metcalfe;Ian Metcalfe;J L Crowley;Robert Nicoll;Robert Nicoll;Mark D. Schmitz

  • Quantitative radiometric and biostratigraphic calibration of the Pennsylvanian–Early Permian (Cisuralian) time scale and pan-Euramerican chronostratigraphic correlation

    Mark D. Schmitz;Vladimir I. Davydov

  • MKED1: A new titanite standard for in situ analysis of Sm–Nd isotopes and U–Pb geochronology

    Carl Spandler;Johannes Hammerli;Johannes Hammerli;Peng Sha;Hannah Hilbert-Wolf

  • Subduction and terrane collision stabilize the western Kaapvaal craton tectosphere 2.9 billion years ago

    Mark D Schmitz;Mark D Schmitz;Samuel A Bowring;Maarten J de Wit;Volker Gartz

  • Palaeontological evidence for an Oligocene divergence between Old World monkeys and apes

    Nancy J. Stevens;Nancy J. Stevens;Erik R. Seiffert;Patrick M. O’Connor;Patrick M. O’Connor;Eric M. Roberts

  • High-Precision U-Pb Zircon Geochronology and the Stratigraphic Record

    Samuel A. Bowring;Mark D. Schmitz

  • A new appraisal of sri lankan bb zircon as a reference material for LA-ICP-MS U-Pb geochronology and Lu-Hf isotope tracing.

    Maristella M. Santos;Cristiano Lana;Ricardo Scholz;Ian Buick

  • Magma emplacement, differentiation and cooling in the middle crust: Integrated zircon geochronological–geochemical constraints from the Bergell Intrusion, Central Alps

    Kyle M. Samperton;Blair Schoene;John M. Cottle;C. Brenhin Keller

  • Forearc ages reveal extensive short-lived and rapid seafloor spreading following subduction initiation

    Mark K. Reagan;Daniel E. Heaton;Mark D. Schmitz;Julian A. Pearce

  • Evaluation of Duluth Complex anorthositic series (AS3) zircon as a U-Pb geochronological standard: new high-precision isotope dilution thermal ionization mass spectrometry results

    Mark D Schmitz;Samuel A Bowring;Trevor R Ireland

  • Neoarchean paleoweathering of tonalite and metabasalt: Implications for reconstructions of 2.69Ga early terrestrial ecosystems and paleoatmospheric chemistry

    Steven G. Driese;Mark A. Jirsa;Minghua Ren;Susan L. Brantley

Frequent Co-Authors

James L. Crowley
James L. Crowley Boise State University
Brian R. Jicha
Brian R. Jicha University of Wisconsin–Madison
Francis A. Macdonald
Francis A. Macdonald University of California, Santa Barbara
Karl E. Karlstrom
Karl E. Karlstrom University of New Mexico
Blair Schoene
Blair Schoene Princeton University
James W. Hagadorn
James W. Hagadorn Denver Museum of Nature and Science
Galen P. Halverson
Galen P. Halverson McGill University
Justin V. Strauss
Justin V. Strauss Dartmouth College

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