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Michael D. Higgins is affiliated with the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi in Canada. Their research spans several domains within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on geological and geochemical analysis.

The main fields of study in their work include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Subfields covered in their publications are:

  • Geophysics
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Molecular Biology

Core topics of their research work encompass:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Mineralogy and Gemology Studies

Their recent publications include the following:

  • "Variation of plagioclase shape with size in intermediate magmas: a window into incipient plagioclase crystallisation," 2022, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • "Chemical and textural diversity of Kameni (Greece) dacites: role of vesiculation in juvenile and mature basal crystal masses," 2021, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • "Central sagging of a giant mafic intrusion: the Ediacaran Sept Îles Layered Intrusion (Québec, Canada)," 2020, Journal of the Geological Society
  • "Presentation of the Mineralogical Society of America Award for 2019 to Olivier Namur," 2020, American Mineralogist
  • "Preface for 30th Anniversary Edition of Irish Journal of Sociology," 2021, Irish Journal of Sociology

Michael D. Higgins has collaborated with several coauthors, frequently working alongside:

  • Martin Mangler
  • Madeleine C. S. Humphreys
  • Fabian B. Wadsworth
  • Alexander A. Iveson
  • Anouk Debecq

Their work has appeared in multiple publication venues, with notable frequency in:

  • Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • Journal of the Geological Society
  • American Mineralogist
  • Irish Journal of Sociology
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Best Publications

  • Measurement of crystal size distributions

    Michael D. Higgins

  • Quantitative Textural Measurements in Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology

    Michael Denis Higgins

  • A geological companion to Greece and the Aegean

    Michael Denis Higgins;Reynold Alleyne Higgins

  • An introduction to the application of X-ray microtomography to the three-dimensional study of igneous rocks

    Don R. Baker;L. Mancini;M. Polacci;Michael D. Higgins

  • Closure in crystal size distributions (CSD), verification of CSD calculations, and the significance of CSD fans

    Michael D. Higgins

  • Origin of Anorthosite by Textural Coarsening: Quantitative Measurements of a Natural Sequence of Textural Development

    Michael D. Higgins

  • Crystallization Sequence and Magma Chamber Processes in the Ferrobasaltic Sept Iles Layered Intrusion, Canada

    Olivier Namur;Bernard Charlier;Michael J. Toplis;Michael D. Higgins

  • Magma dynamics beneath Kameni volcano, Thera, Greece, as revealed by crystal size and shape measurements

    Michael D. Higgins

  • Large-scale silicate liquid immiscibility during differentiation of tholeiitic basalt to granite and the origin of the Daly gap

    Bernard Charlier;Olivier Namur;Michael J. Toplis;Pierre Schiano

  • Composition of the Canadian Precambrian shield and the continental crust of the earth

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  • 3D Analysis of Rock Textures: Quantifying Igneous Microstructures

    Dougal A. Jerram;Michael D. Higgins

  • Numerical modeling of crystal shapes in thin sections: Estimation of crystal habit and true size

    Michael D. Higgins

  • Differentiation of Tholeiitic Basalt to A-Type Granite in the Sept Iles Layered Intrusion, Canada

    Olivier Namur;Bernard Charlier;Michael J. Toplis;Michael D. Higgins

  • Crystal Size Distribution of Plagioclase and Amphibole from Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat: Evidence for Dynamic Crystallization–Textural Coarsening Cycles

    Michael D. Higgins;Julie Roberge

  • Verification of ideal semi-logarithmic, lognormal or fractal crystal size distributions from 2D datasets

    Michael D. Higgins

  • A crystal size-distribution study of the Kiglapait layered mafic intrusion, Labrador, Canada: evidence for textural coarsening

    Michael D. Higgins

  • Nature of Sub-volcanic Magma Chambers, Deccan Province, India: Evidence from Quantitative Textural Analysis of Plagioclase Megacrysts in the Giant Plagioclase Basalts

    Michael D. Higgins;D. Chandrasekharam

  • Origin of megacrysts in granitoids by textural coarsening: a crystal size distribution (CSD) study of microcline in the Cathedral Peak Granodiorite, Sierra Nevada, California

    Michael D. Higgins

  • Textural coarsening in igneous rocks

    Michael D. Higgins

  • Sm/Nd evidence for a major 1.5 Ga crust-forming event in the central Grenville province

    A.P. Dickin;Michael D. Higgins

  • The origin of laminated and massive anorthosite, Sept Iles layered intrusion, Québec, Canada

    Michael Denis Higgins

  • Crystal size distributions and other quantitative textural measurements in lavas and tuff from Egmont volcano (Mt. Taranaki), New Zealand

    Michael D. Higgins

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacqueline Vander Auwera
Jacqueline Vander Auwera University of Liège
Bernard Charlier
Bernard Charlier University of Liège
Don R. Baker
Don R. Baker McGill University
Michael J. Toplis
Michael J. Toplis Paul Sabatier University
Jacques Locat
Jacques Locat Université Laval
Guillaume St-Onge
Guillaume St-Onge Université du Québec à Rimouski
Joseph D. Ortiz
Joseph D. Ortiz Kent State University
Diego Morata
Diego Morata University of Chile
Wolfgang Maier
Wolfgang Maier Cardiff University
Paraskevi Nomikou
Paraskevi Nomikou National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

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