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Michael J. Spicuzza is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with specific contributions across several subfields including Geophysics, Paleontology, Geochemistry and Petrology, Atmospheric Science, and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

The scientist's work spans multiple topics within geology and geosciences, prominently featuring Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, as well as High-pressure geophysics and materials.

Michael J. Spicuzza has contributed to several research papers published in a range of scholarly venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Chemical Geology
  • Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research
  • Polymer Chemistry
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Michael J. Spicuzza include:

  • Deposition or diagenesis? Probing the Ediacaran Shuram excursion in South China by SIMS, 2021, Global and Planetary Change
  • Magnesium isotope analysis of olivine and pyroxene by SIMS: Evaluation of matrix effects, 2020, Chemical Geology
  • An authigenic response to Ediacaran surface oxidation: Remarkable micron-scale isotopic heterogeneity revealed by SIMS, 2022, Precambrian Research
  • SIMS matrix effects in oxygen isotope analysis of olivine and pyroxene: Application to Acfer 094 chondrite chondrules and reconsideration of the primitive chondrule minerals (PCM) line, 2022, Chemical Geology
  • Storage and Evolution of Laguna del Maule Rhyolites: Insight From Volatile and Trace Element Contents in Melt Inclusions, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a number of co-authors, including:

  • John W. Valley
  • Kouki Kitajima
  • John Fournelle
  • N. T. Kita
  • Tyler B. Blum

Best Publications

  • 4.4 billion years of crustal maturation: oxygen isotope ratios of magmatic zircon

    J. W. Valley;J. S. Lackey;J. S. Lackey;A. J. Cavosie;A. J. Cavosie;C. C. Clechenko

  • Zircon megacrysts from kimberlite: oxygen isotope variability among mantle melts

    John W. Valley;Peter D. Kinny;Daniel J. Schulze;Michael J. Spicuzza

  • UWG-2, a garnet standard for oxygen isotope ratios: Strategies for high precision and accuracy with laser heating

    John W. Valley;Nami Kitchen;Matthew J. Kohn;Christopher R. Niendorf

  • Hadean age for a post-magma-ocean zircon confirmed by atom-probe tomography

    John W. Valley;Aaron J. Cavosie;Aaron J. Cavosie;Takayuki Ushikubo;David A. Reinhard

  • Fe, C, and O isotope compositions of banded iron formation carbonates demonstrate a major role for dissimilatory iron reduction in ~2.5 Ga marine environments

    Adriana Heimann;Adriana Heimann;Adriana Heimann;Clark M. Johnson;Clark M. Johnson;Brian L. Beard;Brian L. Beard;John W. Valley;John W. Valley

  • Geochemistry of xenolithic eclogites from West Africa, Part I: A link between low MgO eclogites and Archean crust formation

    Matthias G. Barth;Roberta L. Rudnick;Ingo Horn;William F. McDonough

  • SIMS analyses of the oldest known assemblage of microfossils document their taxon-correlated carbon isotope compositions.

    J. William Schopf;Kouki Kitajima;Michael J. Spicuzza;Anatoliy B. Kudryavtsev

  • Zircons from kimberlite: New insights from oxygen isotopes, trace elements, and Ti in zircon thermometry

    F. Zeb Page;Bin Fu;Noriko T. Kita;John Fournelle

  • High precision SIMS oxygen three isotope study of chondrules in LL3 chondrites: Role of ambient gas during chondrule formation

    Noriko T. Kita;Hiroko Nagahara;Shogo Tachibana;Shin Tomomura

  • Garnet pyroxenite and eclogite in the Bohemian Massif: geochemical evidence for Variscan recycling of subducted lithosphere

    L. G. Medaris;B. L. Beard;C. M. Johnson;J. W. Valley

  • Intratest oxygen isotope variability in the planktonic foraminifer N. pachyderma: Real vs. apparent vital effects by ion microprobe

    R. Kozdon;T. Ushikubo;N.T. Kita;M. Spicuzza

  • Geochemistry of xenolithic eclogites from West Africa, part 2: origins of the high MgO eclogites

    Matthias G Barth;Roberta L Rudnick;Ingo Horn;William F McDonough

  • Oxygen isotope constraints on the origin and differentiation of the Moon

    Michael J. Spicuzza;James M.D. Day;Lawrence A. Taylor;John W. Valley

  • Influence of radiation damage on Late Jurassic zircon from southern China: Evidence from in situ measurements of oxygen isotopes, laser Raman, U-Pb ages, and trace elements

    Xiao-Lei Wang;Xiao-Lei Wang;Matthew A. Coble;John W. Valley;Xu-Jie Shu

  • The rapid heating, defocused beam technique: a CO2-laser-based method for highly precise and accurate determination of δ18O values of quartz

    M.J. Spicuzza;J.W. Valley;M.J. Kohn;J.P. Girard

  • Zircon oxygen isotopic constraint on the sources of late Mesozoic A-type granites in eastern China

    Chun-Sheng Wei;Zi-Fu Zhao;Michael J. Spicuzza

  • A single asteroidal source for extraterrestrial Ordovician chromite grains from Sweden and China: High-precision oxygen three-isotope SIMS analysis

    Philipp R. Heck;Takayuki Ushikubo;Birger Schmitz;Noriko T. Kita

  • Texture-specific isotopic compositions in 3.4 Gyr old organic matter support selective preservation in cell-like structures

    Kevin Lepot;Kevin Lepot;Kenneth H. Williford;Kenneth H. Williford;Takayuki Ushikubo;Kenichiro Sugitani

  • O ISOTOPE ZONING IN GARNET AND STAUROLITE : EVIDENCE FOR CLOSED-SYSTEM MINERAL GROWTH DURING REGIONAL METAMORPHISM

    Matthew J. Kohn;John W. Valley;Don Elsenheimer;Michael J. Spicuzza

  • Questioning the biogenicity of Neoproterozoic superheavy pyrite by SIMS

    Huan Cui;Kouki Kitajima;Michael J. Spicuzza;John H. Fournelle

  • Coesite eclogites from the Roberts Victor kimberlite, South Africa

    Daniel J Schulze;John W Valley;Michael J Spicuzza

Frequent Co-Authors

John W. Valley
John W. Valley University of Wisconsin–Madison
Kouki Kitajima
Kouki Kitajima University of Wisconsin–Madison
Noriko T. Kita
Noriko T. Kita University of Wisconsin–Madison
Takayuki Ushikubo
Takayuki Ushikubo Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Aaron J. Cavosie
Aaron J. Cavosie Curtin University
Reinhard Kozdon
Reinhard Kozdon Columbia University
Clark M. Johnson
Clark M. Johnson University of Wisconsin–Madison
Brian L. Beard
Brian L. Beard University of Wisconsin–Madison
Lawrence A. Taylor
Lawrence A. Taylor University of Tennessee at Knoxville
William F. McDonough
William F. McDonough University of Maryland, College Park

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