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Overview

Neil R. Banerjee is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily within Engineering, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Environmental Science. Their work includes significant contributions to several subfields, such as Ocean Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Geophysics, Paleontology, and Radiation.

Their research focuses on a range of topics including Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Offshore Engineering and Technologies, X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis, Remote-Sensing Image Classification, and Drilling and Well Engineering.

Recent publications reflect a diverse set of interests and methodologies. Notable papers include:

  • Application of multivariate data analysis to biogeochemical exploration at the Twin Lakes Deposit, Monument Bay Gold Project, Manitoba, Canada (2022, Chemical Geology)
  • The Molecular Record of Metabolic Activity in the Subsurface of the Río Tinto Mars Analog (2021, Astrobiology)
  • Textural, geochemical, and isotopic data from silicified rocks and associated chemical sedimentary rocks in the ~ 2.7 Ga Abitibi greenstone belt, Canada: Insight into the role of silicification (2020, Precambrian Research)
  • Biogeochemical Exploration at the Twin Lakes Au Deposit Using Synchrotron Radiation Micro X-ray Fluorescence and X-ray Absorption Near-edge Structure Spectroscopy (2020, Microscopy and Microanalysis)
  • Biogeochemical prospecting for gold at the Yellowknife City Gold Project, Northwest Territories, Canada: Part 1 - Species optimization (2022, Applied Geochemistry)

The venues where Neil R. Banerjee frequently publishes include:

  • Microscopy and Microanalysis
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Chemical Geology
  • Applied Geochemistry
  • Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Collaborations are a significant aspect of their work. Frequent co-authors include Lisa Van Loon, Lisa L. Van Loon, D.A.H. Teagle, Douglas S. Wilson, and Christine Laverne, with whom they have multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Early Life Recorded in Archean Pillow Lavas

    Harald Furnes;Neil R. Banerjee;Neil R. Banerjee;Karlis Muehlenbachs;Hubert Staudigel

  • Impact-generated hydrothermal systems on Earth and Mars

    Gordon R. Osinski;Livio L. Tornabene;Neil R. Banerjee;Charles S. Cockell

  • Drilling to gabbro in intact ocean crust

    Douglas S. Wilson;Damon A.H. Teagle;Jeffrey C. Alt;Neil R. Banerjee

  • In situ petrographic thin section U-Pb dating of zircon, monazite, and titanite using laser ablation-MC-ICP-MS

    Antonio Simonetti;Larry M. Heaman;Thomas Chacko;Neil R. Banerjee;Neil R. Banerjee

  • 3.5 billion years of glass bioalteration: Volcanic rocks as a basis for microbial life?

    Hubert Staudigel;Harald Furnes;Nicola McLoughlin;Neil R. Banerjee

  • Subsurface structure of a submarine hydrothermal system in ocean crust formed at the East Pacific Rise, ODP/IODP Site 1256

    Jeffrey C. Alt;Christine Laverne;Rosalind M. Coggon;Rosalind M. Coggon;Damon A. H. Teagle

  • Discovery of ancient and active hydrothermal systems along the ultra‐slow spreading Southwest Indian Ridge 10°–16°E

    Wolfgang Bach;Neil R. Banerjee;Henry J. B. Dick;Edward T. Baker

  • Hydrothermal venting in magma deserts: The ultraslow-spreading Gakkel and Southwest Indian Ridges

    Edward T. Baker;Henrietta N. Edmonds;Peter J. Michael;Wolfgang Bach

  • Preservation of ∼3.4–3.5 Ga microbial biomarkers in pillow lavas and hyaloclastites from the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa

    Neil R. Banerjee;Neil R. Banerjee;Harald Furnes;Karlis Muehlenbachs;Hubert Staudigel

  • Tuff life: Bioalteration in volcaniclastic rocks from the Ontong Java Plateau

    Neil R. Banerjee;Karlis Muehlenbachs

  • Alteration of submarine basaltic glass from the Ontong Java Plateau: A STXM and TEM study

    K. Benzerara;N. Menguy;N.R. Banerjee;Tolek Tyliszczak

  • Comparing petrographic signatures of bioalteration in recent to Mesoarchean pillow lavas: Tracing subsurface life in oceanic igneous rocks

    Harald Furnes;Neil R. Banerjee;Hubert Staudigel;Karlis Muehlenbachs

  • Direct dating of Archean microbial ichnofossils

    Neil R. Banerjee;Antonio Simonetti;Harald Furnes;Karlis Muehlenbachs

  • Microbes and volcanoes: A tale from the oceans, ophiolites, and greenstone belts

    Hubert Staudigel;Harald Furnes;Neil R. Banerjee;Yildirim Dilek

  • Composition of hydrothermal fluids and mineralogy of associated chimney material on the East Scotia Ridge back-arc spreading centre

    Rachael H. James;Darryl R.H. Green;Michael J. Stock;Belinda J. Alker

  • Ichnotaxonomy of microbial trace fossils in volcanic glass

    N. McLoughlin;H. Furnes;N.R. Banerjee;K. Muehlenbachs

  • The preservation and degradation of filamentous bacteria and biomolecules within iron oxide deposits at Rio Tinto, Spain

    Louisa Preston;J. Shuster;D. Fernandez-Remolar;N.R. Banerjee

  • Clay assemblage and oxygen isotopic constraints on the weathering response to the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum, east coast of North America

    Cédric M. John;Neil R. Banerjee;Fred J. Longstaffe;Cheyenne Sica

  • Downhole variation of lithium and oxygen isotopic compositions of oceanic crust at East Pacific Rise, ODP Site 1256

    Y. Gao;F. Vils;K. M. Cooper;N. Banerjee

  • Discovery of epidosites in a modern oceanic setting, the Tonga forearc

    Neil R. Banerjee;Kathryn M. Gillis;Karlis Muehlenbachs

  • Oceanic Pillow Lavas and Hyaloclastites as Habitats for Microbial Life Through Time – A Review

    Harald Furnes;Nicola McLoughlin;Karlis Muehlenbachs;Neil Banerjee

  • Tapping the Subsurface Ocean Crust Biosphere: Low Biomass and Drilling-Related Contamination Calls for Improved Quality Controls

    Cara M Santelli;Neil R Banerjee;Wolfgang Bach;Katrina J Edwards

  • Evidence for methane in Martian meteorites

    Nigel J. F. Blamey;Nigel J. F. Blamey;John Parnell;Sean McMahon;Darren F. Mark

Frequent Co-Authors

Gordon R. Osinski
Gordon R. Osinski University of Western Ontario
Karlis Muehlenbachs
Karlis Muehlenbachs University of Alberta
Harald Furnes
Harald Furnes University of Bergen
Gordon Southam
Gordon Southam University of Queensland
Douglas S. Wilson
Douglas S. Wilson University of California, Santa Barbara
Ricardo Amils
Ricardo Amils Spanish National Research Council
John Parnell
John Parnell University of Aberdeen
Martin J. Whitehouse
Martin J. Whitehouse Swedish Museum of Natural History
Charles S. Cockell
Charles S. Cockell University of Edinburgh
Randy L. Korotev
Randy L. Korotev Washington University in St. Louis

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