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Nicolas Dauphas

Nicolas Dauphas

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
73
Citations
17350
World Ranking
810
National Ranking
53

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Geochemistry Fellow Honor, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry
  • 2011 - James B. Macelwane Medal, American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2011 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Nicolas Dauphas is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on areas within Physics and Astronomy, as well as Earth and Planetary Sciences. More specifically, their work addresses topics in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics, Ecology, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Inorganic Chemistry.

The main topics covered in Dauphas's research include:

  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Radioactive element chemistry and processing

Some of their recent publications are:

  • Samples returned from the asteroid Ryugu are similar to Ivuna-type carbonaceous meteorites (2022), published in Science
  • Ryugu's nucleosynthetic heritage from the outskirts of the Solar System (2022), published in Science Advances
  • Chemical evolution of the continental crust from a data-driven inversion of terrigenous sediment compositions (2020), published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Heating events in the nascent solar system recorded by rare earth element isotopic fractionation in refractory inclusions (2021), published in Science Advances
  • Oxygen isotopes of anhydrous primary minerals show kinship between asteroid Ryugu and comet 81P/Wild2 (2022), published in Science Advances

The venues where Dauphas frequently publishes include:

  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Science Advances
  • ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Frequent collaborators in their research are:

  • T. Kleine
  • Tetsuya Yokoyama
  • Tomohiro Usui
  • A. M. Davis
  • Ryota Fukai

Awards received by Nicolas Dauphas include:

  • Geochemistry Fellow Honor, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry (2019)
  • James B. Macelwane Medal, American Geophysical Union (AGU) (2011)
  • Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU) (2011)

Best Publications

  • Magnesium isotopic composition of the Earth and chondrites

    Fang Zhen Teng;Wang Ye Li;Wang Ye Li;Shan Ke;Shan Ke;Bernard Marty

  • A novel extraction chromatography and MC-ICP-MS technique for rapid analysis of REE, Sc and Y: Revising CI-chondrite and Post-Archean Australian Shale (PAAS) abundances

    Ali Pourmand;Ali Pourmand;Nicolas Dauphas;Thomas J. Ireland

  • Hf-W-Th evidence for rapid growth of Mars and its status as a planetary embryo

    N. Dauphas;A. Pourmand;A. Pourmand

  • The proto-Earth as a significant source of lunar material

    Junjun Zhang;Nicolas Dauphas;Andrew M. Davis;Ingo Leya

  • The isotopic nature of the Earth’s accreting material through time

    Nicolas Dauphas

  • Iron Isotopic Compositions of Geological Reference Materials and Chondrites

    Paul R. Craddock;Nicolas Dauphas

  • Mass spectrometry and natural variations of iron isotopes

    Nicolas Dauphas;Olivier Rouxel

  • Iron isotopes may reveal the redox conditions of mantle melting from Archean to Present

    Nicolas Dauphas;Nicolas Dauphas;Paul R. Craddock;Paul D. Asimow;Vickie C. Bennett

  • Clues from Fe Isotope Variations on the Origin of Early Archean BIFs from Greenland

    Nicolas Dauphas;Mark van Zuilen;Meenakshi Wadhwa;Andrew M. Davis

  • Iron Isotope Fractionation During Magmatic Differentiation in Kilauea Iki Lava Lake

    Fang-Zhen Teng;Nicolas Dauphas;Rosalind T. Helz

  • Iron Isotope Systematics

    Nicolas Dauphas;Seth G. John;Olivier J. Rouxel

  • Magma redox and structural controls on iron isotope variations in Earth's mantle and crust

    Nicolas Dauphas;Mathieu Roskosz;Esen Ercan Alp;Daniel Neuville

  • Iron, zinc, magnesium and uranium isotopic fractionation during continental crust differentiation: The tale from migmatites, granitoids, and pegmatites

    Myriam Telus;Nicolas Dauphas;Frédéric Moynier;François L.H. Tissot

  • Distribution coefficients of 60 elements on TODGA resin: application to Ca, Lu, Hf, U and Th isotope geochemistry.

    Ali Pourmand;Nicolas Dauphas

  • Mass Fractionation Laws, Mass-Independent Effects, and Isotopic Anomalies

    Nicolas Dauphas;Edwin A. Schauble

  • Iron isotopic systematics of oceanic basalts

    Fang-Zhen Teng;Fang-Zhen Teng;Nicolas Dauphas;Shichun Huang;Bernard Marty

  • Non-Traditional Stable Isotopes: Retrospective and Prospective

    Fang-Zhen Teng;Nicolas Dauphas;James M. Watkins

  • The nitrogen record of crust–mantle interaction and mantle convection from Archean to Present

    Bernard Marty;Nicolas Dauphas

  • Routine isotopic analysis of iron by HR-MC-ICPMS: How precise and how accurate?

    Nicolas Dauphas;Ali Pourmand;Fang Zhen Teng

  • Uranium isotopic compositions of the crust and ocean: Age corrections, U budget and global extent of modern anoxia

    François L.H. Tissot;Nicolas Dauphas

  • Non-traditional fractionation of non-traditional isotopes: Evaporation, chemical diffusion and Soret diffusion

    Frank M. Richter;Nicolas Dauphas;Fang-Zhen Teng

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew M. Davis
Andrew M. Davis University of Chicago
Bernard Marty
Bernard Marty University of Lorraine
Michael J. Pellin
Michael J. Pellin Argonne National Laboratory
Thomas Rauscher
Thomas Rauscher University of Basel
Meenakshi Wadhwa
Meenakshi Wadhwa Arizona State University
Fang-Zhen Teng
Fang-Zhen Teng University of Washington
Andrey Bekker
Andrey Bekker University of California, Riverside
Laurie Reisberg
Laurie Reisberg University of Lorraine
D. A. Papanastassiou
D. A. Papanastassiou California Institute of Technology
Jung-Fu Lin
Jung-Fu Lin The University of Texas at Austin

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