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South Africa
2022

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Earth Science

D-Index
67
Citations
16625
World Ranking
1216
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in South Africa Leader Award
  • GSA Honorary Fellow Award, The Geological Society of America
  • GSA Honorary Fellow Award, The Geological Society of America

Overview

Nicolas J. Beukes was affiliated with the University of Johannesburg in South Africa. Their research primarily focused on Earth and Planetary Sciences, contributing extensively to the study of geological processes and geochemical analysis. Their work spanned several key subfields, including Geophysics, Paleontology, Geochemistry and Petrology, Artificial Intelligence, and Geology.

The scientist published research on a variety of topics, with notable work in Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, and Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis. Other areas of study included Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Geological formations and processes, Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies, and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

Among the recent papers authored by Nicolas J. Beukes were:

  • Archean to early Paleoproterozoic iron formations document a transition in iron oxidation mechanisms, 2022, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Bulk and grain-scale minor sulfur isotope data reveal complexities in the dynamics of Earth's oxygenation, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Reconciling discrepant minor sulfur isotope records of the Great Oxidation Event, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Chemical evolution of seawater in the Transvaal Ocean between 2426 Ma (Ongeluk Large Igneous Province) and 2413 Ma ago (Kalahari Manganese Field), 2020, Gondwana Research
  • The paleoenvironmental implications of pre-Great Oxidation Event manganese deposition in the Mesoarchean Ijzermijn Iron Formation Bed, Mozaan Group, Pongola Supergroup, South Africa, 2022, Precambrian Research

The frequent co-authors who collaborated with the scientist included:

  • Albertus J.B. Smith
  • Stefan V. Lalonde
  • Gareth Izon
  • Jens Gutzmer
  • Michiel de Kock

Nicolas J. Beukes published multiple articles in prominent venues such as the South African Journal of Geology, Precambrian Research, Abstracts with Programs of the Geological Society of America, Goldschmidt2022 Abstracts, and Geological Magazine.

The scientist was recognized with the GSA Honorary Fellow Award by The Geological Society of America. The award reflects their contributions to the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Dating the rise of atmospheric oxygen

    A. Bekker;H. D. Holland;P.-L. Wang;D. Rumble

  • Atmospheric oxygenation three billion years ago

    Sean Andrew Crowe;Lasse N. Døssing;Lasse N. Døssing;Nicolas J. Beukes;Michael Bau

  • Evidence for oxygenic photosynthesis half a billion years before the Great Oxidation Event

    Noah J. Planavsky;Dan Asael;Axel Hofmann;Christopher T. Reinhard

  • Geochemistry and sedimentology of a facies transition from limestone to iron-formation deposition in the early Proterozoic Transvaal Supergroup, South Africa

    Cornelis Klein;Nicolas J. Beukes

  • Low-latitude glaciation in the Palaeoproterozoic era

    D. A. Evans;N. J. Beukes;J. L. Kirschvink

  • Iron isotopes constrain biologic and abiologic processes in banded iron formation genesis

    Clark M. Johnson;Brian L. Beard;Cornelis Klein;Nic J. Beukes

  • Rapid oxygenation of Earth’s atmosphere 2.33 billion years ago

    Genming Luo;Genming Luo;Shuhei Ono;Nicolas J. Beukes;David T. Wang

  • Origin and Paleoenvironmental Significance of Major Iron Formations at the Archean-Paleoproterozoic Boundary

    Nicolas J. Beukes;Jens Gutzmer

  • Ancient geochemical cycling in the Earth as inferred from Fe isotope studies of banded iron formations from the Transvaal Craton

    Clark M. Johnson;Brian L. Beard;Nicolas J. Beukes;Cornelis Klein

  • Sedimentology and geochemistry of the glaciogenic late Proterozoic Rapitan Iron-Formation in Canada

    Cornelis Klein;Nicolas J. Beukes

  • Facies relations, depositional environments and diagenesis in a major early Proterozoic stromatolitic carbonate platform to basinal sequence, Campbellrand Subgroup, Transvaal Supergroup, Southern Africa

    Nicolas J. Beukes

  • Evidence for a gradual rise of oxygen between 2.6 and 2.5 Ga from Mo isotopes and Re-PGE signatures in shales

    Martin Wille;Jan Kramers;Thomas Nägler;N.J. Beukes

  • 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

  • Carbonate petrography, kerogen distribution, and carbon and oxygen isotope variations in an early Proterozoic transition from limestone to iron-formation deposition, Transvaal Supergroup, South Africa

    Nicolas J. Beukes;Cornelis Klein;Alan J. Kaufman;J. M. Hayes

  • Chemostratigraphy of the Paleoproterozoic Duitschland Formation, South Africa: Implications for Coupled Climate Change and Carbon Cycling

    A. Bekker

  • Precambrian Iron-Formations of Southern Africa

    N. J. Beukes

  • Dating the Oldest Greenstone in India: A 3.51-Ga Precise U-Pb SHRIMP Zircon Age for Dacitic Lava of the Southern Iron Ore Group, Singhbhum Craton

    Joydip Mukhopadhyay;N.J. Beukes;Richard Armstrong;Udo Zimmermann

  • Geochemistry and sedimentology of a facies transition — from microbanded to granular iron-formation — in the early Proterozoic Transvaal Supergroup, South Africa

    Nicolas J. Beukes;Cornelis Klein

  • A paleoweathering profile from Griqualand West, South Africa: evidence for a dramatic rise in atmospheric oxygen between 2.2 and 1.9 bybp

    H D Holland;N J Beukes

  • Pb, O, and C isotopes in silicified Mooidraai dolomite (Transvaal Supergroup, South Africa): implications for the composition of Paleoproterozoic seawater and `dating' the increase of oxygen in the Precambrian atmosphere

    Michael Bau;Rolf L. Romer;Volker Lüders;Nicolas J. Beukes

Frequent Co-Authors

Jens Gutzmer
Jens Gutzmer Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Clark M. Johnson
Clark M. Johnson University of Wisconsin–Madison
Brian L. Beard
Brian L. Beard University of Wisconsin–Madison
Cornelis Klein
Cornelis Klein University of New Mexico
Ronny Schoenberg
Ronny Schoenberg University of Tübingen
Bruce M. Simonson
Bruce M. Simonson Oberlin College
Michael Bau
Michael Bau Constructor University
Kurt O. Konhauser
Kurt O. Konhauser University of Alberta
Harald Strauss
Harald Strauss University of Münster

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