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Olivier Alard is affiliated with Macquarie University in Australia and has a significant research output in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence applications, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Mechanics of Materials, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

Key topics covered in their research include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide

The scientist has published extensively in venues frequently associated with geosciences and related disciplines. Their most common publication venues are:

  • Goldschmidt2022 abstracts
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts
  • Chemical Geology
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts
  • Lithos

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Olivier Alard are:

  • "Optimisation of laser and mass spectrometer parameters for the in situ analysis of Rb/Sr ratios by LA-ICP-MS/MS," 2020, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry
  • "Advances in in-situ Rb-Sr dating using LA-ICP-MS/MS: applications to igneous rocks of all ages and to the identification of unrecognized metamorphic events," 2022, Chemical Geology
  • "Hydrogen, trace, and ultra-trace element distribution in natural olivines," 2021, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • "The provenance of early Iron Age ferrous remains from southeastern Arabia," 2020, Journal of Archaeological Science
  • "Extreme reduction: Mantle-derived oxide xenoliths from a hydrogen-rich environment," 2020, Lithos

Olivier Alard collaborates regularly with several researchers, with some frequent co-authors including:

  • Suzanne Y. O'Reilly (15 co-publications)
  • Stephen Foley (8 co-publications)
  • William L. Griffin (8 co-publications)
  • Sylvie Demouchy (7 co-publications)
  • Sarah Gain (5 co-publications)

Best Publications

  • MPI-DING reference glasses for in situ microanalysis: New reference values for element concentrations and isotope ratios

    Klaus Peter Jochum;Brigitte Stoll;Kirstin Herwig;Matthias Willbold

  • Non-chondritic distribution of the highly siderophile elements in mantle sulphides.

    Olivier Alard;William L. Griffin;William L. Griffin;Jean Pierre Lorand;Simon E. Jackson

  • Magnesium isotope heterogeneity of the isotopic standard SRM980 and new reference materials for magnesium-isotope-ratio measurements

    Albert Galy;Olga Yoffe;Philip E. Janney;Ross W. Williams

  • The Lherz spinel lherzolite: Refertilized rather than pristine mantle

    V. Le Roux;J.-L. Bodinier;A. Tommasi;O. Alard

  • Ancient melt extraction from the oceanic upper mantle revealed by Re–Os isotopes in abyssal peridotites from the Mid-Atlantic ridge

    Jason Harvey;Abdelmouhcine Gannoun;Kevin W. Burton;Nick W. Rogers

  • New insights into the Re–Os systematics of sub-continental lithospheric mantle from in situ analysis of sulphides

    Olivier Alard;Olivier Alard;William L. Griffin;William L. Griffin;Norman J. Pearson;Jean-Pierre Lorand

  • Platinum-group element abundances in the upper mantle: New constraints from in situ and whole-rock analyses of Massif Central xenoliths (France)

    Jean-Pierre Lorand;Olivier Alard;Olivier Alard

  • Multiple events in the Neo-Tethyan oceanic upper mantle: Evidence from Ru–Os–Ir alloys in the Luobusa and Dongqiao ophiolitic podiform chromitites, Tibet

    Rendeng Shi;Rendeng Shi;Olivier Alard;Olivier Alard;Xiachen Zhi;Suzanne Y. O'Reilly

  • Geochemistry of the highly depleted peridotites drilled at ODP Sites 1272 and 1274 (Fifteen-Twenty Fracture Zone, Mid-Atlantic Ridge): Implications for mantle dynamics beneath a slow spreading ridge

    Marguerite Godard;Yves Lagabrielle;Olivier Alard;J. Harvey

  • In situ Os isotopes in abyssal peridotites bridge the isotopic gap between MORBs and their source mantle

    Olivier Alard;Olivier Alard;Olivier Alard;Ambre Luguet;Ambre Luguet;Norman J. Pearson;William L. Griffin

  • In situ measurement of Re-Os isotopes in mantle sulfides by laser ablation multicollector-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry: analytical methods and preliminary results

    Norman J. Pearson;Olivier Alard;William L. Griffin;William L. Griffin;Simon E. Jackson

  • Platinum-group element systematics and petrogenetic processing of the continental upper mantle: A review

    Jean Pierre Lorand;Ambre Luguet;Olivier Alard

  • Laser-ablation microprobe (LAM)-ICPMS unravels the highly siderophile element geochemistry of the oceanic mantle

    A Luguet;O Alard;J.P Lorand;N.J Pearson

  • Volatile fractionation in the early solar system and chondrule/matrix complementarity.

    Philip A. Bland;Olivier Alard;Gretchen K. Benedix;Gretchen K. Benedix;Anton T. Kearsley

  • The scale and origin of the osmium isotope variations in mid-ocean ridge basalts

    Abdelmouhcine Gannoun;K. W. Burton;I. J. Parkinson;O. Alard

  • Platinum-group element micronuggets and refertilization process in Lherz orogenic peridotite (northeastern Pyrenees, France)

    Jean Pierre Lorand;Olivier Alard;Ambre Luguet

  • Sulfur and selenium systematics of the subcontinental lithospheric mantle: Inferences from the Massif Central xenolith suite (France)

    Jean-Pierre Lorand;Olivier Alard;Olivier Alard;Ambre Luguet;Reid R. Keays

  • The Cu isotopic signature of granites from the Lachlan Fold Belt, SE Australia

    Weiqiang Li;Simon E. Jackson;Norman J. Pearson;Olivier Alard

  • Platinum-Group Elements: A New Set of Key Tracers for the Earth's Interior

    Jean Pierre Lorand;Ambre Luguet;Olivier Alard

  • A multi-technique study of platinum group element systematic in some Ligurian ophiolitic peridotites, Italy

    Ambre Luguet;Jean Pierre Lorand;Olivier Alard;Olivier Alard;Jean Yves Cottin

Frequent Co-Authors

Suzanne Y. O'Reilly
Suzanne Y. O'Reilly Macquarie University
William L. Griffin
William L. Griffin Macquarie University
Jean-Pierre Lorand
Jean-Pierre Lorand University of Nantes
Norman J. Pearson
Norman J. Pearson Macquarie University
Matthieu Gounelle
Matthieu Gounelle French National Museum of Natural History
Jean-Louis Bodinier
Jean-Louis Bodinier University of Montpellier
Kevin W. Burton
Kevin W. Burton Durham University
Marguerite Godard
Marguerite Godard University of Montpellier
Ambre Luguet
Ambre Luguet University of Bonn
Nick Rogers
Nick Rogers The Open University

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