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Overview

Paolo Nimis is affiliated with the University of Padua in Italy, where their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans several subfields, including Geophysics, Materials Chemistry, Archeology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Artificial Intelligence.

Their research contributions address a range of topics such as:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis

Nimis has published extensively in various scientific venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Lithos
  • Geology
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts
  • Archaeometry

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Paolo Nimis include:

  • "LIA of Prehistoric Metals in the Central Mediterranean Area: A Review" (2020), published in Archaeometry
  • "Diamond's depth distribution systematics" (2020), published in Lithos
  • "Pressure and Temperature Data for Diamonds" (2022), published in Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry
  • "Thermal and compositional anomalies in a detailed xenolith-based lithospheric mantle profile of the Siberian craton and the origin of seismic midlithosphere discontinuities" (2022), published in Geology
  • "Record of intermediate-depth subduction seismicity in a dry slab from an exhumed ophiolite" (2020), published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Collaborations play a role in Nimis's research output, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Fabrizio Nestola (9 joint publications)
  • Davide Novella (5 joint publications)
  • Sofia Lorenzon (4 joint publications)
  • Samantha Perritt (3 joint publications)
  • Ingrid Chinn (3 joint publications)

The diversity of subjects and the combination of geophysical and materials chemistry approaches indicate a multidisciplinary approach to Nimis's studies. Their involvement in archaeological topics and analysis of cultural heritage materials further broadens the scope of their research activities.

Best Publications

  • Single clinopyroxene thermobarometry for garnet peridotites. Part I. Calibration and testing of a Cr-in-Cpx barometer and an enstatite-in-Cpx thermometer

    Paolo Nimis;Wayne R. Taylor

  • Diamonds and the Geology of Mantle Carbon

    Steven B. Shirey;Pierre Cartigny;Daniel J. Frost;Shantanu Keshav

  • Clinopyroxene geobarometry of magmatic rocks Part 1: An expanded structural geobarometer for anhydrous and hydrous, basic and ultrabasic systems

    P. Nimis;P. Ulmer

  • Internally consistent geothermometers for garnet peridotites and pyroxenites

    Paolo Nimis;Herman Grütter

  • A clinopyroxene geobarometer for basaltic systems based on crystal-structure modeling

    Paolo Nimis

  • Clinopyroxene geobarometry of magmatic rocks. Part 2. Structural geobarometers for basic to acid, tholeiitic and mildly alkaline magmatic systems

    Paolo Nimis

  • Revised Thermobarometry of Alpe Arami and other Garnet Peridotites from the Central Alps

    P. Nimis;V. Trommsdorff

  • Geobarometry from host-inclusion systems: The role of elastic relaxation

    Ross J. Angel;Mattia L. Mazzucchelli;Matteo Alvaro;Paolo Nimis

  • How large are departures from lithostatic pressure? Constraints from host–inclusion elasticity

    R. J. Angel;P. Nimis;M. L. Mazzucchelli;M. Alvaro

  • Garnet and spinel in fertile and depleted mantle: insights from thermodynamic modelling

    Luca Ziberna;Luca Ziberna;Stephan Klemme;Paolo Nimis

  • Melt migration in the upper mantle along the Romanche Fracture Zone (Equatorial Atlantic)

    Paola Tartarotti;Sara Susini;Paolo Nimis;Luisa Ottolini

  • Mantle–crust interactions during Variscan subduction in the Eastern Alps (Nonsberg–Ulten zone): geochronology and new petrological constraints

    Simone Tumiati;Martin Thöni;Paolo Nimis;Silvana Martin

  • 6: Classification of VMS deposits: Lessons from the South Uralides

    Richard Herrington;Valeriy Maslennikov;Victor Zaykov;Igor Seravkin

  • A lead-isotope database of copper ores from the Southeastern Alps: A tool for the investigation of prehistoric copper metallurgy

    G. Artioli;I. Angelini;P. Nimis;I.M. Villa;I.M. Villa

  • First crystal-structure determination of olivine in diamond: Composition and implications for provenance in the Earth's mantle

    Fabrizio Nestola;Paolo Nimis;Luca Ziberna;Micaela Longo

  • P–T evolution of ‘crustal’ garnet peridotites and included pyroxenites from Nonsberg area (upper Austroalpine), NE Italy: from the wedge to the slab

    Paolo Nimis;Lauro Morten

  • Olivine with diamond-imposed morphology included in diamonds. Syngenesis or protogenesis?

    F. Nestola;P. Nimis;R.J. Angel;S. Milani

  • First evidence of hydrous silicic fluid films around solid inclusions in gem-quality diamonds

    Paolo Nimis;Matteo Alvaro;Matteo Alvaro;Fabrizio Nestola;Ross John Angel

  • LIA of Prehistoric Metals in the Central Mediterranean Area: A Review

    G. Artioli;C. Canovaro;P. Nimis;I. Angelini

  • Barite-rich massive sulfides from the Semenov-1 hydrothermal field (Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 13°30.87' N): Evidence for phase separation and magmatic input

    Irina Yu. Melekestseva;Gennady A. Tret'yakov;Paolo Nimis;Anatoly M. Yuminov

Frequent Co-Authors

Fabrizio Nestola
Fabrizio Nestola University of Padua
Jeff W. Harris
Jeff W. Harris University of Glasgow
Gilberto Artioli
Gilberto Artioli University of Padua
Ross J. Angel
Ross J. Angel University of Padua
Igor M. Villa
Igor M. Villa University of Milano-Bicocca
Michael J. Walter
Michael J. Walter Carnegie Institution for Science
Daniel J. Frost
Daniel J. Frost University of Bayreuth
Steven B. Shirey
Steven B. Shirey Carnegie Institution for Science
Pierre Cartigny
Pierre Cartigny Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Murli H. Manghnani
Murli H. Manghnani University of Hawaii at Manoa

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