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Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Paul A. Mueller is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with an emphasis on subfields such as Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence applications, Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, and Molecular Biology. The bulk of their scholarly output consists of work related to Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping.

The scientist's recent publications include studies published between 2020 and 2023 in a variety of specialized venues. Notable papers are:

  • Combined U-Pb ages and Lu-Hf systematics of detrital zircons from Early Cambrian Gondwanan siliciclastic rocks in S Turkey: Provenance and correlations with coeval successions in peri-Gondwanan terranes (2022, Gondwana Research)
  • The Medicine Hat Block and the Early Paleoproterozoic Assembly of Western Laurentia (2020, Geosciences)
  • Paleomagnetic Constraint on the Age of the Shyok Suture Zone (2023, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth)
  • Real-Time Hydraulic Fracture Optimization Based on the Integration of Fracture Diagnostics and Reservoir Geomechanics (2020, Proceedings of the 8th Unconventional Resources Technology Conference)
  • Ordovician-Silurian back-arc silicic magmatism in the southernmost Appalachians (2022, Geological Society of America Bulletin)

Frequent co-authors in their works include David W. Mogk, Darrell J. Henry, Carol D. Frost, George D. Kamenov, and David A. Foster. These collaborations have contributed to a body of research published across several recurring venues such as Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Geological Society of America Bulletin, Gondwana Research, Elements, and Preprints.org.

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Gondwana Research
  • Elements
  • Preprints.org

The scientist's research topics cover a range of geological and geophysical interests, including:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Among academic honors, Paul A. Mueller has been recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America. Their scholarly contributions reflect multidisciplinary approaches integrating geophysics and geological mapping techniques, with applications extending into artificial intelligence for geoscientific data analysis.

Best Publications

  • Variation in the strontium isotopic composition of seawater (8 Ma to present) : Implications for chemical weathering rates and dissolved fluxes to the oceans

    David A. Hodell;Gregory A. Mead;Paul A. Mueller

  • Variations in the strontium isotopic composition of seawater during the Neogene

    David A. Hodell;Paul A. Mueller;Jose R. Garrido

  • Strontium isotope stratigraphy and geochemistry of the late Neogene ocean

    David A. Hodell;Paul A. Mueller;Judith A. McKenzie;Gregory A. Mead

  • Proterozoic evolution of the western margin of the Wyoming craton: implications for the tectonic and magmatic evolution of the northern Rocky Mountains

    David A. Foster;Paul A. Mueller;David W. Mogk;Joseph L. Wooden

  • Pb, Sr, and Nd isotopic compositions of a suite of Late Archean, igneous rocks, eastern Beartooth Mountains: implications for crust-mantle evolution

    J.L. Wooden;P.A. Mueller

  • A review of the isotopic and trace element evidence for mantle and crustal processes in the Hadean and Archean: Implications for the onset of plate tectonic subduction

    Steven B Shirey;Balz S Kamber;Martin J Whitehouse;Paul A Mueller

  • Mesoproterozoic-trans-Laurentian magmatism: A synthesis of continent-wide age distributions, new SIMS U–Pb ages, zircon saturation temperatures, and Hf and Nd isotopic compositions

    M.E. Bickford;W.R. Van Schmus;K.E. Karlstrom;P.A. Mueller

  • Pennsylvanian pluton stitching of Wrangellia and the Alexander terrane, Wrangell Mountains, Alaska

    M. C. Gardner;S. C. Bergman;G. W. Cushing;E. M. MacKevett

  • The Wyoming Province: a distinctive Archean craton in Laurentian North America

    P.A. Mueller;C.D. Frost

  • Paleoproterozoic crust within the Great Falls tectonic zone: Implications for the assembly of southern Laurentia

    Paul A. Mueller;Ann L. Heatherington;Dawn M. Kelly;Joseph L. Wooden

  • Optimization of mixed Pb–Tl solutions for high precision isotopic analyses by MC-ICP-MS

    George D. Kamenov;Paul A. Mueller;Michael R. Perfit

  • Origin and age of the Mediterranean Messinian evaporites : implications from Sr isotopes

    Daniel W. Müller;Paul A. Mueller

  • Precambrian zircons from the Florida basement: A Gondwanan connection

    Paul A. Mueller;Ann L. Heatherington;Joseph L. Wooden;Robert D. Shuster

  • Abu Dhabi sabkha, Persian Gulf, revisited: Application of strontium isotopes to test an early dolomitization model

    Daniel W. Müller;Judith A. McKenzie;Paul A. Mueller

  • Application of strontium isotopes to late Miocene-early Pliocene stratigraphy

    Judith A. McKenzie;David A. Hodell;Paul A. Mueller;Daniel W. Mueller

  • Influence of freshwater flux on 87 Sr/ 86 Sr chronostratigraphy in marginal marine environments and dating of vertebrate and invertebrate faunas

    J. Daniel Bryant;Douglas S. Jones;Paul A. Mueller

  • 3.96 Ga zircons from an Archean quartzite, Beartooth Mountains, Montana

    P. A. Mueller;J. L. Wooden;A. P. Nutman

  • Transfer of the Argentine Precordillera terrane from Laurentia: Constraints from detrital-zircon geochronology

    William A. Thomas;Ricardo A. Astini;Paul A. Mueller;George E. Gehrels

  • Crustal growth and tectonic evolution of the Mojave crustal province: Insights from hafnium isotope systematics in zircons

    J.L. Wooden;A.P. Barth;P.A. Mueller

  • The nature of Archean terrane boundaries: an example from the northern Wyoming Province

    David W. Mogk;Paul A. Mueller;Joseph L. Wooden

  • Early Archean crust in the northern Wyoming province

    Paul A Mueller;Joseph L Wooden;Allen P Nutman;David W Mogk

Frequent Co-Authors

George D. Kamenov
George D. Kamenov University of Florida
Joseph L. Wooden
Joseph L. Wooden Stanford University
David A. Foster
David A. Foster University of Florida
Michael R. Perfit
Michael R. Perfit University of Florida
Darrell J. Henry
Darrell J. Henry Louisiana State University
Douglas S. Jones
Douglas S. Jones Florida Museum of Natural History
Bruce J. MacFadden
Bruce J. MacFadden University of Florida
David A Hodell
David A Hodell University of Cambridge
Allen P. Nutman
Allen P. Nutman University of Wollongong
William A. Thomas
William A. Thomas University of Kentucky

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