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Paul H.G.M. Dirks

Paul H.G.M. Dirks

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Earth Science

D-Index
41
Citations
6669
World Ranking
5505
National Ranking
277

Overview

Paul H.G.M. Dirks is affiliated with James Cook University in Australia and has an extensive research profile primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences, complemented by contributions to Computer Science. Their work spans various subfields including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Paleontology, Anthropology, and Archeology.

Their research predominantly covers topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, earthquake and tectonic studies, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Geological and Geophysical Studies, and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils.

Dirks has published multiple papers in a variety of scientific venues, with frequent contributions to the following journals:

  • Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
  • Precambrian Research
  • Ore Geology Reviews
  • Chemical Geology
  • Mineralium Deposita

Significant recent publications include:

  • Providing context to the Homo naledi fossils: Constraints from flowstones on the age of sediment deposits in Rising Star Cave, South Africa, 2021, Chemical Geology
  • Expanded Explorations of the Dinaledi Subsystem, Rising Star Cave System, South Africa, 2021, Publications (Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts, and Design)
  • 1750-1710 Ma deformation along the eastern margin of the North Australia Craton, 2020, Precambrian Research
  • Geochemistry of indium in magmatic-hydrothermal tin and sulfide deposits of the Herberton Mineral Field, Australia, 2023, Mineralium Deposita
  • Evidence for a 1750-1710 Ma orogenic event, the Wonga Orogeny, in the Mount Isa Inlier, Australia: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the North Australian Craton and Nuna Supercontinent, 2021, Precambrian Research

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Ioan V. Sanislav
  • Avish A. Kumar
  • Jan Marten Huizenga
  • Eric M. Roberts

Their research examines both ancient geological phenomena such as orogenic events and mineral deposits, and paleoanthropological subjects, including Pleistocene-era hominins like Homo naledi. The interdisciplinary nature of their work incorporates geochemical techniques and geophysical analysis alongside archaeological studies.

Best Publications

  • Mining and the African Environment

    David P. Edwards;Sean Sloan;Lingfei Weng;Paul Dirks

  • Initiation of the western branch of the East African Rift coeval with the eastern branch

    Eric M Roberts;N. J Stevens;Patrick M O'Connor;P.H.G.M Dirks

  • Differential exhumation in response to episodic thrusting along the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau

    Dennis Arne;Brenton Worley;Christopher Wilson;She Fa Chen

  • The age of Homo naledi and associated sediments in the Rising Star Cave, South Africa

    P.H.G.M. Dirks;P.H.G.M. Dirks;Eric M. Roberts;Eric M. Roberts;Hannah Louise Hilbert-Wolf;Jan Dirk Kramers

  • Australopithecus sediba at 1.977 Ma and Implications for the Origins of the Genus Homo

    Robyn Pickering;Robyn Pickering;Paul H. G. M. Dirks;Paul H. G. M. Dirks;Zubair Jinnah;Darryl J. de Ruiter;Darryl J. de Ruiter

  • Geological Setting and Age of Australopithecus sediba from Southern Africa

    Paul H. G. M. Dirks;Paul H. G. M. Dirks;Job M. Kibii;Brian F. Kuhn;Christine Steininger

  • Geological and taphonomic context for the new hominin species Homo naledi from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa

    Paul H.G.M. Dirks;Paul H.G.M. Dirks;Lee R. Berger;Eric M. Roberts;Eric M. Roberts;Jan D. Kramers

  • New fossil remains of Homo naledi from the Lesedi Chamber, South Africa

    John Hawks;John Hawks;Marina Elliott;Peter Schmid;Peter Schmid;Steven E. Churchill;Steven E. Churchill

  • Tectonic evolution of the NE margin of the Tibetan Plateau; evidence from the central Longmen Mountains, Sichuan Province, China

    P.H.G.M Dirks;P.H.G.M Dirks;C.J.L Wilson;S Chen;Z.L Luo

  • Partial melting during tectonic exhumation of a granulite terrane: an example from the Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica

    C. J. Carson;R. Powell;C. J. L. Wilson;P. H. G. M. Dirks

  • Preferential distribution along transcontinental corridors of kimberlites and related rocks of Southern Africa

    Hielke A. Jelsma;Maarten J. de Wit;Christien Thiart;Paul H.G.M. Dirks

  • Compressional and extensional tectonics in low-medium pressure granulites from the Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica

    C. J. Carson;P. G. H. M. Dirks;M. Hand;J. P. Sims

  • Homo naledi and Pleistocene hominin evolution in subequatorial Africa

    Lee R. Berger;John Hawks;John Hawks;Paul H.G.M. Dirks;Paul H.G.M. Dirks;Marina Elliott

  • Neoarchaean tectonic evolution of the Zimbabwe Craton

    Hielke A. Jelsma;Paul H. G. M. Dirks

  • Extensional collapse and uplift in a polymetamorphic granulite terrain in the Archaean and Palaeoproterozoic of north China

    Zhang Jiasheng;Paul H.G.M. Dirks;Cees W. Passchier

  • Crustal evolution of the East Antarctic mobile belt in Prydz Bay: continental collision at 500 Ma?

    P.H.G.M. Dirks;C.J.L. Wilson

  • A Pan-African core complex in the Sinai, Egypt

    B. Blasband;P. Brooijmans;P. Dirks;W. Visser

  • The influence of deformation on the formation of axial-planar leucosomes and the segregation of small melt bodies within the migmatitic napperby gneiss, central Australia

    Martin Hand;Paul H.G.M. Dirks

  • Horizontal accretion and stabilization of the Archean Zimbabwe Craton

    Paul H. G. M. Dirks;Hielke A. Jelsma

  • How well established is isobaric cooling in Proterozoic orogenic belts? An example from the Arunta inlier, central Australia

    M. Hand;P.H.G.M. Dirks;R. Powell;I. S. Buick

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric M. Roberts
Eric M. Roberts James Cook University
Lee R. Berger
Lee R. Berger James Cook University
Andrew A. Nyblade
Andrew A. Nyblade Pennsylvania State University
Thomas G. Blenkinsop
Thomas G. Blenkinsop Cardiff University
Steven E. Churchill
Steven E. Churchill Duke University
Jan Kramers
Jan Kramers University of Johannesburg
Darryl J. de Ruiter
Darryl J. de Ruiter Texas A&M University
Axel Hofmann
Axel Hofmann University of Johannesburg
Peter Schmid
Peter Schmid University of Zurich
Zhaoshan Chang
Zhaoshan Chang Colorado School of Mines

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