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Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Paul J. Sylvester is affiliated with Texas Tech University in the United States. Their research primarily covers the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences with a focus on various subfields including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence applications, Paleontology, Mechanics of Materials, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

Their work addresses several main topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis, High-pressure Geophysics and Materials, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, and Geological Studies and Exploration.

Recent publications by Paul J. Sylvester include:

  • U/Pb geochronology of fossil fish dentine from Romualdo Formation, Araripe Basin, northeast of Brazil (2022), Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • Significance of U-Pb detrital zircon geochronology for mudstone provenance (2022), Geology
  • The Cretaceous-Paleogene contact in the Tornillo Group of Big Bend National Park, West Texas, USA (2022), Geosphere
  • A Provenance Study of Upper Jurassic Hydrocarbon Source Rocks of the Flemish Pass Basin and Central Ridge, Offshore Newfoundland, Canada (2021), Minerals
  • A record of overpressure and Sevier tectonics within beef calcite of the Heath Formation, Central Montana Trough (2023), Geochemistry

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Paul J. Sylvester include:

  • Kathryn E. Snell
  • A. Kate Souders
  • Alex M. Washburn
  • Thomas Meisel
  • Jacinta Enzweiler

The scientist's work has been published in various venues, with recurring contributions to:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research
  • Minerals
  • Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • Geology

Paul J. Sylvester has received recognition as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America, reflecting their engagement within the geoscience community.

Best Publications

  • Post-collisional strongly peraluminous granites

    Paul J Sylvester

  • Further characterisation of the 91500 zircon crystal

    Michael Wiedenbeck;John M. Hanchar;William H. Peck;Paul Sylvester

  • Post-Collisional Alkaline Granites

    Paul J. Sylvester

  • Community‐Derived Standards for LA‐ICP‐MS U‐(Th‐)Pb Geochronology – Uncertainty Propagation, Age Interpretation and Data Reporting

    Matthew S. A. Horstwood;Jan Košler;George Gehrels;Simon E. Jackson

  • A simple method for the precise determination of ≥ 40 trace elements in geological samples by ICPMS using enriched isotope internal standardisation

    S.M. Eggins;J.D. Woodhead;L.P.J. Kinsley;G.E. Mortimer

  • Present Trends and the Future of Zircon in Geochronology: Laser Ablation ICPMS

    Jan Košler;Paul J. Sylvester

  • U-Pb and Th-Pb dating of apatite by LA-ICPMS

    David M. Chew;Paul J. Sylvester;Mike N. Tubrett

  • U–Pb dating of detrital zircons for sediment provenance studies—a comparison of laser ablation ICPMS and SIMS techniques

    Jan Košler;Hege Fonneland;Paul Sylvester;Mike Tubrett

  • Emplacement of a large igneous province as a possible cause of banded iron formation 2.45 billion years ago

    Mark Barley;A.L. Pickard;P.J. Sylvester

  • Rare earth element systematics in scheelite from hydrothermal gold deposits in the Kalgoorlie-Norseman region, Western Australia

    Majid Ghaderi;J. Michael Palin;Ian H. Campbell;Paul J. Sylvester

  • Noble Metal Enrichment Processes in the Merensky Reef, Bushveld Complex

    Chris Ballhaus;Paul Sylvester

  • Partitioning of Cu, Ni, Au, and platinum-group elements between monosulfide solid solution and sulfide melt under controlled oxygen and sulfur fugacities

    James E. Mungall;David R.A. Andrews;Louis J. Cabri;Paul J. Sylvester

  • Laser-ablation-ICPMS in the earth sciences : principles and applications

    Paul Sylvester

  • Trace element analysis of scheelite by excimer laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ELA-ICP-MS) using a synthetic silicate glass standard

    Paul J Sylvester;Majid Ghaderi

  • The metasomatic alternative for ocean island basalt chemical heterogeneity

    Sébastien Pilet;Jean Hernandez;Paul Sylvester;Marc Poujol

  • Solubilities of Pt and Rh in a haplobasaltic silicate melt at 1300°C

    W. Ertel;W. Ertel;H.St.C. O’Neill;P.J. Sylvester;D.B. Dingwell

  • Lithostratigraphy and Composition of 2.1 Ga Greenstone Belts of the West African Craton and Their Bearing on Crustal Evolution and the Archean-Proterozoic Boundary

    Paul J. Sylvester;Kodjopa Attoh

  • Chemical and phase composition of particles produced by laser ablation of silicate glass and zircon—implications for elemental fractionation during ICP-MS analysis

    Jan Košler;Michael Wiedenbeck;Richard Wirth;Jan Hovorka

  • Age and nature of eclogites in the Huwan shear zone, and the multi-stage evolution of the Qinling-Dabie-Sulu orogen, central China

    Yuan-Bao Wu;Yuan-Bao Wu;Yuan-Bao Wu;John M. Hanchar;Shan Gao;Shan Gao;Paul J. Sylvester

  • Evidence for a late chondritic veneer in the Earth's mantle from high-pressure partitioning of palladium and platinum

    A Holzheid;Paul Sylvester;Hugh O'Neill;David Rubie

  • Laser Ablation-ICP-MS in the Earth Sciences CURRENT PRACTICES AND OUTSTANDING ISSUES

    Paul Sylvester

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Košler
Jan Košler University of Bergen
Lawrence Grossman
Lawrence Grossman University of Chicago
Gero Kurat
Gero Kurat University of Vienna
Michael Wiedenbeck
Michael Wiedenbeck University of Potsdam
Gordon R. Osinski
Gordon R. Osinski University of Western Ontario
Jon D. Woodhead
Jon D. Woodhead University of Melbourne
Klaus Peter Jochum
Klaus Peter Jochum Max Planck Society
Simon E. Jackson
Simon E. Jackson Geological Survey of Canada
Steven B. Simon
Steven B. Simon University of New Mexico
John S. Myers
John S. Myers Geological Survey of Western Australia

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