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Overview

Paul N. Taylor is affiliated with the University of Western Australia in Australia. Their research spans multiple fields, including Earth and Planetary Sciences and Computer Science.

Their work notably covers several subfields such as Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, and Paleontology. These diverse areas reflect an interdisciplinary approach linking computational methods with geological sciences.

Key topics in Paul N. Taylor's research include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Among recent scholarly contributions is the paper titled "Stephen Moorbath. 9 May 1929 - 16 October 2016," published in 2020 in the Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. This publication records historical details and scientific contributions with zero citations to date.

Paul N. Taylor's frequent coauthor is John Dewey, indicating collaborative efforts especially within the scope of biographical and scientific memoir work.

The main venue for publication has been the Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, reflecting a focus on scholarly biographical accounts within the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Evidence from the Parana of south Brazil for a continental contribution to Dupal basalts

    C. J. Hawkesworth;M. S. M. Mantovani;P. N. Taylor;Z. Palacz

  • Crustal Evolution in South India: Constraints from Nd Isotopes

    N. B. W. Harris;M. Santosh;P. N. Taylor

  • Petrography, chemistry and isotopic ages of Peninsular Gneiss, Dharwar acid volcanic rocks and the Chitradurga granite with special reference to the late Archean evolution of the Karnataka craton, southern India

    P.N. Taylor;B. Chadwick;S. Moorbath;M. Ramakrishnan

  • Early Proterozoic crustal evolution in the birimian of Ghana: constraints from geochronology and isotope geochemistry

    Paul N. Taylor;Stephen Moorbath;Alfred Leube;Wolfgang Hirdes

  • Archaean and Proterozoic crustal evolution in Lofoten–Vesterålen, N Norway

    W. L. Griffin;P. N. Taylor;J. W. Hakkinen;K. S. Heier

  • Dating the oldest terrestrial rocks — fact and fiction

    S. Moorbath;P.N. Taylor;N.W. Jones

  • First direct radiometric dating of Archaean stromatolitic limestone

    S. Moorbath;P. N. Taylor;J. L. Orpen;P. Treloar

  • Pb, Sr and Nd isotope constraints on the Archaean evolution of gneissic-granitoid complexes in the southern São Francisco Craton, Brazil

    Wilson Teixeira;Maurício Antônio Carneiro;Carlos Maurício Noce;Nuno Machado

  • Early Archaean granulite-facies metamorphism south of Ameralik, West Greenland

    W.L. Griffin;V.R. McGregor;A. Nutman;P.N. Taylor

  • Crustal contamination as an indicator of the extent of early Archaean continental crust: Pb isotopic evidence from the late Archaean gneisses of West Greenland

    Paul N. Taylor;Stephen Moorbath;Roy Goodwin;Anne C. Petrykowski

  • Geochronological systematics on basement rocks from the Rio Negro-Juruena Province (Amazonian Craton) and tectonic implications

    Colombo Celso Gaeta Tassinari;Umberto G. Cordani;Allen P. Nutman;Jorge Silva Bettencourt

  • Nagssugtoqidian mobile belt of West Greenland: a cryptic 1850 Ma suture between two Archaean continents—chemical and isotopic evidence

    F. Kalsbeek;R.T. Pidgeon;P.N. Taylor

  • Palaeoproterozoic basement province in the Caledonian fold belt of North-East Greenland

    Feiko Kalsbeek;Allen P. Nutman;Paul N. Taylor

  • Isotopic and chemical variation in granites across a Proterozoic continental margin—the Ketilidian mobile belt of South Greenland

    Feiko Kalsbeek;Paul N. Taylor

  • Metalliferous sediments from DSDP Leg 92: The East Pacific Rise transect

    T.J. Barrett;P.N. Taylor;J. Lugoqski

  • Chapter 20 Isotopic Evidence for Continental Growth in the Precambrian

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  • Origin of granitic magma by crustal remobilisation: Rb-Sr and Pb/Pb geochronology and isotope geochemistry of the late Archaean Qôrqut Granite Complex of southern West Greenland

    Stephen Moorbath;Paul N. Taylor;Roy Goodwin

  • Isotopic assessment of relative contributions from crust and mantle sources to the magma genesis of Precambrian granitoid rocks

    P. N. Taylor;N. W. Jones;Stephen Erwin Moorbath

  • Geochronology of Archaean and Proterozoic events in the Ammassalik area, South-East Greenland, and comparisons with the Lewisian of Scotland and the Nagssugtoqidian of West Greenland

    F. Kalsbeek;H. Austrheim;D. Bridgwater;B.T. Hansen

  • Pb/Pb, SmNd and RbSr geochronology in the Archean Craton of Zimbabwe

    P.N. Taylor;J.D. Kramersb;S. Moorbatha;J.F. Wilson

  • Isotopic evidence for the age and origin of the “grey gneiss” complex of the southern Outer Hebrides, Scotland

    Stephen Moorbath;James L. Powell;Paul N. Taylor

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen Moorbath
Stephen Moorbath University of Oxford
Feiko Kalsbeek
Feiko Kalsbeek Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Koji Kawashita
Koji Kawashita Universidade de São Paulo
Andrew C. Morton
Andrew C. Morton University of Cambridge
Umberto G. Cordani
Umberto G. Cordani Universidade de São Paulo
Colombo Celso Gaeta Tassinari
Colombo Celso Gaeta Tassinari Universidade de São Paulo
Allen P. Nutman
Allen P. Nutman University of Wollongong
William L. Griffin
William L. Griffin Macquarie University
Wilson Teixeira
Wilson Teixeira Universidade de São Paulo
Clark R.L. Friend
Clark R.L. Friend Oxford Brookes University

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