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Peter D. Kinny

Peter D. Kinny

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Earth Science

D-Index
70
Citations
23051
World Ranking
955
National Ranking
66

Overview

Peter D. Kinny is affiliated with Curtin University in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong emphasis on Geophysics and related subfields. Their contributions extend into Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Analytical Chemistry, and Paleontology. The scientist's work covers multiple topics including Geological and Geochemical Analysis, High-pressure Geophysics and Materials, earthquake and tectonic studies, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Analytical Chemistry Methods Development, and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils.

Their scholarly output includes several peer-reviewed papers published in recognized scientific venues. Notable recent papers are:

  • Lu-Hf, Sm-Nd, and U-Pb isotopic coupling and decoupling in apatite, 2022, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Strontium isotope analysis of apatite via SIMS, 2020, Chemical Geology
  • A Baltic heritage in Scotland: Basement terrane transfer during the Grenvillian orogeny, 2020, Geology
  • Probing the Thermal History of UHT Metamorphism Through Rare Earth Elements in Zircon, 2020, Goldschmidt Abstracts
  • Use of EBSD to Identify Primary Magmatic Apatite Inclusions in Zircon, 2020, Goldschmidt Abstracts

The frequent publication venues where Peter D. Kinny's work has appeared include:

  • Goldschmidt Abstracts
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Chemical Geology
  • Geology

Collaboration forms a significant part of their research practice. Frequent coauthors include Jack Gillespie, Christopher L. Kirkland, A. A. Nemchin, Aaron J. Cavosie, and Alexander Simpson. This network suggests active engagement in interdisciplinary and cooperative research projects.

Best Publications

  • Atlas of Zircon Textures

    Fernando Corfu;John M. Hanchar;Paul W.O. Hoskin;Peter Kinny

  • The breakup of Rodinia: did it start with a mantle plume beneath South China?

    Zheng-Xiang Li;X.H. Li;P.D. Kinny;J. Wang

  • Grenvillian continental collision in South China: new SHRIMP U-Pb zircon results and implications for the configuration of Rodinia

    Zheng-Xiang Li;Xian-hua Li;Hanwen Zhou;Peter D. Kinny

  • Zircon megacrysts from kimberlite: oxygen isotope variability among mantle melts

    John W. Valley;Peter D. Kinny;Daniel J. Schulze;Michael J. Spicuzza

  • Episodic growth of the Gondwana supercontinent from hafnium and oxygen isotopes in zircon

    Ais Kemp;Chris J Hawkesworth;BA Paterson;PD Kinny

  • U-Pb zircon geochronology, geochemistry and Nd isotopic study of Neoproterozoic bimodal volcanic rocks in the Kangdian Rift of South China : Implications for the initial rifting of Rodinia

    Xian-hua Li;Xian-hua Li;Zheng-Xiang Li;Hanwen Zhou;Ying Liu

  • Understanding Mesozoic accretion in Southeast Asia: Significance of Triassic thermotectonism (Indosinian orogeny) in Vietnam

    Andrew Carter;Delphine Roques;Charles Bristow;Peter Kinny

  • Lu–Hf and Sm–Nd isotope systems in zircon

    Peter D. Kinny;Roland Maas

  • Ion microprobe identification of 4,100–4,200 Myr-old terrestrial zircons

    D. O. Froude;T. R. Ireland;P. D. Kinny;I. S. Williams

  • The Itsaq Gneiss Complex of southern West Greenland; the world's most extensive record of early crustal evolution (3900-3600 Ma)

    Allen P. Nutman;Victor R. McGregor;Clark R.L. Friend;Victoria C. Bennett

  • The Earth's oldest known crust: A geochronological and geochemical study of 3900-4200 Ma old detrital zircons from Mt. Narryer and Jack Hills, Western Australia

    Roland Maas;Roland Maas;Peter D. Kinny;Peter D. Kinny;Ian S. Williams;Derek O. Froude

  • Identifying Accessory Mineral Saturation during Differentiation in Granitoid Magmas: an Integrated Approach

    Paul W. O. Hoskin;Peter D. Kinny;Doone Wyborn;Bruce W. Chappell

  • The significance of monazite U–Th–Pb age data in metamorphic assemblages; a combined study of monazite and garnet chronometry

    Gavin Foster;Pete Kinny;Derek Vance;Christophe Prince

  • The Siberian lithosphere traverse: mantle terranes and the assembly of the Siberian Craton

    W.L Griffin;W.L Griffin;C.G Ryan;F.V Kaminsky;Suzanne Y O'Reilly

  • High-T granulites and polymetamorphism in the southern Arunta Region, central Australia: Evidence for a 1.64 Ga accretional event

    Ian R. Scrimgeour;Peter D. Kinny;Dorothy F. Close;Christine J. Edgoose

  • Geochronological constraints for a two-stage history of the Albany–Fraser Orogen, Western Australia

    D.J. Clark;B.J. Hensen;P.D. Kinny

  • SHRIMP U-Pb age constraints on magmatism and high-grade metamorphism in the Salem Block, southern India

    Chris Clark;Alan S. Collins;Nicholas E. Timms;Peter D. Kinny

  • Neoproterozoic orogeny along the margin of Rodinia: Valhalla orogen, North Atlantic

    Peter A. Cawood;Rob Strachan;Kathryn Cutts;Peter D. Kinny

  • Svecofennian detrital zircon ages—implications for the Precambrian evolution of the Baltic Shield

    Stefan Claesson;Hannu Huhma;Peter D. Kinny;Ian S. Williams

  • Melt Geometry, Movement and Crystallization, in Relation to Mantle Dykes, Veins and Metasomatism

    B. Harte;R. H. Hunter;P. D. Kinny

  • Enhanced diffusion of Uranium and Thorium linked to crystal plasticity in zircon

    Nicholas E Timms;Peter D Kinny;Steven M Reddy

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian S. Williams
Ian S. Williams Australian National University
Clark R.L. Friend
Clark R.L. Friend Oxford Brookes University
Rob Strachan
Rob Strachan University of Portsmouth
William Compston
William Compston Australian National University
Martin Hand
Martin Hand University of Adelaide
Allen P. Nutman
Allen P. Nutman University of Wollongong
Tim E. Johnson
Tim E. Johnson Curtin University
Nicholas E. Timms
Nicholas E. Timms Curtin University
Trevor Ireland
Trevor Ireland University of Queensland
Steven M. Reddy
Steven M. Reddy Curtin University

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