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76
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23216
World Ranking
651
National Ranking
47

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Geochemistry Fellow Honor, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry
  • 2010 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Richard J. Arculus is affiliated with the Australian National University in Australia and has made significant contributions in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields including Geophysics, Environmental Chemistry, Atmospheric Science, Geology, and Artificial Intelligence.

Their research concentrates on several key topics within earth sciences: geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, methane hydrates and related phenomena, geology and paleoclimatology research, geological and geophysical studies, and geochemistry and geologic mapping.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Arculus include:

  • A case of Ampferer-type subduction and consequences for the Alps and the Pyrenees, 2020, American Journal of Science
  • Basalt derived from highly refractory mantle sources during early Izu-Bonin-Mariana arc development, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Silica-rich spinel harzburgite residues formed by fractional hybridization-melting of the intra-oceanic supra-subduction zone mantle: New evidence from TUBAF seamount peridotites, 2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Using precious metal probes to quantify mid-ocean ridge magmatic processes, 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Sedimentary and volcanic record of the nascent Izu-Bonin-Mariana arc from IODP Site U1438, 2020, Geological Society of America Bulletin

Frequent co-authors of Arculus's research include:

  • Osamu Ishizuka (13 collaborations)
  • Anders J. McCarthy (11 collaborations)
  • Rosemary L. Hickey-Vargas (11 collaborations)
  • He Li (10 collaborations)
  • Gene M. Yogodzinski (10 collaborations)

Major publication venues where Arculus has published multiple works are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) - 8 publications
  • Frontiers in Earth Science - 5 publications
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta - 3 publications
  • Journal of Petrology - 3 publications
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts - 3 publications

Recognized by professional societies, Arculus received the Geochemistry Fellow Honor from the Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry in 2014. Earlier, in 2010, they were named Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).

Best Publications

  • A geochemical classification for granitic rocks

    B Ronald Frost;Calvin G. Barnes;William Joseph Collins;Richard Arculus

  • Chemical characteristics of island-arc basalts: Implications for mantle sources

    M.R. Perfit;D.A. Gust;A.E. Bence;R.J. Arculus

  • The redox state of subduction zones: insights from arc-peridotites

    Ian J. Parkinson;Richard J. Arculus

  • Boninite and Harzburgite from Leg 125 (Bonin-Mariana Forearc): A Case Study of Magma Genesis during the Initial Stages of Subduction

    Julian A. Pearce;Sieger R. van der Laan;Richard J. Arculus;Bramley J. Murton

  • Source component mixing in the regions of arc magma generation

    Richard J. Arculus;Roger Powell

  • The Magnetite Crisis in the Evolution of Arc-related Magmas and the Initial Concentration of Au, Ag and Cu

    Frances E. Jenner;Hugh St. C. O’Neill;Richard J. Arculus;John A. Mavrogenes

  • The Petrology of Plutonic Blocks and Inclusions from the Lesser Antilles Island Arc

    Richard J. Arculus;Kevin J. A. Wills

  • Release of gold-bearing fluids in convergent margin magmas prompted by magnetite crystallization.

    Weidong Sun;Richard J. Arculus;Vadim S. Kamenetsky;Raymond A. Binns;Raymond A. Binns

  • High Field Strength Element Anomalies in Arc Lavas: Source or Process?

    M. F. Thirlwall;T. E. Smith;A. M. Graham;N. Theodorou

  • Redistribution of trace elements during prograde metamorphism from lawsonite blueschist to eclogite facies; implications for deep subduction-zone processes

    Carl Spandler;Joerg Hermann;Richard J Arculus;John M Mavrogenes

  • Aspects of magma genesis in arcs

    R.J. Arculus

  • Use and Abuse of the Terms Calcalkaline and Calcalkalic

    Richard J. Arculus

  • A record of spontaneous subduction initiation in the Izu–Bonin–Mariana arc

    Richard J. Arculus;Osamu Ishizuka;Osamu Ishizuka;Kara A. Bogus;Michael Gurnis

  • Geochemistry of the Lesser Antilles volcanic island arc

    G.M Brown;J.G Holland;H Sigurdsson;J.F Tomblin

  • Resolution of the effects of crustal assimilation, sediment subduction, and fluid transport in island arc magmas: PbSrNdO isotope geochemistry of Grenada, Lesser Antilles

    M.F. Thirlwall;A.M. Graham;R.J. Arculus;R.S. Harmon

  • 40Ar/ 39Ar and K–Ar geochronological age constraints for the inception and early evolution of the Izu–Bonin – Mariana arc system

    Michael A. Cosca;Richard J. Arculus;Julian A. Pearce;John G. Mitchell

  • The importance of talc and chlorite “hybrid” rocks for volatile recycling through subduction zones; evidence from the high-pressure subduction mélange of New Caledonia

    Carl Spandler;Joerg Hermann;Kevin Faure;John A. Mavrogenes

  • Nd-Sr isotope composition of lower crustal xenoliths — Evidence for the origin of mid-tertiary felsic volcanics in Mexico

    Joaquin Ruiz;P. Jonathan Patchett;Richard J. Arculus

  • Geochemical heterogeneity and element mobility in deeply subducted oceanic crust; insights from high-pressure mafic rocks from New Caledonia

    Carl Spandler;Joerg Hermann;Richard Arculus;John Mavrogenes

  • Solubility of Carbon Dioxide in Melts of Andesite, Tholeiite, and Olivine Nephelinite Composition to 30 kbar Pressure

    Bjørn O. Mysen;R. J. Arculus;David H. Eggler

  • Geology and geochemistry of the alkali basalt—andesite association of Grenada, Lesser Antilles island arc

    Richard J. Arculus

Frequent Co-Authors

Osamu Ishizuka
Osamu Ishizuka National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Oliver Nebel
Oliver Nebel Monash University
Julian A. Pearce
Julian A. Pearce Cardiff University
Ivan P. Savov
Ivan P. Savov University of Leeds
Stephen Eggins
Stephen Eggins Australian National University
Bramley J. Murton
Bramley J. Murton National Oceanography Centre
John Mavrogenes
John Mavrogenes Australian National University
John E. Lupton
John E. Lupton Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Vadim S. Kamenetsky
Vadim S. Kamenetsky Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Weidong Sun
Weidong Sun Chinese Academy of Sciences

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