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D-Index
100
Citations
33823
World Ranking
135
National Ranking
14

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1979 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

R.K. O'Nions is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their academic career is notable for recognition within the geophysical sciences, marked by the award of Fellowship from the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 1979.

Their research spans broad areas of geoscience, although specific subfields, topics, and recent publications are not listed. The absence of detailed paper titles and coauthor information limits the ability to outline a publication history or collaboration network comprehensively.

The scientist's work is situated principally within academic and geophysical contexts, with representation in recognized scholarly communities and an affiliation with a leading research institution.

Best Publications

  • Partial melt distributions from inversion of rare earth element concentrations

    Dan McKENZIE;R. K. O'nions

  • Rare-earth abundances in chondritic meteorites

    N.M. Evensen;P.J. Hamilton;R.K. O'Nions

  • A Sm-Nd isotopic study of atmospheric dusts and particulates from major river systems

    S.L. Goldstein;S.L. Goldstein;R.K. O'Nions;P.J. Hamilton

  • Oceanic crustal thickness from seismic measurements and rare earth element inversions

    Robert S. White;Dan McKenzie;R. Keith O'Nions

  • Variations in143Nd/144Nd and87Sr/86Sr ratios in oceanic basalts

    R.K. O'Nions;P.J. Hamilton;N.M. Evensen

  • Geochemical modeling of mantle differentiation and crustal growth

    R. K. O'Nions;N. M. Evensen;P. J. Hamilton

  • Mass fractionation processes of transition metal isotopes

    X.K. Zhu;Y. Guo;R.J.P. Williams;R.K. O’Nions

  • The Source Regions of Ocean Island Basalts

    Dan McKENZIE;R. Keith O'nions

  • Mantle reservoirs and ocean island basalts

    Dan McKenzie;R. K. O'Nions

  • Heat and helium in the Earth

    R. K. O'Nions;E. R. Oxburgh

  • Helium, volatile fluxes and the development of continental crust

    R.K. O'Nions;E.R. Oxburgh

  • A geochemical study of island-arc and back-arc tholeiites from the Scotia Sea

    C.J. Hawkesworth;R.K. O'Nions;R.J. Pankhurst;P.J. Hamilton

  • Determination of natural Cu-isotope variation by plasma-source mass spectrometry: implications for use as geochemical tracers

    X.K. Zhu;R.K. O'Nions;Y. Guo;N.S. Belshaw

  • Chronology of the pressure-temperature history recorded by a granulite terrain

    A. S. Cohen;R. K. O'Nions;R. Siegenthaler;R. Siegenthaler;W. L. Griffin

  • Sm-Nd studies of Archaean metasediments and metavolcanics from West Greenland and their implications for the Earth's early history

    P.J. Hamilton;R.K. O'Nions;D. Bridgwater;A. Nutman

  • Early Archaean Age for the Isua Iron Formation, West Greenland

    S. Moorbath;R. K. O'nions;R. J. Pankhurst

  • The Lead, Neodymium and Strontium Isotopic Structure of Ocean Ridge Basalts

    R. S. Cohen;R. K. O'nions

  • A Nd isotope investigation of sediments related to crustal development in the British Isles

    R.K. O'Nions;P.J. Hamilton;P.J. Hooker

  • Sm—Nd systematics of Lewisian gneisses: implications for the origin of granulites

    P. J. Hamilton;N. M. Evensen;R. K. O'Nions;J. Tarney

  • U–Pb, Sm–Nd and Rb–Sr systematics of mid-ocean ridge basalt glasses

    R. S. Cohen;R. S. Cohen;N. M. Evensen;P. J. Hamilton;R. K. O'Nions;R. K. O'Nions

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony S. Cohen
Anthony S. Cohen The Open University
James R. Hein
James R. Hein United States Geological Survey
Stephen J.G. Galer
Stephen J.G. Galer Max Planck Society
Chris J. Ballentine
Chris J. Ballentine University of Oxford
Sabine Kasten
Sabine Kasten University of Bremen
Frank Horváth
Frank Horváth Eötvös Loránd University
Steven L. Goldstein
Steven L. Goldstein Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Dan McKenzie
Dan McKenzie University of Cambridge
Kevin W. Burton
Kevin W. Burton Durham University
Aline Dia
Aline Dia University of Rennes

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