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Overview

Robert O. Rye is a researcher affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their work is situated primarily within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on Geophysics. Rye's scholarly output spans several areas including geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, as well as high-pressure geophysics and materials.

The scientist has contributed to academic literature through the publication of at least one recent paper. This work, published in 2022 in the journal Minerals, is titled "40Ar/39Ar Geochronology of Magmatic-Steam Alunite from Alunite Ridge and Deer Trail Mountain, Marysvale Volcanic Field, Utah: Timing and Duration of Miocene Hydrothermal Activity Associated with Concealed Intrusions." This study addresses geochronological analysis connected to Miocene hydrothermal activity.

Rye frequently collaborates with other researchers across related disciplines. Notable coauthors include C. M. Mercer, Michael A. Cosca, Albert H. Hofstra, Wayne R. Premo, and Gary P. Landis. These collaborations highlight Rye's integration within a network of geoscientists focused on topics relevant to geology and geophysics.

Publications by Rye appear primarily within specialized geological and mineralogical venues, with Minerals being a documented venue for their recent work. Their research contributions are connected to studies involving detailed geological processes and properties, often utilizing geochemical methods and high-pressure experimental techniques.

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • High-Pressure Geophysics and Materials

  • 40Ar/39Ar Geochronology of Magmatic-Steam Alunite from Alunite Ridge and Deer Trail Mountain, Marysvale Volcanic Field, Utah: Timing and Duration of Miocene Hydrothermal Activity Associated with Concealed Intrusions (2022, Minerals)

  • C. M. Mercer
  • Michael A. Cosca
  • Albert H. Hofstra
  • Wayne R. Premo
  • Gary P. Landis

Best Publications

  • Sulfur and Carbon Isotopes and Ore Genesis: A Review

    Robert O. Rye;Hiroshi Ohmoto

  • The stable isotope geochemistry of acid sulfate alteration

    Robert O. Rye;Philip M. Bethke;Michael D. Wasserman

  • The evolution of magmatic fluids in the epithermal environment; the stable isotope perspective

    Robert O. Rye

  • Holocene multidecadal and multicentennial droughts affecting Northern California and Nevada

    Larry Benson;Michaele Kashgarian;Robert Rye;Steve Lund

  • Geology, geochronology, fluid inclusions, and isotope geochemistry of the Rodalquilar gold alunite deposit, Spain

    Antonio Arribas;Charles G. Cunningham;James J. Rytuba;Robert O. Rye

  • A review of the stable-isotope geochemistry of sulfate minerals in selected igneous environments and related hydrothermal systems

    Robert O. Rye

  • Geologic, fluid inclusion, and stable isotope studies of the tin-tungsten deposits of Panasqueira, Portugal

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  • The effects of subsurface boiling and dilution on the isotopic compositions of Yellowstone thermal waters

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  • Climatic and Hydrologic Oscillations in the Owens Lake Basin and Adjacent Sierra Nevada, California

    Larry V. Benson;James W. Burdett;Michaele Kashgarian;Steve P. Lund

  • Carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen isotope studies of the regional metamorphic complex at Naxos, Greece

    Robert O. Rye;Roelof D. Schuiling;Danny M. Rye;J.Ben H. Jansen

  • STABLE HYDROGEN ISOTOPE ANALYSIS OF BAT HAIR AS EVIDENCE FOR SEASONAL MOLT AND LONG-DISTANCE MIGRATION

    Paul M. Cryan;Michael A. Bogan;Robert O. Rye;Gary P. Landis

  • Stable Isotope Systematics of Sulfate Minerals

    Robert R. Seal;Charles N. Alpers;Robert O. Rye

  • Age constraints on Jerritt Canyon and other carlin-type gold deposits in the Western United States; relationship to mid-Tertiary extension and magmatism

    A. H. Hofstra;L. W. Snee;R. O. Rye;H. W. Folger

  • A test of geographic assignment using isotope tracers in feathers of known origin

    Michael B. Wunder;Cynthia L. Kester;Fritz L. Knopf;Robert O. Rye

  • Hydrogen and Oxygen Isotopic Compositions of Fluid Inclusions in the Kuroko Deposits, Japan

    Hiroshi Ohmoto;Robert O. Rye

  • Genesis of sediment-hosted disseminated-gold deposits by fluid mixing and sulfidization: Chemical-reaction-path modeling of ore-depositional processes documented in the Jerritt Canyon district, Nevada

    A.H. Hofstra;J. S. Leventhal;H. R. Northrop;G. P. Landis

  • Use of sulfur and nitrogen stable isotopes to determine the importance of whitebark pine nuts to Yellowstone grizzly bears

    Laura A Felicetti;Charles C Schwartz;Robert O Rye;Mark A Haroldson

  • Origin of secondary sulfate minerals on active andesitic stratovolcanoes

    D.R. Zimbelman;Robert O. Rye;G.N. Breit

  • Origin of a South Texas roll-type deposit; II, Sulfide petrology and sulfur isotope studies

    Martin B. Goldhaber;Richard L. Reynolds;Robert O. Rye

  • Distribution of Oxygen and Carbon Isotopes in Fossils of Late Cretaceous Age, Western Interior Region of North America

    Harry A Tourtelot;Robert O Rye

  • Microbial sulfate reduction and metal attenuation in pH 4 acid mine water

    Clinton D Church;Clinton D Church;Richard T Wilkin;Charles N Alpers;Robert O Rye

  • Chemical, crystallographic and stable isotopic properties of alunite and jarosite from acid-hypersaline Australian lakes

    Charles N. Alpers;Robert O. Rye;D.Kirk Nordstrom;L.Doug White

Frequent Co-Authors

Craig A. Johnson
Craig A. Johnson United States Geological Survey
Martin B. Goldhaber
Martin B. Goldhaber United States Geological Survey
Richard L. Reynolds
Richard L. Reynolds United States Geological Survey
Charles N. Alpers
Charles N. Alpers United States Geological Survey
Larry Benson
Larry Benson University of Colorado Boulder
Edwin H. McKee
Edwin H. McKee United States Geological Survey
Hiroshi Ohmoto
Hiroshi Ohmoto Pennsylvania State University
James R. O'Neil
James R. O'Neil United States Geological Survey
Danny M. Rye
Danny M. Rye Yale University
Charles W. Naeser
Charles W. Naeser United States Geological Survey

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