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Overview

Stephen E. Kesler is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on Engineering and Environmental Science.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Engineering
  • Environmental Science

Subfields addressed in their work cover a range of scientific and technical areas, such as:

  • General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • Building and Construction
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Atmospheric Science

Kesler's research topics are diverse but centered around resource management and atmospheric phenomena, including:

  • Natural Resources and Economic Development
  • Mining and Resource Management
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Extraction and Separation Processes

They have contributed to multiple publications, with recent papers including:

  • "The Impact of Industrial Activity on the Amount of Atmospheric O2", 2023, published in Tellus B
  • "US graphite sourcing for electric vehicle battery applications", 2025, published in Journal of Industrial Ecology

The venues where Kesler's work appears reflect an emphasis on environmental and industrial topics:

  • Tellus B
  • Journal of Industrial Ecology

Frequent collaboration is evident with several co-authors, among them:

  • Adam C. Simon
  • M. O. Battle
  • A. Raine Raynor
  • Ralph F. Keeling
  • Sarah Gorman

Best Publications

  • Solubility of gold in arsenian pyrite

    Martin Reich;Martin Reich;Stephen E. Kesler;Satoshi Utsunomiya;Christopher S. Palenik

  • The coupled geochemistry of Au and As in pyrite from hydrothermal ore deposits

    Artur P. Deditius;Martin Reich;Stephen E. Kesler;Satoshi Utsunomiya

  • Mineral Resources, Economics, and the Environment

    Stephen E. Kesler;Adam C. Simon

  • Trace metal nanoparticles in pyrite

    Artur P. Deditius;Satoshi Utsunomiya;Martin Reich;Stephen E. Kesler

  • "Invisible" gold revealed: Direct imaging of gold nanoparticles in a Carlin-type deposit

    Christopher S. Palenik;Satoshi Utsunomiya;Martin Reich;Stephen E. Kesler

  • Oxidation state of gold and arsenic in gold-bearing arsenian pyrite

    Grigore Simon;Hui Huang;James E. Penner-Hahn;Stephen E. Kesler

  • A proposed new type of arsenian pyrite: Composition, nanostructure and geological significance

    Artur P. Deditius;Satoshi Utsunomiya;Devon Renock;Rodney C. Ewing

  • Geochemistry and textures of gold-bearing arsenian pyrite, Twin Creeks, Nevada; implications for deposition of gold in carlin-type deposits

    Grigore Simon;Stephen E. Kesler;Stephen Chryssoulis

  • Gold and arsenic in iron sulfides from sediment-hosted disseminated gold deposits; implications for depositional processes

    Greg B. Arehart;Stephen L. Chryssoulis;Stephen E. Kesler

  • Rb–Sr dating of sphalerites from Tennessee and the genesis of Mississippi Valley type ore deposits

    Shun'ichi Nakai;Alex N. Halliday;Stephen E. Kesler;Henry D. Jones

  • RB-SR DATING OF SPHALERITES FROM MISSISSIPPI VALLEY-TYPE (MVT) ORE DEPOSITS

    Shun'ichi Nakai;Alex N Halliday;Stephen E Kesler;Henry D Jones

  • Isotope geochemistry of mercury in source rocks, mineral deposits and spring deposits of the California Coast Ranges, USA

    Christopher N. Smith;Stephen E. Kesler;Joel D. Blum;James J. Rytuba

  • Phase relations among selenides, tellurides, and oxides; II, Applications to selenide-bearing ore deposits

    Grigore Simon;Stephen E. Kesler;Eric J. Essene

  • Gold in porphyry copper deposits: its abundance and fate

    Stephen E Kesler;Stephen L Chryssoulis;Grigore Simon

  • Ore-Forming Fluids

    Stephen E. Kesler

  • Mercury isotope fractionation in fossil hydrothermal systems

    Christopher N. Smith;Stephen E. Kesler;Björn Klaue;Joel D. Blum

  • Future Global Mineral Resources

    Nicholas T. Arndt;Lluís Fontboté;Jeffrey W. Hedenquist;Stephen E. Kesler

  • Decoupled geochemical behavior of As and Cu in hydrothermal systems

    Artur P. Deditius;Artur P. Deditius;Satoshi Utsunomiya;Rodney C. Ewing;Stephen L. Chryssoulis

  • Thermal behavior of metal nanoparticles in geologic materials

    Martin Reich;Satoshi Utsunomiya;Stephen E. Kesler;Lumin Wang

  • Evolution of early earth's atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere : constraints from ore deposits

    Unknown

  • Na-Cl-Br systematics of mineralizing brines in Mississippi Valley–type deposits

    Stephen E. Kesler;Martin S. Appold;Anna M. Martini;Lynn M. Walter

Frequent Co-Authors

Rodney C. Ewing
Rodney C. Ewing Stanford University
Satoshi Utsunomiya
Satoshi Utsunomiya Kyushu University
Martin Reich
Martin Reich University of Chile
Bruce H. Wilkinson
Bruce H. Wilkinson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Nicholas T. Arndt
Nicholas T. Arndt Grenoble Alpes University
Torsten Vennemann
Torsten Vennemann University of Lausanne
Gregory A. Keoleian
Gregory A. Keoleian University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Joaquin Ruiz
Joaquin Ruiz University of Arizona
Alex N. Halliday
Alex N. Halliday Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Lluis Fontboté
Lluis Fontboté University of Geneva

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