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Overview

Sujoy Mukhopadhyay is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Physics and Astronomy. Within these broad areas, their subfields of study include Geophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Environmental Chemistry.

The main topics covered by Mukhopadhyay's work are varied and include Astro and Planetary Science, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Planetary Science and Exploration, earthquake and tectonic studies, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

The scientist's publication record features several articles in prominent venues. Frequent publication outlets include Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Goldschmidt2022 abstracts, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, and Goldschmidt Abstracts.

Notable recent research papers include:

  • "Deep-mantle krypton reveals Earth's early accretion of carbonaceous matter" (2021, Nature)
  • "Heavy noble gas signatures of the North Atlantic Popping Rock 2ΠD43: Implications for mantle noble gas heterogeneity" (2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta)
  • "Krypton in the Chassigny meteorite shows Mars accreted chondritic volatiles before nebular gases" (2022, Science)
  • "The spatial footprint of hydrothermal scavenging on 230ThXS-derived mass accumulation rates" (2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta)
  • "A new dual stainless steel cryogenic trap for efficient separation of krypton from argon and xenon" (2020, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry)

Collaborations are a significant component of Mukhopadhyay's research activities. Frequent co-authors include Sandrine Péron, Barbara E. Wortham, Isabel P. Montañez, and Mark D. Kurz.

Best Publications

  • Observed 20th century desert dust variability: impact on climate and biogeochemistry

    Natalie Mahowald;Silvia Kloster;S. Engelstaedter;Jefferson Keith Moore

  • Isotopic Compositions of Cometary Matter Returned by Stardust

    Kevin D. McKeegan;Jerome Aléon;John Bradley;Donald Brownlee

  • Early differentiation and volatile accretion recorded in deep-mantle neon and xenon

    Sujoy Mukhopadhyay

  • Evidence for multiple magma ocean outgassing and atmospheric loss episodes from mantle noble gases

    Jonathan M. Tucker;Sujoy Mukhopadhyay

  • Preservation of Earth-forming events in the tungsten isotopic composition of modern flood basalts.

    Hanika Rizo;Richard J. Walker;Richard W. Carlson;Mary F. Horan

  • Slip rate of the Calico fault: Implications for geologic versus geodetic rate discrepancy in the Eastern California Shear Zone

    Michael Oskin;Lesley Perg;Dylan Blumentritt;Sujoy Mukhopadhyay

  • An extraterrestrial impact at the Permian-Triassic boundary?

    K. A. Farley;S. Mukhopadhyay

  • A Short Duration of the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary Event: Evidence from Extraterrestrial Helium-3

    S. Mukhopadhyay;K. A. Farley;A. Montanari

  • Preserving noble gases in a convecting mantle

    Helge M. Gonnermann;Sujoy Mukhopadhyay

  • How large is the subducted water flux? New constraints on mantle regassing rates

    R. Parai;S. Mukhopadhyay

  • Noble Gases: A Record of Earth's Evolution and Mantle Dynamics

    Sujoy Mukhopadhyay;Rita Parai

  • Non-equilibrium degassing and a primordial source for helium in ocean-island volcanism

    Helge M. Gonnermann;Sujoy Mukhopadhyay

  • Capture of nebular gases during Earth's accretion is preserved in deep-mantle neon.

    Curtis D. Williams;Sujoy Mukhopadhyay

  • African Dust over the Northern Tropical Atlantic: 1955–2008

    Amato T. Evan;Sujoy Mukhopadhyay

  • How Did Early Earth Become Our Modern World

    Richard W. Carlson;Edward Garnero;T. Mark Harrison;Jie Li

  • Geochemistry of Kauai shield-stage lavas: Implications for the chemical evolution of the Hawaiian plume

    S. Mukhopadhyay;J. C. Lassiter;K. A. Farley;S. W. Bogue

  • Ice Elevation Near the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide During the Last Glaciation

    Robert P. Ackert;Sujoy Mukhopadhyay;Byron R. Parizek;Harold W. Borns

  • New constraints on the HIMU mantle from neon and helium isotopic compositions of basalts from the Cook–Austral Islands

    Rita Parai;Sujoy Mukhopadhyay;John C. Lassiter

  • Heterogeneities from the first 100 million years recorded in deep mantle noble gases from the Northern Lau Back-arc Basin

    Maria K. Pető;Sujoy Mukhopadhyay;Katherine A. Kelley

  • ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES OF PRESOLAR MATERIALS IN INTERPLANETARY DUST

    S. Messenger;F. J. Stadermann;C. Floss;L. R. Nittler

  • A 35 Myr record of helium in pelagic limestones from Italy: implications for interplanetary dust accretion from the early Maastrichtian to the middle Eocene

    S Mukhopadhyay;K.A Farley;A Montanari

  • The heavy noble gas composition of the depleted MORB mantle (DMM) and its implications for the preservation of heterogeneities in the mantle

    Jonathan M. Tucker;Sujoy Mukhopadhyay;Jean-Guy Schilling

  • Spatial Variability of Erosion Rates Inferred from the Frequency Distribution of Cosmogenic 3He in Olivines from Hawaiian River Sediments

    Eric Gayer;Sujoy Mukhopadhyay;Brendan J. Meade

Frequent Co-Authors

Jerry F. McManus
Jerry F. McManus Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Charles H. Langmuir
Charles H. Langmuir Harvard University
Barbara Romanowicz
Barbara Romanowicz University of California, Berkeley
Gisela Winckler
Gisela Winckler Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Kenneth A. Farley
Kenneth A. Farley California Institute of Technology
Peter John Huybers
Peter John Huybers Harvard University
Sarah T. Stewart
Sarah T. Stewart University of California, Davis
Roland Purtschert
Roland Purtschert University of Bern
Matthias Laubenstein
Matthias Laubenstein National Institute for Nuclear Physics
C. Rubbia
C. Rubbia European Organization for Nuclear Research

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