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Urs Schaltegger is affiliated with the University of Geneva in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a total of 114 publications. Their research spans several subfields including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, and Geology.

The scientist's work focuses on various main topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, High-pressure Geophysics and Materials, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, as well as Geological and Geophysical Studies.

Among recent papers, notable publications include:

  • Long-term repeatability and interlaboratory reproducibility of high-precision ID-TIMS U-Pb geochronology (2021) published in Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry
  • Rapid eruption of silicic magmas from the Paraná magmatic province (Brazil) did not trigger the Valanginian event (2020) published in Geology
  • Dynamics of the Largest Carbon Isotope Excursion During the Early Triassic Biotic Recovery (2020) published in Frontiers in Earth Science
  • New high precision U-Pb ages and Hf isotope data from the Karoo large igneous province; implications for pulsed magmatism and early Toarcian environmental perturbations (2020) published in Results in Geochemistry
  • Anchoring the Late Devonian mass extinction in absolute time by integrating climatic controls and radio-isotopic dating (2020) published in Scientific Reports

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Urs Schaltegger include:

  • Sean P. Gaynor
  • Joshua H.F.L. Davies
  • Maria Ovtcharova
  • André Navin Paul
  • Blair Schoene

The scientist's work has appeared frequently in respected publication venues such as:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts
  • International Journal of Earth Sciences
  • Geological Magazine
  • Chemical Geology

Best Publications

  • Plesovice zircon : A new natural reference material for U-Pb and Hf isotopic microanalysis

    Jirri Slama;Jirri Slama;Jirri Slama;Jan Kosler;Daniel J. Condon;James L. Crowley

  • The Composition of Zircon and Igneous and Metamorphic Petrogenesis

    Paul W. O. Hoskin;Urs Schaltegger

  • Re-equilibration of Zircon in Aqueous Fluids and Melts

    Thorsten Geisler;Urs Schaltegger;Frank Tomaschek

  • Growth, annealing and recrystallization of zircon and preservation of monazite in high-grade metamorphism: conventional and in-situ U-Pb isotope, cathodoluminescence and microchemical evidence

    Urs Schaltegger;C. M. Fanning;D. Günther;J. C. Maurin

  • Correlating the end-Triassic mass extinction and flood basalt volcanism at the 100 ka level

    Blair Schoene;Jean Guex;Annachiara Bartolini;Urs Schaltegger

  • U–Th–Pb zircon geochronology by ID-TIMS, SIMS, and laser ablation ICP-MS: Recipes, interpretations, and opportunities

    Urs Schaltegger;Axel K. Schmitt;Matthew S. A. Horstwood

  • Magmatic-to-hydrothermal crystallization in the W–Sn mineralized Mole Granite (NSW, Australia): Part II: Evolving zircon and thorite trace element chemistry

    Thomas Pettke;Andreas Audétat;Urs Schaltegger;Christoph A. Heinrich

  • The Bushveld Complex was emplaced and cooled in less than one million years – results of zirconology, and geotectonic implications

    Armin Zeh;Maria Ovtcharova;Allan H. Wilson;Urs Schaltegger

  • UPb age constraints on deposition and provenance of Birimian and gold-bearing Tarkwaian sediments in Ghana, West Africa

    D.W. Davis;W. Hirdes;U. Schaltegger;E.A. Nunoo

  • How Accurately Can We Date the Duration of Magmatic-Hydrothermal Events in Porphyry Systems?—An Invited Paper

    Massimo Chiaradia;Urs Schaltegger;Richard Spikings;Jörn-Frederik Wotzlaw

  • End-Triassic mass extinction started by intrusive CAMP activity.

    Joshua Davies;Andréa Marzoli;H. Bertrand;N. Youbi;N. Youbi

  • Timing of the Early Triassic carbon cycle perturbations inferred from new U–Pb ages and ammonoid biochronozones.

    Thomas Galfetti;Hugo Bucher;Maria Ovtcharova;Urs Schaltegger

  • U-Pb geochronologic evidence for the evolution of the Gondwanan margin of the north-central Andes

    David M. Chew;Urs Schaltegger;Jan Košler;Martin J. Whitehouse

  • Tracking the evolution of large-volume silicic magma reservoirs from assembly to supereruption

    Jörn-Frederik Wotzlaw;Urs Schaltegger;Daniel A. Frick;Michael A. Dungan;Michael A. Dungan

  • Incremental growth of the Patagonian Torres del Paine laccolith over 90 k.y

    Jürgen Michel;Lukas Baumgartner;Benita Putlitz;Urs Schaltegger

  • Pre-Mesozoic Alpine basements - Their place in the European Paleozoic framework

    Jürgen F. von Raumer;François Bussy;Urs Schaltegger;Bernhard Schulz

  • New Early to Middle Triassic U–Pb ages from South China: Calibration with ammonoid biochronozones and implications for the timing of the Triassic biotic recovery

    Maria Ovtcharova;Hugo Bucher;Urs Schaltegger;Thomas Galfetti

  • Rates of magma differentiation and emplacement in a ballooning pluton recorded by U–Pb TIMS-TEA, Adamello batholith, Italy

    Blair Schoene;Blair Schoene;Urs Schaltegger;Peter Brack;Christopher Latkoczy

  • Evolution of the Adria-Europe plate boundary in the northern Dinarides: From continent-continent collision to back-arc extension

    Kamil Ustaszewski;Alexandre Kounov;Stefan M. Schmid;Stefan M. Schmid;Urs Schaltegger

  • High temperature (>350°C) thermochronology and mechanisms of Pb loss in apatite

    Ryan Cochrane;Richard Alan Spikings;David Michael Chew;Joern Frederik Wotzlaw

  • Precise U–Pb age constraints for end-Triassic mass extinction, its correlation to volcanism and Hettangian post-extinction recovery

    Urs Schaltegger;Jean Guex;Annachiara Bartolini;Blair Schoene

  • How Accurately Can We Date the Duration of Magmatic-Hydrothermal Events in Porphyry Systems?

    Massimo Chiaradia;Urs Schaltegger;Richard Alan Spikings;Joern Frederik Wotzlaw

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria Ovtcharova
Maria Ovtcharova University of Geneva
Richard Alan Spikings
Richard Alan Spikings University of Geneva
Hugo Bucher
Hugo Bucher University of Zurich
Blair Schoene
Blair Schoene Princeton University
Jean Guex
Jean Guex University of Lausanne
Othmar Müntener
Othmar Müntener University of Lausanne
Annachiara Bartolini
Annachiara Bartolini French National Museum of Natural History
Massimo Chiaradia
Massimo Chiaradia University of Geneva
Axel Gerdes
Axel Gerdes Goethe University Frankfurt
Jorge E. Spangenberg
Jorge E. Spangenberg University of Lausanne

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