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W. R. Van Schmus is affiliated with the University of Kansas in the United States and has contributed extensively to multiple research domains. Their work primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a notable presence in Computer Science fields.

The scientist has a significant research focus on geological and geochemical analysis as well as geochemistry and geologic mapping. Their work also covers earthquake and tectonic studies and geological formations and processes. These topics reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their research, incorporating both theoretical and applied geoscience elements.

Van Schmus's research outputs have appeared in several notable publication venues, including:

  • Gondwana Research
  • Brazilian Journal of Geology
  • Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • "Geochronology and correlations in the Central African Fold Belt along the northern edge of the Congo Craton: New insights from U-Pb dating of zircons from Cameroon, Central African Republic, and south-western Chad" (2022, Gondwana Research)
  • "Alto Moxotó Terrane, a fragment of Columbia supercontinent in the Transversal Zone interior: Borborema Province, Northeast Brazil" (2020, Brazilian Journal of Geology)
  • "Geological evolution of the South American platform - A tribute to the career of professor Benjamim Bley de Brito Neves" (2023, Journal of South American Earth Sciences)

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • S.F. Toteu
  • Maarten de Wit
  • Joseph Pénaye
  • Kerstin Drost
  • Jennifer Tait

Van Schmus's main subfields of study include geophysics and artificial intelligence, highlighting a blend of traditional earth sciences with computational methods.

Their publication record also shows a blend of six works focused on Earth and Planetary Sciences and three contributions in Computer Science. Within subfields, five works center on geophysics and three on artificial intelligence, alongside one related to earth-surface processes.

Best Publications

  • A chemical-petrologic classification for the chondritic meteorites.

    W.R. Van Schmus;J.A. Wood

  • New U–Pb and Sm–Nd data from north-central Cameroon and its bearing on the pre-Pan African history of central Africa

    S.F Toteu;W.R Van Schmus;J Penaye;A Michard

  • Proterozoic links between the Borborema Province, NE Brazil, and the Central African Fold Belt

    W. R. van Schmus;E. P. Oliveira;A. F. da Silva Filho;S. F. Toteu

  • UPb and SmN edvidence for Eburnian and Pan-African high-grade metamorphism in cratonic rocks of southern Cameroon

    S.F. Toteu;W.R. Van Schmus;J. Penaye;J.B. Nyobé

  • U Pb and Sm Nd geochronologic studies of the eastern Borborema Province, Northeastern Brazil: initial conclusions

    W.R. Van Schmus;B.B. de Brito Neves;P. Hackspacher;M. Babinski;M. Babinski

  • A survey of the unequilibrated ordinary chondrites

    R.T. Dodd;W.R.Van Schmus;D.M. Koffman

  • Late amalgamation in the central part of West Gondwana: new geochronological data and the characterization of a Cambrian collisional orogeny in the Ribeira Belt (SE Brazil)

    Renata da Silva Schmitt;Rudolph A.J. Trouw;William Randall Van Schmus;Márcio Martins Pimentel

  • The Pb/Pb age of the Minas Supergroup carbonate rocks, Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Brazil

    Marly Babinski;Farid Chemale;William R. Van Schmus

  • Precambrian history of the Zona Transversal of the Borborema Province, NE Brazil: Insights from Sm-Nd and U-Pb geochronology

    W.R. Van Schmus;M. Kozuch;M. Kozuch;B.B. de Brito Neves

  • The Cariris Velhos tectonic event in Northeast Brazil

    Edilton José dos Santos;William Randall Van Schmus;Marianne Kozuch;Benjamim Bley de Brito Neves

  • JUVENILE ACCRETION AT 750-700 MA IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL

    Marly Babinski;Farid Chemale Jr.;Leo Afraneo Hartmann;W. R. Van Schmus

  • Diachronous evolution of volcano-sedimentary basins north of the Congo craton: Insights from U–Pb ion microprobe dating of zircons from the Poli, Lom and Yaoundé Groups (Cameroon)

    Sadrack Félix Toteu;Joseph Penaye;Etienne Deloule;William Randall Van Schmus

  • U-Pb and Sm-Nd geochronology of the neoproterozoic granitic-gneissic Dom Feliciano belt, Southern Brazil

    Marly Babinski;Farid Chemale;W.R. Van Schmus;Leo Afrâneo Hartmann

  • Evolution of the Mayo Kebbi region as revealed by zircon dating: An early (ca. 740 Ma) Pan-African magmatic arc in southwestern Chad

    Joseph Penaye;Alfred Kröner;Sadrack F. Toteu;William R. Van Schmus

  • The 2.1 Ga West Central African Belt in Cameroon: extension and evolution

    J. Penaye;S.F. Toteu;R. Tchameni;W.R. Van Schmus

  • Tectonic history of the Borborema province, northeastern Brazil

    Benjamim Bley de Brito Neves;E J Santos;W. R. Van Schmus

  • The Seridó Group of NE Brazil, a late Neoproterozoic pre- to syn-collisional basin in West Gondwana: insights from SHRIMP U–Pb detrital zircon ages and Sm–Nd crustal residence (TDM) ages

    W.R Van Schmus;B.B de Brito Neves;I.S Williams;P.C Hackspacher

  • Proterozoic geology of the east-central Midcontinent basement

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  • Mesoproterozoic-trans-Laurentian magmatism: A synthesis of continent-wide age distributions, new SIMS U–Pb ages, zircon saturation temperatures, and Hf and Nd isotopic compositions

    M.E. Bickford;W.R. Van Schmus;K.E. Karlstrom;P.A. Mueller

  • The 3.4–3.5 Ga São José do Campestre massif, NE Brazil: remnants of the oldest crust in South America

    E.L Dantas;W.R Van Schmus;P.C Hackspacher;A.H Fetter

  • The composition and structural state of feldspar from chondritic meteorites

    W.R Van Schmus;P.H Ribbe

  • Tectono-stratigraphic evolution of the Early Proterozoic Wisconsin magmatic terranes of the Penokean Orogen

    P. K. Sims;W. R. Van Schmus;K. J. Schulz;Z. E. Peterman

  • Annual review of earth and planetary sciences: Vol. 2, edited by Fred A. Donath, Francis G. Stehli and George W. Wetherill. Annual Reviews, Inc., 1974, 478 pp. $12.00

    W.R. Van Schmus

Frequent Co-Authors

Marly Babinski
Marly Babinski Universidade de São Paulo
Benjamim Bley de Brito Neves
Benjamim Bley de Brito Neves Universidade de São Paulo
Farid Chemale
Farid Chemale Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos
Wilson Teixeira
Wilson Teixeira Universidade de São Paulo
Ian S. Williams
Ian S. Williams Australian National University
Elton Luiz Dantas
Elton Luiz Dantas University of Brasília
Robert L. Cullers
Robert L. Cullers Kansas State University
Koji Kawashita
Koji Kawashita Universidade de São Paulo
Brad S. Singer
Brad S. Singer University of Wisconsin–Madison
Léo Afraneo Hartmann
Léo Afraneo Hartmann Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

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