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William P. Leeman

William P. Leeman

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Earth Science

D-Index
73
Citations
16828
World Ranking
819
National Ranking
387

Overview

William P. Leeman is affiliated with Rice University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research focuses primarily on Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology, as well as aspects related to Artificial Intelligence within the earth sciences domain.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Mineralogy and Gemology Studies
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping

William P. Leeman has authored several papers published across various scientific venues. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Old/New Subduction Zone Paradigms as Seen From the Cascades," 2020, published in Frontiers in Earth Science
  • "Magma and Mineral Composition Response to Increasing Slab-Derived Fluid Flux: Nevado de Longaví Volcano, Southern Chilean Andes," 2022, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • "LATE CENOZOIC MAGMATISM OF THE NORTHWESTERN U.S. - THE ROLE OF SUB-CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE (SCLM)," 2021, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • "Boron isotopes identify deep-slab serpentinite in the source of Aleutian arc magma," 2024, Geology
  • "U-Pb LA-ICP-MS Zircon Dating of Crustal Xenoliths: Evidence of the Archean Lithosphere Beneath the Snake River Plain," 2024, Minerals

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Jeffrey G. Ryan
  • Gene M. Yogodzinski
  • Michael Bizimis
  • Howie D. Scher
  • Martin J. Streck

The scientist's publications have appeared mostly in the following venues:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Minerals
  • Geology

Best Publications

  • Constraints on the depths and temperatures of basaltic magma generation on Earth and other terrestrial planets using new thermobarometers for mafic magmas

    Cin-Ty A. Lee;Peter Luffi;Terry Plank;Heather Dalton

  • The subducted component in island arc lavas: constraints from Be isotopes and B–Be systematics

    J. D. Morris;W. P. Leeman;F. Tera

  • Basic magmatism associated with Late Cenozoic extension in the western United States: Compositional variations in space and time

    J. Godfrey Fitton;Dodie James;William P. Leeman

  • The Role of Lithospheric Mantle in the Generation of Late Cenozoic Basic Magmas in the Western United States

    J.G. Fitton;D. James;P.D. Kempton;D.S. Ormerod

  • High-magnesian andesite from Mount Shasta: A product of magma mixing and contamination, not a primitive mantle melt

    Martin J. Streck;William P. Leeman;John Chesley

  • K-Ar dating, Quaternary and Neogene volcanic rocks of the Snake River Plain, Idaho

    R. L. Armstrong;William P. Leeman;Harold E. Malde

  • Similar V/Sc Systematics in MORB and Arc Basalts: Implications for the Oxygen Fugacities of their Mantle Source Regions

    Cin-Ty Aeolus Lee;William P. Leeman;Dante Canil;Zheng-Xue A Li

  • Phanerozoic evolution of the North American Cordillera; United States and Canada

    John S. Oldow;Albert W. Bally;Hans G. Avé Lallemant;William P. Leeman

  • FRACTIONATION OF TRACE ELEMENTS BY SUBDUCTION-ZONE METAMORPHISM : EFFECT OF CONVERGENT-MARGIN THERMAL EVOLUTION

    Gray E. Bebout;Jeffrey G. Ryan;William P. Leeman;Ann E. Bebout

  • Geochemistry of boron and its implications for crustal and mantle processes

    W. P. Leeman;V. B. Sisson

  • The role of hydrothermal fluids in the production of subduction zone magmas: Evidence from siderophile and chalcophile trace elements and boron

    P. D. Noll Jr.;H. E. Newsom;W. P. Leeman;Jeffrey G. Ryan

  • Cross-Arc Geochemical Variations in the Kurile Arc as a Function of Slab Depth

    Jeffrey G. Ryan;Julie Morris;Fouad Tera;William P. Leeman

  • Compositional Diversity of Late Cenozoic Basalts in a Transect Across the Southern Washington Cascades: Implications for Subduction Zone Magmatism

    William P. Leeman;Diane R. Smith;Wes Hildreth;Zen Palacz

  • The redox state of arc mantle using Zn/Fe systematics

    Cin-Ty A. Lee;Peter Luffi;Véronique Le Roux;Rajdeep Dasgupta

  • Lead and strontium isotopes and related trace elements as genetic tracers in the Upper Cenozoic rhyolite-basalt association of the Yellowstone Plateau volcanic field.

    B. R. Doe;W. P. Leeman;R. L. Christiansen;C. E. Hedge

  • Geochemistry and petrogenesis of a basalt-benmoreite-trachyte suite from the southern part of the Gregory Rift, Kenya

    Brian H. Baker;Gordon G. Goles;William P. Leeman;Marilyn M. Lindstrom

  • Tectonic and magmatic transitions in the Western Great Basin, USA

    David S. Ormerod;Christopher J. Hawkesworth;Nicholas W. Rogers;William P. Leeman

  • Boron geochemistry of the Central American Volcanic Arc: Constraints on the genesis of subduction-related magmas

    William P. Leeman;Michael J. Carr;Julie D. Morris

  • BBe systematics in subduction-related metamorphic rocks: Characterization of the subducted component

    Gray E Bebout;Jeffrey G Ryan;William P Leeman

  • Boron depletion during progressive metamorphism: Implications for subduction processes

    Ann E. Moran;Virginia B. Sisson;William P. Leeman

Frequent Co-Authors

Sonia Tonarini
Sonia Tonarini National Research Council (CNR)
Cin-Ty A. Lee
Cin-Ty A. Lee Rice University
Jeffrey G. Ryan
Jeffrey G. Ryan University of South Florida
Martin Menzies
Martin Menzies Royal Holloway University of London
Julie Morris
Julie Morris Washington University in St. Louis
Ilya N. Bindeman
Ilya N. Bindeman University of Oregon
Nick Rogers
Nick Rogers The Open University
Marc D. Norman
Marc D. Norman Australian National University
Taras Gerya
Taras Gerya ETH Zurich
Chris J. Hawkesworth
Chris J. Hawkesworth University of Bristol

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