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  • 2014 - Geochemistry Fellow Honor, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry

Overview

Yuri Amelin is a researcher affiliated with the Australian National University in Australia. Their work spans fields primarily focused on Physics and Astronomy as well as Earth and Planetary Sciences. Within these domains, Amelin has made contributions across multiple interconnected subfields, including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, and Artificial Intelligence.

Their research centers around topics such as Astro and Planetary Science, Planetary Science and Exploration, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, and High-pressure geophysics and materials.

Amelin's recent papers highlight contributions to the understanding of extraterrestrial material and geochronology. Notable publications include:

  • Samples returned from the asteroid Ryugu are similar to Ivuna-type carbonaceous meteorites, 2022, Science
  • Ryugu's nucleosynthetic heritage from the outskirts of the Solar System, 2022, Science Advances
  • A new method for U-Pb geochronology of cassiterite by ID-TIMS applied to the Mole Granite polymetallic system, eastern Australia, 2020, Chemical Geology
  • Oxygen isotopes of anhydrous primary minerals show kinship between asteroid Ryugu and comet 81P/Wild2, 2022, Science Advances
  • Contribution of Ryugu-like material to Earth's volatile inventory by Cu and Zn isotopic analysis, 2022, Nature Astronomy

The venues in which Amelin frequently publishes include Science Advances, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, and the Journal of Analytical Science & Technology.

Frequent collaborators appearing alongside Amelin in research include Qing-Zhu Yin, Yuki Hibiya, Tsuyoshi Iizuka, T. R. Ireland, and K. Nagashima.

In recognition of their work, Amelin was awarded the Geochemistry Fellow Honor by the Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Nature of the Earth's earliest crust from hafnium isotopes in single detrital zircons

    Yuri Amelin;Der-Chuen Lee;Alex N. Halliday;Robert T. Pidgeon

  • Lead Isotopic Ages of Chondrules and Calcium-Aluminum-Rich Inclusions

    Yuri Amelin;Alexander N. Krot;Ian D. Hutcheon;Alexander A. Ulyanov

  • Early-middle archaean crustal evolution deduced from Lu-Hf and U-Pb isotopic studies of single zircon grains

    Y. Amelin;D.-C. Lee;D.-C. Lee;A.N. Halliday

  • Rapid eruption of Siberian flood-volcanic rocks and evidence for coincidence with the Permian–Triassic boundary and mass extinction at 251 Ma

    Sandra L Kamo;Gerald K Czamanske;Yuri Amelin;Valeri A Fedorenko

  • 26 Al- 26 Mg and 207 Pb- 206 Pb systematics of Allende CAIs: Canonical solar initial 26 Al/ 27 Al ratio reinstated

    Benjamin Jacobsen;Qing-zhu Yin;Frederic Moynier;Yuri Amelin

  • Evolution of the southern Abitibi greenstone belt based on U–Pb geochronology: autochthonous volcanic construction followed by plutonism, regional deformation and sedimentation

    J. Ayer;Y. Amelin;F. Corfu;S. Kamo

  • Assessment of errors in SIMS zircon U-Pb geochronology using a natural zircon standard and NIST SRM 610 glass

    Richard A Stern;Yuri Amelin

  • U-Pb chronology of the Solar System's oldest solids with variable 238 U/ 235 U

    Yuri Amelin;Angela Kaltenbach;Tsuyoshi Iizuka;Claudine H. Stirling

  • Constraints on the Origin of Chondrules and CAIs from Short-lived and Long-Lived Radionuclides

    N. T. Kita;G. R. Huss;S. Tachibana;Y. Amelin

  • Precise geochronology of phoscorites and carbonatites: The critical role of U-series disequilibrium in age interpretations

    Yuri Amelin;Anatoly N Zaitsev;Anatoly N Zaitsev

  • Origin and chronology of chondritic components: A review

    Alexander Krot;Yuri Amelin;P Bland;F.J. Ciesla

  • U–Pb ages of angrites

    Yuri Amelin;Yuri Amelin

  • Chronology of the Solar System’s Oldest Solids

    James N. Connelly;James N. Connelly;Yuri Amelin;Alexander N. Krot;Martin Bizzarro

  • Chronology of multiphase emplacement of the Salmi rapakivi granite-anorthosite complex, Baltic Shield: implications for magmatic evolution

    Y. V. Amelin;Anatoly M. Larin;Robert D. Tucker

  • Nd and Sr isotopic geochemistry of mafic layered intrusions in the eastern Baltic shield: implications for the evolution of Paleoproterozoic continental mafic magmas

    Yuri V. Amelin;Vladimir S. Semenov

  • Asian dustfall in the St. Elias Mountains, Yukon, Canada

    Christian Zdanowicz;Gwendy Hall;Judy Vaive;Yuri Amelin

  • Hf isotopes in zircon from the western Superior province, Canada: Implications for Archean crustal development and evolution of the depleted mantle reservoir

    D W Davis;Yuri Amelin;Geoff M. Nowell;R.R. Parrish

  • Neoproterozoic extension in the Greater Dharwar Craton: a reevaluation of the “Betsimisaraka suture” in MadagascarThis article is one of a series of papers published in this Special Issue on the theme of Geochronology in honour of Tom Krogh.

    R.D. Tucker;J Y Roig;Claude Delor;Yuri Amelin

  • A new geological framework for south-central Madagascar, and its relevance to the “out-of-Africa” hypothesis

    R.D. Tucker;J Y Roig;P H Macey;Claude Delor

  • Pb isotopic age of the Allende chondrules

    Yuri Amelin;Alexander Krot

  • Meteorite phosphates show constant 176Lu decay rate since 4557 million years ago.

    Yuri Amelin

  • Contrasting Petrological and Geochemical Relationships in the Voisey’s Bay and Mushuau Intrusions, Labrador, Canada: Implications for Ore Genesis

    Chusi Li;Peter C. Lightfoot;Yuri Amelin;Anthony J. Naldrett

Frequent Co-Authors

Vinciane Debaille
Vinciane Debaille Université Libre de Bruxelles
Tsuyoshi Iizuka
Tsuyoshi Iizuka University of Tokyo
Thorsten Kleine
Thorsten Kleine Max Planck Society
Janice L. Bishop
Janice L. Bishop Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Kathleen A. Campbell
Kathleen A. Campbell University of Auckland
Mahesh Anand
Mahesh Anand The Open University
Monica M. Grady
Monica M. Grady The Open University
Jack D. Farmer
Jack D. Farmer Arizona State University
Scott M. McLennan
Scott M. McLennan Stony Brook University

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