Areas of expertise

• Isotope Geochemistry 040203
• Analytical Spectrometry 030101
• Inorganic Geochemistry 040202
• Geochronology 040303
• Hydrogeology 040603
• Ore Deposit Petrology 040307
• Planetary Science (Excl. Extraterrestrial Geology) 020108
• Atmospheric Aerosols 040101
• Nuclear Physics 020202
• Geology 0403

Publications

• Amelin, Y & Merle, R 2021, 'Isotopic analysis of potassium by total evaporation and incipient emission thermal ionisation mass spectrometry', Chemical Geology, vol. 559.
• Di, Y, Li, Z & Amelin, Y 2021, 'Monitoring and quantitative evaluation of Faraday cup deterioration in a thermal ionization mass spectrometer using multidynamic analyses of laboratory standards', Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, no. 7.
• Merle, R, Amelin, Y, Yin, Q et al. 2020, 'Exploring the efficiency of stepwise dissolution in removal of stubborn non-radiogenic Pb in chondrule U-Pb dating', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 277, pp. 1/01/2020.
• Ling, M, Zhan, R, Wang, G et al. 2020, 'An extremely brief end Ordovician mass extinction linked to abrupt onset of glaciation [Solid Earth Sciences volume 4 of 4]', Solid Earth Sciences, vol. 5, pp. 82-82.
• Maravelis, A, Breckenridge, J, Ruming, K et al. 2020, 'Re-assessing the Upper Permian Stratigraphic Succession of the Northern Sydney Basin, Australia, by CA-IDTIMS', Geosciences, vol. 10, no. 11, pp. 1-19.
• Carr, P, Zink, S, Bennett, V et al. 2020, 'A new method for U-Pb geochronology of cassiterite by ID-TIMS applied to the Mole Granite polymetallic system, eastern Australia', Chemical Geology, vol. 539.
• Iizuka, T, Jourdan, F, Yamaguchi, A et al 2019, 'The geologic history of Vesta inferred from combined Pb-207/Pb-206 and Ar-40/Ar-39 chronology of basaltic eucrites', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 267, no. 0, pp. 275-299.
• Sanborn, M, Wimpenny, J, Williams, C et al 2019, 'Carbonaceous achondrites Northwest Africa 6704/6693: Milestones for early Solar System chronology and genealogy', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 245, pp. 577-596.
• Amelin, Y, Koefoed, P, Iizuka, T et al 2019, 'U-Pb, Rb-Sr and Ar-Ar systematics of the ungrouped achondrites Northwest Africa 6704 and Northwest Africa 6693', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 245, pp. 628-642.
• Wimpenny, J, Sanborn, M, Koefoed, P et al 2019, 'Reassessing the origin and chronology of the unique achondrite Asuka 881394: Implications for distribution of 26Al in the early Solar System', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 244, pp. 478-501.
• Timmerman, S, Honda, M, Burnham, A et al. 2019, 'Primordial and recycled helium isotope signatures in the mantle transition zone', Science, vol. 365, no. 6454, pp. 692-694.
• Grady, M, Amelin, Y, Des Marais, D et al 2019, 'The potential science and engineering value of samples delivered to Earth by Mars sample return', Meteoritics and Planetary Science, vol. 54, no. 3, pp. 667-671.
• Ling, M, Zhan, R, Wang, G et al. 2019, 'An extremely brief end Ordovician mass extinction linked to abrupt onset of glaciation', Solid Earth Sciences, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 190-198.
• Brennecka, G, Amelin, Y & Kleine, T 2018, 'Uranium isotope ratios of Muonionalusta troilite and complications for the absolute age of the IVA iron meteorite core', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 490, pp. 1-10pp.
• Schrader, D, Nagashima, K, Krot, A et al 2017, 'Distribution of 26Al in the CR chondrite chondrule-forming region of the protoplanetary disk', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 201, no. -, pp. 275-302.
• Debaille, V, Van Orman, J, Yin, Q et al 2017, 'The role of phosphates for the Lu?Hf chronology of meteorites', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 473, pp. 52-61.
• Boston, K, Rubatto, D, Hermann, J et al 2017, 'Geochronology of accessory allanite and monazite in the Barrovian metamorphic sequence of the Central Alps, Switzerland', Lithos, vol. 286-287, pp. 502-518pp.
• Amelin, Y, Ayaz, S, Martin, M et al 2016, 'Age of the Yarrabee and accessory tuffs: implications for the upper Permian sediment-accumulation rates across the Bowen Basin', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 63, no. 7, pp. 843-856.
• Huyskens, M, Zink, S & Amelin, Y 2016, 'Evaluation of temperature-time conditions for the chemical abrasion treatment of single zircons for U-Pb geochronology', Chemical Geology, vol. 438, pp. 25-35.
• McCoy-West, A, Bennett, V & Amelin, Y 2016, 'Rapid Cenozoic ingrowth of isotopic signatures simulating "HIMU" in ancient lithospheric mantle: Distinguishing source from process', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 187, pp. 79-101.
• Koefoed, P, Amelin, Y, Yin, Q et al 2016, 'U-Pb and Al-Mg systematics of the ungrouped achondrite Northwest Africa 7325', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 183, pp. 31-45.
• Koefoed, P, Amelin, Y, Yin, Q et al 2016, 'U-Pb and Al-Mg systematics of the ungrouped achondrite Northwest Africa 7325', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 183, pp. 31-45.
• Iizuka, T, Lai, Y, Akram, W et al 2016, 'The initial abundance and distribution of Nb-92 in the Solar System', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 439, pp. 172-181.
• Wimpenny, J, Amelin, Y & Yin, Q 2015, 'THE LU ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF ACHONDRITES: CLOSING THE CASE FOR ACCELERATED DECAY OF (LU)-L-176', Astrophysical Journal Letters, vol. 812, no. 1, pp. -.
• Iizuka, T, Yamaguchi, A, Haba, M et al 2015, 'Timing of global crustal metamorphism on Vesta as revealed by high-precision U-Pb dating and trace element chemistry of eucrite zircon', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 409, pp. 182-192.
• Amelin, Y, Ivanic, T, Hayman, P et al 2015, 'A new period of volcanogenic massive sulfide formation in the Yilgarn: a volcanological study of the ca 2.76 Ga Hollandaire VMS deposit, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 62, no. 2, pp. 189-210.
• Iizuka, T, Yamaguchi, T, Hibiya, Y et al 2015, 'Meteorite zircon constraints on the bulk Lu-Hf isotope composition and early differentiation of the Earth', PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 112, no. 17, pp. 5331-5336.
• McKibbin, S, Ireland, T, Amelin, Y et al 2015, 'Mn-Cr dating of Fe- and Ca-rich olivine from 'quenched' and 'plutonic' angrite meteorites using Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 157, pp. 13-27.
• Hayman, P, Thebaud, N, Pawley, M et al 2015, 'Evolution of a similar to 2.7 Ga large igneous province: A volcanological, geochemical and geochronological study of the Agnew Greenstone Belt, and new regional correlations for the Kalgoorlie Terrane (Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia)', Precambrian Research, vol. 270, pp. 334-368.
• Iizuka, T, Amelin, Y, Kaltenbach, A et al 2014, 'U-Pb systematics of the unique achondrite Ibitira: Precise age determination and petrogenetic implications', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 132, pp. 259-273.
• Ireland, T, Schram, N, Holden, P et al. 2014, 'Charge-mode electrometer measurements of S-isotopic compositions on SHRIMP-SI', International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, vol. 359, no. 1, pp. 26-37.
• Rankin, D, Tucker, R & Amelin, Y 2013, 'Reevaluation of the Piermont-Frontenac allochthon in the Upper Connecticut Valley: Restoration of a coherent Boundary Mountains-Bronson Hill stratigraphic sequence', Geological Society of America Bulletin, vol. 125, no. 5-6, pp. 998-1024.
• McKibbin, S, Ireland, T, Amelin, Y et al. 2013, 'Mn-Cr relative sensitivity Factors for Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry analysis of Mg-Fe-Ca olivine and implications for the Mn-Cr chronology of meteorites', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 110, pp. 216-228.
• McKibbin, S, Ireland, T, Amelin, Y et al 2013, 'A re-evaluation of the Mn-Cr systematics of olivine from the angrite meteorite D'Orbigny using secondary ion mass spectrometry', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 123, pp. 181-194.
• Wimpenny, J, Amelin, Y & Yin, Q 2013, 'Precise determination of the lutetium isotopic composition in rocks and minerals using multicollector ICPMS', Analytical Chemistry, vol. 85, no. 23, pp. 11258-11264.
• Amelin, Y & Ireland, T 2013, 'Dating the oldest rocks and minerals in the Solar System', Elements, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 39-44.
• Jorg, G, Amelin, Y, Kossert, K et al 2012, 'Precise and direct determination of the half-life of Ca-41', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 88, pp. 51-65.
• Huyskens, M, Iizuka, T & Amelin, Y 2012, 'Evaluation of colloidal silicagels for lead isotopic measurements using thermal ionisation mass spectrometry', Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, vol. 27, no. 9, pp. 1439-1446.
• Rotenberg, E, Davis, D, Amelin, Y et al. 2012, 'Determination of the decay-constant of Rb-87 by laboratory accumulation of Sr-87', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 85, pp. 41-57.
• Tucker, R, Roig, J, Macey, P et al 2011, 'A new geological framework for south-central Madagascar, and its relevance to the "out-of-Africa" hypothesis', Precambrian Research, vol. 185, no. 3-4, pp. 109 - 130.
• Amelin, Y, Kamo, S & Lee, D 2011, 'Evolution of early crust in chondritic or non-chondritic Earth inferred from U-Pb and Lu-Hf data for chemically abraded zircon from the Itsaq Gneiss Complex, West Greenland', Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 141-160.
• Tucker, R, Roig, J, Delor, C et al 2011, 'Neoproterozoic extension in the Greater Dharwar Craton: a reevaluation of the "Betsimisaraka suture" in Madagascar', Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 389-417.
• Amelin, Y 2010, 'Lu?Hf system in the bulk silicate earth: the effects of non?chondritic composition and 176Lu accelerated decay', Australian Earth Sciences Convention (AESC 2010), Geological Society of Australia, Sydney, p. 223.
• Amelin, Y, Kaltenbach, A, Iizuka, T et al 2010, 'U-Pb chronology of the Solar System's oldest solids with variable ²³⁸U/²³⁵U', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 300, no. 3-4, pp. 343-350.
• Krot, A, Amelin, Y, Bland, P et al 2009, 'Origin and chronology of chondritic components: A review', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 73, no. 17, pp. 4963-4997.
• Wadwa, M, Amelin, Y, Bogdanovski, O et al 2009, 'Ancient relative and absolute ages for a basaltic meteorite: Implications for timescales of planetesimal accretion and differentiation', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 73, no. 17, pp. 5189-5201.
• Amelin, Y 2009, 'Sm-Nd and U-Pb systematics of single titanite grains', Chemical Geology, vol. 261, pp. 52-60.
• Amelin, Y, Connelly, J, Zartman, R et al 2009, 'Modern U-Pb chronometry of meteorites: Advancing to higher time resolution reveals new problems', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 73, pp. 5212-5223.
• Neymark, L & Amelin, Y 2008, 'Natural radionuclide mobility and its inï¬?uence on U-Th-Pb dating of secondary minerals from the unsaturated zone at Yucca Mountain, Nevada', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 72, pp. 2067-2089.
• Jacobsen, B, Yin, Q, Moynier, F et al 2008, '²⁶Al-²⁶Mg and ²⁰⁷Pb-²⁰⁶Pb systematics of Allende CAIs: Canonical solar initial ²⁶Al/²⁷Al ratio reinstated', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 272, no. 1-2, pp. 353-364.
• Amelin, Y 2008, 'The U-Pb systematics of angrite Sahara 99555', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 72, pp. 4874-4885.
• Connelly, J, Amelin, Y, Krot, A et al. 2008, 'Chronology of the Solar System's Oldest Solids', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 675, no. 2, pp. L121-L124.
• Amelin, Y 2008, 'U-Pb ages of angrites', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 72, pp. 221-232.
• Blinova, A, Amelin, Y & Samson, C 2007, 'Constraints on the cooling history of the H-chondrite parent body from phosphate and chondrule Pb-isotopic dates from Estacado', Meteoritics and Planetary Science, vol. 42, no. Nr 7/8, pp. 1337-1350.
• Amelin, Y & Krot, A 2007, 'Pb isotopic age of the Allende chondrules', Meteoritics and Planetary Science, vol. 42, no. 7/8, pp. 1321-1335.
• Wadhwa, M, Amelin, Y, Davis, A et al 2007, 'From Dust to Planetesimals: Implications for the Solar Protoplanetary Disk from Short-lived Radionuclides', Protostars and Planets V, ed. Bo Reipurth; David Jewitt; Klaus Keil, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona, USA, pp. 835-848.
• Amelin, Y & Back, M 2006, 'Opal as a U-Pb geochronometer: Search for a standard', Chemical Geology, vol. 232, pp. 67-86.
• Zdanowicz, C, Hall, G, Vaive, J et al 2006, 'Asian dustfall in the St. Elias Mountains, Yukon, Canada', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 70, pp. 3493-3507.
• Amelin, Y & Davis, W 2006, 'Isotopic analysis of lead in sub-nanogram quantities by TIMS using a ²⁰²Pb-²⁰⁵Pb spike', Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, vol. 21, pp. 1053-1061.
• Amelin, Y 2006, 'The prospect of high-precision Pb isotopic dating of meteorites', Meteoritics and Planetary Science, vol. 41, no. Nr 1, pp. 7-17.
• Amelin, Y & Davis, W 2005, 'Geochemical test for branching decay of ^176Lu', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 69, no. 2, pp. 465-473.
• Amelin, Y 2005, 'Meteorite Phosphates Show Constant 176Lu Decay Rate Since 4557 Million Years Ago', Science, vol. 310, pp. 839-841.
• Amelin, Y 2005, 'A Tale of Early Earth Told in Zircons', Science, vol. 310, pp. 1914-1915.
• Davis, D, Amelin, Y, Nowell, G et al 2005, 'Hf isotopes in zircon from the western Superior province, Canada: Implications for Archean crustal development and evolution of the depleted mantle reservoir', Precambrian Research, vol. 140, pp. 132-156.
• Amelin, Y, Ghosh, A & Rotenberg, E 2005, 'Unraveling the evolution of chondrite parent asteroids by precise U-Pb dating and thermal modeling', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 69, no. 2, pp. 505-518.
• Krot, A, Amelin, Y, Cassen, P et al. 2005, 'Young chondrules in CB chondrites from a giant impact in the early Solar System', Nature, vol. 436, pp. 989-992.
• Kita, N, Huss, G, Tachibana, S et al 2005, 'Constraints on the Origin of Chondrules and CAIs from Shortlived and Long-lived Radionuclides', Workshop on Chondrites and the Protoplanetary Disk, ed. Alexander N. Krot, Edward R. D. Scott and Bo Reipurth, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Provo, USA, pp. 558-587.
• Amelin, Y & Rotenberg, E 2004, 'Sm-Nd systematics of chondrites', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 223, pp. 267- 282.
• Amelin, Y 2004, 'Sm-Nd systematics of zircon', Chemical Geology, vol. 211, pp. 375-387.
• Kamo, S, Czamanske, G, Amelin, Y et al 2003, 'Rapid eruption of Siberian flood-volcanic rocks and evidence for coincidence with the Permian^Triassic boundary and mass extinction at 251Ma', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 214, pp. 75-91.
• Stern, R & Amelin, Y 2003, 'Assessment of errors in SIMS zircon U-Pb geochronology using a natural zircon standard and NIST SRM 610 glass', Chemical Geology, vol. 197, pp. 111-142.
• Wilson, N, Cline, J & Amelin, Y 2003, 'Origin, timing, and temperature of secondary calcite-silica mineral formation at Yucca Mountain, Nevada', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 67, no. 6, pp. 1145-1176.
• Barrie, C, Amelin, Y & Pascual, E 2002, 'U-Pb Geochronology of VMS mineralization in the Iberian Pyrite Belt', Mineralium Deposita, vol. 37, pp. 684-703.
• Amelin, Y, Krot, A, Hutcheon, I et al 2002, 'Lead Isotopic Ages of Chondrules and Calcium-Aluminum-Rich Inclusions', Science, vol. 297, pp. 1678-1683.
• Neymark, L, Amelin, Y, Paces, J et al 2002, 'U-Pb ages of secondary silica at Yucca Mountain, Nevada: implications for the paleohydrology of the unsaturated zone', Applied Geochemistry, vol. 17, pp. 709-734.
• Amelin, Y & Zaitsez, A 2002, 'Precise geochronology of phoscorites and carbonatites: The critical role of U-series disequilibrium in age interpretations', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 66, no. 13, pp. 2399-2419.
• Ayer, J, Amelin, Y, Corfu, F et al 2002, 'Evolution of the southern Abitibi greenstone belt based on U-Pb geochronology: autochthonous volcanic construction followed by plutonism, regional deformation and sedimentation', Precambrian Research, vol. 115, pp. 63-95.

Projects and Grants

Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.

• The history of accretion in our Solar System (Primary Investigator)
• Precise cross-calibration of 40Ar/39Ar, Rb-Sr and U-Pb chronometers: towards an integrated geochronology toolbox (Primary Investigator)
• Prospectivity of late Archean basaltic and gabbroic rocks associated with major gold and base-metal deposits (Secondary Investigator)
• A facility for Sensitive and Precise Isotopic Dating of Earth's and extraterrestrial Rocks (Primary Investigator)
• Understanding mass extinctions and deep-time climate change: International timescale calibration of the late Permian-Early Triassic of Australia (Secondary Investigator)