Dr Janaina Nunes Avila
Ph.D Australian National University, 2011
Research Fellow
ANU College of Science
Areas of expertise
- Planetary Science (Excl. Extraterrestrial Geology) 020108
- Isotope Geochemistry 040203
Research interests
Development and applications of secondary ion mass spectrometry within the planetary sciences; Stable isotopes; Isotopic geochemistry and cosmochemistry; Cosmochronology; Meteorites and stardust grains.
Publications
- Heck, P, Greer, J, Koop, L et al. 2020, 'Lifetimes of interstellar dust from cosmic ray exposure ages of presolar silicon carbide', PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 117, no. 4, pp. 1884-1889.
- Teles, G, Chemale, F, Nunes Avila, J et al. 2020, 'Textural and geochemical investigation of pyrite in Jacobina Basin, S�o Francisco Craton, Brazil: Implications for paleoenvironmental conditions and formation of pre-GOE metaconglomerate-hosted Au-(U) deposits', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 273, pp. 331-353.
- Monteiro, H, Vasconcelos, P, Farley, K, Avila, J et al 2020, 'Protocols for in situ measurement of oxygen isotopes in goethite by ion microprobe', Chemical Geology, vol. 533.
- Dasgupta, A, Bhowmik, S, Dasgupta, S et al. 2019, 'Mesoarchaean clockwise metamorphic P-T path from the Western Dharwar Craton', Lithos, vol. 342, pp. 370-390.
- Nunes Avila, J, Ireland, T, Holden, P et al. 2019, 'High-Precision, High-Accuracy Oxygen Isotope Measurements of Zircon Reference Materials with the SHRIMP-SI', Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 85-102.
- Rajkakati, M, Bhowmik, S, Ao, A et al. 2019, 'Thermal history of Early Jurassic eclogite facies metamorphism in the Nagaland Ophiolite Complex, NE India: New insights into pre-Cretaceous subduction channel tectonics within the Neo-Tethys', Lithos, vol. 346-347.
- Mukherjee, I, Mukherjee, I, Large, R et al. 2019, 'Pyrite trace-element and sulfur isotope geochemistry of paleo-mesoproterozoic McArthur Basin: Proxy for oxidative weathering', American Mineralogist, vol. 104, no. 9, pp. 1256-1272.
- Gregory D., Mukherjee I., Olson S., Large R.R., Danyushevsky L.V., Stepanov A.S., Avila J.N., Cliff J., Ireland T.R., Raiswell R., Olin P.H., Maslennikov V.V., Lyons T.W., 2019 'The formation mechanisms of sedimentary pyrite nodules determined by trace element and sulfur isotope microanalysis', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 259, pp. 53-68.
- Timmerman S., Yeow H., Honda M., Howell D., Jaques A.L., Krebs M., Woodland S., Pearson D., Avila J.N., Ireland T., 2019, 'U-Th/He systematics of fluid-rich 'fibrous' diamonds - Evidence for pre- and syn-kimberlite eruption ages', Chemical Geology, vol. 515, pp. 22-36.
- Philippot, P, Nunes Avila, J, Killingsworth , B et al. 2018, 'Globally asynchronous sulphur isotope signals require re-definition of the Great Oxidation Event', Nature Communications, vol. 9, no. 0, pp. 10pp.
- Ireland, T, Nunes Avila, J, Lugaro, M et al. 2018, 'Rare earth element abundances in presolar SiC', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 221, pp. 200-218.
- Rielli, A, Tomkins, A, Nebel, O et al. 2018, 'Sulfur isotope and PGE systematics of metasomatised mantle wedge', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 497, pp. 181-192pp.
- Palke, A, Wong, J, Verdel, C, Avila J.N., 2018, 'A common origin for Thai/Cambodian rubies and blue and violet sapphires from Yogo Gulch, Montana, USA?', American Mineralogist, vol. 103, no. 3, pp. 469-479.
- Ireland T.R., Schram N., Holden P., Lanc P., Avila J.N., et al. 2014. Charge-mode electrometer measurements of S-isotopic compositions on SHRIMP-SI. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry 359, 26-37.
- Avila J. N., Ireland T. R., Lugaro M., et al. 2013. Europium s-process signature at close-to-solar metallicity in stardust SiC grains from asymptotic giant branch stars. Astrophysical Journal Letters 768, L18.
- Ávila J.N., Ireland T.R., Gyngard, F., Zinner E., Mallmann G., Lugaro M., Holden P., Amari S. (2013). Ba isotopic compositions in stardust SiC grains from the Murchison meteorite: Insights into the stellar origins of large SiC grains. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 120, 628-647.
- Chemale, F, Kawashita, K, Dussin, I et al. 2012, 'U-Pb zircon in situ dating with LA-MC-ICP-MS using a mixed detector configuration', Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias, vol. 84, no. 2, pp. 275-295.
- Avila, J, Lugaro, M, Ireland, T et al 2012, 'Tungsten isotopic compositions in stardust SiC grains from the Murchison meteorite: Constraints on the s-process in the Hf-Ta-W-Re-Os region', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 744, no. 1, pp. 1-13.
- Barredo, S, Chemale, F, Marsicano, C et al 2012, 'Tectono-sequence stratigraphy and U-Pb zircon ages of the Rincon Blanco Depocenter, northern Cuyo Rift, Argentina', Gondwana Research, vol. 21, no. 2-3, pp. 624-636.
- Mancuso, A, Chemale, F, Barredo, S et al. 2010, 'Age constraints for the northernmost outcrops of the Triassic Cuyana Basin, Argentina', Journal of South American Earth Sciences, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 97-103.
- Heck, P, Gyngard, F, Ott, U et al. 2009, 'Interstellar Residence Times of Presolar SiC Dust Grains From the Murchison Carbonaceous Meteorite', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 698, pp. 1155-1164.
