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Nicolas Dauphas
astro-ph.EPastro-ph.SRastro-phphysics.geo-phastro-ph.HEastro-ph.IMastro-ph.GAEarth, PlanetmeteoritesMoon
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Catching Element Formation In The Act
with Chris L. Fryer, Frank Timmes, Aimee L. Hungerford, Aaron Couture +214
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86 papers in the corpus · 1999–2026The parent bodies of Ryugu and Ivuna formed before those of other carbonaceous chondrites.42721234 · Kawasaki, Noriyuki, Nagashima, Kazuhide, Sakamoto, Naoya et al.2026 · 2 citationsScience (New York, N.Y.). 2026;393(6816):1117-1121
The Moon-forming impactor Theia originated from the inner Solar System.41264717 · Hopp, Timo, Dauphas, Nicolas, Boyet, Maud et al.2025 · 13 citationsScience (New York, N.Y.). 2025;390(6775):819-823
Late fluid flow in a primitive asteroid revealed by Lu-Hf isotopes in Ryugu.40931075 · Iizuka, Tsuyoshi, Shibuya, Takazo, Hayakawa, Takehito et al.2025 · 9 citationsNature. 2025;646(8083):62-67
Rare earth element nucleosynthetic anomalies and dust transport in the protoplanetary disk.40632841 · Hu, Justin Y, Tissot, François L H, Marquez, Ren T C et al.2025 · 6 citationsScience advances. 2025;11(28):eadv3148
Completion of lunar magma ocean solidification at 4.43 Ga.39761406 · Dauphas, Nicolas, Zhang, Zhe J, Chen, Xi et al.2025 · 15 citationsProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2025;122(2):e2413802121
Silicon isotopic signatures of granitoids support increased weathering of subaerial land 3.7 billion years ago.40386312 · Greber, Nicolas D, Murphy, Madeleine E, Storck, Julian-Christopher et al.2025 · 5 citationsCommunications earth & environment. 2025;6(1):382
Living in Their Heyday: Iron-Oxidizing Bacteria Bloomed in Shallow-Marine, Subtidal Environments at ca. 1.88 Ga.39639452 · Kovalick, Alex, Heard, Andy W, Johnson, Aleisha C et al.2024 · 14 citationsGeobiology. 2024;22(6):e70003
The Ni isotopic composition of Ryugu reveals a common accretion region for carbonaceous chondrites.39331721 · Spitzer, Fridolin, Kleine, Thorsten, Burkhardt, Christoph et al.2026 · 35 citationsScience advances. 2024;10(39):eadp2426
Lunar soil record of atmosphere loss over eons.39093970 · Nie, Nicole X, Dauphas, Nicolas, Zhang, Zhe J et al.2024 · 22 citationsScience advances. 2024;10(31):eadm7074
High-precision U-Pb zircon dating identifies a major magmatic event on the Moon at 4.338 Ga.39047092 · Barboni, Mélanie, Szymanowski, Dawid, Schoene, Blair et al.2026 · 34 citationsScience advances. 2024;10(30):eadn9871
The Elemental Abundances of Ryugu: Assessment of Chemical Heterogeneities and the Nugget Effect2405.04500v3 · Tetsuya Yokoyama, Nicolas Dauphas, Ryota Fukai et al.2024 · 18 citationsarXiv
Analysis of Cation Composition in Dolomites on the Intact Particles Sampled from Asteroid Ryugu.38155534 · Morita, Mayu, Yui, Hiroharu, Urashima, Shu-Hei et al.2025 · 3 citationsAnalytical chemistry. 2024;96(1):170-178
Past and Present Dynamics of the Iron Biogeochemical Cycle2312.09044v1 · Nicolas Dauphas, Andy W. Heard, Eric Siciliano Rego et al.2023 · 6 citationsarXiv
Methodologies for 176Lu-176Hf Analysis of Zircon Grains from the Moon and Beyond.38264084 · Chen, Xi, Dauphas, Nicolas, Zhang, Zhe J et al.2024 · 4 citationsACS earth & space chemistry. 2024;8(1):36-53
Isotopic Trichotomy of Main Belt Asteroids from Implantation of Outer Solar System Planetesimals2311.16053v1 · David Nesvorny, Nicolas Dauphas, David Vokrouhlicky et al.2023 · 25 citationsarXiv
Water circulation in Ryugu asteroid affected the distribution of nucleosynthetic isotope anomalies in returned sample.37939187 · Yokoyama, Tetsuya, Wadhwa, Meenakshi, Iizuka, Tsuyoshi et al.2026 · 41 citationsScience advances. 2023;9(45):eadi7048
Determination of Rare Earth Element Isotopic Compositions Using Sample-Standard Bracketing and Double-Spike Approaches.38026809 · Hu, Justin Y, Tissot, Francois L H, Yokochi, Reika et al.2026 · 22 citationsACS earth & space chemistry. 2023;7(11):2222-2238
Bayesian Inference on the Isotopic Building Blocks of Mars and Earth2309.15290v1 · Nicolas Dauphas, Timo Hopp, David Nesvorny2023 · 55 citationsarXiv
Abundant presolar grains and primordial organics preserved in carbon-rich exogenous clasts in asteroid Ryugu.37450600 · Nguyen, Ann N, Mane, Prajkta, Keller, Lindsay P et al.2023 · 37 citationsScience advances. 2023;9(28):eadh1003
Samples returned from the asteroid Ryugu are similar to Ivuna-type carbonaceous meteorites.35679354 · Yokoyama, Tetsuya, Nagashima, Kazuhide, Nakai, Izumi et al.2023 · 351 citationsScience (New York, N.Y.). 2023;379(6634):eabn7850
Science Priorities for the Extraction of the Solid MSR Samples from their Sample Tubes2301.04694v1 · N. Dauphas, S.S. Russell, D. Beaty et al.2023 · 0 citationsarXiv
Oxygen isotopes of anhydrous primary minerals show kinship between asteroid Ryugu and comet 81P/Wild2.36525483 · Kawasaki, Noriyuki, Nagashima, Kazuhide, Sakamoto, Naoya et al.2022 · 67 citationsScience advances. 2022;8(50):eade2067
Contribution of Ryugu-like material to Earth's volatile inventory by Cu and Zn isotopic analysis.39776490 · Paquet, Marine, Moynier, Frederic, Yokoyama, Tetsuya et al.2026 · 55 citationsNature astronomy. 2022;7(2):182-189
Ryugu's nucleosynthetic heritage from the outskirts of the Solar System.36264823 · Hopp, Timo, Dauphas, Nicolas, Abe, Yoshinari et al.2024 · 102 citationsScience advances. 2022;8(46):eadd8141
Presolar stardust in asteroid Ryugu2208.07976v1 · Jens Barosch, Larry R. Nittler, Jianhua Wang et al.2022 · 37 citations2022, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 935, L3 (12pp)
Oxygen and Aluminum-Magnesium Isotopic Systematics of Presolar Nanospinel Grains from CI Chondrite Orgueil2112.00512v1 · Nan Liu, Nicolas Dauphas, Sergio Cristallo et al.2021 · 8 citationsarXiv
Imprint of chondrule formation on the K and Rb isotopic compositions of carbonaceous meteorites.34851657 · Nie, Nicole X, Chen, Xin-Yang, Hopp, Timo et al.2023 · 52 citationsScience advances. 2021;7(49):eabl3929
Earth's accretion inferred from iron isotopic anomalies of supernova nuclear statistical equilibrium origin2110.06045v1 · Timo Hopp, Nicolas Dauphas, Fridolin Spitzer et al.2021 · 41 citationsarXiv
Terrestrial planet formation by torque-driven convergent migration of planetary embryos2109.11385v1 · M. Broz, O. Chrenko, D. Nesvorn'y et al.2021 · 39 citationsNature Astronomy, 5, 898-902, 2021
Survival of presolar p-nuclide carriers in the nebula revealed by stepwise leaching of Allende refractory inclusions.34244141 · Charlier, Bruce L A, Tissot, François L H, Vollstaedt, Hauke et al.2021 · 27 citationsScience advances. 2021;7(28)
Origin of the Moon2103.02045v1 · Robin M. Canup, Kevin Righter, Nicolas Dauphas et al.2021 · 2 citationsarXiv
Heating events in the nascent solar system recorded by rare earth element isotopic fractionation in refractory inclusions.33523962 · Hu, J Y, Dauphas, N, Tissot, F L H et al.2026 · 73 citationsScience advances. 2021;7(2)
Titanium isotopes constrain a magmatic transition at the Hadean-Archean boundary in the Acasta Gneiss Complex.33298445 · Aarons, Sarah M, Reimink, Jesse R, Greber, Nicolas D et al.2020 · 63 citationsScience advances. 2020;6(50)
Triple iron isotope constraints on the role of ocean iron sinks in early atmospheric oxygenation.33093107 · Heard, Andy W, Dauphas, Nicolas, Guilbaud, Romain et al.2020 · 45 citationsScience (New York, N.Y.). 2020;370(6515):446-449
Evidence of presolar SiC in the Allende Curious Marie calcium aluminum rich inclusion.32021908 · Pravdivtseva, O, Tissot, F L H, Dauphas, N et al.2025 · 18 citationsNature astronomy. 2020;2020
Evidence of presolar SiC in the Allende Curious Marie calcium aluminum rich inclusion2002.10967v1 · O. Pravdivtseva, F. L. Tissot, N. Dauphas et al.2019 · 0 citationsarXiv
Vapor drainage in the protolunar disk as the cause for the depletion in volatile elements of the Moon1910.08530v1 · Nicole X. Nie, Nicolas Dauphas2019 · 83 citations2019, ApJL 884, L48
Elemental and isotopic variability in solar system materials by mixing and processing of primordial disk reservoirs1907.01276v1 · Christoph Burkhardt, Nicolas Dauphas, Ulrik Hans et al.2019 · 128 citationsarXiv
Catching Element Formation In The Act1902.02915v1 · Chris L. Fryer, Frank Timmes, Aimee L. Hungerford et al.2019 · 17 citationsarXivon Valency
SciPhon: a data analysis software for nuclear resonant inelastic X-ray scattering with applications to Fe, Kr, Sn, Eu and Dy.30179200 · Dauphas, Nicolas, Hu, Michael Y, Baker, Erik M et al.2018 · 40 citationsJournal of synchrotron radiation. 2018;25(Pt 5):1581-1599
Triggered Star Formation inside the Shell of a Wolf-Rayet Bubble as the Origin of the Solar System.30911322 · Dwarkadas, Vikram V, Dauphas, Nicolas, Meyer, Bradley et al.2024 · 0 citationsProceedings of the International Astronomical Union. International Astronomical Union. 2018;14(S345):78-82
Jupiter's influence on the building blocks of Mars and Earth1805.09449v1 · R. Brasser, N. Dauphas, S. J. Mojzsis2018 · 35 citationsarXiv
Rapid emergence of subaerial landmasses and onset of a modern hydrologic cycle 2.5 billion years ago.29795252 · Bindeman, I N, Zakharov, D O, Palandri, J et al.2018 · 237 citationsNature. 2018;557(7706):545-548
Oxygen isotopic evidence for accretion of Earth's water before a high-energy Moon-forming giant impact.29600271 · Greenwood, Richard C, Barrat, Jean-Alix, Miller, Martin F et al.2019 · 110 citationsScience advances. 2018;4(3):eaao5928
Triggered Star Formation inside the Shell of a Wolf-Rayet Bubble as the Origin of the Solar System.30905969 · Dwarkadas, Vikram V, Dauphas, Nicolas, Meyer, Bradley et al.2025 · 60 citationsThe Astrophysical journal. 2017;851(2)
Titanium isotopic evidence for felsic crust and plate tectonics 3.5 billion years ago.28935801 · Greber, Nicolas D, Dauphas, Nicolas, Bekker, Andrey et al.2018 · 253 citationsScience (New York, N.Y.). 2017;357(6357):1271-1274
Iron isotopic fractionation between silicate mantle and metallic core at high pressure.28216664 · Liu, Jin, Dauphas, Nicolas, Roskosz, Mathieu et al.2018 · 69 citationsNature communications. 2017;8:14377
The isotopic nature of the Earth's accreting material through time.28128239 · Dauphas, Nicolas2017 · 449 citationsNature. 2017;541(7638):521-524
A nucleosynthetic origin for the Earth's anomalous (142)Nd composition.27629643 · Burkhardt, C, Borg, L E, Brennecka, G A et al.2016 · 163 citationsNature. 2016;537(7620):394-8
Origin of uranium isotope variations in early solar nebula condensates.26973874 · Tissot, François L H, Dauphas, Nicolas, Grossman, Lawrence2016 · 69 citationsScience advances. 2016;2(3):e1501400
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