Prof David Phillips
Honorary (Professor Emeritus)
School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
285 Scholarly works
23 Projects
HIGHLIGHTS
2026
Journal article
High-resolution 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of the Koobi Fora Tuff Complex, Turkana Basin: Implications for the hominin bearing strata of the Early Pleistocene (1.6–1.4 Ma)
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2025.1017132025
Journal article
Testing the hypothesis of secular thinning and compositional evolution of the lithospheric mantle beneath cratons: Implications for kimberlite magmatism
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-025-00924-22025
Journal article
High-resolution tephrochronology resolves stratigraphic complexities in archaeologically significant Nariokotome tuffs, Turkana Basin
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.24241421222021
Research Grant
Ultra-Precise Dating in Earth, Planetary and Archaeological Science
2020
Research Contracts
Provision of Argon Isotopic Age Data From Geological Samples
2018
Research Grant
High Resolution Timeframe for Hominin Evolution in the Turkana Basin, Kenya
2015
Journal article
The Fish Canyon Tuff: A new look at an old low-temperature thermochronology standard
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.05.003
RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS
2025
Journal article
Tales from diamond surface features – A tribute to Derek Robinson
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-025-00911-72025
Journal article
Extreme enriched-mantle (EM) compositions recorded by the Sr-Nd-Hf isotopes of global cratonic lamproites
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2025.02.0142025
Conference Proceedings
Unravelling the Plio-Pleistocene history of the paleontologically significant Turkana Basin, Kenya
DOI: 10.7185/gold2025.302872025
Conference Proceedings
High-resolution tephrochronological tools reveal geochemical complexity in volcanic products: examples from the Turkana Basin, Kenya
DOI: 10.7185/gold2025.303412025
Conference Proceedings
Episodic Eruptions in the Turkana Basin, Kenya: An Isotopic Perspective
DOI: 10.7185/gold2025.311872024
Journal article
An improved methodology for high-resolution LA-ICP-MS trace-element fingerprinting of tephra layers: Insights from the Upper and Lower Nariokotome Tuffs, Turkana Basin, Kenya
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2024.1220842024
Conference Proceedings
Revisiting Sr-Nd-Hf isotope variations in global cratonic lamproites
DOI: 10.29173/ikc4136
RECENT PROJECTS
2023
Research contracts (non-grants)
A Machine Learning Geological Study at the Lockington Gold Discovery, Central Victoria