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Email

dphillip@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary (Professor Emeritus)
School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Education
PhD
Princeton University
Masters (Coursework)
Rhodes University
Bachelors Degree
Rhodes University
ORCID

0000-0001-7256-6730

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.2025.101713
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Testing the hypothesis of secular thinning and compositional evolution of the lithospheric mantle beneath cratons: Implications for kimberlite magmatism
    DOI: 10.1007/s00710-025-00924-2
  • 2025

    Journal article

    High-resolution tephrochronology resolves stratigraphic complexities in archaeologically significant Nariokotome tuffs, Turkana Basin
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2424142122
  • 2021

    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
David Phillips

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2009
Dean's Teaching Award (small class) The University of Melbourne

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Tales from diamond surface features – A tribute to Derek Robinson
    DOI: 10.1007/s00710-025-00911-7
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Extreme enriched-mantle (EM) compositions recorded by the Sr-Nd-Hf isotopes of global cratonic lamproites
    DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2025.02.014
  • 2025

    Conference Proceedings

    Unravelling the Plio-Pleistocene history of the paleontologically significant Turkana Basin, Kenya
    DOI: 10.7185/gold2025.30287
  • 2025

    Conference Proceedings

    High-resolution tephrochronological tools reveal geochemical complexity in volcanic products: examples from the Turkana Basin, Kenya
    DOI: 10.7185/gold2025.30341
  • 2025

    Conference Proceedings

    Episodic Eruptions in the Turkana Basin, Kenya: An Isotopic Perspective
    DOI: 10.7185/gold2025.31187
  • 2024

    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.2024.122084
  • 2024

    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

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