Prof David Phillips
Professor Emerita / Emeritus
School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
286 Scholarly works
25 Projects
HIGHLIGHTS
2026
Research grants (other domestic)
Argon Extraction Furnace and Cryogenic Trap System
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
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
Episodic Eruptions in the Turkana Basin, Kenya: An Isotopic Perspective
DOI: 10.7185/gold2025.311872025
Conference Proceedings
High-resolution tephrochronological tools reveal geochemical complexity in volcanic products: examples from the Turkana Basin, Kenya
DOI: 10.7185/gold2025.303412024
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