Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Current Research Interests
| Petrology and geochemistry of basic volcanic rocks in large igneous provinces (especially North Atlantic and Ontong Java Plateau). Nature and origin of mantle plumes. Development of X-ray fluorescence analytical techniques. |
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), The petrogenesis of the calc-alkaline Borrowdale Volcanic Group, northern England, Durham University
Award Date: 1 Jan 1971
Bachelor of Science, Durham University
Award Date: 1 Jan 1968
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Ar-Ar dating of the nephelinite-to-basanite transition at Etinde and Mount Cameroon (Cameroon volcanic line, West Africa) provides insights into the origin of intraplate magmatism
Baldwin, S., Fitton, J. G., Kirstein, L., Barfod, D. N. & Njome, M. S., 19 Sept 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 26, 9, e2025GC012391.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Isotopically heavy sulfur in nephelinite from Etinde, Cameroon Volcanic Line: Implications for the origin of intraplate magmatism
Baldwin, S., Kirstein, L. A., Fitton, G., Boyce, A. J., Hutchison, W., Marks, M., Stüeken, E. & Hayward, C., 5 Jun 2025, In: Chemical Geology. 682, 122748.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ru and W isotope systematics in ocean island basalts reveals core leakage
Messling, N., Willbold, M., Kallas, L., Elliott, T., Fitton, J. G., Müller, T. & Geist, D., 21 May 2025, In: Nature. 642, p. 376-380Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Deep formation of Earth’s earliest continental crust consistent with subduction
Hastie, A. R., Law, S., Bromiley, G. D., Fitton, J. G., Harley, S. L. & Muir, D. D., 1 Sept 2023, In: Nature Geoscience. 16, 9, p. 816-821Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Volatiles and intraplate magmatism: A variable role for carbonated and altered oceanic lithosphere in ocean island basalt formation
Kirstein, L., Walowski, K. J., Jones, R. E., Burgess, R., Fitton, J. G., De Hoog, C.-J., Savov, I. P., Kalnins, L. & Edinburgh Ion Microprobe Facility, E., 1 May 2023, In: Journal of Petrology. 64, 5, egad022.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Projects
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Convection clashes: Plume splitting beneath eastern Australia
Kalnins, L. (Principal Investigator) & Fitton, G. (Co-investigator)
Natural Environment Research Council
1/08/19 → 31/07/24
Project: Research
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Convection clashes: Plume splitting beneath eastern Australia
Kalnins, L. (Principal Investigator) & Fitton, G. (Co-investigator)
1/08/19 → 31/07/23
Project: Research
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Testing the Mantle Plume Hypothesis through IODP drilling on the Louiseville Seamounts
Fitton, G. (Principal Investigator)
12/12/10 → 31/08/13
Project: Research
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Measuring the Pulse of the Icelandic Plume
Fitton, G. (Principal Investigator)
1/02/10 → 30/06/11
Project: Research
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Modelling the Geochemistry of Dalradian
Fitton, G. (Principal Investigator)
1/12/01 → 30/11/04
Project: Research
Press/Media
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On en sait plus sur la formation de la croûte terrestre il y a 4 milliards d'années
Hastie, A., Law, S., Bromiley, G., Fitton, G. & Harley, S.
26/08/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research