Benjamin R. Fosu

Research Scientist (PRP)

Postdoctoral Research Scientist

Natural Resources Canada

Quebec City

Current research and/or projects

Research and development of the clumped isotope thermometry

Evolution of the Michigan Basin

Biomineralisation relevant to Cumulative Effects

Research and/or project statements

Prasanna K; Ghosh P; Eagle RA; Tripati A; Kapur VV; Feeney RF; Fosu BR; Divya M. 2021. Temperature Estimates of Lower Miocene (Burdigalian) Coastal Water of Southern India Using a Revised Otolith “Clumped” Isotope Paleothermometer. Geochem, Geophys, Geosyst. 22 (12), e2020GC009601. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GC009601

D.A., Yakovlev, S.I., Kostrovitsky, B.R., Fosu, I.V., Ashchepkov. 2021. Diamondiferous kimberlites from recently explored Upper Muna field (Siberian craton): petrology, mineralogy and geochemistry insights. Geol Soc, London, Spec. Pub, 513. doi.org/10.1144/SP513-2021-9

Fosu, B.R., Ghosh P., Weisenberger, TB., Spurgin, S., Viladkar, SG. 2021. A triple oxygen isotope perspective on the origin, evolution, and diagenetic alteration of carbonatites. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 299, 52-68. doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2021.01.037

Fosu, B.R., Subba, R., Peethambaran, R., Bhattacharya, S.K., Ghosh, P., 2020. Technical Note: Developments and Applications in Triple Oxygen Isotope Analysis of Carbonates. ACS Earth Sp. Chem. 4, 702–710. doi:10.1021/acsearthspacechem.9b00330

5. Pramanik, C., Chatterjee, S., Fosu, B.R., Ghosh, P., 2020. Isotopic fractionation during acid digestion of calcite: A combined ab initio quantum chemical simulation and experimental study. Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 34, 1–12. doi:10.1002/rcm.8790

Fosu, B.R., Ghosh, P., Viladkar, S.G., 2020. Clumped isotope geochemistry of carbonatites in the north-western Deccan igneous province: Aspects of evolution, post-depositional alteration and mineralisation. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 274, 118–135. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2020.01.020

Ghosh, P., Fosu, B.R., 2019. Clumped Isotope Thermometry and its Application in Geoscience Research, in: Eglington, B., Fayek, M., Kyser, K.T. (Eds.), Applied Isotope Geochemistry: Topics in Mineral Sciences. Mineralogical Association of Canada, Vancouver BC, p. 200.

Fosu, B.R., Ghosh, P., Mishra, D., Banerjee, Y., K, P., Sarkar, A., 2019. Acid digestion of carbonates using break seal method for clumped isotope analysis. Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 33, 203–214. doi:10.1002/rcm.8304

Fosu, B.R., Ghosh, P., Chew, D.M., Viladkar, S.G., 2019. Composition and U—Pb ages of apatite in the Amba Dongar carbonatite–alkaline complex, India. Geol. J. 54, 3438–3454. doi:10.1002/gj.3350