Benjamin R. Fosu
Current research and/or projects
Research, development and application of the clumped isotope thermometry
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
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
Education and awards
PhD. Geochemistry, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), 2020
BSc. Earth Science, University of Ghana, 2013
Additional links
https://sites.google.com/view/benfosu/home
Key publications
Fosu BR, Jautzy JJ, Yong W, Secco RA. 2023. Introducing the “Franken‐Kiel” Carbonate Device: First Application to Δ47‐T Calibrations of Calcite and Dolomite. Geochem, Geophys, Geosys 24 (10), e2023GC011047
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Affiliations
European Association of Geochemistry
The Geochemical Society
Society of Petroleum Engineers