Sami Mikhail

University of St Andrews — United Kingdom

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Geological and Geochemical Analysis(42), High-pressure geophysics and materials(28), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils(21), Astro and Planetary Science(17), earthquake and tectonic studies(14)

Publications84 total

Nitrogen in strongly peraluminous granites reveals a significant increase in biomass burial and O2 production prior to the Neoproterozoic Oxygenation Event
Earth and Planetary Science Letters·2026Open Access
Mafic-ultramafic igneous rocks as a source of reactive phosphorus for the origin of life
2026Open Access
Igneous rocks as a viable source of fixed nitrogen to the prebiotic world
Geochemical Perspectives Letters·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Problems and Solutions when Quantifying Nitrogen in Silicate and Oxide Minerals and Glasses Using Electron Probe Microanalysis
Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Nitrogen in Strongly Peraluminous Granites Provides Insight to the Timing and Nature of Biomass Burial between the Precambrian and Phanerozoic.
2025
Diamond formation mechanisms and the record of the processes involved
2025
Metasomatism is a source of methane on Mars
Earth and Planetary Science Letters·2024Open Access
The importance of carbon to the formation and composition of silicates during mantle metasomatism
2024Open Access
Strongly peraluminous granites provide independent evidence for an increase in biomass burial across the Precambrian–Phanerozoic boundary
Geology·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
Supplemental Material: Strongly peraluminous granites provide independent evidence for an increase in biomass burial across the Precambrian–Phanerozoic boundary
2023Open Access
Supplemental Material: Strongly peraluminous granites provide independent evidence for an increase in biomass burial across the Precambrian–Phanerozoic boundary
2023Open Access
Equilibrium partitioning and isotopic fractionation of nitrogen between biotite, plagioclase, and K-feldspar during magmatic differentiation
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta·2023· 12 citedOpen Access
The importance of carbon to the formation and composition of silicates during mantle metasomatism
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta·2023· 11 citedOpen Access
A primary magmatic source of nitrogen to Earth’s crust
Nature Geoscience·2023· 16 citedOpen Access
The importance of carbon to the formation and composition of silicates during mantle metasomatism
2023Open Access
Boocock et al_Behaviour of N during differentiation - Hekla
Figshare·2023Open Access
Polycrystalline Diamonds from Kimberlites: Snapshots of Rapid and Episodic Diamond Formation in the Lithospheric Mantle
Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry·2022· 11 citedOpen Access
Modelling the formation of diamond inclusions during fluid-rock metasomatism
Goldschmidt2022 abstracts·2022Open Access
THE SOURCE AND STORAGE OF NITROGEN IN EARTHS FELSIC PLUTONIC CRUST: A CASE STUDY OF THE DEVONIAN LOCH DOON PLUTON, SCOTLAND
Goldschmidt2022 abstracts·2022Open Access
The Effects of Planetary and Stellar Parameters on Brittle Lithospheric Thickness
Journal of Geophysical Research Planets·2021· 6 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Eva E. Stüeken(8), Toby Boocock(6), Dimitri A. Sverjensky(5), F. M. McCubbin(5), Adrian Jones(5), E. H. Hauri(4), A. Steele(4), Michael J. Heap(4), P. K. Byrne(4), I. A. Franchi(3), A. B. Verchovsky(3), D. Howell(3), Andrew R. Thomson(3), AP Jones(3), H. J. Milledge(3), A. Beard(3), Antony D. Burnham(3), Julie Prytulak(3), Adrian J. Boyce(3), Michele Rinaldi(3)