Stephen Noble’s Biography
- 1990 – ongoing : NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory: U-Th and U-Pb geochronology research scientist.
- 1988 –1990 : U–Pb geochronologist, Jack Satterly Geochronology Laboratory, University of Toronto
Research interests
- High precision U–Th–Pb geochronology (Neoproterozoic life, Highlands and Himalayan geology, meteorites).
- U-series geochronology (carbonates).
- Mass spectrometry
ORCID: 0000000289662048
Key papers
2016 : Cremiere, A, Lepland, A, Chand, S, Sahy, D, Condon, D J, Noble, S R, Martma, T, Thorsnes, T, Sauer, S, and Brunstad, H. 2016. Timescales of methane seepage on the Norwegian margin following collapse of the Scandinavian Ice Sheet. Nature Communications, 7:11509. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11509.
2016 : Smith, A C, Wynn, P M, Barker, P A, Leng, M J, Noble, S R, and Wlodek, T. 2016. North Atlantic forcing of moisture delivery to Europe throughout the Holocene. Scientific Reports, 6:24745. DOI: 10.1038/srep24745.
2015 : Noble, S R, Condon, D J, Carney, J N, Wilby, P R, Pharaoh, T C, and Ford, T D. 2015. U-Pb geochronology and global context of the Charnian Supergroup, UK: Constraints on the age of key Ediacaran fossil assemblages. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 127, 250-265. DOI: 10.1130/B31013.1.
2013 : Douarin, M, Elliot, M, Noble, S R, Sinclair, D, Henry, L A, Long, D, Moreton, S G, and Roberts, J M. 2013. Growth of north-east Atlantic cold-water coral reefs and mounds during the Holocene: A high resolution U-series and 14C chronology. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 375, 176-187. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.05.023.
2012 : Hiess, J, Condon, D J, McLean, N, and Noble, S R. 2012. 238U/235 Systematics in terrestrial uranium-bearing minerals. Science, 335, 1610-1614. DOI: 10.1126/science.1215507.
2010 : Condon, D J, McLean, N, Noble, S R, and Bowring, S A. 2010. Isotopic composition ((238)U/(235)U) of some commonly used uranium reference materials.Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74, 7127-7143. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.09.019.
2009 : Cottle, J M, Jessup, M J, Newell, D L, Horstwood, M S A, Noble, S R, Parrish, R R, Waters, D J, and Searle, M P. 2009. Geochronology of granulitized eclogite from the Ama Drime Massif: implications for the tectonic evolution of the South Tibetan Himalaya. Tectonics, 28, TC1002, DOI: 10.1029/2008TC002256.
2007 : Searle, M P, Noble, S R, Cottle, J M, Waters, D J, Mitchell, A H G, Hlaing, T, and Horstwood, M S A. 2007. Tectonic evolution of the Mogok metamorphic belt, Burma (Myanmar) constrained by U-Th-Pb dating of metamorphic and magmatic rocks.Tectonics, 26, TC3014 DOI: 10.1029/2006TC002083.
2003 : Parrish, R R, and Noble, S R. 2003. Zircon U-Th-Pb geochronology by isotope dilution – Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry (ID-TIMS). In: Zircon. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry 53, 183-213. DOI: 10.2113/0530183.
1998 : Nowell, G M, Kempton, P D, Noble, S R, Fitton, J G, Saunders, A D, Mahoney, J J, and Taylor, R N. 1998. High precision Hf isotope measurements of MORB and OIB by thermal ionisation mass spectrometry: insights into the depleted mantle.Chemical Geology, 149, 211-233. DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(98)00036-9.
1996 : Noble, S R, Hyslop, E K, and Highton, A J. 1996. High-precision U-Pb monazite geochronology of the c.806 Ma Grampian shear zone and the implications for the evolution of the central highlands of Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society, 153, 511-514 DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.153.4.0511.
1995 : Noble, S R, and Searle, M P. 1995. Age of crustal melting and leucogranite formation from U-Pb zircon and monazite dating in the Western Himalaya, Zanskar, India. Geology, 23, 1135-1138. DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<1135:AOCMAL>2.3.CO;2.
1992 : Corfu, F, and Noble, S R. 1992. Genesis of the Southern Abitibi Greenstone Belt, Superior Province, Canada – Evidence from zircon Hf isotope analyses using a single filament technique. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 56, 2081-2097. DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(92)90331-C.
Published outputs
NERC Open Research Archive — Stephen Noble
Google Scholar Listing
Commissioned reports
Skills
- High precision TIMS and MC-ICP-MS mass spectrometry.
- Isotope geochemistry (U–Pb, U–Th, Pb–Nd–Hf isotopes).