Tim Elliott (earth scientist)

Timothy Richard Elliott FRS[1] is a Professor at the University of Bristol.[2][3][4]

For other people named Tim Elliott, see Tim Elliott (disambiguation).
Tim Elliott

FRS
Tim Elliott at the Royal Society admissions day in London, July 2017
Born
Timothy Richard Elliott
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge (BA)
Open University (PhD)
AwardsMurchison Medal (2017)
Scientific career
FieldsGeochemistry
InstitutionsUniversity of Bristol
ThesisElement fractionation in the petrogenesis of ocean island basalts (1991)
Websitewww.bris.ac.uk/earthsciences/people/tim-r-elliott/index.html

Education

Elliot was educated at the University of Cambridge[2] and the Open University where he was awarded a PhD in 1991 for research investigating element fractionation in the petrogenesis of ocean island basalts.[5]

Career and research

Elliott specialises in developing analytical approaches to yield novel isotopic means to reconstruct planetary histories.[1] He has investigated production of melt from the Earth's interior and the chemical consequences of the return of solidified melts to depth via the plate tectonic cycle.[1] In particular, he has assessed elemental fluxes from descending plates and has highlighted how the rise of atmospheric oxygen has been remarkably recorded in the isotopic composition of the deep, solid Earth.[1] His recent focus on planetary growth has identified the rapid formation of metallic cores, how bulk chemistry is notably modified during early accretion and distinctively embellished in its terminal stages.[1]

Awards and honours

Elliot was awarded the Murchison Medal by the Geological Society of London in 2017 and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2017.[1]

References
  1. Anon (2017). "Professor Tim Elliott FRS". royalsociety.org. London: Royal Society. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where:
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  2. "Professor Tim Elliott". bris.ac.uk.
  3. Tim Elliott publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  4. "Professor Tim Elliott - University of Bristol". research-information.bris.ac.uk.
  5. Elliott, Timothy Richard (1991). Element fractionation in the petrogenesis of ocean island basalts. jisc.ac.uk (PhD thesis). Open University. OCLC 690105102. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.541703.

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