Research Associate Professor &
Concurrent Associate Professor
CONTACT INFO:
Department of Civil Engineering & Geological Sciences
156 Fitzpatrick Hall
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556
USA
email: simonetti.3@nd.edu
Tel: (574)-631-9049
Fax: (574)-631-9236
COURSES
ICP-MS Analytical Techniques ENVG60500
RESEARCH
My ICP-MS-based research interests and publications are varied and these cover many disciplines within the Earth Sciences, and also include recent collaborations with anthropologists and medical doctors. In recent years, I've also been involved with the development of innovative laser ablation-ICP-MS techniques, such as the recent chapter contribution in the Mineralogical Association of Canada-sponsored short course entitled, "Laser Ablation ICP-MS in the Earth Sciences: Current Practices and Outstanding Issues", held at the 2008 V.M. Goldschmidt Conference in Vancouver, Canada.
However, my research 'passion' remains deeply rooted with investigating the chemical nature of subcontinental mantle through the isotopic and chemical investigations of alkaline igneous rocks, such as carbonatites, nephelinites, and kimberlites. I recently accepted an invitation as a guest editor for a special issue of the journal Mineralogy and Petrology dealing with flood basaltic volcanism and associated alkaline magmatism dedicated to Dr. Keith Bell. Publication of this special issue is anticipated for early 2010.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN GRADUATE WORK, PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR DETAILS
ICP-MS FACILITY
Clive Neal and I, co-PIs on a NSF-MRI equipment grant, have successfully received funding for the establishment of MITERAC, a new laboratory facility that shall expand the research endeavors of 18 researchers from 6 universities in Indiana and Michigan. This will be accomplished via the acquisition of a new multiple collector-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (MC-ICP-MS), 193 nm laser ablation and microdrilling systems, and dedicated Hg analyzers. These will be combined with the existing high resolution Element 2 ICP-MS, UP213 nm laser ablation unit, and liquid chromatographic system. The new laboratory facilities and instrumentation are expected to be operational in mid-2010.
PUBLICATIONS - REFEREED
[63]Ling J, Wu S, Chen F, Simonetti A, Shafer JT, and Albrecht-Schmitt TE (in press). Does iodate incorporate into layered uranyl phosphates under hydrothermal conditions? Inorganic Chemistry. pdf
[62]Conlee CA, Buzon MR,Gutierrez AN, Simonetti A, and Creaser RA (in press). Identifying foreigners versus locals in a burial population from Nasca, Peru: An investigation using strontium isotope analysis. Journal of Archaeological Science. pdf
[61]Michelutti N, Simonetti A, Briner JP, Funder S, Creaser RA, and Wolfe AP (2009). Temporal trends of pollution Pb and other metals in east-central Baffin Island inferred from lake-sedimentary geochemistry. Science of the Total Environment, 407: 5653-5662. pdf
[60]McLoughlin N, Fliegel DJ, Furnes H, Staudigel H, Simonetti A, Zhao GC, and Robinson PT (in press). Assessing the biogenicity and syngenicity of candidate bioalteration textures in pillow lavas of the ~2.52 Ga Wutai Greenstone Terrane of China. Chinese Science Bulletin. pdf
[59]Alves A, Janesi V, Simonetti A, and Heaman LM (in press). Microgranitic enclaves as products of self-mixing events: a study of open-system processes in the Mauá pluton, São Paulo, Brazil, based on in situ isotopic and trace elements in plagioclase. Journal of Petrology.
[58]Bell K and Simonetti A (in press). Source of parental melts to carbonatites – critical isotopic constraints. Mineralogy and Petrology (Special issue on Flood Basaltic Magmatism and Associated Alkaline Complexes - dedicated to Keith Bell. Edited by LG Gwalani, KM Moore, A Simonetti). pdf
[57]Smart KA, Heaman LM, Chacko T, Simonetti A, Kopylova M, Mah D, and Daniels D (2009). The origin of high-MgO diamond eclogites from the Jericho kimberlite, Canada. Earth Planetary Science Letters, 284: 527-537. pdf
[56]Clark B, Vandemeer B, Simonetti A, and Buka I (in press). Is lead a concern in autistic children? Paediatrics and Child Health.
[55]Tappe S, Steenfelt A, Heaman LM, and Simonetti A (in press). The newly discovered Tikiusaaq carbonatite-aillikite occurrence, West Greenland, and some remarks on carbonatite-kimberlite relationships. Lithos. pdf
[54]Sigmon GE, Unruh DK, Ling J, Weaver B, Ward M, Pressprich L, Simonetti A, and Burns PC (2009). Symmetry vs. Minimal Pentagonal Adjacencies in Uranium-Based Polyoxometalate Fullerene Topologies. Angewandte Chemie, 48: 2737-2740. pdf
[53]Doornbos C, Heaman L, Doupé J, England J, Simonetti A and Lajeunesse P. (2009). The first integrated use of in situ U-Pb geochronology and geochemical analyses to determine long-distance transport of erratics, Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 46: 101-122. pdf
[52]Waldron JWF, White CE, Barr SM, Simonetti A and Heaman LM (2009). Provenance of the Meguma terrane: rifted margin of Early Paleozoic Gondwana. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 46: 1-8. pdf
[51]Andrushko VA, Buzon MR, Simonetti A and Creaser RA (2009). Strontium isotope evidence for prehistoric migration at Chokepukio, Valley of Cuzco, Peru. Latin American Antiquity, 20: 57-75. pdf
[50]Lorenz H, Gee DG, and Simonetti A (2008). Detrital zircon ages and provenance of the Late Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic successions on Severnaya Zemlya, Kara Shelf: a tie to Baltica. Norwegian Journal of Geology, 88: 235-258. pdf
[49]Waldron JWF, Floyd JD, Simonetti A and Heaman LM (2008). Ancient Laurentian detrital zircon in the closing Iapetus Ocean, Southern Uplands Terrane, Scotland. Geology, 30: 527-530. pdf
[48]Haverkort CM, Weber A, Katzenberg MA, Goriunova OI, Simonetti A and Creaser RA (2008). Hunter-gatherer mobility strategies and resource use based on strontium isotope (87Sr/86Sr) analysis: a case study from Middle Holocene Lake Baikal, Siberia. Journal of Archaeological Science, 35: 1265-1280. pdf
[47]Oliveros V, Aguirre L, Morata D, Simonetti A, Vergara M, Belmar M and Calderón, S (2008). Geochronology of very low-grade Mesozoic Andean metabasites. An approach through the K-Ar, 40Ar/39Ar and U-Pb LA-MC-ICP-MS methods. Journal of the Geological Society, 165: 579-584. pdf
[46]Cooper HK, Duke MJM, Simonetti A and Chen G (2008). Trace Element and Pb Isotope Provenance Analyses of Native Copper in Northwestern North America: Results of a Recent Pilot Study Using INAA, ICP-MS, and LA-MC-ICP-MS. Journal of Archaeological Science, 35: 1732-1747. pdf
[45]Creighton S, Stachel T, McLean H, Muehlenbachs K, Simonetti A, Eichenberg D and Luth R (2008). Diamondiferous peridotitic microxenoliths from the Diavik Diamond Mine, NT. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 155: 541-554. pdf
[44]Simonetti A, Buzon MR and Creaser RA (2008). In-situ elemental and Sr isotope investigation of human tooth enamel by laser ablation-(MC)-ICP-MS: Successes and pitfalls. Archaeometry, 50:371-385. pdf
[43]Lemieux Y, Thompson RI, Erdmer P, Simonetti A and Creaser RA (2007). Detrital zircon geochronology and provenance of late Proterozoic and mid-Paleozoic successions outboard of the miogeocline, southeastern Canadian Cordillera. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 44: 1675-1693. pdf
[42]Schultz MEJ, Chacko T, Heaman LM, Sandeman HA, Simonetti A and Creaser RA (2007). The Queen Maud Block: A newly recognized Paleoproterozoic (2.4 – 2.5 Ga) terrane in northwest Laurentia. Geology, 35:707-710. pdf
[41]Banerjee NR, Simonetti A, Furnes H, Muehlenbachs K, Staudigel H, Heaman LM and Van Kranendonk MJ (2007). Direct dating of Archean microbial ichnofossils. Geology, 35: 487-490. pdf
[40]Schmidberger SS, Simonetti A, Heaman LM, Creaser RA and Whiteford S (2007). Lu-Hf, in-situ Sr and Pb isotope and trace element systematics for mantle eclogites from the Diavik diamond mine: Evidence for Paleoproterozoic subduction beneath the Slave craton, Canada. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 254: 55-68. pdf
[39]Buzon MR, Simonetti A and Creaser RA (2007). Migration in the Nile Valley during the New Kingdom Period: A preliminary strontium isotope analysis. Journal of Archaeological Science, 34: 1391-1401. pdf
[38]Veiga-Pires C, Moura D, Rodrigues B, Machado N, Campo L and Simonetti A (2007). Provenance of Quaternary sands in the Algarve (Portugal) revealed by U-Pb ages of detrital zircon. Special Publication of the International Association of Sedimentologists No. 38. Sedimentary Processes, Environments and Basins: A Tribute to Peter Friend, eds. G Nichols, E Williams and C Paola, 327-340. pdf
[37]Hartlaub RP, Heaman LM, Simonetti A and Böhm CO (2006). Relicts of Earth’s earliest crust: U-Pb, Lu-Hf, and morphological characteristics of >3.7 Ga detrital zircon of the western Canadian shield. Geological Society of America Special Paper 405 – Processes on the early Earth (eds. Wolf Reimold and Roger Gibson), 75-90. pdf
[36]Simonetti A, Heaman LM, Chacko T and Banerjee N (2006). In-situ petrographic thin section U-Pb dating of zircon, monazite, and titanite using laser ablation-MC-ICP-MS. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 253: 87-97. pdf
[35]Banic C, Leaitch WR, Strawbridge K, Tanabe R, Wong HK, Gariépy C, Simonetti A, Nejedly Z, Campbell JL, Lu J, Skeaff J, Paktunc D, MacPherson JI, Daggupaty S, Gonac'h H, Chatt A and Lamoureux M (2006). The physical and chemical evolution of aerosols in smelter and power plant plumes: an airborne study. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis, 6: 111-120. pdf
[34]Schmidberger SS, Heaman LM, Simonetti A, Creaser RA and Cookenboo HO (2005). Formation of Paleoproterozoic eclogitic mantle, Slave Province (Canada): Insights from in-situ Hf and U-Pb isotopic analyses of mantle zircons. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 240: 621-633. pdf
[33]Hartlaub RP, Chacko T, Heaman LM, Creaser RA, Ashton KE and Simonetti A (2005). Ancient (Meso- to Paleoarchean) crust in the Rae Province, Canada: evidence from Sm-Nd and U-Pb constraints. Precambrian Research, 141: 137-153. pdf
[32]Simonetti A, Heaman LM, Hartlaub RP, Creaser RA, McHattie TG and Böhm C (2005). U-Pb dating of zircon by laser ablation-MC-ICP-MS using a new multiple ion counting-faraday collectory array. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectroscopy, 20: 677-686. pdf
[31]Simonetti A, Gariépy C, Banic C, Tanabe R and Wong HK (2004). Pb isotopic characterization of aircraft-sampled emissions from the Horne smelter at Noranda (Québec) – implications for atmospheric pollution in northeastern North America. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 68:3285-3294. pdf
[30]Valeriano CM, Machado N, Simonetti A, Valladares CS, Seer HJ and Simões LSA (2004). U-Pb geochronology of the southern Brasilia belt (SE-Brazil): sedimentary provenance, Neoproterozoic orogeny and assembly of west-Gondwana. Precambrian Research, 130:27-55. pdf
[29]Simonetti A, Gariépy C and Carignan J (2003). Tracing sources of atmospheric pollution in western Canada using the Pb isotopic composition and heavy metal abundances of epiphytic lichens. Atmospheric Environment, 37:2853-2865. pdf
[28]Schmidberger SS, Simonetti A and Francis D (2003). Small-scale Sr isotope investigation of clinopyroxenes from peridotite xenoliths by laser ablation-MC-ICP-MS – implications for mantle metasomatism. Chemical Geology, 199: 317-329. pdf
[27]Kosler J, Simonetti A, Sylvester P, Cox R, Tubrett M and Wilton D (2003). Laser ablation ICP-MS measurements of Re/Os ratios in molybdenite and implications for Re-Os geochronology. Canadian Mineralogist (H. Longerich, special volume), 41:307-320. pdf
[26]Bizzarro M, Simonetti A, Stevenson RK and Kurszlaukis S (2003). In situ 87Sr/86Sr investigation of igneous apatites and carbonates using laser ablation MC-ICP-MS. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 67:289-302. pdf
[25]Bizzarro M, Simonetti A, Stevenson RK and David J (2002). Hf isotope evidence for a hidden mantle reservoir. Geology, 30:771-774. pdf
[24]Carignan J, Simonetti A and Gariépy C (2002). Dispersal of atmospheric lead in northeastern North America as recorded by epiphytic lichens. Atmospheric Environment, 36:3759-3766. pdf
[23]Schmidberger SS, Simonetti A, Francis D and Gariépy C (2002). Probing Archean lithosphere using the Lu-Hf isotope systematics of peridotite xenoliths from Somerset Island kimberlites, Canada. Earth Planetary Science Letters, 197:245-259. pdf
[22]Schmidberger SS, Simonetti A and Francis D (2001). Sr-Nd-Pb isotope data of mantle xenoliths from Somerset Island kimberlites: evidence for lithosphere stratification beneath Arctic Canada. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 65:4243-4255. pdf
[21]Simonetti A, Gariépy C and Carignan J (2000). Pb and Sr isotopic evidence for sources of atmospheric heavy metals and their deposition budgets in northeastern North America. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 64:3,439-3,452. pdf
[20]McLennan SM, Simonetti A and Goldstein SL (2000). Nd and Pb isotopic evidence for provenance and post-depositional alteration of the Paleoproterozoic Huronian Supergroup, Canada. Precambrian Research, 102, 263-278. pdf
[19]Simonetti A, Gariépy C, Poissant L and Carignan J (2000). Isotopic Evidence of Trace Metal Sources and Transport in Eastern Canada as Recorded From Wet Deposition. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 105 (D10):12,263-12,279. pdf
[18]Simonetti A, Gariépy C and Carignan J (2000). Pb and Sr isotopic compositions of snowpack from Québec, Canada: inferences on the sources and deposition budgets of heavy metals. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 64:5-20. pdf
[17]Simonetti A, Goldstein SL, Schmidberger SS and Viladkar SG (1998). Geochemical and Nd, Pb, and Sr Isotope Data of Deccan Alkaline Complexes - Inferences on Mantle Sources and Plume-Lithosphere Interaction. Journal of Petrology- special issue on carbonatites (K. Bell, B. Kjarsgaard & A. Simonetti, guest eds.), 39:1847-1864. pdf
[16]Bell K, Kjarsgaard BA and Simonetti A (1998). Carbonatites- into the twenty-first century. Journal of Petrology- special issue on carbonatites (K. Bell, B. Kjarsgaard & A. Simonetti, guest eds.), 39:1839-1845. pdf
[15]Albarède F, Simonetti A, Vervoort JD, Blichert-Toft J and Abouchami W (1998). A Hf-Nd isotopic correlation in ferromanganese nodules. Geophysical Research Letters, 25:3895-3898. pdf
[14]Bikerman M, Prellwitz HS, Dembosky J, Simonetti A and Bell K (1997). New phlogopite K-Ar dates and the age of southwestern Pennsylvania kimberlite dikes. Northeastern Geology and Environmental Sciences, 19:302-308. pdf
[13]Simonetti A, Bell K and Shrady C (1997). Trace and rare-earth-element geochemistry of the June 1993 natrocarbonatite lavas, Oldoinyo Lengai (Tanzania): Implications for the origin of carbonatite magmas. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 75:89-106. pdf
[12]Simonetti A, Bell K and Hall GEM (1996). Pb isotopic ratios and elemental abundances for selective leachates from near-surface till: implications for mineral exploration. Journal of Applied Geochemistry, 11:721-734. pdf
[11]Bell K and Simonetti A (1996). Carbonatite magmatism and plume activity: implications from the Nd, Pb and Sr isotope systematics of Oldoinyo Lengai. Journal of Petrology, 37:1321-1329. pdf
[10]Simonetti A, Shore M and Bell K (1996). Diopside phenocrysts from nephelinite lavas, Napak volcano, eastern Uganda: Evidence for magma mixing. Canadian Mineralogist, 34:411-422. pdf
[9]Simonetti A and Bell K (1995). Nd, Pb, and Sr isotope systematics of fluorite mineralization associated with the Cretaceous Amba Dongar carbonatite complex, west-central India: Evidence for a hydrothermal origin involving crustal interaction. Economic Geology, 90:2018-2027. pdf
[8]Simonetti A and Bell K (1995). Nd, Pb, and Sr isotopic data from the Tertiary Mount Elgon volcano, western Kenya-eastern Uganda: Implications for the origin and evolution of nephelinitic melts. Lithos, 36:141-153. pdf
[7]Simonetti A, Bell K and Viladkar SG (1995). Isotopic data from the Amba Dongar carbonatite complex, West-central India: Evidence for an enriched mantle source. Chemical Geology- Isotope Geoscience Section, 122:185-198. pdf
[6]Simonetti A and Bell K (1994). Isotopic and geochemical investigation of the Chilwa Island carbonatite complex, Malawi: Evidence for a depleted mantle source region, liquid immiscibility, and open system behaviour. Journal of Petrology, 35:1597-1621. pdf
[5]Simonetti A and Bell K (1994). Nd, Pb and Sr isotopic data from the Napak carbonatite-nephelinite centre, eastern Uganda: An example of open-system crystal fractionation. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 115:356-366. pdf
[4]Simonetti A and Bell K (1993). Isotopic disequilibrium in clinopyroxenes from nephelinitic lavas, Napak volcano, eastern Uganda. Geology, 21:243-246. pdf
[3]Simonetti A and Doig R (1990). U-Pb and Rb-Sr geochronology of Acadian plutonism in the Dunnage zone of the southeastern Quebec Appalachians. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 27:881-892. pdf
BOOK CHAPTERS – REFEREED
[2]Machado N and Simonetti A (2001, invited). U-Pb dating and Hf isotopic composition of zircon by laser ablation-MC-ICP-MS. In Laser Ablation-ICPMS in the Earth Sciences - Mineralogical Association of Canada Short Course Volume 29, 121-146. pdf
[1]Simonetti A, Heaman LM and Chacko T (2008, invited). Use of discrete-dynode secondary electron multipliers with Faradays – A ‘reduced volume’ approach for in-situ U-Pb dating of accessory minerals within petrographic thin section by LA-MC-ICP-MS (edited by P. Sylvester). 2008 V.M. Goldschmidt Laser Ablation Short Course Volume 40, 241-264. pdf
GOVERNMENT REPORTS
Eccles DR, Payne JG, Simonetti A and Hood CTS (2006). Petrography and geochronology of crustal xenoliths from northern Alberta. Alberta Energy and Utilities Board, EUB/AGS Geo-note 2006-01, 18 p.
Eccles DR and Simonetti A (2008). A study of peridotitic garnet xenocryst compositions from selected ultramafic bodies in the northern Alberta kimberlite province: implications for mantle stratigraphy and garnet classification. Alberta Energy and Utilities Board, EUB/AGS Earth Science Report No. 2008-01, 40 p. pdf
Moroskat M, Erdmer P, Simonetti A, and Jackson VA (2007). In-situ LA-MC-ICP-MS study of ‘Mattberry’ granite, Mattberry Lake, southern Wopmay Orogen, NWT. NWT Geoscience Office, NWT Open Report 2007-003, 13 p. pdf