Alex Pullen

6.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
63 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Alex Pullen is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex Pullen has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Geophysics, 30 papers in Atmospheric Science and 20 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Alex Pullen's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (44 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (31 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (29 papers). Alex Pullen is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (44 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (31 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (29 papers). Alex Pullen collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Alex Pullen's co-authors include George E. Gehrels, Paul Kapp, Lin Ding, Jerome H. Guynn, Peter G. DeCelles, V. Valencia, Amy L. Weislogel, Carmala N. Garzione, Jeff D. Vervoort and Mauricio Ibáñez-Mejía and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Earth and Planetary Science Letters and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Alex Pullen

61 papers receiving 5.1k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Detrital zircon geochronology of pre‐Tertiary strata in the Tibetan‐Himalayan orogen

2011 718 citations George E. Gehrels, Paul Kapp et al. Tectonics profile →
Triassic continental subduction in central Tibet and Mediterranean-style closure of the Paleo-Tethys Ocean

2008 486 citations Alex Pullen, Paul Kapp et al. Geology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Wind erosion in northern China: Insights from the western Qaidam fold belt, Loess Plateau, and Hami Basin 2024 ·Earth-Science Reviews ·Paul Kapp, Alex Pullen, Jordan T. Abell, Liyun Zhang	3
2	A middle Pleistocene to Holocene perspective on sediment sources for the Tengger Desert, China 2023 ·CATENA ·(unknown), Junsheng Nie, Zaijun Li, Alex Pullen, Jordan T. Abell, (unknown), (unknown), Baotian Pan	8
3	Evaluating the Drivers of Quaternary Dust Fluxes to the Western North Pacific: East Asian Dustiness and Northern Hemisphere Gustiness 2023 ·Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology ·Jordan T. Abell, Gisela Winckler, Alex Pullen, Christopher W. Kinsley, Paul Kapp, Jennifer L. Middleton, Frank J. Pavia, David McGee, Heather L. Ford, Maureen E. Raymo	11
4	Stepwise increased spatial provenance contrast on the Chinese Loess Plateau over late Miocene-Pleistocene 2023 ·Communications Earth & Environment ·Wenbin Peng, (unknown), Alex Pullen, (unknown), Baotian Pan, Wenjiao Xiao, Junsheng Nie	12
5	Mid‐Cretaceous Exhumation of the Central Qiangtang Mountain Range Metamorphic Rocks as Evidenced by the Abushan Continental Redbeds 2023 ·Tectonics ·Anlin Ma, Xiumian Hu, Eduardo Garzanti, Alex Pullen, Marcelle K. BouDagher‐Fadel, (unknown), Jiangang Wang, Wen Lai, Weiwei Xue	15
6	A westerly wind dominated Puna Plateau during deposition of upper Pleistocene loessic sediments in the subtropical Andes, South America 2022 ·Nature Communications ·Alex Pullen, David L. Barbeau, Andrew Leier, Jordan T. Abell, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	7
7	Quantifying Late Pleistocene to Holocene Erosion Rates in the Hami Basin, China: Insights Into Pleistocene Dust Dynamics of an East Asian Stony Desert 2022 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Dehai Zhang, Guocan Wang, Jordan T. Abell, Alex Pullen, Gisela Winckler, Joerg M. Schaefer, Tianyi Shen	9
8	A wind-albedo-wind feedback driven by landscape evolution 2020 ·Nature Communications ·Jordan T. Abell, Alex Pullen, Zachary J. Lebo, Paul Kapp, Lucas Gloege, A. R. Metcalf, Junsheng Nie, Gisela Winckler	15
9	Quaternary Volcanism in Myanmar: A Record of Indian Slab Tearing in a Transition Zone From Oceanic to Continental Subduction 2020 ·Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems ·Liyun Zhang, Wu Fan, Lin Ding, Mihai N. Ducea, Alex Pullen, Jiaxing Li, Yang Sun, Yahui Yue, Fulong Cai, Chao Wang, Touping Peng, Kyaing Sein	15
10	A mid-Cretaceous change from fast to slow exhumation of the western Chinese Altai mountains: A climate driven exhumation signal? 2020 ·Journal of Asian Earth Sciences ·Alex Pullen, (unknown), Paul Kapp, Stuart N. Thomson, Fulong Cai	17
11	Petrogenesis of Middle–Late Triassic volcanic rocks from the Gangdese belt, southern Lhasa terrane: Implications for early subduction of Neo-Tethyan oceanic lithosphere 2016 ·Lithos ·Chao Wang, Lin Ding, (unknown), Paul Kapp, Alex Pullen, Yahui Yue	192
12	Early–middle Miocene topographic growth of the northern Tibetan Plateau: Stable isotope and sedimentation evidence from the southwestern Qaidam basin 2016 ·Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology ·Lin Li, Carmala N. Garzione, Alex Pullen, Hong Chang	53
13	From dust to dust: Quaternary wind erosion of the Mu Us Desert and Loess Plateau, China 2015 ·Geology ·Paul Kapp, Alex Pullen, Jon D. Pelletier, J. L. Russell, P. J. Goodman, Fulong Cai	48
14	Inland Aridification of NW China Since the Late Middle Eocene: Stable Isotope Evidence from Western Qaidam Basin 2014 ·2014 AGU Fall Meeting ·(unknown), Carmala N. Garzione, Alex Pullen, Hong Chang, Péter Molnár	1
15	Age and geochemistry of western Hoh-Xil–Songpan-Ganzi granitoids, northern Tibet: Implications for the Mesozoic closure of the Paleo-Tethys ocean 2014 ·Lithos ·(unknown), Lin Ding, Alex Pullen, Qiang Xu, (unknown), Fulong Cai, Yahui Yue, (unknown), (unknown), Mihai N. Ducea, Paul Kapp, Alan D. Chapman	119
16	Major Miocene exhumation by fault‐propagation folding within a metamorphosed, early Paleozoic thrust belt: Northwestern Argentina 2012 ·Tectonics ·David Pearson, Paul Kapp, Peter W. Reiners, George E. Gehrels, Mihai N. Ducea, Alex Pullen, Juan E. Otamendi, Ricardo N. Alonso	34
17	The Qaidam Basin and Northern Tibetan Plateau as Dust Sources for the Chinese Loess Plateau, Determined by U-Pb Detrital Zircon Provenance 2011 ·AGUFM ·Alex Pullen, Paul Kapp, Hong Chang, Andrew McCallister, Carmala N. Garzione, George E. Gehrels, Richard V. Heermance, Lin Ding	1
18	Mediterranean-style closure of the Paleo-Tethys ocean 2008 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Alex Pullen, Paul Kapp, George E. Gehrels	0
19	Gangdese retroarc thrust belt and foreland basin deposits in the Damxung area, southern Tibet 2008 ·Journal of Asian Earth Sciences ·Alex Pullen, Paul Kapp, George E. Gehrels, Peter G. DeCelles, E. H. Brown, (unknown), Lin Ding	63
20	U-Pb Basement and Detrital Zircon Geochronology of the Lhasa and Qiangtang Terranes in Tibet 2007 ·AGUFM ·Paul Kapp, Alex Pullen, George E. Gehrels, Lin Ding	1

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