Alexander R. Cruden

7.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
136 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

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Alexander R. Cruden is a scholar working on Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander R. Cruden has authored 136 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 106 papers in Geophysics, 20 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 17 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Alexander R. Cruden's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (92 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (78 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (50 papers). Alexander R. Cruden is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (92 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (78 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (50 papers). Alexander R. Cruden collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Canada and United Kingdom. Alexander R. Cruden's co-authors include Ken McCaffrey, Jean‐Louis Vigneresse, Nick Petford, D. Boutelier, Pierre‐Yves F. Robin, Stefan Alois Vollgger, Othmar T. Tobisch, B M Saumur, Patrick Launeau and Steven Micklethwaite and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Alexander R. Cruden

132 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Granite magma formation, transport and emplacement in the Earth's crust

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexander R. Cruden Australia	39	4.6k	1.3k	523	486	437	136	5.4k
Stephen Marshak United States	35	3.6k 0.8×	955 0.8×	308 0.6×	600 1.2×	554 1.3×	92	4.5k
Denis Gapais France	42	4.8k 1.0×	981 0.8×	279 0.5×	611 1.3×	324 0.7×	102	5.1k
Ken McCaffrey United Kingdom	43	4.4k 1.0×	1.0k 0.8×	1.2k 2.2×	597 1.2×	981 2.2×	161	5.9k
G. R. Foulger United Kingdom	46	5.9k 1.3×	688 0.5×	539 1.0×	512 1.1×	566 1.3×	153	6.6k
Roberto F. Weinberg Australia	55	8.3k 1.8×	3.7k 2.9×	358 0.7×	455 0.9×	392 0.9×	216	8.8k
Arnaud Pêcher France	39	4.4k 1.0×	866 0.7×	160 0.3×	672 1.4×	225 0.5×	117	5.0k
Mark Jessell Australia	46	3.7k 0.8×	1.9k 1.5×	309 0.6×	383 0.8×	822 1.9×	203	5.5k
R. E. Holdsworth United Kingdom	56	7.7k 1.7×	1.3k 1.1×	1.1k 2.0×	810 1.7×	1.3k 3.1×	217	9.1k
Hemin Koyi Sweden	44	4.6k 1.0×	551 0.4×	683 1.3×	632 1.3×	1.3k 3.0×	168	5.8k
Christopher J. Talbot Sweden	40	3.7k 0.8×	734 0.6×	555 1.1×	816 1.7×	1.1k 2.6×	121	5.2k

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Robin, Pierre‐Yves F. & Alexander R. Cruden. (2025). Partitioning of strain rates and stresses between a thin shear zone and its walls under transpression or transtension. Journal of Structural Geology. 199. 105484–105484.

Aillères, Laurent, et al.. (2024). Three-dimensional geological modelling of igneous intrusions in LoopStructural v1.5.10. Geoscientific model development. 17(5). 1975–1993.

Cruden, Alexander R., et al.. (2024). Magma solidification effects during sill emplacement: Insights from laboratory experiments. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 645. 118935–118935. 1 indexed citations

Cruden, Alexander R., et al.. (2023). Magnetic fabrics reveal three-dimensional flow processes within elongate magma fingers at the margin of the Shonkin Sag laccolith (MT, USA). Journal of Structural Geology. 169. 104829–104829. 4 indexed citations

Cruden, Alexander R., et al.. (2023). Zircon U-Pb-Hf isotope evidence for juvenile Penokean sources (ca. 1.9 Ga) in the SW Grenville Province. Lithos. 462-463. 107420–107420. 2 indexed citations

Thiele, Samuel T., Alexander R. Cruden, & Steven Micklethwaite. (2023). Failure of load-bearing dyke networks as a trigger for volcanic edifice collapse. Communications Earth & Environment. 4(1). 3 indexed citations

Barnes, Stephen J., Marina A. Yudovskaya, Giada Iacono–Marziano, et al.. (2023). Role of volatiles in intrusion emplacement and sulfide deposition in the supergiant Norilsk-Talnakh Ni-Cu-PGE ore deposits. Geology. 51(11). 1027–1032. 12 indexed citations

Cruden, Alexander R., et al.. (2023). The Development of Fault Networks at the Termination of Continental Transform Faults When Their Connecting Plate Boundary Is “Misaligned”. Tectonics. 42(10). 2 indexed citations

Cruden, Alexander R., et al.. (2022). Saucers, Fingers, and Lobes: New Insights on Sill Emplacement From Scaled Laboratory Experiments. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 127(11). 10 indexed citations

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Magee, Craig, Carl Stevenson, S. K. Ebmeier, et al.. (2018). Magma Plumbing Systems: A Geophysical Perspective. Journal of Petrology. 59(6). 1217–1251. 147 indexed citations

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Thiele, Samuel T., et al.. (2017). Rapid, semi-automatic fracture and contact mapping for point clouds, images and geophysical data. Solid Earth. 8(6). 1241–1253. 162 indexed citations

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Cruden, Alexander R., Francesco Mazzarini, Andrew P. Bunger, & Giovanni Musumeci. (2009). Geometry, scaling relationships and emplacement dynamics of a ca. 6 Ma shallow felsic sill complex, Calamita Peninsula, Elba Island, Italy. AGUFM. 2009. 3 indexed citations

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Cruden, Alexander R., et al.. (2009). Analogue Modelling of Evaporite Diapirs on Ellef Ringnes Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago: First Results. AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts. 2009. 1 indexed citations

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Boutelier, D. & Alexander R. Cruden. (2007). Influence of plate boundary geometry on the stress regime in an arc/back-arc setting. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 2 indexed citations

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Cruden, Alexander R. & Ken McCaffrey. (2006). Dimensional scaling relationships of tabular igneous intrusions and their implications for a size, depth and compositionally dependent spectrum of emplacement processes in the crust. AGUFM. 2006. 10 indexed citations

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Grocott, John, et al.. (2004). Fault-Assisted Vertical Pluton Growth: Coastal Cordillera, North Chilean Andes. Research Repository (Kingston University London). 2004. 1 indexed citations

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McCaffrey, Ken & Alexander R. Cruden. (2003). Dimensional Data and Growth Models for Intrusions. EAEJA. 9697. 10 indexed citations

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Cruden, Alexander R., et al.. (2003). Analogue versus numerical vise models of wide, hot convergent orogens: influence of lateral flow on development of 3d strain fields and topography. EAEJA. 11476. 1 indexed citations

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Cruden, Alexander R., et al.. (1999). Timing and kinematics of post-Timiskaming deformation within the Larder Lake - Cadillac deformation zone, southwest Abitibi greenstone belt, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 36(4). 627–647. 48 indexed citations

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Robin, Pierre‐Yves F. & Alexander R. Cruden. (1994). Strain and vorticity patterns in ideally ductile transpression zones. Journal of Structural Geology. 16(4). 447–466. 303 indexed citations

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