Alexei V. Milkov

7.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
77 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Alexei V. Milkov is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Global and Planetary Change and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexei V. Milkov has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Environmental Chemistry, 49 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 45 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Alexei V. Milkov's work include Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (53 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (49 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (44 papers). Alexei V. Milkov is often cited by papers focused on Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (53 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (49 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (44 papers). Alexei V. Milkov collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Russia. Alexei V. Milkov's co-authors include Roger Sassen, Giuseppe Etiope, Debra A. DeFreitas, Stephen T. Sweet, George E. Claypool, Harry H. Roberts, Young‐Joo Lee, Wenyue Xu, Peter Vogt and Tatiyana V. Apanasovich and has published in prestigious journals such as Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Scientific Reports and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

Alexei V. Milkov

74 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Global estimates of hydrate-bound gas in marine sediments: how much is really out there?

2004 848 citations Alexei V. Milkov Earth-Science Reviews profile →
Worldwide distribution of submarine mud volcanoes and associated gas hydrates

2000 552 citations Alexei V. Milkov Marine Geology profile →
Revised genetic diagrams for natural gases based on a global dataset of >20,000 samples

2018 421 citations Alexei V. Milkov, Giuseppe Etiope Organic Geochemistry profile →

Peers

Alexei V. Milkov

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C. Ruppel United States

Roger Sassen United States

Michael Riedel Canada

Eckhard Faber Germany

Duofu Chen China

Christian Berndt Germany

Nengyou Wu China

William Ussler United States

Matthias Haeckel Germany

Alan Judd United Kingdom

C. Ruppel United States

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Penteado, Henrique Luiz de Barros, et al.. (2024). Recognition of Artificial Gases Formed during Drill-Bit Metamorphism Using Advanced Mud Gas. Energies. 17(17). 4383–4383.

Milkov, Alexei V.. (2022). Molecular hydrogen in surface and subsurface natural gases: Abundance, origins and ideas for deliberate exploration. Earth-Science Reviews. 230. 104063–104063. 87 indexed citations

Milkov, Alexei V.. (2022). Pre-drill Assessments and Drilling Outcomes in Mexico in 2018–2022 and Historical Experience from Norway and the Netherlands: Lessons Learned and Recommendations for Future Petroleum Exploration. Natural Resources Research. 31(5). 2483–2504. 1 indexed citations

Milkov, Alexei V.. (2021). Reporting the expected exploration outcome: When, why and how the probability of geological success and success-case volumes for the well differ from those for the prospect. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. 204. 108754–108754. 4 indexed citations

Jubb, Aaron M., Samuel Saxe, Emil D. Attanasi, et al.. (2021). Machine Learning Can Assign Geologic Basin to Produced Water Samples Using Major Ion Geochemistry. Natural Resources Research. 30(6). 4147–4163. 4 indexed citations

Milkov, Alexei V., Stefan Schwietzke, Grant Allen, Owen A. Sherwood, & Giuseppe Etiope. (2020). Using global isotopic data to constrain the role of shale gas production in recent increases in atmospheric methane. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 4199–4199. 28 indexed citations

Milkov, Alexei V., et al.. (2020). Web-based machine learning tool that determines the origin of natural gases. Computers & Geosciences. 145. 104595–104595. 19 indexed citations

Milkov, Alexei V. & William Navidi. (2020). Randomness, serendipity, and luck in petroleum exploration. AAPG Bulletin. 103(1). 145–176. 9 indexed citations

Zhu, Guangyou, Alexei V. Milkov, Zhiyao Zhang, et al.. (2019). Formation and preservation of a giant petroleum accumulation in superdeep carbonate reservoirs in the southern Halahatang oil field area, Tarim Basin, China. AAPG Bulletin. 103(7). 1703–1743. 54 indexed citations

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Milkov, Alexei V. & Giuseppe Etiope. (2018). Revised genetic diagrams for natural gases based on a global dataset of >20,000 samples. Organic Geochemistry. 125. 109–120. 421 indexed citations breakdown →

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Чхало, Н. И., Alexei V. Milkov, А. Е. Пестов, et al.. (2017). Effect of ion beam etching on the surface roughness of bare and silicon covered beryllium. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 10235. 102350M–102350M. 1 indexed citations

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Zhu, Guangyou, Alexei V. Milkov, Feiran Chen, et al.. (2017). Non-cracked oil in ultra-deep high-temperature reservoirs in the Tarim basin, China. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 89. 252–262. 68 indexed citations

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Gong, Changrui, et al.. (2011). The Significant Impact of Weathering on MC252 Oil Chemistry and Its Fingerprinting of Samples Collected from the Sea Surface and Shore between May and November 2010. International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings. 2011(1). abs372–abs372. 2 indexed citations

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Etiope, Giuseppe, Alexei V. Milkov, & Edward Derbyshire. (2007). Did geologic emissions of methane play any role in Quaternary climate change?. Global and Planetary Change. 61(1-2). 79–88. 42 indexed citations

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Milkov, Alexei V.. (2003). How and Why the Global Estimates of Hydrate-Bound Gas in Marine Sediments Decreased Over the Last Thirty Years, and What This Means for Resources and Global Change Evaluations. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2003. 1 indexed citations

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Milkov, Alexei V., et al.. (2003). Direct measurements of in situ methane concentrations at Hydrate Ridge offshore Oregon: Implications for global gas hydrate inventory. EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly. 179. 1 indexed citations

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Sassen, Roger, Alexei V. Milkov, Harry H. Roberts, et al.. (2003). Gas venting and subsurface charge in the Green Canyon area, Gulf of Mexico continental slope. Organic Geochemistry. 34(10). 1455–1464. 61 indexed citations

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Milkov, Alexei V. & Roger Sassen. (2003). Two-dimensional modeling of gas hydrate decomposition in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico: significance to global change assessment. Global and Planetary Change. 36(1-2). 31–46. 49 indexed citations

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Milkov, Alexei V.. (2000). Worldwide distribution of submarine mud volcanoes and associated gas hydrates. Marine Geology. 167(1-2). 29–42. 552 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sassen, Roger, Samantha B. Joye, Stephen T. Sweet, et al.. (1999). Thermogenic gas hydrates and hydrocarbon gases in complex chemosynthetic communities, Gulf of Mexico continental slope. Organic Geochemistry. 30(7). 485–497. 190 indexed citations

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