Alfred Traverse

4.7k total citations
79 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Alfred Traverse is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Atmospheric Science and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alfred Traverse has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 28 papers in Atmospheric Science and 27 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Alfred Traverse's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (28 papers), Plant Diversity and Evolution (27 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (23 papers). Alfred Traverse is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (28 papers), Plant Diversity and Evolution (27 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (23 papers). Alfred Traverse collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Alfred Traverse's co-authors include Paul K. Strother, Robert N. Ginsburg, Bruce Cornet, S. Al-Hajri, Ronald J. Litwin, Siwert Nilsson, Sidney R. Ash, Douglas J. Nichols, Henk Visscher and Henk Brinkhuis and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Geology.

In The Last Decade

Alfred Traverse

78 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alfred Traverse United States 25 1.2k 1.0k 901 429 356 79 2.5k
Jan Jansonius Canada 16 2.0k 1.6× 1.6k 1.5× 1.2k 1.3× 545 1.3× 579 1.6× 30 3.6k
Jane Gray United States 23 995 0.8× 757 0.7× 816 0.9× 247 0.6× 294 0.8× 42 1.9k
D C McGregor Canada 15 1.7k 1.3× 1.3k 1.2× 630 0.7× 546 1.3× 320 0.9× 28 2.9k
William G. Chaloner United Kingdom 34 1.2k 0.9× 1.2k 1.2× 1.9k 2.1× 286 0.7× 763 2.1× 89 3.7k
Philippe Steemans Belgium 29 2.1k 1.7× 1.2k 1.2× 1.2k 1.3× 667 1.6× 550 1.5× 148 3.0k
Tom L. Phillips United States 33 1.0k 0.8× 1.4k 1.3× 2.2k 2.4× 727 1.7× 596 1.7× 78 3.6k
Mary E. Dettmann Australia 29 1.2k 1.0× 630 0.6× 1.4k 1.6× 221 0.5× 608 1.7× 76 2.4k
Nigel H. Trewin United Kingdom 33 1.5k 1.2× 1.2k 1.1× 586 0.7× 909 2.1× 153 0.4× 99 3.1k
Paul K. Strother United States 28 1.2k 1.0× 955 0.9× 727 0.8× 246 0.6× 359 1.0× 59 2.1k
J. Ian Raine New Zealand 29 1.0k 0.8× 1.3k 1.2× 709 0.8× 257 0.6× 287 0.8× 61 2.6k

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All Works

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Wade, J. A., David E. Brown, Alfred Traverse, & Robert A. Fensome. (1996). The Triassic-Jurassic Fundy Basin, eastern Canada: regional setting, stratigraphy and hydrocarbon potential. Atlantic Geology. 32(3). 56 indexed citations
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Strother, Paul K., S. Al-Hajri, & Alfred Traverse. (1996). New evidence for land plants from the lower Middle Ordovician of Saudi Arabia. Geology. 24(1). 55–55. 149 indexed citations
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Traverse, Alfred. (1991). Giant ubisch bodies and other ‘throwaway sporopollenin’ as sources of information.. Current Science. 61. 678–681. 3 indexed citations
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Traverse, Alfred. (1990). Plant evolution in relation to world crises and the apparent resilience of Kingdom Plantae. Global and Planetary Change. 2(1-2). 203–211. 5 indexed citations
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Traverse, Alfred, et al.. (1990). Sedimentology of miospores in the Middle to Upper Devonian Oneonta Formation, Catskill Magnafacies, New York. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 64(1-4). 305–313. 1 indexed citations
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Litwin, Ronald J. & Alfred Traverse. (1989). Basic guidelines for palynomorph extraction and preparation from sedimentary rocks. The Paleontological Society Special Publications. 4. 87–98. 5 indexed citations
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Traverse, Alfred. (1987). Pollen and Spores Date Origin of Rift Basins from Texas to Nova Scotia as Early Late Triassic. Science. 236(4807). 1469–1472. 26 indexed citations
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Traverse, Alfred, et al.. (1986). Palynostratigraphy of the subsurface eagle mills formation (Triassic) from a well in east‐central texas, U.S.A.. Palynology. 10(1). 225–234. 19 indexed citations
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Traverse, Alfred, et al.. (1983). The background, origin, and early history of the American association of stratigraphic palynologists. Palynology. 7(1). 7–17. 7 indexed citations
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Traverse, Alfred, et al.. (1979). Atlas of Airborne Pollen Grains and Spores in Northern Europe. The Bryologist. 82(2). 321–321. 45 indexed citations
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Traverse, Alfred. (1978). International Commission for Palynology. Lethaia. 11(3). 216–216. 1 indexed citations
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Traverse, Alfred. (1975). The challenge of abundance in palynomorphs: A critique. 11(1). 145–147. 3 indexed citations
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Nichols, D. J. & Alfred Traverse. (1973). On Arecipites Wodehouse, Monocolpopollenites Thomson & Pflug, and the species. Taxon. 22. 2 indexed citations
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Traverse, Alfred. (1972). A case of marginal palynology: A study of the Franciscan Melanges. 4(1). 87–90. 6 indexed citations
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Traverse, Alfred, Robert H. Tschudy, & Richard A. Scott. (1971). Aspects of Palynology. The Bryologist. 74(2). 228–228. 61 indexed citations
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Traverse, Alfred, et al.. (1961). Pollen in Drilling-Mud "Thinners," a Source of Palynological Contamination. Micropaleontology. 7(3). 375–375. 8 indexed citations
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Traverse, Alfred & Elso S. Barghoorn. (1953). Micropaleontology of the Brandon lignite, an early Tertiary coal in central Vermont; preliminary note. Journal of Paleontology. 27(2). 289–293. 7 indexed citations

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