Andrew D. Saunders

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

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Andrew D. Saunders is a scholar working on Geophysics, Paleontology and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrew D. Saunders has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Geophysics, 5 papers in Paleontology and 5 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Andrew D. Saunders's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (23 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (15 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (7 papers). Andrew D. Saunders is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (23 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (15 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (7 papers). Andrew D. Saunders collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Colombia. Andrew D. Saunders's co-authors include J. Tarney, Stephen D. Weaver, Rosalind V. White, John J. Mahoney, Andrew C. Kerr, J. Godfrey Fitton, Robert A. Duncan, Michael Storey, S. P. Kelley and Millard F. Coffin and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

Andrew D. Saunders

26 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Timing of Hot Spot—Related Volcanism and the Breakup of Madagascar and India

1995 557 citations Michael Storey, John J. Mahoney et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Andrew D. Saunders United Kingdom	23	3.4k	1.1k	558	494	403	26	3.9k
Clive Burrett Australia	24	1.6k 0.5×	567 0.5×	1.0k 1.9×	311 0.6×	822 2.0×	81	2.4k
Luc-Emmanuel Ricou France	28	3.8k 1.1×	703 0.6×	952 1.7×	816 1.7×	251 0.6×	52	4.6k
Jobst Wendt Germany	32	2.2k 0.7×	572 0.5×	1.3k 2.3×	643 1.3×	236 0.6×	65	3.2k
Reinhard Werner Germany	33	3.1k 0.9×	490 0.5×	301 0.5×	759 1.5×	591 1.5×	117	3.7k
John F. Sutter United States	28	2.2k 0.6×	863 0.8×	260 0.5×	796 1.6×	127 0.3×	70	2.7k
John Wakabayashi United States	29	2.8k 0.8×	650 0.6×	224 0.4×	474 1.0×	162 0.4×	84	3.2k
David M. Christie United States	29	2.6k 0.8×	439 0.4×	182 0.3×	459 0.9×	199 0.5×	45	3.1k
Lotte Melchior Larsen Denmark	38	2.9k 0.9×	992 0.9×	343 0.6×	722 1.5×	1.3k 3.1×	94	3.8k
A. H. F. Robertson United Kingdom	25	2.1k 0.6×	464 0.4×	458 0.8×	634 1.3×	136 0.3×	46	2.7k
Suzanne L. Baldwin United States	36	3.5k 1.0×	551 0.5×	195 0.3×	767 1.6×	490 1.2×	78	4.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Saunders, Andrew D.. (2015). Two LIPs and two Earth-system crises: the impact of the North Atlantic Igneous Province and the Siberian Traps on the Earth-surface carbon cycle. Geological Magazine. 153(2). 201–222. 38 indexed citations

Reichow, Marc, Andrew D. Saunders, Ian Millar, et al.. (2010). Characterising the world's most catastrophic volcanism: constraints from trace elements and radiogenic isotopes of the Siberian Traps large igneous province. EGUGA. 12475. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Zhaochong, et al.. (2009). Petrogenetic modeling of three mafic–ultramafic layered intrusions in the Emeishan large igneous province, SW China, based on isotopic and bulk chemical constraints. Lithos. 113(3-4). 369–392. 158 indexed citations

Fitton, J. Godfrey, John J. Mahoney, Paul Wallace, & Andrew D. Saunders. (2004). Origin and evolution of the Ontong Java Plateau: introduction. Geological Society London Special Publications. 229(1). 1–8. 29 indexed citations

Fitton, J. Godfrey, John J. Mahoney, Paul Wallace, & Andrew D. Saunders. (2004). Origin And Evolution of the Ontong Java Plateau. 164 indexed citations

Saunders, Andrew D., Richard England, Marc Reichow, & Rosalind V. White. (2004). A mantle plume origin for the Siberian traps: uplift and extension in the West Siberian Basin, Russia. Lithos. 79(3-4). 407–424. 124 indexed citations

Fitton, J. Godfrey, Andrew D. Saunders, Pamela D. Kempton, & Björn S. Harðarson. (2003). Does depleted mantle form an intrinsic part of the Iceland plume?. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 4(3). 244 indexed citations

Reichow, Marc, et al.. (2002). ⁴⁰ Ar/ ³⁹ Ar Dates from the West Siberian Basin: Siberian Flood Basalt Province Doubled. Science. 296(5574). 1846–1849. 212 indexed citations

Spadea, Piera, Andrew C. Kerr, J. Tarney, et al.. (1999). CRETACEOUS PICRITES AND HIGH-MG BASALTS FROM SW COLOMBIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE MANTLE PLUME SOURCE OF THE CARIBBEAN OCEANIC PLATEAU. Ofioliti. 24. 167–168. 1 indexed citations

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Kerr, Andrew C., et al.. (1999). A new plate tectonic model of the Caribbean: Implications from a geochemical reconnaissance of Cuban Mesozoic volcanic rocks. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 111(11). 1581–1581. 139 indexed citations

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Kerr, Andrew C., J. Tarney, Alvaro Nivia, Giselle F. Marriner, & Andrew D. Saunders. (1998). The internal structure of oceanic plateaus: inferences from obducted Cretaceous terranes in western Colombia and the Caribbean. Tectonophysics. 292(3-4). 173–188. 76 indexed citations

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Kerr, Andrew C., J. Tarney, Giselle F. Marriner, et al.. (1996). The geochemistry and tectonic setting of late Cretaceous Caribbean and Colombian volcanism. Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 9(1-2). 111–120. 67 indexed citations

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Kerr, Andrew C., et al.. (1995). Depleted mantle-plume geochemical signatures: No paradox for plume theories. Geology. 23(9). 843–843. 115 indexed citations

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Storey, Michael, John J. Mahoney, Andrew D. Saunders, et al.. (1995). Timing of Hot Spot—Related Volcanism and the Breakup of Madagascar and India. Science. 267(5199). 852–855. 557 indexed citations breakdown →

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Saunders, Andrew D. & J. Tarney. (1984). Geochemical characteristics of basaltic volcanism within back-arc basins. Geological Society London Special Publications. 16(1). 59–76. 439 indexed citations

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Saunders, Andrew D., J. Tarney, & Stephen D. Weaver. (1980). Transverse geochemical variations across the Antarctic Peninsula: Implications for the genesis of calc-alkaline magmas. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 46(3). 344–360. 396 indexed citations

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Muenow, David W., et al.. (1980). Volatiles in submarine volcanic rocks from the spreading axis of the East Scotia Sea back-arc basin. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 47(2). 272–278. 62 indexed citations

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Saunders, Andrew D., J. Tarney, Charles R. Stern, & Ian W. D. Dalziel. (1979). Geochemistry of Mesozoic marginal basin floor igneous rocks from southern Chile. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 90(3). 237–237. 149 indexed citations

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Weaver, Stephen D., Andrew D. Saunders, R. J. Pankhurst, & J. Tarney. (1979). A geochemical study of magmatism associated with the initial stages of back-arc spreading. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 68(2). 151–169. 177 indexed citations

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Saunders, Andrew D. & J. Tarney. (1979). The geochemistry of basalts from a back-arc spreading centre in the East Scotia Sea. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 43(4). 555–572. 271 indexed citations

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