Andrew Morton

10.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
167 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Andrew Morton is a scholar working on Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrew Morton has authored 167 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 109 papers in Geophysics, 61 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 51 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Andrew Morton's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (99 papers), Geological formations and processes (61 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (51 papers). Andrew Morton is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (99 papers), Geological formations and processes (61 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (51 papers). Andrew Morton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, South Africa and Australia. Andrew Morton's co-authors include Claire Hallsworth, Peter D. W. Haughton, S. P. Todd, Guido Meinhold, Robert Knox, C. Mark Fanning, Dirk Frei, Dov Avigad, Andrew Hurst and Andrew G. Whitham and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Andrew Morton

165 papers receiving 6.7k citations

Hit Papers

Oxygen isotope calibratio... 1984 2026 1998 2012 1984 1999 250 500 750
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.

  1. Oxygen isotope calibration of the onset of ice-rafting and history of glaciation in the North Atlantic region
    1984 789 citations Andrew Morton et al. profile →
  2. Processes controlling the composition of heavy mineral assemblages in sandstones
    1999 660 citations Andrew Morton et al. Sedimentary Geology profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Andrew Morton 4.2k 2.5k 2.0k 1.7k 1.6k 167 7.1k
David B. Rowley 5.9k 1.4× 3.8k 1.6× 1.2k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 970 0.6× 106 9.7k
Alan R. Carroll 2.5k 0.6× 2.1k 0.8× 1.4k 0.7× 752 0.4× 973 0.6× 86 5.6k
Karl E. Karlstrom 8.5k 2.1× 2.6k 1.1× 1.2k 0.6× 1.2k 0.7× 2.6k 1.6× 261 10.6k
Sergio Andò 3.8k 0.9× 3.4k 1.4× 3.1k 1.5× 2.1k 1.2× 1.3k 0.8× 138 7.4k
Giovanni Vezzoli 3.6k 0.9× 2.7k 1.1× 2.5k 1.3× 1.6k 1.0× 1.2k 0.7× 114 6.3k
P.G. Eriksson 2.3k 0.5× 1.4k 0.6× 1.7k 0.8× 860 0.5× 845 0.5× 123 4.6k
Keith A.W. Crook 3.2k 0.8× 1.5k 0.6× 1.3k 0.7× 2.0k 1.2× 1.3k 0.8× 92 5.4k
Enrico Bonatti 6.8k 1.6× 1.7k 0.7× 736 0.4× 1.5k 0.9× 1.1k 0.7× 164 9.1k
Daniel F. Stöckli 13.2k 3.2× 3.6k 1.5× 1.6k 0.8× 940 0.5× 3.4k 2.1× 455 15.4k
Brian K. Horton 7.1k 1.7× 2.3k 1.0× 1.5k 0.8× 575 0.3× 1.6k 1.0× 155 8.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Andrew Morton

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Fields of papers citing papers by Andrew Morton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andrew Morton

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Andrew Morton. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Andrew Morton based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Andrew Morton. Andrew Morton is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Flowerdew, Michael J., Edward J. Fleming, David Chew, et al.. (2023). The Importance of Eurekan Mountains on Cenozoic Sediment Routing on the Western Barents Shelf. Geosciences. 13(3). 91–91. 3 indexed citations
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Morton, Andrew, David W. Jolley, Adam Szulc, et al.. (2022). Provenance Response to Rifting and Separation at the Jan Mayen Microcontinent Margin. Geosciences. 12(9). 326–326. 1 indexed citations
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Morton, Andrew, et al.. (2022). Xanthogranulomatous orchitis: A rare case of testicular mass. Urology Case Reports. 43. 102111–102111. 2 indexed citations
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Morton, Andrew, J. I. Chisholm, & Dirk Frei. (2020). Provenance of Carboniferous sandstones in the central and southern parts of the Pennine Basin, UK: evidence from detrital zircon ages. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society. 63(3). 6 indexed citations
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Healy, Peter J., Andrew Morton, Mehar S. Khatkar, et al.. (2020). Molecular basis for a new bovine model of Niemann-Pick type C disease. PLoS ONE. 15(9). e0238697–e0238697. 4 indexed citations
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Flowerdew, Michael J., Edward J. Fleming, Andrew Morton, et al.. (2019). Assessing mineral fertility and bias in sedimentary provenance studies: examples from the Barents Shelf. Geological Society London Special Publications. 484(1). 255–274. 29 indexed citations
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Tyrrell, Shane, et al.. (2019). Triassic sand supply to the Slyne Basin, offshore western Ireland – new insights from a multi-proxy provenance approach. Journal of the Geological Society. 176(6). 1120–1135. 14 indexed citations
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Hartley, Adrian J., et al.. (2019). A multidisciplinary approach to sediment provenance analysis of the late Silurian–Devonian Lower Old Red Sandstone succession, northern Midland Valley Basin, Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society. 177(2). 297–314. 17 indexed citations
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Holdsworth, R. E., R. Trice, Ken McCaffrey, et al.. (2019). The nature and age of basement host rocks and fissure fills in the Lancaster field fractured reservoir, West of Shetland. Journal of the Geological Society. 177(5). 1057–1073. 31 indexed citations
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Morton, Andrew, et al.. (2018). Integrated heavy mineral study of Jurassic to Paleogene sandstones in the Mandawa Basin, Tanzania: Sediment provenance and source-to-sink relations. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 150. 546–565. 34 indexed citations
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Fleming, Edward J., Michael J. Flowerdew, Helen R. Smyth, et al.. (2016). Provenance of Triassic sandstones on the southwest Barents Shelf and the implication for sediment dispersal patterns in northwest Pangaea. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 78. 516–535. 58 indexed citations
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Morton, Andrew, et al.. (2008). Human security policy challenges. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7 indexed citations
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Shorttle, Oliver, Aradhna Tripati, Robert A. Eagle, et al.. (2007). Evidence for Northern Hemisphere Glaciation Back to 44 Ma From Ice-Rafted Debris in the Greenland Sea. AGUFM. 2007. 12 indexed citations
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Sherlock, Sarah C., et al.. (2002). A Geochronological Approach To Reconstructing Sediment Pathways and Detecting Sediment Recycling In Palaeocene Sediments From The Faroes-shetland Region.. EGS General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 2803. 1 indexed citations
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Morton, Andrew & Andrew Hurst. (1995). Correlation of sandstones using heavy minerals: an example from the Statfjord Formation of the Snorre Field, northern North Sea. Geological Society London Special Publications. 89(1). 3–22. 38 indexed citations
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Haughton, Peter D. W., S. P. Todd, & Andrew Morton. (1991). Sedimentary provenance studies. Geological Society London Special Publications. 57(1). 1–11. 135 indexed citations
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Smale, David & Andrew Morton. (1987). Heavy mineral suites of core samples from the McKee Formation (Eocene—Lower Oligocene), Taranaki: Implications for provenance and diagenesis. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 30(3). 299–306. 24 indexed citations

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