Brian Townley

911 total citations
40 papers, 670 citations indexed

About

Brian Townley is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Townley has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 670 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Geophysics, 18 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 11 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Brian Townley's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (21 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (18 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (11 papers). Brian Townley is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (21 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (18 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (11 papers). Brian Townley collaborates with scholars based in Chile, France and Spain. Brian Townley's co-authors include Carlos Palacios, Joseline Tapia, Víctor Maksaev, Fabián Sepúlveda, Gérard Hérail, Philippe de Parseval, César Arriagada, Stéphane Audry, Miguel A. Parada and Alfredo Lahsen and has published in prestigious journals such as Tectonophysics, CATENA and Computers & Geosciences.

In The Last Decade

Brian Townley

39 papers receiving 648 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Brian Townley Chile 16 324 288 135 115 88 40 670
Norman Moles United Kingdom 14 253 0.8× 322 1.1× 120 0.9× 153 1.3× 78 0.9× 42 659
Bernhard Pracejus Oman 18 537 1.7× 298 1.0× 277 2.1× 92 0.8× 53 0.6× 57 1.0k
Jeremy Wykes Australia 13 283 0.9× 131 0.5× 138 1.0× 50 0.4× 70 0.8× 29 611
Cliff D. Taylor United States 12 325 1.0× 268 0.9× 137 1.0× 86 0.7× 32 0.4× 44 617
A. S. Venkatesh India 19 322 1.0× 333 1.2× 410 3.0× 95 0.8× 98 1.1× 61 951
Sławomir Oszczepalski Poland 16 430 1.3× 307 1.1× 227 1.7× 33 0.3× 79 0.9× 43 767
J. Tritlla Mexico 16 563 1.7× 255 0.9× 150 1.1× 37 0.3× 68 0.8× 55 935
Kirsti Loukola-Ruskeeniemi Finland 19 251 0.8× 224 0.8× 239 1.8× 203 1.8× 45 0.5× 39 796
Walid Salama Australia 17 235 0.7× 256 0.9× 267 2.0× 50 0.4× 68 0.8× 37 685
Gemma Kerr New Zealand 13 117 0.4× 148 0.5× 179 1.3× 89 0.8× 56 0.6× 27 419

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brian Townley

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian Townley

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Townley, Brian, et al.. (2025). Chloride leaching of copper ores: influence of NaCl on gangue dissolution and its effect on copper leaching kinetics. Minerals Engineering. 233. 109640–109640.
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Rousse, Sonia, Thomas Bissig, Michel Grégoire, et al.. (2023). Use of porphyry indicator zircons (PIZs) in the sedimentary record as an exploration tool for covered porphyry copper deposits in the Atacama Desert, Chile. Journal of Geochemical Exploration. 256. 107351–107351. 4 indexed citations
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Townley, Brian, et al.. (2023). HIDSAG: Hyperspectral Image Database for Supervised Analysis in Geometallurgy. Scientific Data. 10(1). 164–164. 2 indexed citations
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Parbhakar-Fox, Anita, et al.. (2023). Indium in ore deposits and mine waste environments: Geochemistry, mineralogy, and opportunities for recovery. Journal of Geochemical Exploration. 255. 107312–107312. 22 indexed citations
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Serra, Ignacio, et al.. (2020). Biogeochemistry of plant essential mineral nutrients across rock, soil, water and fruits in vineyards of Central Chile. CATENA. 196. 104905–104905. 12 indexed citations
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Townley, Brian, et al.. (2019). Multi-element geochemistry for bulk mineral characterization of hydrothermal alteration associations in porphyry copper deposits and applications to predictive geo-metallurgical modeling. 2887–2894. 1 indexed citations
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Tapia, Joseline, Rodrígo Gonzalez, Brian Townley, et al.. (2018). Geology and geochemistry of the Atacama Desert. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 111(8). 1273–1291. 43 indexed citations
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García, Marcelo, Víctor Maksaev, Brian Townley, & John H. Dilles. (2017). Metallogeny, structural evolution, post-mineral cover distribution and exploration in concealed areas of the northern Chilean Andes. Ore Geology Reviews. 86. 652–672. 12 indexed citations
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Tapia, Joseline, Brian Townley, Loreto Córdova, Fernando Poblete, & César Arriagada. (2016). Hydrothermal alteration and its effects on the magnetic properties of Los Pelambres, a large multistage porphyry copper deposit. Journal of Applied Geophysics. 132. 125–136. 15 indexed citations
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Mathur, Ryan, LeeAnn Munk, Brian Townley, et al.. (2014). Tracing low-temperature aqueous metal migration in mineralized watersheds with Cu isotope fractionation. Applied Geochemistry. 51. 109–115. 30 indexed citations
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Noble, Ryan, et al.. (2013). Metal migration at the North Miitel Ni sulphide deposit in the southern Yilgarn Craton: Part 3, gas and overview. Geochemistry Exploration Environment Analysis. 13(2). 99–113. 22 indexed citations
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Townley, Brian, et al.. (2011). Abstract: Geochemistry of pediment over the Toki Cluster porphyry copper deposits, Atacama Desert, Chile. 47(1). 1 indexed citations
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Nalpas, Thierry, et al.. (2011). Influencia de un bloque rigido en un sistema de fallas de rumbo: modelamiento análogo. Andean geology. 38(1). 1 indexed citations
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Palacios, Carlos, Brian Townley, Miguel A. Parada, et al.. (2006). The Mantos Blancos copper deposit: an upper Jurassic breccia-style hydrothermal system in the Coastal Range of Northern Chile. Mineralium Deposita. 41(3). 246–258. 40 indexed citations
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Palacios, Carlos, et al.. (2005). Copper geochemistry in salt from evaporite soils, Coastal Range of the Atacama Desert, northern Chile: an exploration tool for blind Cu deposits. Geochemistry Exploration Environment Analysis. 5(4). 371–378. 20 indexed citations
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Oliveros, Verónica, Luis Aguirre, & Brian Townley. (2003). Alteration processes in igneous rocks of the michilla mining area, coastal range, northern chile, and their relation with copper mineralisation. EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly. 6291. 2 indexed citations
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Townley, Brian, et al.. (2001). Isotope characterization of lead in galena from ore deposits of the Aysén Region, southern Chile. Mineralium Deposita. 36(1). 45–57. 21 indexed citations
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Townley, Brian, et al.. (2000). Base and precious metals geochemistry of rock units of the mainland Aysén region, Chilean Patagonia. Journal of Geochemical Exploration. 68(1-2). 21–46. 4 indexed citations
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Townley, Brian & Carlos Palacios. (1999). Ore deposits and metallogenesis of mainland Patagonia, Aysen, Chile. Exploration and Mining Geology. 8. 91–108. 4 indexed citations

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