Bryan G. Mark

11.0k citations

158 papers · 7.3k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 50

Impact in

Atmospheric Science top 0.2%
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Climate change and permafrost
Paleontology top 1%
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies

Papers in ⓘ

Atmospheric Science 126
- Cryospheric studies and observations 76
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research 69
- Climate change and permafrost 55
Water Science and Technology 30
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies 29

Co-authors: Jeffrey M. McKenzie (37 shared papers)Geoffrey O. Seltzer (11 shared papers)Michel Baraër (30 shared papers)Donald T. Rodbell (19 shared papers)Bruce P. Finney (12 shared papers)Mathias Vuille (6 shared papers)Jeffrey Bury (15 shared papers)Raymond S. Bradley (4 shared papers)
Journals: Quaternary Research (17 papers)Quaternary Science Reviews (14 papers)Journal of Quaternary Science (6 papers)Hydrological Processes (5 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (5 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Bryan G. Mark

153 papers receiving 6.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Cryo-social dynamics: the interplay of glacial dynamics and socioeconomic conditions in the Shigar Valley, Karakoram, Pakistan 2025 · 16 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2025 GeoJournal
2017 Earth s Future
2008 Earth-Science Reviews

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1	Climate change and tropical Andean glaciers: Past, present and future Earth-Science Reviews ·Mathias Vuille, Bernard Francou, Patrick Wagnon, Irmgard Juen, Georg Kaser, Bryan G. Mark, Raymond S. Bradley Hit paper breakdown →	2008	504
2	Toward mountains without permanent snow and ice Earth s Future ·Matthias Huss, Bodo Bookhagen, Christian Huggel, Dean Jacobsen, Raymond S. Bradley, John J. Clague, Mathias Vuille, Wouter Buytaert, Daniel R. Cayan, Gregory B. Greenwood, Bryan G. Mark, Alexander M. Milner, Rolf Weingartner, Monika Winder Hit paper breakdown →	2017	367
3	Climate Variation and the Rise and Fall of an Andean Civilization Quaternary Research ·Michael W. Binford, Alan L. Kolata, Mark Brenner, John W. Janusek, Matthew T. Seddon, Bryan G. Mark, Jason H. Curtis	1997	260
4	A 3500¹⁴C yr High-Resolution Record of Water-Level Changes in Lake Titicaca, Bolivia/Peru Quaternary Research ·Bryan G. Mark, Michael W. Binford, Mark Brenner, Kerry Kelts	1997	229
5	Glacier recession and water resources in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca Journal of Glaciology ·Michel Baraër, Bryan G. Mark, Jeffrey M. McKenzie, Thomas Condom, Jeffrey Bury, K. I. Huh, César Portocarrero, Jesús Gómez, Sarah Rathay	2012	221
6	Reconstruction of equilibrium-line altitudes for tropical and sub-tropical glaciers Quaternary International ·Douglas I. Benn, Lewis A. Owen, Henry Osmaston, Geoffrey O. Seltzer, Stephen C. Porter, Bryan G. Mark	2005	202
7	Holocene paleohydrology and glacial history of the central Andes using multiproxy lake sediment studies Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology ·Bryan G. Mark, Brent B. Wolfe, Alexander P. Wolfe, Geoffrey O. Seltzer, Ramón Aravena, Brian G Mark, P. J. Polissar, Donald T. Rodbell, Harry Rowe, Mathias Vuille	2003	177
8	Regional atmospheric circulation change in the North Pacific during the Holocene inferred from lacustrine carbonate oxygen isotopes, Yukon Territory, Canada Quaternary Research ·Lesleigh Anderson, Bryan G. Mark, Bruce P. Finney, Stephen Burns	2005	158
9	Glacier recession and human vulnerability in the Yanamarey watershed of the Cordillera Blanca, Peru Climatic Change ·Jeffrey Bury, Bryan G. Mark, Jeffrey M. McKenzie, Adam French, Michel Baraër, Kyung In Huh, Marco Alfonso Zapata Luyo, Ricardo Jesús Gomez	2010	137
10	Tropical glacier meltwater contribution to stream discharge: a case study in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru Journal of Glaciology ·Bryan G. Mark, Geoffrey O. Seltzer	2003	120
11	Lake-Level Reconstruction and Paleohydrology of Birch Lake, Central Alaska, Based on Seismic Reflection Profiles and Core Transects Quaternary Research ·Bryan G. Mark, Bruce P. Finney, Mary E. Edwards, Kerry Kelts	2000	112
12	Climate Change and Tropical Andean Glacier Recession: Evaluating Hydrologic Changes and Livelihood Vulnerability in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru Annals of the Association of American Geographers ·Bryan G. Mark, Jeffrey Bury, Jeffrey M. McKenzie, Adam French, Michel Baraër	2010	106
13	Holocene Paleohydrology of the Tropical Andes from Lake Records Quaternary Research ·Bryan G. Mark, Geoffrey O. Seltzer, Kerry Kelts, John Southon	1997	106
14	Glacier changes and climate trends derived from multiple sources in the data scarce Cordillera Vilcanota region, southern Peruvian Andes The cryosphere ·Nadine Salzmann, Christian Huggel, Mario Rohrer, Walter Silverio, Bryan G. Mark, Patrick Burns, César Portocarrero	2013	104
15	Evaluation of recent glacier recession in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru (AD 1962–1999): spatial distribution of mass loss and climatic forcing Quaternary Science Reviews ·Bryan G. Mark, Geoffrey O. Seltzer	2005	104
16	Toward hydro-social modeling: Merging human variables and the social sciences with climate-glacier runoff models (Santa River, Peru) Journal of Hydrology ·Mark Carey, Michel Baraër, Bryan G. Mark, Adam French, Jeffrey Bury, Kenneth R. Young, Jeffrey M. McKenzie	2013	99
17	New Geographies of Water and Climate Change in Peru: Coupled Natural and Social Transformations in the Santa River Watershed Annals of the Association of American Geographers ·Jeffrey Bury, Bryan G. Mark, Mark Carey, Kenneth R. Young, Jeffrey M. McKenzie, Michel Baraër, Adam French, Molly H. Polk	2013	99
18	Holocene tropical South American hydroclimate revealed from a decadally resolved lake sediment δ18O record Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·Broxton W. Bird, Bryan G. Mark, Donald T. Rodbell, Mathias Vuille	2011	99
19	Solar modulation of Little Ice Age climate in the tropical Andes Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·P. J. Polissar, Bryan G. Mark, A. P. Wolfe, Maximiliano Bezada, Valentı́ Rull, R. S. Bradley	2006	94
20	Glacier loss and hydro-social risks in the Peruvian Andes Global and Planetary Change ·Bryan G. Mark, Adam French, Michel Baraër, Mark Carey, Jeffrey Bury, Kenneth R. Young, Molly H. Polk, Oliver Wigmore, Pablo Lagos, Ryan Crumley, Jeffrey M. McKenzie, Laura K. Lautz	2017	93

About Bryan G. Mark

Bryan G. Mark is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Water Science and Technology, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Paleontology, having authored 158 papers that have together received 7.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cryospheric studies and observations (76 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (69 papers), Climate change and permafrost (55 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (29 papers), Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond (12 papers), Geological formations and processes (12 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (11 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (5.2k citations), Paleontology (830 citations), Geochemistry and Petrology (469 citations), Water Science and Technology (1.1k citations) and Earth-Surface Processes (507 citations). Bryan G. Mark has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Jeffrey M. McKenzie, Geoffrey O. Seltzer, Michel Baraër, Donald T. Rodbell, Bruce P. Finney, Mathias Vuille, Jeffrey Bury, Raymond S. Bradley, Kerry Kelts and Nathan D. Stansell. Their work appears in journals such as Quaternary Research, Quaternary Science Reviews, Journal of Quaternary Science, Hydrological Processes and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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