C. W. Heil

1.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
25 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

C. W. Heil is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, C. W. Heil has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Atmospheric Science, 10 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 8 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in C. W. Heil's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (21 papers), Geological formations and processes (10 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (8 papers). C. W. Heil is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (21 papers), Geological formations and processes (10 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (8 papers). C. W. Heil collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Argentina. C. W. Heil's co-authors include John W. King, Christopher A. Scholz, Timothy M. Shanahan, Jonathan T. Overpeck, John A. Peck, Nicholas P. McKay, Konrad A Hughen, Bette L. Otto‐Bliesner, Steven L. Forman and Erik T. Brown and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Scientific Reports and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

C. W. Heil

24 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

East African megadroughts between 135 and 75 thousand years ago and bearing on early-modern human origins

2007 350 citations Christopher A. Scholz, Thomas C. Johnson et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
The time-transgressive termination of the African Humid Period

2015 328 citations Timothy M. Shanahan, Nicholas P. McKay et al. Nature Geoscience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
C. W. Heil United States	16	844	343	331	304	273	25	1.2k
Abdulkarim Al-Subbary Yemen	10	1.3k 1.5×	341 1.0×	484 1.5×	359 1.2×	334 1.2×	14	1.7k
Alexander Francke Germany	25	1.2k 1.5×	287 0.8×	213 0.6×	397 1.3×	379 1.4×	61	1.5k
Holger Kuhlmann Germany	20	1.1k 1.3×	221 0.6×	474 1.4×	204 0.7×	341 1.2×	29	1.3k
Neri Ciaranfi Italy	23	1.0k 1.2×	282 0.8×	402 1.2×	359 1.2×	354 1.3×	37	1.5k
Joyce Lundberg Canada	21	1.2k 1.4×	257 0.7×	671 2.0×	391 1.3×	416 1.5×	74	1.6k
Natalia Rudaya Russia	22	1.3k 1.5×	404 1.2×	166 0.5×	357 1.2×	236 0.9×	72	1.5k
А. А. Величко Russia	14	1.1k 1.3×	381 1.1×	136 0.4×	290 1.0×	235 0.9×	23	1.4k
T. Caley France	18	957 1.1×	276 0.8×	375 1.1×	206 0.7×	304 1.1×	30	1.1k
Guangrong Dong China	20	904 1.1×	316 0.9×	513 1.5×	312 1.0×	206 0.8×	52	1.5k
S.K. Krivonogov Russia	23	1.2k 1.4×	406 1.2×	179 0.5×	448 1.5×	324 1.2×	84	2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by C. W. Heil

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of C. W. Heil

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Deino, Alan L., C. W. Heil, John W. King, et al.. (2020). Chronostratigraphy and age modeling of Pleistocene drill cores from the Olduvai Basin, Tanzania (Olduvai Gorge Coring Project). Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 571. 109990–109990. 31 indexed citations

Cormier, Marie‐Hélène, Heather Sloan, John W. King, et al.. (2018). Late Quaternary Fault-Related Folding, Uplifted Paleoshoreline, and Liquefaction Structures: Clues About Transpressional Activity Along the North America - Caribbean Plate Boundary From a Comprehensive Seismic Reflection Survey of Lake Azuei, Haiti. 1 indexed citations

Cormier, Marie‐Hélène, Heather Sloan, Dominique Boisson, et al.. (2018). Signature of Transpressional Tectonics in the Holocene Stratigraphy of Lake Azuei, Haiti: Preliminary Results From a High-Resolution Subbottom Profiling Survey. 1 indexed citations

Reilly, Brendan T., Joseph S. Stoner, Robert G. Hatfield, et al.. (2018). Regionally consistent Western North America paleomagnetic directions from 15 to 35 ka: Assessing chronology and uncertainty with paleosecular variation (PSV) stratigraphy. Quaternary Science Reviews. 201. 186–205. 11 indexed citations

Deino, Alan L., et al.. (2016). CHRONOLOGY OF THE OLORGESAILIE DRILLING PROJECT CORE 1A, KOORA GRABEN, SOUTHERN KENYA RIFT. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations

Shanahan, Timothy M., Konrad A Hughen, Nicholas P. McKay, et al.. (2016). CO2 and fire influence tropical ecosystem stability in response to climate change. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 29587–29587. 25 indexed citations

Shanahan, Timothy M., Nicholas P. McKay, Konrad A Hughen, et al.. (2015). The time-transgressive termination of the African Humid Period. Nature Geoscience. 8(2). 140–144. 328 indexed citations breakdown →

Shanahan, Timothy M., J Beck, Jonathan T. Overpeck, et al.. (2012). Late Quaternary sedimentological and climate changes at Lake Bosumtwi Ghana: New constraints from laminae analysis and radiocarbon age modeling. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 361-362. 49–60. 32 indexed citations

Shanahan, Timothy M., John A. Peck, Nicholas P. McKay, et al.. (2012). Age models for long lacustrine sediment records using multiple dating approaches – An example from Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana. Quaternary Geochronology. 15. 47–60. 32 indexed citations

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Heil, C. W., John W. King, Marcelo Zárate, & P. H. Schultz. (2010). Climatic interpretation of a 1.9 Ma environmental magnetic record of loess deposition and soil formation in the central eastern Pampas of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Quaternary Science Reviews. 29(19-20). 2705–2718. 23 indexed citations

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Nie, Junsheng, Yougui Song, John W. King, Xiaomin Fang, & C. W. Heil. (2009). HIRM variations in the Chinese red-clay sequence: Insights into pedogenesis in the dust source area. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 38(3-4). 96–104. 42 indexed citations

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King, John W., C. W. Heil, & J. A. Peck. (2008). Paleomagnetic and Mineral-Magnetic Results From the Lake Bosumtwi Drilling Project. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2008. 1 indexed citations

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Lewis, C F M, John W. King, G R Brooks, et al.. (2008). Dry Climate Disconnected the Laurentian Great Lakes. Eos. 89(52). 541–542. 37 indexed citations

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O’Regan, Matt, John W. King, Jan Backman, et al.. (2008). Constraints on the Pleistocene chronology of sediments from the Lomonosov Ridge. Journal of Media Literacy Education. 23(1). 102 indexed citations

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Peck, J. A., Timothy M. Shanahan, Jonathan King, et al.. (2007). The 1 Ma Lake Bosumtwi (West Africa) Paleoclimate Record: Comparisons to Marine and Polar Records. AGUFM. 2007. 1 indexed citations

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Scholz, Christopher A., Thomas C. Johnson, Andrew S. Cohen, et al.. (2007). East African megadroughts between 135 and 75 thousand years ago and bearing on early-modern human origins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(42). 16416–16421. 350 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zárate, Marcelo, P. H. Schultz, Adriana Blasi, et al.. (2007). Geology and geochronology of type Chasicoan (late Miocene) mammal-bearing deposits of Buenos Aires (Argentina). Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 23(1). 81–90. 72 indexed citations

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Lewis, C F M, C. W. Heil, J. Bradford Hubeny, et al.. (2007). The Stanley unconformity in Lake Huron basin: evidence for a climate-driven closed lowstand about 7900 14C BP, with similar implications for the Chippewa lowstand in Lake Michigan basin. Journal of Paleolimnology. 37(3). 435–452. 52 indexed citations

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Peck, J. A., C. W. Heil, Jonathan King, et al.. (2005). The Lake Bosumtwi Drilling Project: A 1 Ma West African Paleoclimate Record. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2005. 4 indexed citations

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Zárate, Marcelo, et al.. (2004). Impact Glasses as Chronostratigraphic Benchmarks of the Late Cenozoic Pampean Record, Argentina. Journal of Media Literacy Education. 39. 5199. 1 indexed citations

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