Carlton E. Brett

9.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
217 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

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Carlton E. Brett is a scholar working on Paleontology, Atmospheric Science and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Carlton E. Brett has authored 217 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 157 papers in Paleontology, 95 papers in Atmospheric Science and 74 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Carlton E. Brett's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (149 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (94 papers) and Geological formations and processes (74 papers). Carlton E. Brett is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (149 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (94 papers) and Geological formations and processes (74 papers). Carlton E. Brett collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Carlton E. Brett's co-authors include Gordon C. Baird, Stephen E. Speyer, Sally E. Walker, Philip W. Signor, Patrick I. McLaughlin, W. D. Liddell, Bradley B. Sageman, Peter A. Allison, Wendy L. Taylor and Charles A. Ver Straeten and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Carlton E. Brett

210 papers receiving 6.9k citations

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Comparative Taphonomy: A Key to Paleoenvironmental Interpretation Based on Fossil Preservation

1986 507 citations Carlton E. Brett, Gordon C. Baird profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Phanerozoic marine bioevents: A review with applications to stratigraphy and earth history 2025 ·Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology ·Carlton E. Brett, James Zambito	0
2	The late Katian Elkhorn event: precursor to the Late Ordovician mass extinction 2023 ·Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences Geology ·Patrick I. McLaughlin, Thijs R.A. Vandenbroucke, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Mark Williams, Carlton E. Brett, (unknown), (unknown)	2
3	Spinosity, regeneration, and targeting among Paleozoic crinoids and their predators 2018 ·Paleobiology ·(unknown), Carlton E. Brett, Forest J. Gahn, Tomasz K. Baumiller	8
4	Paleoecological and stratigraphic controls on eurypterid Lagerstätten: a model for preservation in the mid-Paleozoic 2017 ·Paleobiology ·(unknown), Carlton E. Brett, (unknown)	11
5	Middle Paleozoic Sequence Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Cincinnati Arch: Part 2 Northern Kentucky and SE Indiana 2012 ·Opus: Research & Creativity (Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne) ·Carlton E. Brett, Benjamin F. Dattilo, Patrick I. McLaughlin, (unknown), (unknown), Bradley D. Cramer	3
6	Comparing taxonomic and geographic scales in the morphologic disparity of Ordovician through Early Silurian Laurentian crinoids 2012 ·Paleobiology ·Bradley Deline, William I. Ausich, Carlton E. Brett	17
7	New perspectives on transitions between ecological-evolutionary subunits in the “type interval” for coordinated stasis 2012 ·Paleobiology ·James Zambito, Carlton E. Brett, Gordon C. Baird, (unknown), Arnold I. Miller	11
8	Relative taxonomic and ecologic stability in Devonian marine faunas of New York State: a test of coordinated stasis 2009 ·Paleobiology ·Linda C. Ivany, Carlton E. Brett, (unknown), (unknown), John C. Handley	52
9	Eo-Ulrichian to Neo-Ulrichian views: The renaissance of "layer-cake stratigraphy" 2007 ·Stratigraphy ·Carlton E. Brett, (unknown), Gordon C. Baird	3
10	Evidence of High-Frequency Storm Disturbance in the Middle Devonian Arkona Shale, Southwestern Ontario 2006 ·Cameron J. Tsujita, Carlton E. Brett, (unknown), (unknown)	6
11	Geobiologie 2004 ·GoeScholar The Publication Server of the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) ·Peter Behrens, Carlton E. Brett, Alexander Bartholomew, Gordon C. 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12	A study of stasis and change in two species lineages from the Middle Devonian of New York state 1995 ·Paleobiology ·Bruce S. Lieberman, Carlton E. Brett, Niles Eldredge	60
13	Comparative Taphonomy and Ecology of Fossil “Mother Lodes” - Extraordinary Fossil Biotas: Their Ecological and Evolutionary Significance. H. B. Whittington and S. Conway Morris, eds. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 311 ; London. 1985. 191 pp. £40.00. 1988 ·Paleobiology ·Carlton E. Brett	3
14	Pelmatozoan echinoderms on Silurian bioherms in western New York and Ontario 1985 ·Journal of Paleontology ·Carlton E. Brett	21
15	Tremichnus; a new ichnogenus of circular-parabolic pits in fossil echinoderms 1985 ·Journal of Paleontology ·Carlton E. Brett	75
16	The mid-Paleozoic precursor to the Mesozoic marine revolution 1984 ·Paleobiology ·Philip W. Signor, Carlton E. Brett	287
17	Regional variation and paleontology of two coral beds in the Middle Devonian Hamilton Group of western New York 1983 ·Journal of Paleontology ·Gordon C. Baird, Carlton E. Brett	46
18	Skeletal Overgrowths Among Epizoans from the Silurian (Wenlockian) Waldron Shale 1982 ·Paleobiology ·W. D. Liddell, Carlton E. Brett	65
19	Systematics and paleoecology of Late Silurian (Wenlockian) calceocrinid crinoids from New York and Ontario 1981 ·Journal of Paleontology ·Carlton E. Brett	16
20	Preservation and paleoecology of a Middle Ordovician hardground community 1978 ·Paleobiology ·Carlton E. Brett, W. D. Liddell	102

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