Carol A. Stein

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

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Carol A. Stein is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Carol A. Stein has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Geophysics, 15 papers in Atmospheric Science and 12 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Carol A. Stein's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (33 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (29 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (23 papers). Carol A. Stein is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (33 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (29 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (23 papers). Carol A. Stein collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Denmark. Carol A. Stein's co-authors include Seth Stein, Douglas A. Wiens, Richard G. Gordon, Charles DeMets, Seth Stein, Jonas Kley, Sierd Cloetingh, Dale Woods, P. Lundgren and Dallas Abbott and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Carol A. Stein

63 papers receiving 3.2k citations

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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.

A model for the global variation in oceanic depth and heat flow with lithospheric age

1992 1.2k citations Carol A. Stein, Seth Stein Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Carol A. Stein United States	26	2.7k	622	405	317	242	63	3.5k
Pascal Gente France	28	2.0k 0.7×	570 0.9×	375 0.9×	207 0.7×	159 0.7×	53	2.5k
Fernando Martínez United States	35	3.2k 1.2×	516 0.8×	741 1.8×	263 0.8×	313 1.3×	80	3.8k
Donna K. Blackman United States	27	3.6k 1.3×	536 0.9×	297 0.7×	359 1.1×	395 1.6×	79	4.5k
A. J. Harding United States	39	4.3k 1.6×	627 1.0×	401 1.0×	199 0.6×	219 0.9×	108	4.7k
R. Pedersen Norway	33	2.6k 1.0×	607 1.0×	172 0.4×	212 0.7×	328 1.4×	82	3.5k
Richard W. Saltus United States	21	1.1k 0.4×	659 1.1×	541 1.3×	341 1.1×	234 1.0×	70	2.1k
Ingo Grevemeyer Germany	44	4.8k 1.8×	616 1.0×	565 1.4×	350 1.1×	523 2.2×	204	5.5k
Jeffrey A. Karson United States	37	3.2k 1.2×	876 1.4×	387 1.0×	434 1.4×	607 2.5×	77	4.6k
John Casey United States	35	2.8k 1.1×	518 0.8×	285 0.7×	218 0.7×	147 0.6×	101	3.6k
Colin W. Devey Germany	34	2.9k 1.1×	695 1.1×	373 0.9×	154 0.5×	208 0.9×	119	3.8k

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Stein, Carol A., et al.. (2021). Revisiting Hotspots and Continental Breakup – Updating the Classical Three-arm Model. 2 indexed citations

Rooney, Tyrone O., et al.. (2021). Geochemical, petrographic, and stratigraphic analyses of the Portage Lake Volcanics of the Keweenawan CFBP: implications for the evolution of main stage volcanism in continental flood basalt provinces. Geological Society London Special Publications. 518(1). 67–100. 8 indexed citations

Malone, David H., Carol A. Stein, John P. Craddock, & Seth Stein. (2020). NEOPROTEROZOIC SEDIMENTATION IN THE LAURENTIAN MIDCONTINENT: DETRITAL ZIRCON PROVENANCE OF THE JACOBSVILLE SANDSTONE, LAKE SUPERIOR BASIN, USA AND CANADA. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations

Rooney, Tyrone O., E. Brown, R. Moucha, Carol A. Stein, & Seth Stein. (2016). The Last Gasp - the Terminal Magmatic Stages of the Keweenaw LIP. AGUFM. 2016. 1 indexed citations

Stein, Carol A., Jonas Kley, Seth Stein, John P. Craddock, & David H. Malone. (2015). Age of the Jacobsville Sandstone and Implications for the Evolution of the Midcontinent Rift. AGUFM. 2015. 3 indexed citations

Stein, Carol A.. (2014). MID-CONTINENT RIFT: RIFT, LIP, OR BOTH AND IMPLICATIONS FOR RODINIA RECONSTRUCTIONS. 2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia (19–22 October 2014). 2 indexed citations

Stein, Carol A., et al.. (2014). Was the Midcontinent Rift part of a successful seafloor‐spreading episode?. Geophysical Research Letters. 41(5). 1465–1470. 63 indexed citations

Hutnak, M., A. T. Fisher, Robert N. Harris, et al.. (2008). Large heat and fluid fluxes driven through mid-plate outcrops on ocean crust. Nature Geoscience. 1(9). 611–614. 89 indexed citations

Stein, Carol A., Sebastian Stein, Richard P. Von Herzen, & A. T. Fisher. (2006). Does Hydrothermal Circulation Matter. AGUSM. 2007. 1 indexed citations

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Fiebig, Markus, et al.. (2005). Inversion of data containing information on the aerosol particle size distribution using multiple instruments. Journal of Aerosol Science. 36(11). 1353–1372. 31 indexed citations

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Fisher, A. T., R. N. Harris, Carol A. Stein, et al.. (2001). Heat Flow on the Incoming Plate Offshore Nicoya, Costa Rica margin: Implications for Hydrothermal Circulation and the Thermal State of the Subducting Plate. AGUFM. 2001. 6 indexed citations

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Stein, Carol A., F. Schröder, & Andreas Petzold. (2001). THE CONDENSATION PARTICLE SIZE ANALYZER: A NEW INSTRUMENT FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF ULTRAFINE AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS. Journal of Aerosol Science. 32. 381–382. 12 indexed citations

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Stein, Seth, et al.. (1999). Extraction of a lithospheric cooling signal from oceanwide geoid data. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 174(1-2). 173–181. 25 indexed citations

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Stein, Seth & Carol A. Stein. (1997). Sea-Floor Depth and the Lake Wobegon Effect. Science. 275(5306). 1613–1613. 5 indexed citations

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Stein, Carol A. & Seth Stein. (1992). A model for the global variation in oceanic depth and heat flow with lithospheric age. Nature. 359(6391). 123–129. 1193 indexed citations breakdown →

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Abbott, Dallas, Carol A. Stein, & Orest Diachok. (1992). Topographic relief and sediment thickness: Their effects on the thermal evolution of the oceanic crust. Geophysical Research Letters. 19(19). 1975–1978. 7 indexed citations

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Stein, Carol A. & Dallas Abbott. (1991). Heat flow constraints on the South Pacific Superswell. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 96(B10). 16083–16099. 40 indexed citations

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Wiens, Douglas A., Seth Stein, Charles DeMets, Richard G. Gordon, & Carol A. Stein. (1986). Plate tectonic models for Indian Ocean “intraplate” deformation. Tectonophysics. 132(1-3). 37–48. 58 indexed citations

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Wiens, Douglas A., Charles DeMets, Richard G. Gordon, et al.. (1985). A diffuse plate boundary model for Indian Ocean tectonics. Geophysical Research Letters. 12(7). 429–432. 181 indexed citations

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Stein, Carol A., et al.. (1966). THE GEOLOGY OF THE BONAPARTE GULF BASIN. The APPEA Journal. 6(1). 7–11. 3 indexed citations

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