Chris Holmden

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
84 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Chris Holmden is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Geochemistry and Petrology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Chris Holmden has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Atmospheric Science, 40 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology and 32 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Chris Holmden's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (49 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (30 papers) and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (23 papers). Chris Holmden is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (49 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (30 papers) and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (23 papers). Chris Holmden collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Czechia. Chris Holmden's co-authors include Michael J. Melchin, Andrew D. Jacobson, William P. Patterson, Nicolas Bélanger, Charles E. Mitchell, Stephen A. Leslie, Karla Panchuk, Karlis Muehlenbachs, Robert A. Creaser and Marghaleray Amini and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Chris Holmden

81 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

Mineralogy, early marine diagenesis, and the chemistry of shallow-water carbonate sediments

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Linda C. Kah United States

Christian J. Bjerrum Denmark

Dieter Buhl Germany

Angela L. Coe United Kingdom

Michael A. Arthur United States

Bernhard Peucker‐Ehrenbrink United States

Benjamin Mills United Kingdom

Malcolm W. Wallace Australia

Harry Rowe United States

Philip A.E. Pogge von Strandmann United Kingdom

Linda C. Kah United States

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chris Holmden

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chris Holmden

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chris Holmden. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chris Holmden based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Chris Holmden. Chris Holmden is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Mitchell, Charles E., H. David Sheets, Michael J. Melchin, & Chris Holmden. (2025). What Does Graptolite Origination and Extinction Reveal about the Cause of the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction?. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

Holmden, Chris, et al.. (2024). Shelf-to-basin shuttle of highly fractionated chromium isotopes in the Arctic Ocean. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 387. 83–97. 3 indexed citations

Holmden, Chris, et al.. (2024). Ca isotopic gradients in epeiric marine carbonates: Diagenetic origins of and significance for Ca cycle reconstructions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 373. 151–168. 3 indexed citations

Novák, Martin, Chris Holmden, Alexandre V. Andronikov, et al.. (2024). Mg, Ca and Sr isotope dynamics in a small forested catchment underlain by paragneiss: The role of geogenic, atmospheric, and biogenic sources of base cations. Geoderma. 442. 116768–116768. 3 indexed citations

Williams, Helen M., A. D. Brandon, Chris Holmden, et al.. (2024). Iron Isotopes reveal volcanogenic input during Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (OAE 2 ∼ 94 Ma). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 389. 157–167.

Novák, Martin, Yulia V. Erban Kochergina, Alexandre V. Andronikov, et al.. (2024). Sizeable net export of base cations from a Carpathian flysch catchment indicates their geogenic origin while the 26Mg/24Mg, 44Ca/40Ca and 87Sr/86Sr isotope ratios in runoff are indistinguishable from atmospheric input. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 31(17). 26261–26281.

McMahon, Augusta, Tamsin C. O’Connell, Hazel Reade, et al.. (2022). Were there royal herds? Understanding herd management and mobility using isotopic characterizations of cattle tooth enamel from Early Dynastic Ur. PLoS ONE. 17(6). e0265170–e0265170. 2 indexed citations

Brandon, A. D., et al.. (2021). Changing inputs of continental and submarine weathering sources of Sr to the oceans during OAE 2. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 303. 205–222. 18 indexed citations

Schoenberg, Ronny, et al.. (2016). The stable Cr isotopic compositions of chondrites and silicate planetary reservoirs. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 183. 14–30. 64 indexed citations

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Scheiderich, Kathleen, Marghaleray Amini, Chris Holmden, & Roger François. (2015). Global variability of chromium isotopes in seawater demonstrated by Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic Ocean samples. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 423. 87–97. 124 indexed citations

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Bélanger, Nicolas, Chris Holmden, François Courchesne, Benoît Côté, & William H. Hendershot. (2012). Constraining soil mineral weathering 87Sr/86Sr for calcium apportionment studies of a deciduous forest growing on soils developed from granitoid igneous rocks. Geoderma. 185-186. 84–96. 39 indexed citations

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Fantle, Matthew S., H. Tollerud, Anton Eisenhauer, & Chris Holmden. (2010). The Ca Isotopic Composition of Dust-Producing Regions. AGUFM. 2010. 1 indexed citations

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Huang, Fang, Craig C. Lundstrom, Chris Holmden, et al.. (2010). Isotope fractionation in silicate melts by thermal diffusion. Nature. 464(7287). 396–400. 189 indexed citations

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Amini, Marghaleray, Chris Holmden, & Klaus Peter Jochum. (2009). The Ca isotope composition of bulk Earth: Revisited. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement. 73. 1 indexed citations

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Holmden, Chris, Marghaleray Amini, & Roger François. (2008). Uranium isotope fractionation in Saanich Inlet. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement. 72(12). 6 indexed citations

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Holmden, Chris & Nicolas Bélanger. (2006). Calcium isotope fractionation in a boreal forest ecosystem. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 70(18). A261–A261. 5 indexed citations

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Noble, Paula J., et al.. (2005). Early Silurian (Wenlockian) δ¹³C profiles from the Cape Phillips Formation, Arctic Canada and their relation to biotic events. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 42(8). 1419–1430. 41 indexed citations

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Holmden, Chris, B. M. Eglington, & D. A. Papanastassiou. (2003). High Mass Resolution Plasma Mass Spectrometry of Cr Isotopes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement. 2003(10). 1 indexed citations

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Holmden, Chris, Robert A. Creaser, Karlis Muehlenbachs, Stephen A. Leslie, & Stig M. Bergström. (1998). Isotopic evidence for geochemical decoupling between ancient epeiric seas and bordering oceans: Implications for secular curves. Geology. 26(6). 567–567. 257 indexed citations

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Holmden, Chris, Robert A. Creaser, & Karlis Muehlenbachs. (1997). Paleosalinities in ancient brackish water systems determined by 87Sr/86Sr ratios in carbonate fossils: A case study from the Western Canada sedimentary basin. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 61(10). 2105–2118. 71 indexed citations

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