Christopher J. Lepre

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Christopher J. Lepre is a scholar working on Paleontology, Atmospheric Science and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher J. Lepre has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Paleontology, 18 papers in Atmospheric Science and 17 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Christopher J. Lepre's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (18 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (17 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (13 papers). Christopher J. Lepre is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (18 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (17 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (13 papers). Christopher J. Lepre collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Netherlands. Christopher J. Lepre's co-authors include Rhonda L. Quinn, Dennis V. Kent, Craig S. Feibel, Jean‐Philip Brugal, Sonia Harmand, Hélène Roche, Craig S. Feibel, Pierre-Jean Texier, Arnaud Lenoble and Paul E. Olsen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Christopher J. Lepre

30 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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An earlier origin for the Acheulian

2011 321 citations Christopher J. Lepre, Hélène Roche et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher J. Lepre United States	17	606	596	266	212	175	31	1.0k
Giulio Pavia Italy	16	710 1.2×	415 0.7×	296 1.1×	181 0.9×	74 0.4×	62	962
Renaud Joannes‐Boyau Australia	20	738 1.2×	770 1.3×	296 1.1×	545 2.6×	170 1.0×	62	1.6k
Loïc Ségalen France	17	458 0.8×	260 0.4×	199 0.7×	119 0.6×	83 0.5×	37	919
Rajeev Patnaik India	18	664 1.1×	274 0.5×	168 0.6×	130 0.6×	140 0.8×	98	1.1k
Jackson K. Njau United States	22	920 1.5×	1.1k 1.8×	321 1.2×	444 2.1×	385 2.2×	62	1.6k
Les Kinsley Australia	14	354 0.6×	399 0.7×	227 0.9×	257 1.2×	56 0.3×	16	1.1k
Hideo Nakaya Japan	19	817 1.3×	508 0.9×	119 0.4×	129 0.6×	378 2.2×	56	1.1k
Christopher J. Campisano United States	15	551 0.9×	602 1.0×	167 0.6×	141 0.7×	310 1.8×	41	887
Mark J. Sier Spain	15	526 0.9×	689 1.2×	316 1.2×	349 1.6×	72 0.4×	30	953
Jocelyn Bernatchez Australia	5	863 1.4×	1.1k 1.8×	325 1.2×	429 2.0×	107 0.6×	6	1.4k

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Lepre, Christopher J., et al.. (2024). Visible-Light Spectroscopy and Rock Magnetic Analyses of Iron Oxides in Mixed-Mineral Assemblages. Crystals. 14(7). 644–644. 2 indexed citations

Lepre, Christopher J., et al.. (2024). Paleoclimate Controls on West African Dust Inferred from Rb/Sr and Si/Al of Sediments in an Eastern Equatorial Atlantic Marine Core. Atmosphere. 15(8). 902–902. 1 indexed citations

Lepre, Christopher J.. (2023). Identifying Temperature and Moisture Controls on Fe Oxide Origins. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(17). 1 indexed citations

Quinn, Rhonda L. & Christopher J. Lepre. (2021). Contracting eastern African C4 grasslands during the extinction of Paranthropus boisei. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 7164–7164. 14 indexed citations

Lepre, Christopher J. & Paul E. Olsen. (2021). Hematite reconstruction of Late Triassic hydroclimate over the Colorado Plateau. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(7). 26 indexed citations

Gehrels, George E., Dominique Giesler, Paul E. Olsen, et al.. (2020). LA-ICPMS U–Pb geochronology of detrital zircon grains from the Coconino, Moenkopi, and Chinle formations in the Petrified Forest National Park (Arizona). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). 257–282. 33 indexed citations

Quinn, Rhonda L., et al.. (2020). Influences of dietary niche expansion and Pliocene environmental changes on the origins of stone tool making. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 562. 110074–110074. 11 indexed citations

Quinn, Rhonda L. & Christopher J. Lepre. (2019). Revisiting the pedogenic carbonate isotopes and paleoenvironmental interpretation of Kanapoi. Journal of Human Evolution. 140. 102549–102549. 19 indexed citations

Lepre, Christopher J.. (2019). Constraints on Fe‐Oxide Formation in Monsoonal Vertisols of Pliocene Kenya Using Rock Magnetism and Spectroscopy. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 20(11). 4998–5013. 7 indexed citations

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Lepre, Christopher J. & Dennis V. Kent. (2017). Removal of spurious normal polarity directions in the Kanapoi Formation with progressive thermal demagnetization: implications for dating Pliocene hominin fossils from the Turkana Basin of Kenya. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2017. 1 indexed citations

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Mana, Sara, et al.. (2016). GEOCHRONOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY FOR PALEOANTHROPOLOGY SITES FROM EAST-CENTRAL AREA 130, KOOBI FORA, KENYA. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations

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Sun, Jing, Steven N. Chillrud, Brian J. Mailloux, et al.. (2015). Enhanced and stabilized arsenic retention in microcosms through the microbial oxidation of ferrous iron by nitrate. Chemosphere. 144. 1106–1115. 54 indexed citations

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Lepre, Christopher J. & Dennis V. Kent. (2015). Chronostratigraphy of KNM-ER 3733 and other Area 104 hominins from Koobi Fora. Journal of Human Evolution. 86. 99–111. 27 indexed citations

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Lepre, Christopher J.. (2014). Early Pleistocene lake formation and hominin origins in the Turkana–Omo rift. Quaternary Science Reviews. 102. 181–191. 24 indexed citations

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Quinn, Rhonda L., Christopher J. Lepre, Craig S. Feibel, et al.. (2013). Pedogenic carbonate stable isotopic evidence for wooded habitat preference of early Pleistocene tool makers in the Turkana Basin. Journal of Human Evolution. 65(1). 65–78. 46 indexed citations

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Lepre, Christopher J., Hélène Roche, Dennis V. Kent, et al.. (2011). An earlier origin for the Acheulian. Nature. 477(7362). 82–85. 321 indexed citations breakdown →

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Indriati, Etty, Carl C. Swisher, Christopher J. Lepre, et al.. (2011). The Age of the 20 Meter Solo River Terrace, Java, Indonesia and the Survival of Homo erectus in Asia. PLoS ONE. 6(6). e21562–e21562. 88 indexed citations

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Feibel, Craig S., Christopher J. Lepre, & Rhonda L. Quinn. (2009). Stratigraphy, correlation, and age estimates for fossils from Area 123, Koobi Fora. Journal of Human Evolution. 57(2). 112–122. 29 indexed citations

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Lepre, Christopher J., Rhonda L. Quinn, Josephine C.A. Joordens, Carl C. Swisher, & Craig S. Feibel. (2007). Plio-Pleistocene facies environments from the KBS Member, Koobi Fora Formation: implications for climate controls on the development of lake-margin hominin habitats in the northeast Turkana Basin (northwest Kenya). Journal of Human Evolution. 53(5). 504–514. 51 indexed citations

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Quinn, Rhonda L., Christopher J. Lepre, James D. Wright, & Craig S. Feibel. (2007). Paleogeographic variations of pedogenic carbonate δ13C values from Koobi Fora, Kenya: implications for floral compositions of Plio-Pleistocene hominin environments. Journal of Human Evolution. 53(5). 560–573. 55 indexed citations

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