Christopher J. Potter

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
74 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Christopher J. Potter is a scholar working on Geophysics, Mechanics of Materials and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher J. Potter has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Geophysics, 20 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 20 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in Christopher J. Potter's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (29 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (23 papers) and Geological Studies and Exploration (20 papers). Christopher J. Potter is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (29 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (23 papers) and Geological Studies and Exploration (20 papers). Christopher J. Potter collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Madagascar. Christopher J. Potter's co-authors include Ernest C. Hauser, Peter Schlesinger, Paul A. Lefebvre, Ane Alencar, Daniel C. Nepstad, Carlos A. Nobre, Jack Oliver, Thomas A. Hauge, Elsa Mendoza and Eirivelthon Lima and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Water Resources Research.

In The Last Decade

Christopher J. Potter

67 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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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.

Large-scale impoverishment of Amazonian forests by logging and fire

1999 973 citations Daniel C. Nepstad, Ane Alencar et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher J. Potter United States	22	1.4k	861	355	340	274	74	2.7k
F. J. Kruger South Africa	32	2.1k 1.5×	445 0.5×	485 1.4×	453 1.3×	263 1.0×	78	3.5k
William A. Thomas United States	32	2.8k 2.1×	199 0.2×	266 0.7×	121 0.4×	581 2.1×	142	4.0k
K. S. Valdiya India	28	1.8k 1.3×	264 0.3×	182 0.5×	76 0.2×	644 2.4×	61	2.9k
John Weber United States	24	702 0.5×	340 0.4×	392 1.1×	81 0.2×	820 3.0×	85	2.2k
Nicholas Pinter United States	31	484 0.4×	1.2k 1.4×	769 2.2×	102 0.3×	797 2.9×	84	2.7k
Luca Ferrari Mexico	36	4.0k 2.9×	127 0.1×	165 0.5×	101 0.3×	628 2.3×	107	4.7k
John F. Shroder United States	29	701 0.5×	550 0.6×	384 1.1×	51 0.1×	2.5k 9.3×	75	3.8k
Yu	15	232 0.2×	563 0.7×	214 0.6×	43 0.1×	473 1.7×	172	1.2k
Jacek Stankiewicz Germany	15	531 0.4×	150 0.2×	121 0.3×	101 0.3×	79 0.3×	33	1.1k
Adam D. Switzer Singapore	33	1.1k 0.8×	389 0.5×	762 2.1×	42 0.1×	1.7k 6.1×	146	3.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Beard, James S., Christopher J. Potter, Robert J. Bodnar, et al.. (2022). The Coles Hill Uranium Deposit, Virginia, USA: Geology, Geochemistry, Geochronology, and Genetic Model. Economic Geology. 117(2). 273–304. 5 indexed citations

Potter, Christopher J., Christopher J. Schenk, Tracey J. Mercier, et al.. (2019). Assessment of Paleozoic Shale-Oil and Shale-Gas Resources in the Tarim Basin of China, 2018. Fact sheet. 3 indexed citations

Schenk, Christopher J., Marilyn E. Tennyson, Tracey J. Mercier, et al.. (2018). Assessment of undiscovered continuous oil and gas resources in the Bohaiwan Basin Province, China, 2017. Fact sheet. 1 indexed citations

Potter, Christopher J., Christopher J. Schenk, Janet K. Pitman, et al.. (2018). Assessment of undiscovered continuous oil and gas resources of Upper Cretaceous Shales in the Songliao Basin of China, 2017. Fact sheet. 2 indexed citations

Potter, Christopher J.. (2018). Ecosystem carbon emissions from 2015 forest fires in interior Alaska. Carbon Balance and Management. 13(1). 2–2. 8 indexed citations

Potter, Christopher J., Christopher J. Schenk, Marilyn E. Tennyson, et al.. (2017). Assessment of Permian tight oil and gas resources in the Junggar basin of China, 2016. Fact sheet.

Lewis, Kristen A., Christopher J. Potter, Anjana K. Shah, et al.. (2015). Preliminary interpretation of industry two-dimensional seismic data from Susitna Basin, south-central Alaska. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 5 indexed citations

Hatch, Joseph R., Christopher J. Schenk, Ronald R. Charpentier, et al.. (2015). Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in the Cherokee Platform Province area of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri, 2015. Fact sheet. 2 indexed citations

Potter, Christopher J., Christopher J. Schenk, Ronald R. Charpentier, et al.. (2015). Assessment of Paleozoic shale gas resources in the Sichuan Basin of China, 2015. Fact sheet.

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Stanley, Richard G., Ronald R. Charpentier, Troy A. Cook, et al.. (2011). Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Cook Inlet region, south-central Alaska, 2011. Fact sheet. 5 indexed citations

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Ayuso, Robert A., Robert A. Burruss, Julie A. Dumoulin, et al.. (2007). Regional Fluid Flow and Basin Modeling in Northern Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey circular. 4 indexed citations

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Moore, Thomas E., et al.. (2007). Evidence From Detrital Zircon U-Pb Analysis for Suturing of Pre-Mississippian Terranes in Arctic Alaska. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 6 indexed citations

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Moore, Thomas E., Christopher J. Potter, Paul O’Sullivan, Kevin L. Shelton, & Michael B. Underwood. (2004). Two Stages of Deformation and Fluid Migration in the West-Central Brooks Range Fold and Thrust Belt, Northern Alaska. AAPG Bulletin. 1. 157–186. 20 indexed citations

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Potter, Christopher J., John A. Grow, William J. Perry, et al.. (2004). Tertiary Thrust Systems and Fluid Flow beneath the Beaufort Coastal Plain (1002 Area), Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, U.S.A.. AAPG Bulletin. 1. 187–214. 5 indexed citations

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Potter, Christopher J. & Thomas E. Moore. (2003). Brookian structural plays in the National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 2 indexed citations

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Nepstad, Daniel C., Ane Alencar, Carlos A. Nobre, et al.. (1999). Large-scale impoverishment of Amazonian forests by logging and fire. Nature. 398(6727). 505–508. 973 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dubiel, Russell F., Christopher J. Potter, L. W. Snee, & Steven C. Good. (1993). Sedimentologic and biostratigraphic implications for early Eocene lacustrine systems, eastern Great Basin, Nevada. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs; (United States). 2 indexed citations

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Potter, Christopher J., et al.. (1993). Controls on cross-sectional geometry of extensional basins, east-central Nevada -- A seismic-stratigraphic approach. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs; (United States).

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Potter, Christopher J., Martin B. Goldhaber, Cliff D. Taylor, & Paul C. Heigold. (1992). Regional seismic reflection line, southern Illinois Basin, provides new data on Cambrian rift geometry, Hicks Dome genesis, and the Fluorspar Area Fault Complex. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs; (United States). 3 indexed citations

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Goldhaber, Martin B., Christopher J. Potter, & Cliff D. Taylor. (1992). Constraints on Reelfoot Rift Evolution from a Reflection Seismic Profile in the Northern Rift. Seismological Research Letters. 63(3). 233–241. 7 indexed citations

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