Christopher K. West

551 total citations
22 papers, 351 citations indexed

About

Christopher K. West is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher K. West has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 351 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Atmospheric Science, 11 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 5 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Christopher K. West's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (13 papers), Plant Diversity and Evolution (11 papers) and Geological Studies and Exploration (5 papers). Christopher K. West is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (13 papers), Plant Diversity and Evolution (11 papers) and Geological Studies and Exploration (5 papers). Christopher K. West collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. Christopher K. West's co-authors include David R. Greenwood, Tammo Reichgelt, James F. Basinger, Jennifer M. Galloway, Aaron F. Diefendorf, Herbert W. Meyer, Kevin E. Mueller, Henry Fricke, John G. Conran and Lutz Reinhardt and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Christopher K. West

20 papers receiving 341 citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher K. West Canada	10	194	181	128	71	65	22	351
Khum N. Paudayal Nepal	12	218 1.1×	238 1.3×	127 1.0×	132 1.9×	62 1.0×	46	455
Torsten Utescher Germany	8	328 1.7×	170 0.9×	209 1.6×	40 0.6×	61 0.9×	10	455
Naresh C. Mehrotra India	9	175 0.9×	182 1.0×	135 1.1×	90 1.3×	62 1.0×	21	354
Linda VanAller Hernick United States	6	166 0.9×	350 1.9×	204 1.6×	113 1.6×	135 2.1×	7	545
Uwe Kaulfuß New Zealand	15	122 0.6×	331 1.8×	132 1.0×	85 1.2×	52 0.8×	46	488
Svetlana Popova Russia	11	180 0.9×	210 1.2×	100 0.8×	91 1.3×	105 1.6×	17	377
Anne-Marie P. Tosolini Australia	13	159 0.8×	272 1.5×	270 2.1×	94 1.3×	41 0.6×	21	518
Madhav Kumar India	10	199 1.0×	191 1.1×	125 1.0×	101 1.4×	60 0.9×	27	393
Rose Prevec South Africa	13	114 0.6×	286 1.6×	273 2.1×	78 1.1×	63 1.0×	25	519
M. A. Akhmetiev Russia	13	153 0.8×	175 1.0×	129 1.0×	79 1.1×	55 0.8×	27	420

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Greenwood, David R., John G. Conran, & Christopher K. West. (2025). A Cycas L. (Cycadaceae) Leaf from the Miocene of Northern South Australia. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 186(2). 114–126.

Reichgelt, Tammo & Christopher K. West. (2025). Insights into greener Miocene biomes and globally enhanced terrestrial productivity from fossil leaves. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 100058–100058. 3 indexed citations

West, Christopher K., et al.. (2024). Population Reinforcement of the Endangered Freshwater Pearl Mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera): Lessons Learned. Diversity. 16(3). 187–187. 1 indexed citations

West, Christopher K., et al.. (2024). Paleobotanical Evidence for Mediterranean Climates in the Western Canadian Paleoarctic During the Late Middle Eocene. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 39(10). 1 indexed citations

Reyes, Alberto V., Christopher K. West, Britta J.L. Jensen, et al.. (2024). Tephra zircon U-Pb geochronology of kimberlite maar sedimentary fills in subarctic Canada: Implications for Eocene paleoclimate and Late Cretaceous paleogeography. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 136(9-10). 3921–3938. 3 indexed citations

Reinhardt, Lutz, Werner von Gosen, Andreas Lückge, et al.. (2022). Geochemical indications for the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) and Eocene Thermal Maximum 2 (ETM-2) hyperthermals in terrestrial sediments of the Canadian Arctic. Geosphere. 18(1). 327–349. 8 indexed citations

Greenwood, David R., John G. Conran, & Christopher K. West. (2022). Palm fronds from western Canada are the northernmost palms from the Late Cretaceous of North America and may include the oldest Arecaceae. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 301. 104641–104641. 7 indexed citations

West, Christopher K., Tammo Reichgelt, & James F. Basinger. (2021). The Ravenscrag Butte flora: Paleoclimate and paleoecology of an early Paleocene (Danian) warm-temperate deciduous forest near the vanishing inland Cannonball Seaway. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 576. 110488–110488. 15 indexed citations

Galloway, Jennifer M., et al.. (2020). Palynostratigraphy of the lower Paleogene Margaret Formation at Stenkul Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. Palynology. 45(3). 459–476. 4 indexed citations

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West, Christopher K., et al.. (2020). Paleobotanical proxies for early Eocene climates and ecosystems in northern North America from middle to high latitudes. Climate of the past. 16(4). 1387–1410. 35 indexed citations

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Greenwood, David R., Christopher K. West, & James F. Basinger. (2020). The Miocene Red Lake macroflora of the Deadman River Formation (Chilcotin Group), Interior Plateau, British Columbia, Canada. Acta Palaeobotanica. 60(2). 213–250. 4 indexed citations

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Diefendorf, Aaron F., et al.. (2020). Conifers are a major source of sedimentary leaf wax n-alkanes when dominant in the landscape: Case studies from the Paleogene. Organic Geochemistry. 147. 104069–104069. 18 indexed citations

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Diefendorf, Aaron F., David R. Greenwood, Kevin E. Mueller, et al.. (2019). On geologic timescales, plant carbon isotope fractionation responds to precipitation similarly to modern plants and has a small negative correlation with pCO2. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 270. 264–281. 20 indexed citations

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Reichgelt, Tammo, Christopher K. West, & David R. Greenwood. (2018). The relation between global palm distribution and climate. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 4721–4721. 96 indexed citations

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Greenwood, David R., et al.. (2018). Plant community ecology and climate on an upland volcanic landscape during the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum: McAbee Fossil Beds, British Columbia, Canada. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 511. 433–448. 24 indexed citations

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West, Christopher K., et al.. (2018). Volcaniclastic lithostratigraphy and paleoenvironment of the lower Eocene McAbee fossil beds, Kamloops Group, British Columbia, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 55(8). 923–934. 4 indexed citations

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West, Christopher K., et al.. (2016). Paleoclimate and precipitation seasonality of the Early Eocene McAbee megaflora, Kamloops Group, British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 53(6). 591–604. 13 indexed citations

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Greenwood, David R. & Christopher K. West. (2016). A fossil coryphoid palm from the Paleocene of western Canada. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 239. 55–65. 18 indexed citations

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West, Christopher K., David R. Greenwood, & James F. Basinger. (2015). Was the Arctic Eocene ‘rainforest’ monsoonal? Estimates of seasonal precipitation from early Eocene megafloras from Ellesmere Island, Nunavut. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 427. 18–30. 60 indexed citations

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West, Christopher K.. (2009). Canada and sea power. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 1 indexed citations

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