Colin N. Waters

11.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
103 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Colin N. Waters is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin N. Waters has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Atmospheric Science, 28 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 20 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Colin N. Waters's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (34 papers), Geological formations and processes (26 papers) and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (20 papers). Colin N. Waters is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (34 papers), Geological formations and processes (26 papers) and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (20 papers). Colin N. Waters collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Colin N. Waters's co-authors include Jan Zalasiewicz, Mark Williams, Colin Summerhayes, J. H. Powell, Anthony D. Barnosky, Reinhold Leinfelder, Simon Turner, Agnieszka Gałuszka, Michael Wagreich and Alejandro Cearreta and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Colin N. Waters

99 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

The geological cycle of plastics and their use as a stratigraphic indicator of the Anthropocene

2016 547 citations Jan Zalasiewicz, Colin N. Waters et al. profile →
Defining the onset of the Anthropocene

2022 75 citations Colin N. Waters, Simon Turner profile →

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The future extent of the Anthropocene epoch: A synthesis 2024 ·Global and Planetary Change ·Colin Summerhayes, Jan Zalasiewicz, Martin J. Head, James P. M. Syvitski, Anthony D. Barnosky, Alejandro Cearreta, Barbara Fiałkiewicz-Kozieł, Jacques Grinevald, Reinhold Leinfelder, Francine M.G. McCarthy, John McNeill, Yoshiki Saito, Michael Wagreich, Colin N. Waters, Mark Williams, Jens Zinke	12
2	The meaning of the Anthropocene: why it matters even without a formal geological definition 2024 ·Nature ·Jan Zalasiewicz, (unknown), Colin N. Waters, Simon Turner, Martin J. Head	14
3	Evidence and experiment: Curating contexts of Anthropocene geology 2023 ·The Anthropocene Review ·(unknown), (unknown), Simon Turner, Colin N. Waters, Martin J. Head, Jan Zalasiewicz, (unknown), Jürgen Renn, (unknown), (unknown)	8
4	The San Francisco Estuary, USA as a reference section for the Anthropocene series 2023 ·The Anthropocene Review ·(unknown), Mark Williams, Jan Zalasiewicz, Colin N. Waters, Mary McGann, Richard England, Bruce E. Jaffe, Arnoud Boom, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Juan Carlos Berrío, (unknown), Ian P. Wilkinson, Neil L. Rose, P. Gaca, Andrew B. Cundy	5
5	The Anthropocene as an epoch is distinct from all other concepts known by this term: a reply to Swindles et al. (2023) 2023 ·Journal of Quaternary Science ·Martin J. Head, Colin N. Waters, Jan Zalasiewicz, Anthony D. Barnosky, Simon Turner, Alejandro Cearreta, Reinhold Leinfelder, Francine M.G. McCarthy, Daniel D. Richter, Neil L. Rose, Yoshiki Saito, Davor Vidas, Michael Wagreich, Yongming Han, Colin Summerhayes, Mark Williams, Jens Zinke	9
6	Extraordinary human energy consumption and resultant geological impacts beginning around 1950 CE initiated the proposed Anthropocene Epoch 2020 ·Communications Earth & Environment ·James P. M. Syvitski, Colin N. Waters, John W. Day, John D. Milliman, Colin Summerhayes, Will Steffen, Jan Zalasiewicz, Alejandro Cearreta, Agnieszka Gałuszka, Irka Hajdas, Martin J. Head, Reinhold Leinfelder, John McNeill, Clément Poirier, Neil L. Rose, William Shotyk, Michael Wagreich, Mark Williams	131
7	The anthropocene as a geological time unit : a guide to the scientific evidence and current debate 2019 ·Cambridge University Press eBooks ·Jan Zalasiewicz, Colin N. Waters, Mark Williams, Colin Summerhayes	75
8	Anthropocène : Burtynsky, Baichwal, De Pencier 2018 ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Colin N. Waters, Jan Zalasiewicz	1
9	Lithostratigraphy and biostratigraphy of the Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) carbonates of the southern Askrigg Block, North Yorkshire, UK 2016 ·Geological Magazine ·Colin N. Waters, Pedro Cózar, Ian D. Somerville, Richard Haslam, D. Millward, Mark A. Woods	18
10	Second Anthropocene Working Group meeting 2016 ·NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council) ·Matt Edgeworth, Colin N. Waters, Jan Zalasiewicz, Simon Stoddart	1
11	Uncertainty in mapped geological boundaries held by a national geological survey:eliciting the geologists' tacit error model 2015 ·Solid Earth ·R. M. Lark, Russell Lawley, (unknown), D.T. Aldiss, K. Ambrose, A.H. Cooper, Jonathan R. Lee, Colin N. Waters	15
12	Modelling complex geological circular data with the projected normal distribution and mixtures of von Mises distributions 2014 ·Solid Earth ·R. M. Lark, David Clifford, Colin N. Waters	11
13	Carboniferous geology of Northern England 2009 ·Colin N. Waters	7
14	Lithostratigraphical framework for Carboniferous successions of Great Britain (onshore) 2007 ·Bioresource Technology ·Colin N. Waters, Michael A.E. Browne, (unknown), J. H. Powell	72
15	The scale-dependence of strata-time relations: implications for stratigraphic classification 2007 ·Stratigraphy ·Paul Brenchley, Nigel H. Trewin, P. Stone, Peter F. Rawson, Michael Oates, John Marshall, Robert Knox, (unknown), Philip L. Gibbard, David J. Cantrill, Jan Zalasiewicz, Paul R. Bown, (unknown), Colin N. Waters, (unknown), Andrew S. Gale, Mark Williams, Mark W. Hounslow, Alan Р. Smith	4
16	Urban geology of Swansea: Neath : Port Talbot 2005 ·Colin N. Waters, (unknown), J. Davies, A.M. Tye, (unknown), David I. Schofield	4
17	Contrasting late Neoproterozoic to Ordovician successions of the Taoudeni Basin, Mauritania and Souss Basin, Morocco 2004 ·Journal of African Earth Sciences ·Colin N. Waters, David I. Schofield	7
18	Provenance of Lower Coal Measures around Bradford, West Yorkshire 1996 ·Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society ·J. I. Chisholm, Colin N. Waters, Claire Hallsworth, (unknown), (unknown), N.S. Jones	23
19	The Cenozoic tectonic evolution of Alpine Corsica 1990 ·Journal of the Geological Society ·Colin N. Waters	52
20	The blueschist facies schistes lustrés of Alpine Corsica: A review 1986 ·Wes Gibbons, Colin N. Waters, John Warburton	41

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