Daniel Clay Kelly

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Daniel Clay Kelly is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Oceanography and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel Clay Kelly has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Atmospheric Science, 25 papers in Oceanography and 24 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Daniel Clay Kelly's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (43 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (21 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (20 papers). Daniel Clay Kelly is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (43 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (21 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (20 papers). Daniel Clay Kelly collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Daniel Clay Kelly's co-authors include James C. Zachos, Timothy J. Bralower, Ellen Thomas, Stephen A. Schellenberg, Heather K McCarren, Ursula Röhl, Lucas Joost Lourens, Appy Sluijs, Dick Kroon and Micah J Nicolo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Daniel Clay Kelly

48 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

Rapid Acidification of the Ocean During the Paleocene-Eoc... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Rapid Acidification of the Ocean During the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
    2005 871 citations James C. Zachos, Daniel Clay Kelly et al. profile →

Peers

Daniel Clay Kelly
Philip F. Sexton United Kingdom
Helen K. Coxall Sweden
Peter K. Bijl Netherlands
Hisatake Okada Japan
Christopher J. Hollis New Zealand
Torsten Bickert Germany
Martin Ziegler Netherlands
Robert P. Speijer Belgium
M. A. Hall United Kingdom
B. P. Flower United States
Philip F. Sexton United Kingdom
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All Works

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Kelly, Daniel Clay, Reinhard Kozdon, Akizumi Ishida, et al.. (2023). Comparison of δ 13 C analyses of individual foraminifer ( Orbulina universa ) shells by secondary ion mass spectrometry and gas source mass spectrometry. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 38(2). e9658–e9658.
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Kozdon, Reinhard, Donald E. Penman, Daniel Clay Kelly, et al.. (2020). Enhanced Poleward Flux of Atmospheric Moisture to the Weddell Sea Region (ODP Site 690) During the Paleocene‐Eocene Thermal Maximum. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 35(6). 7 indexed citations
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Kelly, Daniel Clay, et al.. (2018). Combined Effects of Gametogenic Calcification and Dissolution on δ18O Measurements of the Planktic Foraminifer Trilobatus sacculifer. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 19(11). 4487–4501. 13 indexed citations
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Kozdon, Reinhard, Daniel Clay Kelly, & John W. Valley. (2018). Diagenetic Attenuation of Carbon Isotope Excursion Recorded by Planktic Foraminifers During the Paleocene‐Eocene Thermal Maximum. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 33(4). 367–380. 17 indexed citations
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Kelly, Daniel Clay, et al.. (2016). ESTIMATION OF ANALYTICAL ERROR FOR MAJOR, MINOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS ANALYZED BY X-RAY FLUORESCENCE AT THE PETER HOOPER GEOANALYTICAL LABORATORY, WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations
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Fraass, Andrew, Daniel Clay Kelly, & Shanan E. Peters. (2015). Macroevolutionary History of the Planktic Foraminifera. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. 43(1). 139–166. 63 indexed citations
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Bralower, Timothy J., Daniel Clay Kelly, Samantha J. Gibbs, et al.. (2014). Impact of dissolution on the sedimentary record of the Paleocene–Eocene thermal maximum. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 401. 70–82. 31 indexed citations
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Peters, Shanan E., Daniel Clay Kelly, & Andrew Fraass. (2013). Oceanographic controls on the diversity and extinction of planktonic foraminifera. Nature. 493(7432). 398–401. 40 indexed citations
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Billups, Katharina, Daniel Clay Kelly, & E. L. Pierce. (2008). The late Miocene to early Pliocene climate transition in the Southern Ocean. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 267(1-2). 31–40. 12 indexed citations
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Bowen, Gabriel J., Timothy J. Bralower, Gerald R. Dickens, et al.. (2006). Eocene hyperthermal event offers insight into greenhouse warming. Eos. 87(17). 165–169. 95 indexed citations
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Kelly, Daniel Clay, et al.. (2006). Coiling preferences and evolution in the middle Miocene Fohsella chronocline. Marine Micropaleontology. 60(4). 243–257. 7 indexed citations
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Zachos, James C., et al.. (2004). Multiple Early Eocene Thermal Maximums. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2004. 3 indexed citations
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Kelly, Daniel Clay & L. T. Elkins‐Tanton. (2004). Bottle‐green microtektites from the South Tasman Rise: Deep‐sea evidence for an impact event near the Miocene/Pliocene boundary. Meteoritics and Planetary Science. 39(12). 1921–1929. 6 indexed citations
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Kelly, Daniel Clay, Anthony J. Arnold, & William C. Parker. (1999). The influence of heterochrony on the stratigraphic occurrence of Morozovella angulata. The Journal of Foraminiferal Research. 29(1). 58–68. 5 indexed citations
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Kelly, Daniel Clay, Anthony J. Arnold, & William C. Parker. (1996). Paedomorphosis and the origin of the Paleogene planktonic foraminiferal genus Morozovella. Paleobiology. 22(2). 266–281. 29 indexed citations
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Arnold, Anthony J., Daniel Clay Kelly, & William C. Parker. (1995). Causality and Cope's Rule: evidence from the planktonic foraminifera. Journal of Paleontology. 69(2). 203–210. 71 indexed citations
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Bralower, Timothy J., James C. Zachos, Ellen Thomas, et al.. (1995). Late Paleocene to Eocene paleoceanography of the equatorial Pacific Ocean: Stable isotopes recorded at Ocean Drilling Program Site 865, Allison Guyot. Paleoceanography. 10(4). 841–865. 191 indexed citations

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