Donald W. Davis

13.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
156 papers, 11.0k citations indexed

About

Donald W. Davis is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald W. Davis has authored 156 papers receiving a total of 11.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 134 papers in Geophysics, 70 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 23 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Donald W. Davis's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (132 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (70 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (60 papers). Donald W. Davis is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (132 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (70 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (60 papers). Donald W. Davis collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and China. Donald W. Davis's co-authors include Sandra L. Kamo, L. P. Black, R. J. Korsch, Chris Foudoulis, Charlotte M. Allen, John N. Aleinikoff, Ian S. Williams, Roland Mundil, Shoufa Lin and John W. Valley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Analytical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Donald W. Davis

152 papers receiving 10.4k 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.

TEMORA 1: a new zircon standard for Phanerozoic U–Pb geochronology

2003 2.1k citations Sandra L. Kamo, Donald W. Davis et al. Chemical Geology profile →
Improved 206Pb/238U microprobe geochronology by the monitoring of a trace-element-related matrix effect; SHRIMP, ID–TIMS, ELA–ICP–MS and oxygen isotope documentation for a series of zircon standards

2004 1.5k citations Sandra L. Kamo, Donald W. Davis et al. Chemical Geology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Earth's earliest known extensive, thick carbonate platform suggested by new age constraints 2025 ·Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·Philip Fralick, Donald W. Davis, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Martin Homann, Pierre Sansjofre, Robert Riding, Stefan V. Lalonde	1
2	Source and evolution of 4.0 – 3.9 Ga crust revealed by U-Pb, Lu-Hf and trace element analyses of xenocrystic zircon, Superior Province 2025 ·Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·(unknown), Donald W. Davis, J. H. Marsh, P. C. Thurston, (unknown), Jason M. Simmons, (unknown)	0
3	Short communication: Nanoscale heterogeneity of U and Pb in baddeleyite from atom probe tomography – ²³⁸ U series alpha recoil effects and U atom clustering 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Steven W. Denyszyn, Donald W. Davis, Denis Fougerouse	1
4	Identifying and characterizing missing source orogens for syn-orogenic basins based on detrital accessory mineral U-Pb geochronology and trace element geochemistry 2024 ·Geology ·(unknown), Shoufa Lin, Wenjiao Xiao, John M. Hanchar, William J. Collins, Donald W. Davis, Chris Yakymchuk, Guangfu Xing, Zhijun Niu, (unknown), Cees R. van Staal, (unknown)	6
5	An Early Permian transpressional continental arc and arc–arc collision recorded in the Baidunzi Complex, southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt, NW China 2024 ·Journal of the Geological Society ·(unknown), Cees R. van Staal, Shoufa Lin, Donald W. Davis, (unknown), Chris Yakymchuk, K. Wang	0
6	U–Pb dating of belemnites and rugose corals: The potential for absolute dating of calcitic invertebrate fossils 2023 ·Chemical Geology ·(unknown), Donald W. Davis, (unknown)	2
7	Old subcontinental mantle zircon below Oahu 2021 ·Communications Earth & Environment ·John D. Greenough, Sandra L. Kamo, Donald W. Davis, Kyle P. Larson, (unknown), Daniel Layton‐Matthews, (unknown), Bridget A. Bergquist	6
8	Lu–Hf garnet dating and the timing of collisions: Palaeoproterozoic accretionary tectonics revealed in the Southeastern Churchill Province, Trans‐Hudson Orogen, Canada 2021 ·Journal of Metamorphic Geology ·(unknown), Carl Guilmette, Loïc Labrousse, Matthijs A. Smit, (unknown), Donald W. Davis, (unknown)	12
9	COMPLETE METAMORPHIC CYCLE AND LONG LIVED ANATEXIS IN THE C. 2.1 GA MISTINIBI COMPLEX, CANADA 2020 ·Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America ·(unknown), Carl Guilmette, Loïc Labrousse, Donald W. Davis, Matthijs A. Smit, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	2
10	Complete metamorphic cycle and long‐lived anatexis in the c. 2.1 Ga Mistinibi Complex, Canada 2019 ·Journal of Metamorphic Geology ·(unknown), Carl Guilmette, Loïc Labrousse, Donald W. Davis, Matthijs A. Smit, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	15
11	Improving paleohydrological and diagenetic reconstructions in calcite veins and breccia of a sedimentary basin by combining Δ47 temperature, δ18Owater and U-Pb age 2017 ·Chemical Geology ·Maurice Pagel, Magali Bonifacie, David Schneider, Cécile Gautheron, Benjamin Brigaud, Damien Calmels, (unknown), Bertrand Saint-Bézar, Philippe Landrein, Chelsea N. Sutcliffe, Donald W. Davis, Carine Chaduteau	75
12	Classification and U-Pb Isotopic Study of Northwest Africa 6514 2012 ·LPI ·L. Kööp, Donald W. Davis	1
13	U-Pb Geochronological Constraints On The Evolution Of The ASPY Terrane, Cape Breton Island: Implications For Relationships Between ASPY And BRAS D'OR Terranes And Ganderia In The Canadian Appalachians 2007 ·American Journal of Science ·Shoufa Lin, Donald W. Davis, Sandra M. Barr, Cees R. van Staal, (unknown), Marc Constantin	35
14	Determination of the 87 Rb decay constant by 87 Sr accumulation 2005 ·Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement ·Eli Rotenberg, Donald W. Davis, Y. Amelin	3
15	U–Pb geochronology of Archean metasedimentary rocks in the Pontiac and Abitibi subprovinces, Quebec, constraints on timing, provenance and regional tectonics 2002 ·Precambrian Research ·Donald W. Davis	128
16	Geochronology of the North American Midcontinent rift in western Lake Superior and implications for its geodynamic evolution 1997 ·Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences ·Donald W. Davis, (unknown)	130
17	Nodular organic matter in granites; implications for the origin of kerogen in the Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa 1994 ·Exploration and Mining Geology ·Laurence Robb, P. Landais, F. Meyer, Donald W. Davis	20
18	Chronological framework for the Witwatersrand Basin and environs; toward a time-constrained depositional model 1991 ·South African Journal of Geology ·Laurence Robb, Donald W. Davis, Sandra L. Kamo	33
19	UPb zircon and rutile chronology of Archean greenstone formation and gold mineralization in the Val d'Or region, Quebec 1991 ·Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·(unknown), Donald W. Davis, T. E. Krogh, F. Robert	83
20	Organic matter and containment of uranium and fissiogenic isotopes at the Oklo natural reactors 1991 ·Nature ·Bartholomew Nagy, F. Gauthier-Lafaye, P. Holliger, Donald W. Davis, David J. Mossman, Joel S. Leventhal, Mark J. Rigali, John Parnell	75

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