Dustin Trail

3.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
59 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Dustin Trail is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Dustin Trail has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Geophysics, 15 papers in Atmospheric Science and 13 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Dustin Trail's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (43 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (21 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (15 papers). Dustin Trail is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (43 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (21 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (15 papers). Dustin Trail collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Dustin Trail's co-authors include E. Bruce Watson, Nicholas D. Tailby, T. Mark Harrison, Axel K. Schmitt, P. Boehnke, S. J. Mojzsis, Edward Young, Ilya N. Bindeman, Jay B. Thomas and Paul S. Savage and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Dustin Trail

58 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Zircon saturation re-revisited

2013 897 citations P. Boehnke, E. Bruce Watson et al. Chemical Geology profile →
Ce and Eu anomalies in zircon as proxies for the oxidation state of magmas

2012 608 citations Dustin Trail, E. Bruce Watson et al. profile →
The oxidation state of Hadean magmas and implications for early Earth’s atmosphere

2011 453 citations Dustin Trail, E. Bruce Watson 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
Dustin Trail United States	17	2.6k	1.2k	364	311	235	59	3.0k
P. Boehnke United States	19	1.8k 0.7×	760 0.7×	262 0.7×	477 1.5×	263 1.1×	38	2.3k
S. W. Parman United States	29	3.5k 1.3×	902 0.8×	286 0.8×	559 1.8×	180 0.8×	85	4.0k
M. Tredoux South Africa	21	1.7k 0.7×	849 0.7×	340 0.9×	252 0.8×	133 0.6×	59	2.0k
Dewashish Upadhyay India	28	2.1k 0.8×	733 0.6×	282 0.8×	151 0.5×	111 0.5×	96	2.4k
K. Kobayashi Japan	32	2.0k 0.8×	541 0.5×	301 0.8×	163 0.5×	112 0.5×	111	2.5k
Andrey Gurenko France	30	3.2k 1.2×	837 0.7×	405 1.1×	277 0.9×	220 0.9×	78	3.6k
Anders Scherstén Sweden	28	2.7k 1.0×	1.6k 1.4×	389 1.1×	183 0.6×	146 0.6×	84	3.0k
Michael B. Baker United States	27	4.2k 1.6×	1.0k 0.9×	356 1.0×	166 0.5×	185 0.8×	38	4.4k
Joseph A. Petrus Canada	21	1.9k 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	278 0.8×	111 0.4×	211 0.9×	47	2.3k
E. Hellebrand United States	33	3.5k 1.3×	610 0.5×	297 0.8×	310 1.0×	102 0.4×	90	3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Dustin Trail

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dustin Trail

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dustin Trail

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Dustin Trail. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Dustin Trail based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Dustin Trail. Dustin Trail is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Barboni, Mélanie, et al.. (2025). Pervasive impact modification of pristine lunar clasts. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2485–2485. 1 indexed citations

Trail, Dustin, Nicholas D. Tailby, Michael Ackerson, et al.. (2024). Production of highly silicic 3.9 to 4.27 Ga crust on the Moon. Geochemical Perspectives Letters. 33. 27–31.

Trail, Dustin, et al.. (2024). Investigating pressure effects of Ti and Zr partitioning into zircon, quartz, and rutile at crustal temperatures. Chemical Geology. 673. 122518–122518. 2 indexed citations

Trail, Dustin, et al.. (2024). A new experimental monazite-xenotime thermometer: Application to metamorphic environments. Chemical Geology. 648. 121939–121939. 3 indexed citations

Allen, Natalie H., et al.. (2022). A Revision of the Formation Conditions of the Vredefort Crater. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 127(8). 7 indexed citations

Müller, Ulrich F., Jamie E. Elsila, Dustin Trail, et al.. (2022). Frontiers in Prebiotic Chemistry and Early Earth Environments. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres. 52(1-3). 165–181. 4 indexed citations

Trail, Dustin, et al.. (2020). Geochemical and textural investigations of the Eoarchean Ukaliq supracrustals, Northern Québec (Canada). Lithos. 372-373. 105673–105673. 7 indexed citations

Gabitov, R. I., C. Borrelli, Brenda L. Kirkland, et al.. (2019). Characterization of Carbonate Crust from a Recently Discovered Methane Seep on the North Atlantic Continental Margin of the USA. Minerals. 9(3). 138–138. 3 indexed citations

Trail, Dustin, et al.. (2017). Experimental evidence for use of aluminum in zircon as a new tracer to distinguish peraluminous and metaluminous melts. AGUFM. 2017. 1 indexed citations

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Burcar, Bradley T., Laura M. Barge, Dustin Trail, et al.. (2015). RNA Oligomerization in Laboratory Analogues of Alkaline Hydrothermal Vent Systems. Astrobiology. 15(7). 509–522. 51 indexed citations

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Trail, Dustin, et al.. (2015). Possible Biosphere-Lithosphere Interactions Preserved in Igneous Zircon and Implications for Hadean Earth. Astrobiology. 15(7). 575–586. 8 indexed citations

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Cates, N. L., S. J. Mojzsis, Guillaume Caro, et al.. (2013). Component geochronology of the ca. 3920 Ma Acasta Gneiss. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 1 indexed citations

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Boehnke, P., E. Bruce Watson, Dustin Trail, T. Mark Harrison, & Axel K. Schmitt. (2013). Zircon saturation re-revisited. Chemical Geology. 351. 324–334. 897 indexed citations breakdown →

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Trail, Dustin, et al.. (2013). Th and U partitioning between monazite and felsic melt. Chemical Geology. 358. 46–53. 29 indexed citations

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Boehnke, P., Dustin Trail, Axel K. Schmitt, E. Bruce Watson, & Mark Harrison. (2011). Zircon Saturation Re-Revisited. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 1 indexed citations

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Trail, Dustin, E. Bruce Watson, & Nicholas D. Tailby. (2011). The oxidation state of Hadean magmas and implications for early Earth’s atmosphere. Nature. 480(7375). 79–82. 453 indexed citations breakdown →

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Trail, Dustin, E. Bruce Watson, & Nicholas D. Tailby. (2010). New experimental constraints for Hadean zircon source melts from Ce and Eu anomalies in zircon. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2010. 1 indexed citations

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Trail, Dustin, et al.. (2009). Monazite/melt partition coefficients for U, Th: Preliminary results from experiments. AGUFM. 2009. 2 indexed citations

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Trail, Dustin, Jay B. Thomas, & E. Bruce Watson. (2009). OH in zircon. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement. 73. 1 indexed citations

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Trail, Dustin, S. J. Mojzsis, T. Mark Harrison, & Harold F. Levison. (2006). DO HADEAN ZIRCONS RETAIN A RECORD OF THE LATE HEAVY BOMDARDMENT ON EARTH? D. Trail. LPI. 2139. 5 indexed citations

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