Erwan Bourdon

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Erwan Bourdon is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Erwan Bourdon has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Geophysics, 7 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 1 paper in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Erwan Bourdon's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (13 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (8 papers) and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (7 papers). Erwan Bourdon is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (13 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (8 papers) and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (7 papers). Erwan Bourdon collaborates with scholars based in France, Ecuador and Switzerland. Erwan Bourdon's co-authors include Jean‐Philippe Eissen, Marc‐André Gutscher, René C. Maury, Joseph Cotten, Michel Monzier, Bernardo Beate, Minard L. Hall, Pablo Samaniego, Richard Spikings and Claude Robin and has published in prestigious journals such as Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Geology and Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology.

In The Last Decade

Erwan Bourdon

16 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Can slab melting be caused by flat subduction? 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Can slab melting be caused by flat subduction?
    2000 505 citations Marc‐André Gutscher, René C. Maury et al. Geology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Erwan Bourdon France 10 1.0k 364 59 44 43 16 1.1k
Carl Ehlers Finland 13 890 0.9× 259 0.7× 87 1.5× 40 0.9× 41 1.0× 29 926
LI Mao-song China 6 571 0.5× 284 0.8× 76 1.3× 31 0.7× 39 0.9× 12 616
Hamid Dawood Pakistan 14 1.1k 1.0× 320 0.9× 67 1.1× 31 0.7× 38 0.9× 18 1.1k
Pierre Trap France 16 1.5k 1.5× 418 1.1× 89 1.5× 35 0.8× 26 0.6× 31 1.6k
Xuexiang Qi China 11 682 0.7× 233 0.6× 68 1.2× 61 1.4× 37 0.9× 19 713
Han Dong China 6 557 0.5× 201 0.6× 48 0.8× 44 1.0× 38 0.9× 14 612
Ye Hao China 5 570 0.5× 236 0.6× 55 0.9× 15 0.3× 55 1.3× 9 614
Paul S. Heithersay Australia 11 432 0.4× 367 1.0× 63 1.1× 38 0.9× 40 0.9× 11 488
Guangying Feng China 18 1.1k 1.1× 462 1.3× 179 3.0× 20 0.5× 58 1.3× 51 1.2k
N.J McNaughton Australia 7 507 0.5× 370 1.0× 87 1.5× 19 0.4× 18 0.4× 10 549

Countries citing papers authored by Erwan Bourdon

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Fields of papers citing papers by Erwan Bourdon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Erwan Bourdon

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All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Hidalgo, Silvana, et al.. (2011). Role of crustal and slab components in the Northern Volcanic Zone of the Andes (Ecuador) constrained by Sr–Nd–O isotopes. Lithos. 132-133. 180–192. 50 indexed citations
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Samaniego, Pablo, Claude Robin, Gilles Chazot, Erwan Bourdon, & Joseph Cotten. (2009). Evolving metasomatic agent in the Northern Andean subduction zone, deduced from magma composition of the long-lived Pichincha volcanic complex (Ecuador). Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 160(2). 239–260. 51 indexed citations
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Eissen, Jean‐Philippe, et al.. (2008). Geochemical and petrological constraints on rear-arc magma genesis processes in Ecuador: The Puyo cones and Mera lavas volcanic formations. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 176(1). 107–118. 47 indexed citations
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Bourdon, Erwan, et al.. (2006). Platinum-group element abundances in xenoliths from Marsabit Volcanic field (Kenya Rift).. AGUFM. 2006. 1 indexed citations
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Ayalew, Dereje, C. J. Ebinger, Erwan Bourdon, et al.. (2006). Temporal compositional variation of syn-rift rhyolites along the western margin of the southern Red Sea and northern Main Ethiopian Rift. Geological Society London Special Publications. 259(1). 121–130. 51 indexed citations
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Bourdon, Erwan, et al.. (2004). Diferencias petrográficas y geoquímicas en las lavas del complejo volcánico Pululahua. 1 indexed citations
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Bourdon, Erwan, Pablo Samaniego, Michel Monzier, et al.. (2004). Dubious case for slab melting in the Northern volcanic zone of the Andes: Comment and Reply. Geology. 32(1). e46–e47. 8 indexed citations
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Bourdon, Erwan, M.F. Thirlwall, Michel Monzier, et al.. (2003). Isotopic zoning of the NVZ in Ecuador: implications for magma sources and petrogenetic processes.. EAEJA. 3736. 1 indexed citations
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Bourdon, Erwan, Jean‐Philippe Eissen, Marc‐André Gutscher, et al.. (2003). Magmatic response to early aseismic ridge subduction: the Ecuadorian margin case (South America). Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 205(3-4). 123–138. 154 indexed citations
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Bourdon, Erwan, Jean‐Philippe Eissen, Marc‐André Gutscher, et al.. (2002). Slab melting and slab melt metasomatism in the Northern Andean Volcanic Zone : adakites and high-Mg andesites from Pichincha volcano (Ecuador). Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. 173(3). 195–206. 33 indexed citations
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Beate, Bernardo, Michel Monzier, Richard Spikings, et al.. (2001). Mio–Pliocene adakite generation related to flat subduction in southern Ecuador: the Quimsacocha volcanic center. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 192(4). 561–570. 135 indexed citations
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Bourdon, Erwan & Christophe Hémond. (2001). Looking for the "missing endmember" in South Atlantic Ocean mantle around Ascension Island. Mineralogy and Petrology. 71(1-2). 127–138. 10 indexed citations
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Gutscher, Marc‐André, René C. Maury, Jean‐Philippe Eissen, & Erwan Bourdon. (2000). Can slab melting be caused by flat subduction?. Geology. 28(6). 535–535. 505 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gutscher, Marc‐André, René C. Maury, Jean‐Philippe Eissen, & Erwan Bourdon. (2000). Can slab melting be caused by flat subduction?. Geology. 28(6). 535–538. 29 indexed citations
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Bourdon, Erwan, Jean‐Philippe Eissen, Joseph Cotten, et al.. (1999). Les laves calco-alcalines et à caractère adakitique du volcan Antisana (Equateur): hypothèse pétrogénétique. Comptes Rendus de l Académie des Sciences - Series IIA - Earth and Planetary Science. 328(7). 443–449. 5 indexed citations
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Bourdon, Erwan. (1998). Slab Melt Metasomatism Beneath the North Andean Volcanic Zone? Insight from Antisana Volcano Rocks (Ecuador). Mineralogical Magazine. 62A(1). 209–210. 1 indexed citations

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