Gary O’Sullivan

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Gary O’Sullivan is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gary O’Sullivan has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Geophysics, 22 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 9 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Gary O’Sullivan's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (30 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (22 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (17 papers). Gary O’Sullivan is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (30 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (22 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (17 papers). Gary O’Sullivan collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, Australia and United Kingdom. Gary O’Sullivan's co-authors include David Chew, Isadora Henrichs, Chris Mark, G. G. Kenny, Cora A. McKenna, Michael G. Babechuk, Shane Tyrrell, Luca Caracciolo, Scott D. Samson and Nathan Cogné and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Earth and Planetary Science Letters and Geology.

In The Last Decade

Gary O’Sullivan

34 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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 trace element composition of apatite and its application to detrital provenance studies

2019 260 citations Gary O’Sullivan, David Chew et al. Earth-Science Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gary O’Sullivan Ireland	14	920	581	224	174	98	35	1.0k
Chris Mark Ireland	18	830 0.9×	430 0.7×	191 0.9×	236 1.4×	94 1.0×	34	976
Shuo Chen China	20	1.2k 1.3×	476 0.8×	221 1.0×	121 0.7×	100 1.0×	48	1.4k
H. Daniel Gibson Canada	19	1.2k 1.3×	579 1.0×	125 0.6×	110 0.6×	118 1.2×	42	1.3k
Mike Tubrett Canada	12	1.1k 1.1×	570 1.0×	162 0.7×	112 0.6×	94 1.0×	16	1.2k
Xiao‐Xiao Ling China	22	1.1k 1.2×	586 1.0×	272 1.2×	93 0.5×	133 1.4×	61	1.3k
Simon Tapster United Kingdom	17	967 1.1×	520 0.9×	165 0.7×	132 0.8×	174 1.8×	39	1.1k
Andrew J. Smye United States	19	1.1k 1.1×	329 0.6×	78 0.3×	162 0.9×	100 1.0×	49	1.2k
Yannick Buret United Kingdom	13	805 0.9×	418 0.7×	78 0.3×	131 0.8×	76 0.8×	28	863
Bruce Selleck United States	17	755 0.8×	348 0.6×	100 0.4×	138 0.8×	124 1.3×	36	864
S. W. Beresford Australia	23	1.0k 1.1×	691 1.2×	140 0.6×	82 0.5×	96 1.0×	41	1.2k

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Yang, Liqiang, Xue Gao, Gary O’Sullivan, et al.. (2025). Apatite as a proxy for imaging the link between multistage hydrothermal alteration and anomalous gold enrichment in orogenic gold deposits: Evidence from the Jiaodong Peninsula, Eastern China. Journal of Geochemical Exploration. 272. 107716–107716.

O’Sullivan, Gary, et al.. (2024). Quantifying the thickness of the Archean lithosphere beneath the western Kaapvaal craton at the time of Zero kimberlite emplacement (1.6 Ga). 1 indexed citations

Poulton, Simon W., et al.. (2024). Episodic intensification of marine phosphorus burial over the last 80 million years. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7446–7446. 3 indexed citations

Spikings, Richard, Maria Ovtcharova, Massimo Chiaradia, et al.. (2024). Excess 40Ar in Alkali Feldspar and 206,207Pb in Apatite Caused by Fluid-Induced Recrystallisation in a Semi-Closed Environment in Proterozoic (Meta)Granites of the Mt Isa Inlier, NE Australia. Geosciences. 14(12). 358–358. 1 indexed citations

O’Sullivan, Gary, et al.. (2024). A new machine-learning single-crystal peridotitic garnet geobarometer & geothermometer. 1 indexed citations

O’Sullivan, Gary, et al.. (2024). Predictive Models for Detrital Titanite Provenance With Application to the Nanga Parbat—Haramosh Syntaxial Massif, Western Himalaya. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 129(5). 1 indexed citations

Mark, Chris, Gary O’Sullivan, Stijn Glorie, et al.. (2023). Detrital Garnet Geochronology by In Situ U‐Pb and Lu‐Hf Analysis: A Case Study From the European Alps. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 128(9). 11 indexed citations

O’Sullivan, Gary, et al.. (2023). Uranium–lead geochronology applied to pyrope garnet with very low concentrations of uranium. Geological Magazine. 160(5). 1010–1019. 7 indexed citations

O’Sullivan, Gary, et al.. (2022). Metamorphism as the cause of bone alteration in the Jarrow assemblage (Langsettian, Pennsylvanian) of Ireland. Palaeontology. 65(6). 4 indexed citations

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Tyrrell, Shane, David Chew, Chris Mark, et al.. (2021). Spatial variation in provenance signal: identifying complex sand sourcing within a Carboniferous basin using multiproxy provenance analysis. Journal of the Geological Society. 179(1). 6 indexed citations

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O’Sullivan, Gary, et al.. (2021). The Great Falls Tectonic Zone after the assembly of Laurentia: evidence for long-term tectonic stability from xenolith apatite. Lithos. 384-385. 105977–105977. 12 indexed citations

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O’Sullivan, Gary, et al.. (2021). Metasomatism of the Kaapvaal Craton during Cretaceous intraplate magmatism revealed by combined zircon U-Pb isotope and trace element analysis. Chemical Geology. 578. 120302–120302. 9 indexed citations

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Deng, Bin, David Chew, Chris Mark, et al.. (2020). Late Cenozoic drainage reorganization of the paleo-Yangtze river constrained by multi-proxy provenance analysis of the Paleo-lake Xigeda. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 133(1-2). 199–211. 32 indexed citations

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Tyrrell, Shane, et al.. (2020). Provenance of Triassic sandstones in the basins of Northern Ireland—Implications for NW European Triassic palaeodrainage. Geological Journal. 55(7). 5432–5450. 4 indexed citations

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Chew, David, Gary O’Sullivan, Luca Caracciolo, Chris Mark, & Shane Tyrrell. (2020). Sourcing the sand: Accessory mineral fertility, analytical and other biases in detrital U-Pb provenance analysis. Earth-Science Reviews. 202. 103093–103093. 124 indexed citations

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Spikings, Richard, Stéphane Scaillet, Gary O’Sullivan, et al.. (2020). Diffusion and fluid interaction in Itrongay pegmatite (Madagascar): Evidence from in situ 40Ar/39Ar dating of gem-quality alkali feldspar and U Pb dating of protogenetic apatite inclusions. Chemical Geology. 556. 119841–119841. 11 indexed citations

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Kenny, G. G., et al.. (2019). On the track of a Scottish impact structure: a detrital zircon and apatite provenance study of the Stac Fada Member and wider Stoer Group, NW Scotland. Geological Magazine. 156(11). 1863–1876. 17 indexed citations

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O’Sullivan, Gary, et al.. (2019). The trace element composition of apatite and its application to detrital provenance studies. Earth-Science Reviews. 201. 103044–103044. 260 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gawęda, Aleksandra, Krzysztof Szopa, David Chew, et al.. (2018). Variscan post-collisional cooling and uplift of the Tatra Mountains crystalline block constrained by integrated zircon, apatite and titanite LA-(MC)-ICP-MS U-Pb dating and rare earth element analyses. Chemical Geology. 484. 191–209. 14 indexed citations

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Chew, David, Michael G. Babechuk, Nathan Cogné, et al.. (2016). (LA,Q)-ICPMS trace-element analyses of Durango and McClure Mountain apatite and implications for making natural LA-ICPMS mineral standards. Chemical Geology. 435. 35–48. 123 indexed citations

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