George E. Claypool

7.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

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George E. Claypool is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, George E. Claypool has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 29 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 25 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in George E. Claypool's work include Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (42 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (29 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (25 papers). George E. Claypool is often cited by papers focused on Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (42 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (29 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (25 papers). George E. Claypool collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Japan. George E. Claypool's co-authors include I. R. Kaplan, Hitoshi Sakai, William T. Holser, Israel Zak, Melodye A. Rooney, Keith A. Kvenvolden, Walter E. Dean, Michael A. Arthur, Hyen-Mi Chung and Alexei V. Milkov and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

George E. Claypool

48 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

The age curves of sulfur and oxygen isotopes in marine sulfate and their mutual interpretation

1980 1.6k citations George E. Claypool et al. Chemical Geology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
George E. Claypool United States	21	1.9k	1.5k	1.1k	1.1k	961	53	4.1k
Jean‐Luc Charlou France	28	826 0.4×	1.4k 1.0×	1.8k 1.6×	1.2k 1.0×	564 0.6×	57	4.3k
J.M. Gieskes United States	44	1.1k 0.6×	1.9k 1.2×	1.7k 1.6×	2.1k 1.9×	1.1k 1.1×	121	6.4k
J. Espitalié France	23	4.5k 2.5×	720 0.5×	732 0.7×	821 0.7×	878 0.9×	40	5.5k
Hans G. Machel Canada	34	2.4k 1.3×	774 0.5×	2.0k 1.8×	1.2k 1.1×	2.3k 2.4×	80	5.3k
Gary J. Massoth United States	47	705 0.4×	1.7k 1.1×	2.7k 2.4×	2.2k 2.0×	626 0.7×	104	6.5k
Michael J. Mottl United States	43	992 0.5×	1.5k 1.0×	3.3k 3.0×	1.6k 1.5×	921 1.0×	77	6.5k
Roger Sassen United States	42	3.1k 1.7×	3.8k 2.5×	797 0.7×	1.3k 1.1×	366 0.4×	95	6.1k
Manfred Schidlowski Germany	30	1.0k 0.5×	504 0.3×	1.5k 1.4×	1.4k 1.3×	2.2k 2.3×	92	4.5k
Michael D. Lewan United States	47	6.0k 3.2×	1.2k 0.8×	906 0.8×	575 0.5×	757 0.8×	112	7.6k
Robert W. Collier United States	32	652 0.4×	1.7k 1.1×	716 0.6×	2.1k 1.8×	790 0.8×	61	5.6k

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Kastner, Miriam, George E. Claypool, & Gretchen Robertson. (2008). Geochemical constraints on the origin of the pore fluids and gas hydrate distribution at Atwater Valley and Keathley Canyon, northern Gulf of Mexico. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 25(9). 860–872. 77 indexed citations

Lillis, Paul G., Augusta Warden, George E. Claypool, & Leslie B. Magoon. (2008). Petroleum systems of the San Joaquin Basin Province -- geochemical characteristics of gas types: Chapter 10 in <i>Petroleum systems and geologic assessment of oil and gas in the San Joaquin Basin Province, California</i>. USGS professional paper. 5 indexed citations

Kastner, Miriam, et al.. (2005). Geochemical Evidence for Gas Hydrates at Atwater Valley and Keathley Canyon, Gulf of Mexico. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2005. 1 indexed citations

Milkov, Alexei V., George E. Claypool, Young‐Joo Lee, et al.. (2004). Ethane enrichment and propane depletion in subsurface gases indicate gas hydrate occurrence in marine sediments at southern Hydrate Ridge offshore Oregon. Organic Geochemistry. 35(9). 1067–1080. 40 indexed citations

Milkov, Alexei V., et al.. (2003). Direct measurements of in situ methane concentrations at Hydrate Ridge offshore Oregon: Implications for global gas hydrate inventory. EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly. 179. 1 indexed citations

Rooney, Melodye A., George E. Claypool, & Hyen-Mi Chung. (1995). Modeling thermogenic gas generation using carbon isotope ratios of natural gas hydrocarbons. Chemical Geology. 126(3-4). 219–232. 344 indexed citations

Speed, R. C., et al.. (1985). Ancient fluid escape vents in a Cenozoic accretionary complex, Barbados. Geol. Soc. Am., Abstr. Programs; (United States). 17. 1 indexed citations

Claypool, George E.. (1985). Advances in petroleum geochemistry. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 49(12). 2607–2607. 19 indexed citations

Arthur, Michael A., Walter E. Dean, & George E. Claypool. (1985). Anomalous 13C enrichment in modern marine organic carbon. Nature. 315(6016). 216–218. 169 indexed citations

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Poole, Forrest G. & George E. Claypool. (1984). Petroleum Source-Rock Potential and Crude-Oil Correlation in the Great Basin. AAPG Bulletin. 25 indexed citations

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Dean, Walter E., et al.. (1984). Accumulation of organic matter in Cretaceous oxygen-deficient depositional environments in the central Pacific Ocean. Organic Geochemistry. 7(1). 39–51. 19 indexed citations

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Magoon, Leslie B. & George E. Claypool. (1983). Petroleum source rock richness, type and maturity for four rock units on the Alaskan North Slope: are they sources for the two oil types. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 3 indexed citations

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King, John D. & George E. Claypool. (1983). Biological Marker Compounds and Implications for Generation and Migration of Petroleum in Rocks of the Point Conception Deep-Stratigraphic Test Well, OCS-CAL 78-164 No. 1, Offshore California. 191–200. 9 indexed citations

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Moore, J. Casey, B. Biju‐Duval, James A. Bergen, et al.. (1982). Offscraping and underthrusting of sediment at the deformation front of the Barbados Ridge: Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 78A. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 93(11). 1065–1065. 98 indexed citations

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Winkler, Gary R., et al.. (1980). Preliminary report on the geology of the continental slope adjacent to OCS Lease Sale 55, eastern Gulf of Alaska: Petroleum resource implications. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 11 indexed citations

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Magoon, Leslie B. & George E. Claypool. (1980). Two Oil Types on the North Slope of Alaska. Implications for Future Exploration. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 35(2). 245–256. 8 indexed citations

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Magoon, Leslie B. & George E. Claypool. (1979). Two oil types on the North Slope of Alaska: implications for future exploration. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 1 indexed citations

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Magoon, Leslie B. & George E. Claypool. (1979). Petroleum geology of Cook Inlet basin, Alaska: An exploration model. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 11 indexed citations

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Claypool, George E.. (1973). Generation of Light Hydrocarbon Gases in Deep-Sea Sediments: ABSTRACT. AAPG Bulletin. 57. 2 indexed citations

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Claypool, George E., et al.. (1972). Reaction rates and δO18 variation for the carbonate-phosphoric acid preparation method. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 36(2). 129–140. 101 indexed citations

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