Grant D. Mossop

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Grant D. Mossop is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Geology and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Grant D. Mossop has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 7 papers in Geology and 5 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Grant D. Mossop's work include Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (6 papers), Geological Studies and Exploration (6 papers) and Geological formations and processes (5 papers). Grant D. Mossop is often cited by papers focused on Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (6 papers), Geological Studies and Exploration (6 papers) and Geological formations and processes (5 papers). Grant D. Mossop collaborates with scholars based in Canada and United States. Grant D. Mossop's co-authors include S. George Pemberton and D. J. Shearman and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Sedimentology and Geoscience Canada.

In The Last Decade

Grant D. Mossop

11 papers receiving 903 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.

Geological Atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin

1988 528 citations Grant D. Mossop Geoscience Canada profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Grant D. Mossop Canada	7	455	401	284	283	186	11	1.0k
Philip W. Choquette United States	10	446 1.0×	229 0.6×	248 0.9×	303 1.1×	522 2.8×	14	1.0k
Rick L. Webster United States	5	248 0.5×	362 0.9×	210 0.7×	268 0.9×	217 1.2×	7	903
Robert T. Ryder United States	17	506 1.1×	163 0.4×	277 1.0×	171 0.6×	90 0.5×	75	950
M. Dane Picard United States	16	261 0.6×	444 1.1×	188 0.7×	377 1.3×	225 1.2×	84	940
Richard C. Selley United Kingdom	22	474 1.0×	626 1.6×	333 1.2×	398 1.4×	273 1.5×	50	1.4k
Neal R. O’Brien United States	14	1.0k 2.3×	229 0.6×	148 0.5×	184 0.7×	160 0.9×	31	1.5k
Z. R. Beydoun Lebanon	21	816 1.8×	356 0.9×	564 2.0×	221 0.8×	247 1.3×	32	1.5k
Graham R. Davies United States	14	661 1.5×	330 0.8×	553 1.9×	360 1.3×	766 4.1×	24	1.4k
Neil S. Fishman United States	16	620 1.4×	181 0.5×	252 0.9×	240 0.8×	193 1.0×	46	1.1k
E. Lafargue France	10	915 2.0×	111 0.3×	230 0.8×	357 1.3×	187 1.0×	15	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Grant D. Mossop

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Grant D. Mossop. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Grant D. Mossop 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 Grant D. Mossop. Grant D. Mossop is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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11 of 11 papers shown

1.

Mossop, Grant D., et al.. (1994). A Perspective on the New Geological Atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. 354–355. 3 indexed citations

2.

Mossop, Grant D., et al.. (1990). Geological Atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin - A Project Perspective [Abstract]. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology. 38(1). 173–173. 4 indexed citations

3.

Mossop, Grant D.. (1988). Geological Atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. Geoscience Canada. 15(2). 528 indexed citations breakdown →

4.

Mossop, Grant D.. (1984). Alberta Geological Survey Research. Geoscience Canada. 11(1). 2 indexed citations

5.

Mossop, Grant D., et al.. (1983). Deep channel sedimentation in the Lower Cretaceous McMurray Formation, Athabasca Oil Sands, Alberta. Sedimentology. 30(4). 493–509. 106 indexed citations

6.

Pemberton, S. George, et al.. (1982). Trace Fossils from the Athabasca Oil Sands, Alberta, Canada. Science. 217(4562). 825–827. 133 indexed citations

7.

Mossop, Grant D.. (1980). Geology of the Athabasca Oil Sands. Science. 207(4427). 145–152. 130 indexed citations

8.

Mossop, Grant D.. (1980). Facies Control on Bitumen Saturation in the Athabasca Oil Sands. 609–632. 5 indexed citations

9.

Mossop, Grant D.. (1979). The Evaporites of the Ordovician Baumann Fiord Formation, Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada. 8 indexed citations

10.

Mossop, Grant D.. (1972). Origin of the Peripheral Rim, Redwater Reef, Alberta. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology. 20(2). 238–280. 38 indexed citations

11.

Shearman, D. J., et al.. (1972). Origin of gypsum veins by hydraulic fracture. 85 indexed citations

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