Henry N. Pollack

8.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
99 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Henry N. Pollack is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Henry N. Pollack has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Geophysics, 33 papers in Atmospheric Science and 13 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Henry N. Pollack's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (33 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (26 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (23 papers). Henry N. Pollack is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (33 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (26 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (23 papers). Henry N. Pollack collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Czechia. Henry N. Pollack's co-authors include David S. Chapman, Suzanne Hurter, J. R. Johnson, Shaopeng Huang, P.Y. Shen, Jason E. Smerdon, A. Nyblade, Ícaro Vitorello, John W. Enz and R. S. Thorpe and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Henry N. Pollack

91 papers receiving 5.7k citations

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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.

Heat flow from the Earth's interior: Analysis of the global data set

1993 1.1k citations Henry N. Pollack, Suzanne Hurter et al. profile →
On the regional variation of heat flow, geotherms, and lithospheric thickness

1977 864 citations Henry N. Pollack, David S. Chapman Tectonophysics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Henry N. Pollack United States	38	3.8k	2.0k	827	641	472	99	6.4k
F. Barberi Italy	40	3.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	322 0.4×	238 0.4×	674 1.4×	84	4.5k
Guido Ventura Italy	42	4.3k 1.1×	1.2k 0.6×	342 0.4×	379 0.6×	689 1.5×	179	5.9k
Stefano Caliro Italy	43	3.6k 1.0×	648 0.3×	769 0.9×	623 1.0×	943 2.0×	140	5.5k
Tobias P. Fischer United States	55	5.2k 1.4×	1.8k 0.9×	831 1.0×	739 1.2×	1.2k 2.6×	168	7.4k
R. D. Hyndman Canada	67	12.0k 3.2×	1.6k 0.8×	774 0.9×	2.2k 3.5×	820 1.7×	227	14.8k
F. Innocenti Italy	51	6.9k 1.8×	1.5k 0.7×	230 0.3×	316 0.5×	1.5k 3.2×	165	8.4k
Tamsin A. Mather United Kingdom	59	4.0k 1.1×	3.5k 1.8×	1.6k 1.9×	377 0.6×	911 1.9×	202	8.4k
Antonio Costa Italy	42	3.1k 0.8×	2.5k 1.3×	1.5k 1.8×	304 0.5×	464 1.0×	155	6.0k
Haraldur Sigurdsson United States	64	8.0k 2.1×	4.9k 2.5×	865 1.0×	292 0.5×	1.4k 2.9×	161	11.6k
Yue‐Gau Chen Taiwan	42	3.1k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	461 0.6×	256 0.4×	395 0.8×	158	5.3k

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Pollack, Henry N.. (2009). A World Without Ice. 8 indexed citations

Huang, Shaopeng, Henry N. Pollack, & P.Y. Shen. (2008). A late Quaternary climate reconstruction based on borehole heat flux data, borehole temperature data, and the instrumental record. Geophysical Research Letters. 35(13). 34 indexed citations

Pollack, Henry N.. (2008). Comment on “Effective thermal expansivity of Maxwellian oceanic lithosphere” by Jun Korenaga, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 257, 343–349, 2007. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 275(3-4). 402–402.

Chapman, David S., et al.. (2006). Surface Temperature Reconstructions for the Last Five Centuries From Borehole Temperature Profiles. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2006.

Smerdon, Jason E., Henry N. Pollack, V. Čermák, et al.. (2004). Air‐ground temperature coupling and subsurface propagation of annual temperature signals. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 109(D21). 95 indexed citations

Smerdon, Jason E., Henry N. Pollack, Milan Krešl, & John F. Wehmiller. (2003). Conductive Transport of Annual Temperature Signals in Variable Subsurface Media and Regional Analyses of Seasonal Decoupling Between Air and Ground Surface Temperatures. AGUFM. 2003. 1 indexed citations

Smerdon, Jason E., Myles Lewis, Henry N. Pollack, & John W. Enz. (2002). Spectral analysis of air and ground temperatures at Fargo, North Dakota: conduction dominated propagation of the annual frequency signal. AGUFM. 2002. 1 indexed citations

Huang, Shan & Henry N. Pollack. (2002). Borehole Temperature Observations Compared to Synthetic Subsurface Temperatures Generated by Proxy Climate Reconstructions. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2002. 1 indexed citations

Smerdon, Jason E., et al.. (2001). Continental Heat Gain in the Global Climate System. AGUFM. 2001. 1 indexed citations

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Hurter, Suzanne & Henry N. Pollack. (1996). Terrestrial heat flow in the Paraná Basin, southern Brazil. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 101(B4). 8659–8671. 36 indexed citations

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Nyblade, A., et al.. (1990). Terrestrial heat flow in east and southern Africa. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 95(B11). 17371–17384. 152 indexed citations

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Pollack, Henry N.. (1985). Cratonization: a thermal and petrological perspective. Geol. Soc. Am., Abstr. Programs; (United States). 17. 1 indexed citations

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Pollack, Henry N., et al.. (1985). Heat flow in the presence of topography; numerical analysis of data ensembles. Geophysics. 50(8). 1335–1341. 18 indexed citations

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Speece, M. A., et al.. (1985). Analysis of temperatures in sedimentary basins; the Michigan Basin. Geophysics. 50(8). 1318–1334. 51 indexed citations

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Pollack, Henry N. & V. Rama Murthy. (1984). Structure and evolution of the continental lithosphere. Pergamon Press eBooks. 44 indexed citations

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Vitorello, Ícaro & Henry N. Pollack. (1980). On the variation of continental heat flow with age and the thermal evolution of continents. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 85(B2). 983–995. 185 indexed citations

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Pollack, Henry N.. (1978). Energetics of geological processes. Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors. 17(2). 188–189. 7 indexed citations

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Pollack, Henry N. & David S. Chapman. (1977). On the regional variation of heat flow, geotherms, and lithospheric thickness. Tectonophysics. 38(3-4). 279–296. 864 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pollack, Henry N. & David S. Chapman. (1977). Mantle heat flow. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 34(2). 174–184. 106 indexed citations

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Pollack, Henry N.. (1963). Effect of Delay Time and Number of Delays on the Spectra of Ripple-Fired Shots. Seismological Research Letters. 34(1). 1–12. 13 indexed citations

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