Jacob A. Covault

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Jacob A. Covault is a scholar working on Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jacob A. Covault has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Earth-Surface Processes, 45 papers in Atmospheric Science and 16 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Jacob A. Covault's work include Geological formations and processes (55 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (45 papers) and Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (11 papers). Jacob A. Covault is often cited by papers focused on Geological formations and processes (55 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (45 papers) and Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (11 papers). Jacob A. Covault collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. Jacob A. Covault's co-authors include Brian W. Romans, Andrea Fildani, Stephan A. Graham, Stephen M. Hubbard, Zoltán Sylvester, Sébastien Castelltort, J. P. Walsh, T. McHargue, William R. Normark and C. K. Paull and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Geology and Earth-Science Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Jacob A. Covault

66 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

Environmental signal propagation in sedimentary systems a... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Environmental signal propagation in sedimentary systems across timescales
    2015 432 citations Brian W. Romans, Sébastien Castelltort et al. Earth-Science Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jacob A. Covault United States 33 3.1k 2.4k 1.2k 800 714 67 3.9k
Brian W. Romans United States 31 2.4k 0.8× 2.1k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 565 0.7× 559 0.8× 57 3.3k
Stephen M. Hubbard Canada 37 2.9k 0.9× 2.1k 0.9× 1.4k 1.1× 870 1.1× 930 1.3× 108 4.1k
William D. McCaffrey United Kingdom 39 4.1k 1.3× 2.7k 1.1× 1.3k 1.1× 1.1k 1.4× 1.0k 1.4× 118 4.6k
George Postma Netherlands 32 3.2k 1.0× 2.7k 1.1× 1.1k 0.9× 932 1.2× 622 0.9× 62 4.3k
Bruno Savoye France 34 3.8k 1.2× 2.7k 1.1× 1.6k 1.3× 903 1.1× 693 1.0× 61 4.6k
Peter D. W. Haughton Ireland 31 2.3k 0.8× 1.7k 0.7× 1.5k 1.2× 503 0.6× 733 1.0× 69 3.4k
Janok P. Bhattacharya United States 31 3.0k 1.0× 2.1k 0.9× 509 0.4× 836 1.0× 1.2k 1.7× 90 3.7k
Nigel P. Mountney United Kingdom 40 3.4k 1.1× 2.6k 1.1× 908 0.8× 744 0.9× 867 1.2× 158 4.6k
Wojciech Nemec Norway 27 2.6k 0.8× 2.3k 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 472 0.6× 506 0.7× 55 3.4k
Ron J. Steel United States 28 3.0k 1.0× 2.3k 1.0× 847 0.7× 621 0.8× 756 1.1× 44 3.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jacob A. Covault

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All Works

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Sylvester, Zoltán, et al.. (2025). The impact of reservoir architecture on dynamic connectivity in sinuous deep-water channel systems. Interpretation. 13(3). T607–T628.
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Sylvester, Zoltán, K. M. Straub, & Jacob A. Covault. (2024). Stratigraphy in space and time: A reproducible approach to analysis and visualization. Earth-Science Reviews. 250. 104706–104706. 4 indexed citations
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Covault, Jacob A., Zoltán Sylvester, & Dallas Dunlap. (2024). Submarine‐channel meandering reset by landslide filling, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. The Depositional Record. 10(5). 581–599. 4 indexed citations
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Sylvester, Zoltán, Paul R. Durkin, & Jacob A. Covault. (2019). High curvatures drive river meandering. Geology. 47(3). 263–266. 123 indexed citations
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Sharman, Glenn R., Zoltán Sylvester, & Jacob A. Covault. (2019). Conversion of tectonic and climatic forcings into records of sediment supply and provenance. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 4115–4115. 20 indexed citations
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Fildani, Andrea, et al.. (2018). Muddy sand and sandy mud on the distal Mississippi fan: Implications for lobe depositional processes. Geosphere. 14(3). 1051–1066. 31 indexed citations
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Hawie, Nicolas, Jacob A. Covault, Dallas Dunlap, & Zoltán Sylvester. (2018). Slope-fan depositional architecture from high-resolution forward stratigraphic models. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 91. 576–585. 19 indexed citations
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Hessler, Angela M., Jinyu Zhang, Jacob A. Covault, & William A. Ambrose. (2017). Continental weathering coupled to Paleogene climate changes in North America. Geology. 45(10). 911–914. 56 indexed citations
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Sylvester, Zoltán & Jacob A. Covault. (2016). Development of cutoff-related knickpoints during early evolution of submarine channels. Geology. 44(10). 835–838. 35 indexed citations
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Covault, Jacob A., et al.. (2016). Three-Dimensional Numerical Modeling of Eustatic Control On Continental-Margin Sand Distribution. Journal of Sedimentary Research. 86(12). 1434–1443. 34 indexed citations
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Romans, Brian W., Sébastien Castelltort, Jacob A. Covault, Andrea Fildani, & J. P. Walsh. (2015). Environmental signal propagation in sedimentary systems across timescales. Earth-Science Reviews. 153. 7–29. 432 indexed citations breakdown →
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Craddock, William H., Jacob A. Covault, Sean T. Brennan, et al.. (2014). Geologic framework for the national assessment of carbon dioxide storage resources: Alaska North Slope and Kandik Basin, Alaska. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 3 indexed citations
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Brennan, Sean T., Jacob A. Covault, William H. Craddock, et al.. (2014). Geologic framework for the national assessment of carbon dioxide storage resources: U.S. Gulf Coast. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 3 indexed citations
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Brennan, Sean T., et al.. (2014). Geologic framework for the national assessment of carbon dioxide storage resources: Denver Basin, Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 6 indexed citations
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Covault, Jacob A., et al.. (2011). Abstract: “Exceptional” Turbidite Systems in High-latitude and Tectonically Active Settings and the Obsolescence of Ubiquitous Sequence Stratigraphic Models. 53(7). 47–48. 1 indexed citations
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McHargue, T., Michael J. Pyrcz, Morgan D. Sullivan, et al.. (2010). Architecture of turbidite channel systems on the continental slope: Patterns and predictions. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 28(3). 728–743. 291 indexed citations
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Surpless, Kathleen D., Stephan A. Graham, Jacob A. Covault, & Joseph L. Wooden. (2005). Does the Great Valley Group contain Jurassic strata? Reevaluation of the age and early evolution of a classic forearc basin. Geology. 34(1). 21–21. 90 indexed citations

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