James Pindell

5.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
60 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

James Pindell is a scholar working on Geophysics, Geology and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, James Pindell has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Geophysics, 8 papers in Geology and 6 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in James Pindell's work include Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America (43 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (33 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (31 papers). James Pindell is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America (43 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (33 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (31 papers). James Pindell collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Mexico. James Pindell's co-authors include Lorcan Kennan, John Dewey, David B. Rowley, Brian W. Horn, Antonio García‐Casco, S. C. Cande, Walter C. Pitman, William F. Haxby, John L. LaBrecque and Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Geophysical Research Letters and Geology.

In The Last Decade

James Pindell

56 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Tectonic evolution of the Gulf o... 1982 2026 1996 2011 2009 1982 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Tectonic evolution of the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean and northern South America in the mantle reference frame: an update
    2009 593 citations James Pindell, Lorcan Kennan Geological Society London Special Publications profile →
  2. Permo‐Triassic reconstruction of western Pangea and the evolution of the Gulf of Mexico/Caribbean region
    1982 504 citations James Pindell, John Dewey Tectonics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James Pindell United States 21 2.6k 380 331 323 275 60 3.2k
Éric Barrier France 28 2.5k 0.9× 424 1.1× 358 1.1× 210 0.7× 178 0.6× 52 2.9k
Gideon Rosenbaum Australia 40 4.8k 1.8× 636 1.7× 357 1.1× 850 2.6× 405 1.5× 128 5.5k
T. McCann Germany 22 868 0.3× 277 0.7× 389 1.2× 182 0.6× 272 1.0× 53 1.8k
Lisa M. Gahagan United States 15 1.9k 0.7× 707 1.9× 492 1.5× 279 0.9× 577 2.1× 25 3.0k
Andrés Mora Colombia 39 3.8k 1.4× 115 0.3× 197 0.6× 435 1.3× 228 0.8× 105 4.2k
V. G. Kaz’min Russia 16 2.1k 0.8× 230 0.6× 235 0.7× 425 1.3× 313 1.1× 37 2.5k
Vaughan Stagpoole New Zealand 19 911 0.3× 380 1.0× 179 0.5× 112 0.3× 106 0.4× 43 1.3k
Anne Replumaz France 28 3.2k 1.2× 939 2.5× 381 1.2× 260 0.8× 118 0.4× 58 3.7k
Andrew D. Saunders United Kingdom 23 3.4k 1.3× 403 1.1× 150 0.5× 1.1k 3.4× 558 2.0× 26 3.9k
A. H. F. Robertson United Kingdom 25 2.1k 0.8× 136 0.4× 344 1.0× 464 1.4× 458 1.7× 46 2.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by James Pindell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James Pindell

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All Works

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Garza, Roberto S. Molina, et al.. (2022). Paleomagnetism, magnetostratigraphy, provenance, and tectonic setting of the Lower Cretaceous of nuclear southern Mexico. Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 115. 103719–103719. 5 indexed citations
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Pindell, James, et al.. (2022). Dynamo-thermal subsidence and sag–salt section deposition as magma-rich rifted margins move off plume centres along incipient lines of break-up. Journal of the Geological Society. 179(5). 13 indexed citations
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Gray, Gary G., Diego Villagómez, James Pindell, et al.. (2020). Late Mesozoic and Cenozoic thermotectonic history of eastern, central and southern Mexico as determined through integrated thermochronology, with implications for sediment delivery to the Gulf of Mexico. Geological Society London Special Publications. 504(1). 255–283. 15 indexed citations
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Erlich, R. N. & James Pindell. (2020). Crustal origin of the West Florida Terrane, and detrital zircon provenance and development of accommodation during initial rifting of the southeastern Gulf of Mexico and western Bahamas. Geological Society London Special Publications. 504(1). 77–118. 13 indexed citations
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Davison, Ian, et al.. (2020). The basins, orogens and evolution of the southern Gulf of Mexico and Northern Caribbean. Geological Society London Special Publications. 504(1). 1–27. 31 indexed citations
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Pindell, James, et al.. (2020). A revised synthesis of the rift and drift history of the Gulf of Mexico and surrounding regions in the light of improved age dating of the Middle Jurassic salt. Geological Society London Special Publications. 504(1). 29–76. 44 indexed citations
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Pindell, James, Roberto S. Molina Garza, Diego Villagómez, et al.. (2020). Provenance of the Miocene Nanchital conglomerate, western Chiapas Foldbelt, Mexico: implications for reservoir sands in the Sureste Basin, Greater Campeche Province. Geological Society London Special Publications. 504(1). 167–182. 7 indexed citations
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Pindell, James, et al.. (2018). Role of outer marginal collapse on salt deposition in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, Campos and Santos basins. Geological Society London Special Publications. 476(1). 317–331. 9 indexed citations
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Pindell, James, et al.. (2016). Compelling evidence from eastern Mexico for a Late Paleocene/Early Eocene isolation, drawdown, and refill of the Gulf of Mexico. Interpretation. 4(1). SC63–SC80. 12 indexed citations
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Pindell, James, et al.. (2015). Continental extension and break-up—using the Australian margins as a case study. The APPEA Journal. 55(2). 399–399. 1 indexed citations
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Wright, James E., et al.. (2014). U-Pb geochronology of detrital zircon crystals from Caratas and Los Arroyos formations, Northeastern Venezuela. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Pindell, James, Brian W. Horn, Paul Weimer, et al.. (2014). Sedimentary Basins: Origin, Depositional Histories, and Petroleum Systems. SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) eBooks. 8 indexed citations
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Rojas‐Agramonte, Yamirka, Alfred Kröner, James Pindell, et al.. (2008). Detrital zircon geochronology of Jurassic sandstones of western Cuba (San Cayetano Formation): Implications for the Jurassic paleogeography of the NW Proto-Caribbean. American Journal of Science. 308(4). 639–656. 17 indexed citations
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Draper, Grenville & James Pindell. (2004). Arc-continent collision on the southern Margin of North America: Cuba and Hispaniola. AGUFM. 2004. 1 indexed citations
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Pindell, James & Charles L. Drake. (1998). Paleogeographic evolution and non-glacial eustasy, Northern South America. SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) eBooks. 56 indexed citations
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Pindell, James. (1993). Mesozoic-Cenozoic Paleogeographic Evolution of Northern South America. AAPG Bulletin. 77. 4 indexed citations
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