Lorcan Kennan

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Lorcan Kennan is a scholar working on Geophysics, Mechanics of Materials and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Lorcan Kennan has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Geophysics, 3 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 2 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Lorcan Kennan's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (7 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (6 papers) and Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America (4 papers). Lorcan Kennan is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (7 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (6 papers) and Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America (4 papers). Lorcan Kennan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Lorcan Kennan's co-authors include James Pindell, Simon Lamb, Leonore Hoke, Walter V. Maresch, Klaus Stanek, Grenville Draper, John Dewey, Christopher Rundle, Sophie Leleu and Adrian J. Hartley and has published in prestigious journals such as Earth-Science Reviews, Geological Society London Special Publications and Journal of South American Earth Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Lorcan Kennan

10 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

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 →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lorcan Kennan United Kingdom	9	1.1k	168	158	145	128	11	1.3k
L. Jolivet France	14	1.5k 1.4×	122 0.7×	182 1.2×	73 0.5×	69 0.5×	16	1.7k
Kurt N. Constenius United States	17	628 0.6×	188 1.1×	253 1.6×	183 1.3×	106 0.8×	44	874
Cécile Duboz Australia	4	1.0k 1.0×	88 0.5×	191 1.2×	145 1.0×	104 0.8×	5	1.3k
Stéphanie Brichau France	21	978 0.9×	152 0.9×	202 1.3×	134 0.9×	85 0.7×	38	1.1k
David M. Buchs United Kingdom	16	672 0.6×	105 0.6×	118 0.7×	56 0.4×	122 1.0×	41	957
Esmaeil Shabanian Iran	24	1.6k 1.4×	213 1.3×	253 1.6×	102 0.7×	51 0.4×	45	1.8k
Mélody Philippon France	18	812 0.8×	63 0.4×	109 0.7×	119 0.8×	87 0.7×	48	1.0k
D. H. Moore Australia	14	643 0.6×	264 1.6×	144 0.9×	85 0.6×	101 0.8×	38	788
William J. Sercombe United States	6	502 0.5×	76 0.5×	144 0.9×	67 0.5×	104 0.8×	12	686
A. L. Knipper France	5	1.5k 1.4×	237 1.4×	264 1.7×	183 1.3×	252 2.0×	8	1.8k

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11 of 11 papers shown

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Schofield, Nick, et al.. (2022). Challenges and opportunities for hydrocarbon exploration within the Mesozoic sub-basalt plays of the Norwegian Atlantic Margin. Petroleum Geoscience. 28(4). 5 indexed citations

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Leleu, Sophie, et al.. (2016). Structural, stratigraphic and sedimentological characterisation of a wide rift system: The Triassic rift system of the Central Atlantic Domain. Earth-Science Reviews. 158. 89–124. 72 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

4.

Hafkenscheid, E., Steven C. Bergman, J. H. Davies, et al.. (2013). Integrating Plate Tectonic Reconstruction and Mantle Dynamics: A valuable Aid in Frontier Exploration. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 2 indexed citations

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Kennan, Lorcan & James Pindell. (2009). Dextral shear, terrane accretion and basin formation in the Northern Andes: best explained by interaction with a Pacific-derived Caribbean Plate?. Geological Society London Special Publications. 328(1). 487–531. 89 indexed citations

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Pindell, James & Lorcan Kennan. (2009). Tectonic evolution of the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean and northern South America in the mantle reference frame: an update. Geological Society London Special Publications. 328(1). 1–55. 593 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pindell, James, et al.. (2009). Clastic domains of sandstones in central/eastern Venezuela, Trinidad, and Barbados: heavy mineral and tectonic constraints on provenance and palaeogeography. Geological Society London Special Publications. 328(1). 743–797. 22 indexed citations

8.

Kennan, Lorcan, et al.. (2006). Foundations of Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean evolution: eight controversies resolved. Geologica Acta. 303–341. 209 indexed citations

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Kennan, Lorcan, Simon Lamb, & Leonore Hoke. (1997). High-altitude palaeosurfaces in the Bolivian Andes: evidence for late Cenozoic surface uplift. Geological Society London Special Publications. 120(1). 307–323. 77 indexed citations

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Lamb, Simon, Leonore Hoke, Lorcan Kennan, & John Dewey. (1997). Cenozoic evolution of the Central Andes in Bolivia and northern Chile. Geological Society London Special Publications. 121(1). 237–264. 136 indexed citations

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Kennan, Lorcan, Simon Lamb, & Christopher Rundle. (1995). K-Ar dates from the Altiplano and Cordillera Oriental of Bolivia: implications for Cenozoic stratigraphy and tectonics. Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 8(2). 163–186. 84 indexed citations

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