Luís A. Buatois

14.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
295 papers, 9.9k citations indexed

About

Luís A. Buatois is a scholar working on Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Luís A. Buatois has authored 295 papers receiving a total of 9.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 227 papers in Earth-Surface Processes, 194 papers in Atmospheric Science and 180 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Luís A. Buatois's work include Geological formations and processes (227 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (194 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (171 papers). Luís A. Buatois is often cited by papers focused on Geological formations and processes (227 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (194 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (171 papers). Luís A. Buatois collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Argentina and United States. Luís A. Buatois's co-authors include M. Gabriela Mángano, Christopher G. Maples, Noelia B. Carmona, William P. Lanier, Florencio Gilberto Aceñolaza, Jorge F. Genise, Mark A. Wilson, Adolf Seilacher, Patricio Desjardins and Richard G. Bromley and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Luís A. Buatois

288 papers receiving 9.4k 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.

Ichnology: Organism-Substrate Interactions in Space and Time

2011 539 citations Luís A. Buatois, M. Gabriela Mángano profile →
Ichnology

2011 406 citations Luís A. Buatois, M. Gabriela Mángano profile →

Peers

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M. Gabriela Mángano Canada

Franz T. Fürsich Germany

S. George Pemberton Canada

Jan Hardenbol United States

James V. Browning United States

Adolf Seilacher Germany

Bilal U. Haq United States

V. Paul Wright United Kingdom

Alfred Uchman Poland

Richard G. Bromley Denmark

M. Gabriela Mángano Canada

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20 of 20 papers shown

Buatois, Luís A., et al.. (2025). An anomalous shallow-marine ichnofacies gradient from the Lower Devonian Talacasto Formation of the Argentine Precordillera. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 662. 112747–112747. 1 indexed citations

Buatois, Luís A., et al.. (2025). The trace-fossil record of the Late Paleozoic Ice Age. Earth-Science Reviews. 270. 105252–105252.

Buatois, Luís A., M. Gabriela Mángano, Valentina Marzia Rossi, et al.. (2025). Expanding the Ichnofacies Model to Tidal Straits: Testing Predictions and Assessing Anomalies. Terra Nova. 38(1). 19–26.

Buatois, Luís A., M. Gabriela Mángano, & Christopher G. Maples. (2025). Exploring the significance of true substrates in a Pennsylvanian fluvio–estuarine tidal flat. Geological Society London Special Publications. 556(1). 373–384. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Li‐Jun, Luís A. Buatois, M. Gabriela Mángano, et al.. (2025). Trace fossils from the Meishucun section of South China: revisiting ichnotaxonomy, behavioural diversification and ecosystem engineering from a key Ediacaran–Cambrian succession. Papers in Palaeontology. 11(2). 2 indexed citations

Wang, Zekun, et al.. (2025). Smoothness analyses of trace fossils: expanding quantitative toolkits to unravel bilaterian movement ecology during the Ediacaran–Cambrian transition. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 292(2050). 20250889–20250889. 1 indexed citations

Shillito, Anthony P., et al.. (2025). Sedimentary stasis in a Jurassic lagoonal delta system: the Lastres Formation of Asturias, northern Spain. Geological Society London Special Publications. 556(1). 385–400. 2 indexed citations

Puente, G. Susana de la, et al.. (2025). Stasis coupled to transgressive surfaces in a Silurian sand-rich tide-dominated deltaic succession (Balcarce Formation, Argentina). Geological Society London Special Publications. 556(1). 319–342.

Buatois, Luís A., et al.. (2024). Benthic response to event deposition and environmental disturbance in a shoreface to subaqueous delta system: Ichnology of the Silurian-Devonian Furada Formation of Asturias, Spain. Sedimentary Geology. 473. 106767–106767. 3 indexed citations

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Mángano, M. Gabriela, Luís A. Buatois, Laura Piñuela, et al.. (2024). Jurassic paleosurfaces with fecal mounds reveal the last supper of arenicolid worms. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 709–709. 4 indexed citations

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Mángano, M. Gabriela, Luís A. Buatois, Patricio Desjardins, et al.. (2023). Environmental controls on trace-fossil distribution in the Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous Vaca Muerta Formation (Argentina): Implications for the analysis of fine-grained depositional systems. Sedimentary Geology. 454. 106460–106460. 8 indexed citations

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Mángano, M. Gabriela, et al.. (2023). Evolutionary and ecologic controls on benthos distribution from an upper Cambrian incised estuarine valley: Implications for the early colonization of marginal-marine settings. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 626. 111692–111692. 6 indexed citations

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Bertling, Markus, Luís A. Buatois, Dirk Knaust, et al.. (2022). Names for trace fossils 2.0: theory and practice in ichnotaxonomy. Lethaia. 55(3). 1–19. 46 indexed citations

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Buatois, Luís A., et al.. (2021). Depositional environments and controls on the stratigraphic architecture of the Cenomanian Buda Limestone in west Texas, U.S.A.. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 133. 105275–105275. 3 indexed citations

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Mángano, M. Gabriela, et al.. (2021). Were all trilobites fully marine? Trilobite expansion into brackish water during the early Palaeozoic. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 288(1944). 20202263–20202263. 22 indexed citations

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Mángano, M. Gabriela & Luís A. Buatois. (2020). The rise and early evolution of animals: where do we stand from a trace-fossil perspective?. Interface Focus. 10(4). 20190103–20190103. 63 indexed citations

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Albani, Abderrazak El, Ernest Chi Fru, Murray K. Gingras, et al.. (2018). Unusual microbial mat‐related structural diversity 2.1 billion years ago and implications for the Francevillian biota. Geobiology. 16(5). 476–497. 25 indexed citations

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Buatois, Luís A., et al.. (2007). Stratigraphy, Depositional Environments and Ichnology of the Lower Paleozoic in the Azul Pampa Area - Jujuy Province. Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina. 62(3). 331–344. 8 indexed citations

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Buatois, Luís A., et al.. (2006). DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS AND STRATIGRAPHY OF THE UPPER CAMBRIAN-LOWER ORDOVICIAN SANTA ROSITA FORMATION AT THE ALFARCITO AREA, CORDILLERA ORIENTAL, ARGENTINA: INTEGRATION OF BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC DATA WITHIN A SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 13(1). 1–29. 49 indexed citations

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Buatois, Luís A. & M. Gabriela Mángano. (1995). The paleoenvironmental and paleoecological significance of the lacustrine Mermia ichnofacies: An archetypical subaqueous nonmarine trace fossil assemblage. Ichnos/Ichnos : an international journal for plant and animal traces. 4(2). 151–161. 191 indexed citations

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