Lynton S. Land

6.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
64 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Lynton S. Land is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Paleontology and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lynton S. Land has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Atmospheric Science, 23 papers in Paleontology and 15 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Lynton S. Land's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (25 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (23 papers) and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (12 papers). Lynton S. Land is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (25 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (23 papers) and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (12 papers). Lynton S. Land collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Lynton S. Land's co-authors include I. R. Kaplan, Michael A. Arthur, Ján Veizer, Thomas F. Anderson, Dennis R. Prezbindowski, K.L. Milliken, F. Leo Lynch, Rebecca Fisher, Fred T. Mackenzie and Stephen Jay Gould and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Lynton S. Land

63 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

Stable Isotopes in Sedime... 1983 2026 1997 2011 1983 1985 200 400 600
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. Stable Isotopes in Sedimentary Geology
    1983 683 citations Lynton S. Land et al. profile →
  2. The Origin of Massive Dolomite
    1985 502 citations Lynton S. Land profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lynton S. Land United States 35 2.2k 1.8k 1.3k 1.2k 1.2k 64 4.6k
Lawrence A. Hardie United States 23 2.5k 1.1× 1.8k 1.0× 1.0k 0.8× 633 0.5× 798 0.7× 34 4.3k
J. A. D. Dickson United Kingdom 31 2.4k 1.1× 1.4k 0.8× 856 0.7× 1.2k 1.0× 1.2k 1.0× 86 4.1k
M. J. Kennedy United States 35 3.5k 1.6× 2.7k 1.5× 1.3k 1.1× 1.4k 1.1× 1.7k 1.4× 69 5.8k
Erik Flügel Germany 27 3.5k 1.6× 1.6k 0.9× 419 0.3× 853 0.7× 1.2k 1.0× 68 4.7k
Dieter Buhl Germany 34 3.2k 1.4× 2.3k 1.3× 1.6k 1.3× 660 0.6× 1.9k 1.6× 58 5.0k
Yehoshua Kolodny Israel 34 2.3k 1.0× 1.7k 0.9× 1.4k 1.1× 316 0.3× 829 0.7× 73 5.1k
Wolfgang Oschmann Germany 33 2.0k 0.9× 1.6k 0.9× 537 0.4× 645 0.5× 644 0.6× 59 3.9k
Simon M.F. Sheppard France 46 2.1k 1.0× 2.0k 1.1× 2.2k 1.7× 875 0.7× 5.7k 4.9× 89 8.5k
Uwe Brand Canada 38 4.1k 1.9× 2.3k 1.3× 1.7k 1.4× 618 0.5× 1.3k 1.1× 122 5.4k
John K. Warren Thailand 30 2.1k 0.9× 1.7k 1.0× 982 0.8× 1.3k 1.1× 1.9k 1.6× 56 5.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lynton S. Land

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Land, Lynton S.. (2012). Chesapeake Bay nutrient pollution: Contribution from the land application of sewage sludge in Virginia. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 64(11). 2305–2308. 7 indexed citations
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Muscatine, L., Claire Goiran, Lynton S. Land, et al.. (2005). Stable isotopes (δ 13 C and δ 15 N) of organic matrix from coral skeleton. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(5). 1525–1530. 155 indexed citations
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Lynch, F. Leo, Lawrence E. Mack, & Lynton S. Land. (1997). Burial diagenesis of illite/smectite in shales and the origins of authigenic quartz and secondary porosity in sandstones. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 61(10). 1995–2006. 86 indexed citations
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Land, Lynton S.. (1995). The role of saline formation water in crustal cycling. Aquatic Geochemistry. 1(2). 137–145. 14 indexed citations
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Land, Lynton S.. (1990). Short course in burial diagenesis. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 54(2). 489–489. 30 indexed citations
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Lundegard, Paul D. & Lynton S. Land. (1989). Carbonate equilibria and pH buffering by organic acids — Response to changes in pCO2. Chemical Geology. 74(3-4). 277–287. 41 indexed citations
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Kerans, Charles, et al.. (1988). Deep-Burial Dolomitization in the Ordovician Ellenburger Group Carbonates, West Texas and Southeastern New Mexico: DISCUSSION. Journal of Sedimentary Research. 58(5). 3 indexed citations
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Hanor, Jeffrey S., Yousif K. Kharaka, & Lynton S. Land. (1988). Penrose Conference report: Geochemistry of Waters in deep sedimentary basin. Geology. 16(6). 560–560. 3 indexed citations
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Land, Lynton S.. (1988). Dynamical geology of salt related structures. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 52(3). 797–797. 3 indexed citations
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Land, Lynton S. & Rebecca Fisher. (1987). Wilcox sandstone diagenesis, Texas Gulf Coast: a regional isotopic comparison with the Frio Formation. Geological Society London Special Publications. 36(1). 219–235. 37 indexed citations
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Land, Lynton S., K.L. Milliken, & Earle F. McBride. (1987). Diagenetic evolution of Cenozoic sandstones, Gulf of Mexico sedimentary basin. Sedimentary Geology. 50(1-3). 195–225. 78 indexed citations
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Fisher, Rebecca & Lynton S. Land. (1986). Diagenetic history of Eocene Wilcox sandstones, South-Central Texas. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 50(4). 551–561. 102 indexed citations
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Land, Lynton S., et al.. (1983). Isotopic geochemistry of burial-metamorphosed volcanogenic sediments, Great Valley sequence, northern California. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 47(8). 1487–1499. 85 indexed citations
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Land, Lynton S.. (1982). . 3 indexed citations
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Land, Lynton S.. (1979). The fate of reef-derived sediment on the north Jamaican island slope. Marine Geology. 29(1-4). 55–71. 55 indexed citations
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Land, Lynton S.. (1977). Abstract: Hydrogen and Oxygen Isotopic Composition of Chert from the Edwards Group, Lower Cretaceous, Central Texas. 27. 4 indexed citations
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Land, Lynton S.. (1976). Early Dissolution of Sponge Spicules from Reef Sediments, North Jamaica. Journal of Sedimentary Research. Vol. 46. 40 indexed citations
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Macintyre, Ian G., Blake W. Blackwelder, Lynton S. Land, & Robert Stuckenrath. (1975). North Carolina Shelf-Edge Sandstone: Age, Environment of Origin, and Relationship to Pre-existing Sea Levels. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 86(8). 1073–1073. 7 indexed citations
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Land, Lynton S., Fred T. Mackenzie, & Stephen Jay Gould. (1967). Pleistocene History of Bermuda. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 78(8). 993–993. 196 indexed citations
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Land, Lynton S.. (1964). Eolian Cross-Bedding in the Beach Dune Environment, Sapelo Island, Georgia. Journal of Sedimentary Research. Vol. 34. 22 indexed citations

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