M. A. Morrison

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

M. A. Morrison is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, M. A. Morrison has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Geophysics, 13 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 4 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in M. A. Morrison's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (31 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (18 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (15 papers). M. A. Morrison is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (31 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (18 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (15 papers). M. A. Morrison collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and United States. M. A. Morrison's co-authors include R. N. Thompson, G. L. Hendry, Alan P. Dickin, S. J. Parry, Philip T. Leat, Ian L. Gibson, Sally Gibson, Susan E. Humphris, J. G. Mitchell and Daniel J. Fornari and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

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M. A. Morrison

32 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

An assessment of the relative roles of crust and mantle in magma genesis: an elemental approach

1984 641 citations R. N. Thompson, M. A. Morrison et al. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. A. Morrison United Kingdom	25	2.2k	1.1k	278	215	152	32	2.3k
Ph. Vidal France	22	2.2k 1.0×	773 0.7×	336 1.2×	214 1.0×	163 1.1×	28	2.3k
Bernard Auvray France	22	2.6k 1.2×	874 0.8×	371 1.3×	219 1.0×	195 1.3×	50	2.7k
James M. McLelland United States	22	2.2k 1.0×	975 0.9×	248 0.9×	241 1.1×	220 1.4×	47	2.3k
J. J. Peucat France	23	2.5k 1.2×	1.0k 0.9×	309 1.1×	136 0.6×	142 0.9×	29	2.6k
J. Bernard-Griffiths France	25	1.8k 0.8×	628 0.6×	272 1.0×	136 0.6×	90 0.6×	31	1.9k
Ronald Doig Canada	25	1.4k 0.7×	662 0.6×	172 0.6×	265 1.2×	200 1.3×	49	1.6k
Charles F. Gower Canada	26	2.6k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	229 0.8×	262 1.2×	334 2.2×	53	2.7k
Bernard Barbarin France	13	3.5k 1.6×	1.4k 1.3×	248 0.9×	134 0.6×	112 0.7×	19	3.5k
G. F. Marriner United Kingdom	18	1.9k 0.9×	629 0.6×	260 0.9×	208 1.0×	102 0.7×	21	2.0k
Peter C. Lightfoot Canada	25	1.9k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	285 1.0×	278 1.3×	77 0.5×	38	2.1k

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Adam, Ludmila, et al.. (2012). A feasibility study of time-lapse seismic monitoring of CO2 sequestration in a layered basalt reservoir. Journal of Applied Geophysics. 82. 145–152. 29 indexed citations

Thompson, R. N., Christopher J. Ottley, P.M. Smith, et al.. (2005). Source of the Quaternary Alkalic Basalts, Picrites and Basanites of the Potrillo Volcanic Field, New Mexico, USA: Lithosphere or Convecting Mantle?. Journal of Petrology. 46(8). 1603–1643. 49 indexed citations

Henney, P. J., et al.. (1996). Geochemistry of late Caledonian minettes from Northern Britain: implications for the Caledonian sub-continental lithospheric mantle. Mineralogical Magazine. 60(398). 221–236. 37 indexed citations

Thompson, R. N., Sally Gibson, Philip T. Leat, et al.. (1993). Early Miocene continental extension-related basaltic magmatism at Walton Peak, northwest Colorado: further evidence on continental basalt genesis. Journal of the Geological Society. 150(2). 277–292. 11 indexed citations

Gibson, Sally, R. N. Thompson, Philip T. Leat, et al.. (1992). Asthenosphere-derived magmatism in the Rio Grande rift, western USA: implications for continental break-up. Geological Society London Special Publications. 68(1). 61–89. 40 indexed citations

Leat, Philip T., R. N. Thompson, M. A. Morrison, G. L. Hendry, & Alan P. Dickin. (1991). Alkaline hybrid mafic magmas of the Yampa area, NW Colorado, and their relationship to the Yellowstone mantle plume and lithospheric mantle domains. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 107(3). 310–327. 29 indexed citations

Leat, Philip T., R. N. Thompson, Alan P. Dickin, M. A. Morrison, & G. L. Hendry. (1989). Quaternary volcanism in northwestern Colorado: Implications for the roles of asthenosphere and lithosphere in the genesis of continental basalts. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 37(3-4). 291–310. 46 indexed citations

Leat, Philip T., R. N. Thompson, M. A. Morrison, G. L. Hendry, & Alan P. Dickin. (1988). Compositionally-Diverse Miocene--Recent Rift-Related Magmatism in Northwest Colorado: Partial Melting, and Mixing of Mafic Magmas from 3 Different Asthenospheric and Lithospheric Mantle Sources. Journal of Petrology. Special_Volume(1). 351–377. 106 indexed citations

Thompson, R. N. & M. A. Morrison. (1988). Asthenospheric and lower-lithospheric mantle contributions to continental extensional magmatism: An example from the British Tertiary Province. Chemical Geology. 68(1-2). 1–15. 216 indexed citations

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Leat, Philip T., et al.. (1987). Geodynamic significance of post-Variscan intrusive and extrusive potassic magmatism in SW England. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Earth Sciences. 77(4). 349–360. 47 indexed citations

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Morrison, M. A., G. L. Hendry, & Philip T. Leat. (1987). Regional and tectonic implications of parallel Caledonian and Permo-Carboniferous lamprophyre dyke swarms from Lismore, Ardgour. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Earth Sciences. 77(4). 279–288. 26 indexed citations

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Thompson, R. N., M. A. Morrison, Alan P. Dickin, Ian L. Gibson, & Russell S. Harmon. (1986). Two contrasting styles of interaction between basic magmas and continental crust in the British Tertiary Volcanic Province. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 91(B6). 5985–5997. 89 indexed citations

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Thompson, R. N., et al.. (1986). Field evidence for turbulence during flow of basalt magma through conduits from southwest Mull. Geological Magazine. 123(6). 693–697. 14 indexed citations

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Morrison, M. A.. (1986). Eric A. K. Middlemost Magmas and Magmatic Rocks: an Introduction to Igneous Petrology. London and New York (Longman), 1985. ix + 266 pp., 35 figs., 22 plates. Price £13·95 (paper). Mineralogical Magazine. 50(355). 185–186. 2 indexed citations

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Dickin, Alan P., et al.. (1984). Crustal contamination and the granite problem in the British Tertiary Volcanic Province. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 310(1514). 755–780. 47 indexed citations

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Thompson, R. N., M. A. Morrison, G. L. Hendry, & S. J. Parry. (1984). An assessment of the relative roles of crust and mantle in magma genesis: an elemental approach. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 310(1514). 549–590. 641 indexed citations breakdown →

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Morrison, M. A., R. N. Thompson, Ian L. Gibson, & G. F. Marriner. (1980). Lateral chemical heterogeneity in the Palaeocene upper mantle beneath the Scottish Hebrides. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 297(1431). 229–244. 35 indexed citations

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Thompson, R. N., M. A. Morrison, Dave Mattey, Alan P. Dickin, & S. Moorbath. (1980). An assessment of the ThHfTa diagram as a discriminant for tectonomagmatic classifications and in the detection of crustal contamination of magmas. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 50(1). 1–10. 35 indexed citations

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Humphris, Susan E., M. A. Morrison, & R. N. Thompson. (1978). Influence of rock crystallisation history upon subsequent lanthanide mobility during hydrothermal alteration of basalts. Chemical Geology. 23(1-4). 125–137. 86 indexed citations

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Morrison, M. A.. (1978). The use of “immobile” trace elements to distinguish the palaeotectonic affinities of metabasalts: Applications to the Paleocene basalts of Mull and Skye, Northwest Scotland. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 39(3). 407–416. 63 indexed citations

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