M. Aftalion

2.1k total citations
38 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

M. Aftalion is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Aftalion has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Geophysics, 21 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 7 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in M. Aftalion's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (37 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (21 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (20 papers). M. Aftalion is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (37 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (21 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (20 papers). M. Aftalion collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Ireland and United States. M. Aftalion's co-authors include O. van Breemen, Alex N. Halliday, D. R. Bowes, Anthony E. Fallick, R. T. Pidgeon, M. R. W. Johnson, Michael R. Wilson, P. Povondra, S. Vrána and Z. Mísař and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Earth and Planetary Science Letters and Geology.

In The Last Decade

M. Aftalion

38 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
M. Aftalion United Kingdom 25 1.8k 763 284 238 215 38 1.9k
Ronald Doig Canada 25 1.4k 0.8× 662 0.9× 200 0.7× 265 1.1× 172 0.8× 49 1.6k
James M. McLelland United States 22 2.2k 1.2× 975 1.3× 220 0.8× 241 1.0× 248 1.2× 47 2.3k
Andrew Hynes Canada 26 1.8k 1.0× 677 0.9× 177 0.6× 147 0.6× 173 0.8× 74 2.0k
Ph. Vidal France 22 2.2k 1.2× 773 1.0× 163 0.6× 214 0.9× 336 1.6× 28 2.3k
Hannes K. Brueckner United States 34 2.8k 1.5× 782 1.0× 200 0.7× 211 0.9× 306 1.4× 80 2.9k
John F. Bender United States 10 2.5k 1.4× 561 0.7× 116 0.4× 290 1.2× 228 1.1× 13 2.6k
R.E. Harmer South Africa 22 1.7k 0.9× 844 1.1× 253 0.9× 96 0.4× 289 1.3× 40 1.8k
Charles F. Gower Canada 26 2.6k 1.5× 1.3k 1.6× 334 1.2× 262 1.1× 229 1.1× 53 2.7k
H. J. Welke South Africa 15 915 0.5× 522 0.7× 150 0.5× 159 0.7× 249 1.2× 21 1.0k
James F. Wilson United Kingdom 15 1.0k 0.6× 513 0.7× 259 0.9× 133 0.6× 192 0.9× 26 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by M. Aftalion

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M. Aftalion

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bluck, B. J., T. J. Dempster, M. Aftalion, Peter D. W. Haughton, & G. Rogers. (2006). Geochronology of a granitoid boulder from the Corsewall Formation (Southern Uplands): implications for the evolution of southern Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology. 42(1). 29–35. 10 indexed citations
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Aftalion, M. & D. R. Bowes. (2002). U-Pb zircon isotopic evidence for mid-Devonian migmatite formation in the Gory Sowie domain of the Bohemian Massif, Sudeten Mountains, SW Poland. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Monatshefte. 2002(4). 182–192. 9 indexed citations
3.
Aftalion, M., et al.. (2000). Late Pan-African thermal history in the Eastern Ghats terrane, India, from U-Pb and K-Ar isotopic study of the Mid-Proterozoic Khariar alkali syenite, Orissa. 43 indexed citations
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Thomson, Brian, et al.. (1995). Geochronology and tectonic setting of silicic dike swarms and related silver mineralization at Candelaria, western Nevada. Economic Geology. 90(8). 2182–2196. 4 indexed citations
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Aftalion, M., Elena Bibikova, D. R. Bowes, A. M. Hopgood, & L. L. Perchuk. (1991). Timing of Early Proterozoic Collisional and Extensional Events in the Granulite-Gneiss-Charnockite-Granite Complex, Lake Baikal, USSR: A U-Pb, Rb-Sr, and Sm-Nd Isotopic Study. The Journal of Geology. 99(6). 851–861. 48 indexed citations
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O’Connor, Patrick, M. Aftalion, & P. S. Kennan. (1989). Isotopic U–Pb ages of zircon and monazite from the Leinster Granite, southeast Ireland. Geological Magazine. 126(6). 725–728. 28 indexed citations
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Breemen, O. van, D. R. Bowes, M. Aftalion, & Andrzej Żelaźniewicz. (1988). Devonian tectonothermal activity in the Sowie Góry gneissic block, Sudetes, southwestern Poland: evidence from Rb-Sr and U-Pb isotopic studies. Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae/Rocznik Polskiego Towarzystwa Geologicznego. 58. 3–19. 56 indexed citations
8.
Aftalion, M., D. R. Bowes, B. Dash, & T. J. Dempster. (1988). Late Proterozoic Charnockites in Orissa, India: A U-Pb and Rb-Sr Isotopic Study. The Journal of Geology. 96(6). 663–676. 103 indexed citations
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Wilson, Michael R., et al.. (1987). Jörn: An early proterozoic intrusive complex in a volcanic-arc environment, north sweden. Precambrian Research. 36(3-4). 201–225. 62 indexed citations
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Halliday, Alex N., M. Aftalion, I. Parsons, Alan P. Dickin, & M. R. W. Johnson. (1987). Syn-orogenic alkaline magmatism and its relationship to the Moine Thrust Zone and the thermal state of the Lithosphere in NW Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society. 144(4). 611–617. 57 indexed citations
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Hutton, D. H. W., M. Aftalion, & Alex N. Halliday. (1985). An Ordovician ophiolite in County Tyrone, Ireland. Nature. 315(6016). 210–212. 70 indexed citations
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Halliday, Alex N., et al.. (1984). U–Pb isotopic ages from a granulite-facies xenolith from Partan Craig in the Midland Valley of Scotland. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Earth Sciences. 75(2). 71–74. 24 indexed citations
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Aftalion, M., O. van Breemen, & D. R. Bowes. (1984). Age constraints on basement of the Midland Valley of Scotland. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Earth Sciences. 75(2). 53–64. 20 indexed citations
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Bluck, B. J., Alex N. Halliday, M. Aftalion, & R. M. Macintyre. (1980). Age arid origin of Ballantrae ophiolite and its significance to the Caledonian orogeny and Ordovician time scale. Geology. 8(10). 492–492. 117 indexed citations
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Aftalion, M., et al.. (1979). Pb isotopic composition of feldspars from Scottish Caledonian Granites, and the nature of the underlying crust. Scottish Journal of Geology. 15(2). 139–151. 50 indexed citations
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Breemen, O. van, M. Aftalion, & M. R. W. Johnson. (1979). Age of the Loch Borrolan complex, Assynt, and late movements along the Moine Thrust Zone. Journal of the Geological Society. 136(4). 489–495. 90 indexed citations
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Aftalion, M., et al.. (1976). Field relations and U-Pb geochronology of a granite from the Pelagonian Zone of the Hellenides (High Pieira, Greece). Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. S7-XVIII(2). 259–264. 34 indexed citations
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DODSON, M. H., et al.. (1975). Age limits for the Ubendian metamorphic episode in Northern Malawi. Geological Magazine. 112(4). 403–410. 42 indexed citations
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Breemen, O. van, M. Aftalion, & J.H Allaart. (1974). Isotopic and Geochronologic Studies on Granites from the Ketilidian Mobile Belt of South Greenland. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 85(3). 403–403. 72 indexed citations
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Pidgeon, R. T. & M. Aftalion. (1972). The geochronological significance of discordant U-Pb ages of oval-shaped zircons from a Lewisian gneiss from Harris, Outer Hebrides. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 17(1). 269–274. 43 indexed citations

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