M. K. Watkeys
Impact in
- Geophysics top 1%
- Geological and Geochemical Analysis
- High-pressure geophysics and materials
- earthquake and tectonic studies
- Geology top 0.5%
- Geological and Geophysical Studies
Papers in
- Geology 23
- Geological and Geophysical Studies 21
- Co-authors
- Gilbert FéraudFred JourdanJ. A. TardunoR. D. CottrellHervé BertrandBernard Le GallHélène BertrandCharles Aubourg
- Journals
- South African Journal of Geology (8 papers)Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems (5 papers)Journal of African Earth Sciences (4 papers)Geology (4 papers)Tectonophysics (3 papers)
- Partner nations
- South AfricaUnited StatesFrance
In The Last Decade
M. K. Watkeys
67 papers receiving 2.4k citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 81
- Geophysics 1.8k
- Geology 501
- Paleontology 476
- Earth-Surface Processes 418
- Atmospheric Science 703
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside M. K. Watkeys, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2024 | 18 | |
| 2 | 2023 | 7 | |
| 3 | 2023 | 37 | |
| 4 | 2020 | 5 | |
| 5 | 2018 | 10 | |
| 6 | 2015 | 87 | |
| 7 | 2013 | 11 | |
| 8 | 2011 | 18 | |
| 9 | Exploring the Magnetic Sands of Time: Using Zircons and Other Sedimentary Detritus to Understand the Early Geodynamo | 2009 | 1 |
| 10 | Multispecimen and temper archeomagnetic studies: Application to Iron Age sites from southern Africa | 2008 | 1 |
| 11 | 2007 | 102 | |
| 12 | 2005 | 70 | |
| 13 | Cold Fingers in a hot Magma: Country-Rock Diapirs Triggered by the Bushveld Layered Intrusion, South Africa | 2002 | 2 |
| 14 | Whole-rock radiometric age patterns in the Aggeneys-Gamsberg ore district, central Bushmanland, South Africa | 1997 | 29 |
| 15 | An interpretation of mafic dyke swarms and their relationship with major mafic magmatic events on the Kaapvaal Craton and Limpopo Belt | 1997 | 42 |
| 16 | 1997 | 58 | |
| 17 | Emplacement features of cupriferous noritoids in the Okiep copper district, Namaqualand, South Africa | 1994 | 14 |
| 18 | 1993 | 35 | |
| 19 | The Achab Gneiss; a floor in Bushmanland or a flaw in Namaqualand? | 1986 | 24 |
| 20 | The importance of being alkaline; deformed late Archaean lamprophyric dykes, Central Zone, Limpopo Belt | 1985 | 17 |
About M. K. Watkeys
M. K. Watkeys is a scholar working on Archeology, Geology, Earth-Surface Processes, Geophysics and Paleontology, having authored 68 papers that have together received 2.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (37 papers), Geological formations and processes (24 papers), Geological and Geophysical Studies (21 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (20 papers), Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (15 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (15 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (13 papers) and Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Geophysics (1.8k citations), Geology (501 citations), Paleontology (476 citations), Earth-Surface Processes (418 citations) and Atmospheric Science (703 citations). M. K. Watkeys has collaborated with scholars based in South Africa, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include Gilbert Féraud, Fred Jourdan, J. A. Tarduno, R. D. Cottrell, Hervé Bertrand, Bernard Le Gall, Hélène Bertrand, Charles Aubourg, Paul R. Renne and G.H. Grantham. Their work appears in journals such as South African Journal of Geology, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, Journal of African Earth Sciences, Geology and Tectonophysics.
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