Malcolm R. Walter

7.1k citations

84 papers · 5.1k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 37

Co-authors: Andrew H. Knoll Abigail C. Allwood Balz S. Kamber Craig P. Marshall Nicholas Christie‐Blick Guy M. Narbonne Emmanuelle Javaux Martin J. Van Kranendonk
Topics: Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (47 papers)Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (30 papers)Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (16 papers)
Cited by: Paleontology Geochemistry and Petrology Atmospheric Science
Journals: Nature Science Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Partner nations: Australia United States Japan

In The Last Decade

Malcolm R. Walter

82 papers receiving 4.8k citations

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Stromatolite reef from the Early Archaean era of Australia

2006 565 citations Abigail C. Allwood, Malcolm R. Walter et al. Nature profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	2‐Methylhopanoids in geographically distinct, arid biological soil crusts are primarily cyanobacterial in origin 2021 ·Environmental Microbiology Reports ·(unknown),(unknown),Verlaine Timms,Malcolm R. Walter,Brett A. Neilan	2
2	A Reconstructed Subaerial Hot Spring Field in the ∼3.5 Billion-Year-Old Dresser Formation, North Pole Dome, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia 2020 ·Astrobiology ·Tara Djokic,Martin J. Van Kranendonk,Kathleen A. Campbell,J. R. Havig,Malcolm R. Walter,Diego M. Guido	41
3	Terrestrial Hot Spring Systems: Introduction 2019 ·Astrobiology ·David J. Des Marais,Malcolm R. Walter	63
4	Microbially influenced formation of Neoarchean ooids 2018 ·Geobiology ·David Flannery,Abigail C. Allwood,Robert Hodyss,Roger E. Summons,Michael Tuite,Malcolm R. Walter,Kenneth H. Williford	11
5	Earliest signs of life on land preserved in ca. 3.5 Ga hot spring deposits 2017 ·Nature Communications ·Tara Djokic,Martin J. Van Kranendonk,Kathleen A. Campbell,Malcolm R. Walter,Colin R. Ward	213
6	Lack of Methylated Hopanoids Renders the Cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme Sensitive to Osmotic and pH Stress 2017 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·(unknown),E. D. Matys,Sarah E. Ongley,Anya Salih,Anthony W. D. Larkum,Malcolm R. Walter,Roger E. Summons,Brett A. Neilan	22
7	Astrobiology Outreach and the Nature of Science: The Role of Creativity 2012 ·Astrobiology ·(unknown),(unknown),Malcolm R. Walter	11
8	Diversity of cyanobacterial biomarker genes from the stromatolites of Shark Bay, Western Australia 2012 ·Environmental Microbiology ·(unknown),Malcolm R. Walter,Anthony W. D. Larkum,Brett A. Neilan	17
9	Outback search for life on Mars 2009 ·Malcolm R. Walter,(unknown)	0
10	The geology of Australian Mars analogue sites 2009 ·Planetary and Space Science ·(unknown),J. D. A. Clarke,Matilda Thomas,C. F. Pain,Malcolm R. Walter	30
11	Stromatolite reef from the Early Archaean era of Australiabreakdown → 2006 ·Nature ·Abigail C. Allwood,Malcolm R. Walter,Balz S. Kamber,Craig P. Marshall,(unknown)	565
12	Culturing the "unculturable": microbial communities from New Zealand's most active volcano 2006 ·(unknown),Malcolm R. Walter,Belinda C. Ferrari,Peter L. Bergquist	1
13	Ground-based imaging spectroscopy of Mars 2004 ·Jeremy Bailey,(unknown),Malcolm R. Walter,David Crisp	1
14	Evidence for low sulphate and anoxia in a mid-Proterozoic marine basin 2003 ·Nature ·Yanan Shen,Andrew H. Knoll,Malcolm R. Walter	222
15	Recognizing and Interpreting the Fossils of Early Eukaryotes 2003 ·Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres ·Emmanuelle Javaux,Andrew H. Knoll,Malcolm R. Walter	130
16	Morphological and ecological complexity in early eukaryotic ecosystems 2001 ·Nature ·(unknown),Andrew H. Knoll,Malcolm R. Walter	302
17	Terminal Proterozoic mid-shelf benthic microbial mats in the Centralian Superbasin and their environmental significance 1999 ·Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta ·Graham A. Logan,Clive R. Calver,Paul Gorjan,Roger E. Summons,John M. Hayes,Malcolm R. Walter	64
18	FOSSILIZATION PROCESSES IN MODERN THERMAL SPRINGS: CLUES FOR ASSESSING THE BIOGENICITY OF ANCIENT HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSITS. Jack 1997 ·LPICo ·(unknown),Sherry L. Cady,David J. Des Marais,Malcolm R. Walter,(unknown)	1
19	Old fossils could be fractal frauds 1996 ·Nature ·Malcolm R. Walter	7
20	Latest Proterozoic stratigraphy and Earth history 1992 ·Nature ·Andrew H. Knoll,Malcolm R. Walter	225

About Malcolm R. Walter

Malcolm R. Walter is a scholar working on Paleontology, Geology and Atmospheric Science, having authored 84 papers that have together received 5.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (47 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (30 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (16 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Paleontology (3.2k citations), Geochemistry and Petrology (1.0k citations) and Atmospheric Science (1.9k citations). Malcolm R. Walter has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United States and Japan. Frequent co-authors include Andrew H. Knoll, Abigail C. Allwood, Balz S. Kamber, Craig P. Marshall, Nicholas Christie‐Blick, Guy M. Narbonne, Emmanuelle Javaux, Martin J. Van Kranendonk, Roger E. Summons and Yanan Shen. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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