Mark A. Evans

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Mark A. Evans is a scholar working on Geophysics, Molecular Biology and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark A. Evans has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Geophysics, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 12 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Mark A. Evans's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (26 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (15 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (12 papers). Mark A. Evans is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (26 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (15 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (12 papers). Mark A. Evans collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and United Kingdom. Mark A. Evans's co-authors include R. Douglas Elmore, David A. Ferrill, Alan P. Morris, Michael T. Lewchuk, Mark P. Fischer, Charles M. Onasch, Richard H. Groshong, Martin Burkhard, William M. Dunne and Kevin J. Smart and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Reviews of Geophysics and Tectonophysics.

In The Last Decade

Mark A. Evans

36 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

The Role of Chemistry in Fracture Pattern Development and Opportunities to Advance Interpretations of Geological Materials

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mark A. Evans United States	20	1.2k	556	269	266	252	42	1.6k
M. F. Middleton Australia	18	507 0.4×	367 0.7×	106 0.4×	111 0.4×	123 0.5×	47	935
Marc Diraison France	21	762 0.6×	289 0.5×	45 0.2×	120 0.5×	192 0.8×	47	1.1k
John Solum United States	20	1.0k 0.9×	267 0.5×	48 0.2×	78 0.3×	185 0.7×	53	1.3k
Shengbiao Hu China	20	1.4k 1.2×	715 1.3×	32 0.1×	94 0.4×	215 0.9×	50	2.1k
Laurent Arbaret France	28	1.7k 1.4×	237 0.4×	75 0.3×	47 0.2×	223 0.9×	75	1.9k
Guiting Hou China	22	1.7k 1.4×	448 0.8×	78 0.3×	206 0.8×	55 0.2×	86	1.9k
Christophe Pascal Norway	19	922 0.8×	258 0.5×	52 0.2×	53 0.2×	203 0.8×	47	1.2k
William Harbert United States	17	888 0.7×	161 0.3×	91 0.3×	178 0.7×	124 0.5×	105	1.3k
Reinhard O. Greiling Germany	28	2.1k 1.7×	251 0.5×	187 0.7×	42 0.2×	209 0.8×	88	2.4k
Andrew McCaig United Kingdom	23	1.9k 1.5×	310 0.6×	63 0.2×	54 0.2×	346 1.4×	62	2.2k

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Cordeiro, Ana Sara, et al.. (2025). Advancing amorphous solid dispersions through empirical and hybrid modeling of drug–polymer solubility and miscibility: A case study using Ibuprofen. International Journal of Pharmaceutics X. 10. 100373–100373.

Ferrill, David A., Adam J. Cawood, Kevin J. Smart, et al.. (2025). Fault zone deformation and fracture intensity in chalk-dominated carbonates. Journal of Structural Geology. 199. 105469–105469.

Byrne, T. B., Jonathan C. Lewis, Jian‐Cheng Lee, et al.. (2024). Tectonic exhumation of a metamorphic core in an arc-continent collision during oblique convergence, Taiwan. Progress in Earth and Planetary Science. 11(1).

Evans, Mark A.. (2024). Crustal Fluid Evolution and Changes in Deformation Conditions during Regional Syn- to Post-Orogenic Exhumation: Southeastern Piedmont, Southern Appalachians. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information).

Evans, Mark A.. (2023). Syntectonic sediment loading and fold-thrust belt structural architecture: An example from the central Appalachians (USA). Geosphere. 19(2). 449–470. 2 indexed citations

Ferrill, David A., Kevin J. Smart, Mark A. Evans, et al.. (2022). Contractional fold amplification through bed-parallel gypsum vein (“beef”) formation. Journal of Structural Geology. 156. 104532–104532. 9 indexed citations

Ferrill, David A., Kevin J. Smart, Mark A. Evans, et al.. (2022). Laramide contractional folding in the Devils River Uplift, west Texas, U.S.A.. Journal of Structural Geology. 163. 104707–104707. 3 indexed citations

Ferrill, David A., Mark A. Evans, Ronald N. McGinnis, et al.. (2020). Fault zone processes and fluid history in Austin Chalk, southwest Texas. AAPG Bulletin. 104(2). 245–283. 19 indexed citations

Mitra, Gautam, et al.. (2018). METEORIC INFILTRATION ALONG THRUST FAULTS WITHIN THE WYOMING SALIENT OF THE SEVIER FOLD-THRUST BELT. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations

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Ferrill, David A., Mark A. Evans, Ronald N. McGinnis, et al.. (2017). Fault zone processes in mechanically layered mudrock and chalk. Journal of Structural Geology. 97. 118–143. 49 indexed citations

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Evans, Mark A. & Mark P. Fischer. (2012). On the distribution of fluids in folds: A review of controlling factors and processes. Journal of Structural Geology. 44. 2–24. 87 indexed citations

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Fischer, Mark P., et al.. (2012). Fracture-controlled palaeohydrology of a secondary salt weld, La Popa Basin, NE Mexico. Geological Society London Special Publications. 363(1). 107–130. 9 indexed citations

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Elmore, R. Douglas, et al.. (2007). Origin of orogenic remagnetizations in Mississippian carbonates, Sawtooth Range, Montana. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 112(B6). 11 indexed citations

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Elmore, R. Douglas, et al.. (2006). Timing and origin of orogenic remagnetizations in Mississippian carbonates, Sawtooth Range, Montana. Journal of Geochemical Exploration. 89(1-3). 297–301. 4 indexed citations

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Ferrill, David A., Alan P. Morris, Mark A. Evans, et al.. (2004). Calcite twin morphology: a low-temperature deformation geothermometer. Journal of Structural Geology. 26(8). 1521–1529. 288 indexed citations

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Lewchuk, Michael T., R. Douglas Elmore, & Mark A. Evans. (2002). Remagnetization signature of Paleozoic sedimentary rocks from the Patterson Creek Mountain anticline in West Virginia. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C. 27(25-31). 1141–1150. 14 indexed citations

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Evans, Mark A., et al.. (1990). The structural geometry and evolution of foreland thrust systems, northern Virginia: Alternative interpretation and reply. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 102(10). 1442–1445. 6 indexed citations

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Evans, Mark A.. (1989). The structural geometry and evolution of foreland thrust systems, northern Virginia. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 101(3). 339–354. 52 indexed citations

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Evans, Mark A., et al.. (1984). Pesticide use on major field crops in Ohio, 1982. 1 indexed citations

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Evans, Mark A., et al.. (1978). Ohio agricultural statistics, 1970-1975. The Knowledge Bank (The Ohio State University). 781106. 3 indexed citations

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