Morgan Blades

2.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
37 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Morgan Blades is a scholar working on Geophysics, Paleontology and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Morgan Blades has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Geophysics, 16 papers in Paleontology and 12 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Morgan Blades's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (32 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (16 papers) and Geological and Geophysical Studies (12 papers). Morgan Blades is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (32 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (16 papers) and Geological and Geophysical Studies (12 papers). Morgan Blades collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Austria and United Kingdom. Morgan Blades's co-authors include Alan S. Collins, Andrew Merdith, John Foden, Sheree Armistead, R. Dietmar Müller, Simon Williams, Brandon L. Alessio, Chris Clark, Donnelly B. Archibald and Sergei Pisarevsky and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Scientific Reports and Geology.

In The Last Decade

Morgan Blades

34 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

A full-plate global reconstruction of the Neoproterozoic 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 2020 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. A full-plate global reconstruction of the Neoproterozoic
    2017 521 citations Andrew Merdith, Alan S. Collins et al. profile →
  2. Extending full-plate tectonic models into deep time: Linking the Neoproterozoic and the Phanerozoic
    2020 317 citations Andrew Merdith, Alan S. Collins et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Morgan Blades Australia 18 1.2k 522 409 257 226 37 1.5k
Steven W. Denyszyn Australia 21 1.3k 1.1× 455 0.9× 462 1.1× 299 1.2× 179 0.8× 56 1.6k
Andrew Merdith Australia 20 1.3k 1.0× 600 1.1× 364 0.9× 338 1.3× 187 0.8× 42 1.7k
Joshua H.F.L. Davies Canada 25 1.3k 1.1× 618 1.2× 516 1.3× 365 1.4× 113 0.5× 76 1.7k
M. L. G. Tejada Japan 13 1.1k 0.9× 436 0.8× 213 0.5× 319 1.2× 318 1.4× 30 1.4k
Michael J. Flowerdew United Kingdom 23 1.1k 0.9× 369 0.7× 405 1.0× 527 2.1× 132 0.6× 62 1.3k
Ingrid Ukstins Peate United States 17 1.2k 1.0× 368 0.7× 311 0.8× 436 1.7× 150 0.7× 42 1.5k
Jacob A. Mulder Australia 18 1.2k 1.0× 295 0.6× 491 1.2× 189 0.7× 143 0.6× 51 1.4k
Zhongwu Lan China 22 953 0.8× 658 1.3× 277 0.7× 329 1.3× 122 0.5× 58 1.3k
Chuan Yang China 19 784 0.6× 613 1.2× 254 0.6× 287 1.1× 125 0.6× 35 1.2k
Linzhi Gao China 21 848 0.7× 626 1.2× 256 0.6× 309 1.2× 189 0.8× 49 1.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Morgan Blades

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Morgan Blades

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All Works

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Farkaš, Juraj, Alan S. Collins, Sarah Gilbert, et al.. (2025). In situ Rb–Sr dating and REE analysis of glauconites and detrital feldspars from the Ediacaran/Cambrian strata: Centralian and Adelaide Superbasins, Australia. Precambrian Research. 427. 107851–107851.
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Holford, Simon, et al.. (2024). The Derim Derim Dolerite, greater McArthur Basin, Australia: Using subsurface data to characterise a mesoproterozoic magma plumbing system. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 169. 107072–107072. 1 indexed citations
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Löhr, Stefan, Juraj Farkaš, Andre Baldermann, et al.. (2024). Origin and Significance of Age Variability in the Glauconite Reference Material GL‐O: Implications for In Situ Rb‐Sr Geochronology. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research. 49(1). 197–216.
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Preiss, W.V., Alan S. Collins, Morgan Blades, et al.. (2023). Geochronology and formal stratigraphy of the Sturtian Glaciation in the Adelaide Superbasin. Geological Magazine. 160(7). 1321–1344. 5 indexed citations
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Collins, Alan S., Juraj Farkaš, Morgan Blades, et al.. (2023). Characterising the economic Proterozoic Glyde Package of the greater McArthur Basin, northern Australia. Ore Geology Reviews. 158. 105499–105499. 5 indexed citations
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Collins, Alan S., et al.. (2022). Early Evolution of the Adelaide Superbasin. Geosciences. 12(4). 154–154. 13 indexed citations
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Farkaš, Juraj, Sarah Gilbert, Alan S. Collins, et al.. (2022). Testing Nano‐Powder and Fused‐Glass Mineral Reference Materials for In SituRb‐Sr Dating of Glauconite, Phlogopite, Biotite and Feldspar via LA‐ICP‐MS/MS. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research. 47(1). 23–48. 22 indexed citations
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Nixon, Angus, Alan S. Collins, Morgan Blades, et al.. (2022). Constraining the geothermal parameters of in situ Rb–Sr dating on Proterozoic shales and their subsequent applications. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(2). 577–600. 8 indexed citations
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Collins, Alan S., Morgan Blades, Andrew Merdith, & John Foden. (2021). Closure of the Proterozoic Mozambique Ocean was instigated by a late Tonian plate reorganization event. Communications Earth & Environment. 2(1). 45 indexed citations
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Blades, Morgan, Alan S. Collins, Juraj Farkaš, et al.. (2021). Unraveling the histories of Proterozoic shales through in situ Rb-Sr dating and trace element laser ablation analysis. Geology. 50(1). 66–70. 19 indexed citations
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Armistead, Sheree, Alan S. Collins, Gilby Jepson, et al.. (2020). Structural evolution and medium-temperature thermochronology of central Madagascar: implications for Gondwana amalgamation. Journal of the Geological Society. 177(4). 784–798. 18 indexed citations
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Yang, Bo, Alan S. Collins, Morgan Blades, et al.. (2020). Tectonic controls on sedimentary provenance and basin geography of the Mesoproterozoic Wilton package, McArthur Basin, northern Australia. Geological Magazine. 159(2). 179–198. 13 indexed citations
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Cox, Grant M., Pierre Sansjofre, Morgan Blades, Juraj Farkaš, & Alan S. Collins. (2019). Dynamic interaction between basin redox and the biogeochemical nitrogen cycle in an unconventional Proterozoic petroleum system. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 5200–5200. 19 indexed citations
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Yang, Bo, Alan S. Collins, Morgan Blades, et al.. (2019). Middle–late Mesoproterozoic tectonic geography of the North Australia Craton: U–Pb and Hf isotopes of detrital zircon grains in the Beetaloo Sub-basin, Northern Territory, Australia. Journal of the Geological Society. 176(4). 771–784. 24 indexed citations
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Collins, Alan S., Stijn Glorie, John Foden, et al.. (2018). Data analysis of the U–Pb geochronology and Lu–Hf system in zircon and whole-rock Sr, Sm–Nd and Pb isotopic systems for the granitoids of Thailand. Data in Brief. 21. 1794–1809. 8 indexed citations
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Blades, Morgan, et al.. (2017). The origin of the ultramafic rocks of the Tulu Dimtu Belt, western Ethiopia – do they represent remnants of the Mozambique Ocean?. Geological Magazine. 156(1). 62–82. 14 indexed citations

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