Nat Rutter

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
69 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Nat Rutter is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nat Rutter has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Atmospheric Science, 28 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 17 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Nat Rutter's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (58 papers), Geological formations and processes (24 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (14 papers). Nat Rutter is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (58 papers), Geological formations and processes (24 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (14 papers). Nat Rutter collaborates with scholars based in Canada, China and United States. Nat Rutter's co-authors include Zhongli Ding, Tungsheng Liu, Z. L. Ding, Michael Evans, Yu Zhang, Zhiwei Yu, Rixiang Zhu, Zhengtang Guo, Jimin Sun and Richard N. Mack and has published in prestigious journals such as Ecology, Geophysical Research Letters and Geology.

In The Last Decade

Nat Rutter

64 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Ice-Volume Forcing of East Asian Winter Monsoon Variations in the Past 800,000 Years

1995 441 citations Zhongli Ding, Tungsheng Liu et al. Quaternary Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nat Rutter Canada	35	3.0k	1.3k	880	563	542	69	3.5k
Z. L. Ding China	26	3.6k 1.2×	1.7k 1.3×	733 0.8×	807 1.4×	803 1.5×	44	3.9k
Jule Xiao China	29	3.9k 1.3×	1.7k 1.3×	982 1.1×	409 0.7×	871 1.6×	74	4.3k
Ludwig Zöller Germany	35	3.9k 1.3×	1.2k 0.9×	1.4k 1.6×	359 0.6×	804 1.5×	112	4.4k
Baoyin Yuan China	20	2.1k 0.7×	829 0.6×	660 0.8×	626 1.1×	832 1.5×	29	3.0k
Donghuai Sun China	24	2.2k 0.7×	1.4k 1.1×	319 0.4×	234 0.4×	454 0.8×	34	2.7k
Brad Pillans Australia	39	3.1k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	638 0.7×	258 0.5×	936 1.7×	108	4.2k
Ulrich Neff Switzerland	9	3.2k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	676 0.8×	153 0.3×	805 1.5×	15	3.7k
Xiaoke Qiang China	30	2.3k 0.8×	977 0.7×	435 0.5×	541 1.0×	801 1.5×	116	3.0k
Steve P. Lund United States	33	3.3k 1.1×	1.0k 0.8×	368 0.4×	1.3k 2.4×	613 1.1×	97	3.8k
Svein Olaf Dahl Norway	41	4.2k 1.4×	1.2k 0.9×	590 0.7×	134 0.2×	464 0.9×	80	4.4k

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Shchetnikov, А. А., et al.. (2012). Late Quaternary geology of the Tunka rift basin (Lake Baikal region), Russia. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 46. 195–208. 29 indexed citations

Rutter, Nat, Andrea Coronato, Karin F. Helmens, Jorge Rabassa, & Marcelo Zárate. (2012). Glaciations in North and South America from the Miocene to the Last Glacial Maximum. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 20 indexed citations

Marshall, Hans‐Peter, Nat Rutter, Ken D. Tape, Matthew Sturm, & Richard Essery. (2008). High resolution ground-based snow measurements during the NASA CLPX-II campaign, North Slope, Alaska. AGUFM. 2008. 1 indexed citations

Rutter, Nat, Andrei Velichko, T. D. Morozova, et al.. (2006). New insights on the loess/paleosol Quaternary stratigraphy from key sections in the U.S. Midwest. CATENA. 67(1). 15–34. 12 indexed citations

Величко, А. А., T. D. Morozova, V.P. Nechaev, et al.. (2006). Loess/paleosol/cryogenic formation and structure near the northern limit of loess deposition, East European Plain, Russia. Quaternary International. 152-153. 14–30. 65 indexed citations

Evans, Michael, Nat Rutter, N. Catto, Jiřı́ Chlachula, & Daniel Nývlt. (2003). Magnetoclimatology: Teleconnection between the Siberian loess record and North Atlantic Heinrich events. Geology. 31(6). 537–537. 33 indexed citations

Evans, Michael, et al.. (2002). Magnetoclimatology and paleoprecipitation: evidence from a north‐south transect through the Chinese Loess Plateau. Geophysical Research Letters. 29(8). 11 indexed citations

Ding, Zhongli, Jimin Sun, Nat Rutter, Dean Rokosh, & Tungsheng Liu. (1999). Changes in Sand Content of Loess Deposits along a North–South Transect of the Chinese Loess Plateau and the Implications for Desert Variations. Quaternary Research. 52(1). 56–62. 148 indexed citations

Catto, Norm, David Liverman, Peter Bobrowsky, & Nat Rutter. (1996). Laurentide, cordilleran, and montane glaciation in the western Peace River — Grande Prairie region, Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. Quaternary International. 32. 21–32. 60 indexed citations

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Rutter, Nat. (1995). Problematic ice sheets. Quaternary International. 28. 19–37. 53 indexed citations

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Rutter, Nat & Z. L. Ding. (1993). Paleoclimates and monsoon variations interpreted from micromorphogenic features of the Baoji paleosols, China. Quaternary Science Reviews. 12(10). 853–862. 51 indexed citations

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Liu, Tungsheng, Zhongli Ding, Zhiwei Yu, & Nat Rutter. (1993). Susceptibility time series of the baoji section and the bearings on paleoclimatic periodicities in the last 2.5 Ma. Quaternary International. 17. 33–38. 15 indexed citations

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Rutter, Nat, Ulrich Radtke, & Enrique J. Schnack. (1990). Comparison of ESR and Amino Acid Data in Correlating and Dating Quaternary Shorelines Along the Patagonian Coast, Argentina. Journal of Coastal Research. 6(2). 391–412. 57 indexed citations

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Halsey, Linda A., N. Catto, & Nat Rutter. (1990). Sedimentology and development of parabolic dunes, Grande Prairie dune field, Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 27(12). 1762–1772. 19 indexed citations

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Evans, Michael, et al.. (1990). Magnetic susceptibility of Chinese loess and its bearing on paleoclimate. Geophysical Research Letters. 17(13). 2449–2451. 34 indexed citations

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Liverman, David, N. Catto, & Nat Rutter. (1989). Laurentide glaciation in west-central Alberta: a single (Late Wisconsinan) event. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 26(2). 266–274. 48 indexed citations

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Blackwell, Bradley F. & Nat Rutter. (1985). Concentration variations of amino acids in mammalian fossils: effects of diagenesis and the implications for amino acid racemization analysis. Geol. Soc. Am., Abstr. Programs; (United States). 17. 1 indexed citations

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Rutter, Nat & N. Catto. (1981). Symposium on Glacier Beds: The Ice-Rock Interface. ARCTIC. 34(2). 2 indexed citations

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Rutter, Nat, et al.. (1979). Dating Methods of Pleistocene Deposits and Their Problems: IV. Amino Acid Racemization Dating. Geoscience Canada. 6(3). 11 indexed citations

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Mack, Richard N., Nat Rutter, Vaughn Bryant, & Salvatore Valastro. (1978). Reexamination of Postglacial Vegetation History in Northern Idaho: Hager Pond, Bonner Co.. Quaternary Research. 10(2). 241–255. 51 indexed citations

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