Neil D. Opdyke

14.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
158 papers, 9.9k citations indexed

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Neil D. Opdyke is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Molecular Biology and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Neil D. Opdyke has authored 158 papers receiving a total of 9.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 111 papers in Atmospheric Science, 109 papers in Molecular Biology and 67 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Neil D. Opdyke's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (111 papers), Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (109 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (57 papers). Neil D. Opdyke is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (111 papers), Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (109 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (57 papers). Neil D. Opdyke collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Neil D. Opdyke's co-authors include Nicholas J Shackleton, Dennis V. Kent, Kainian Huang, Everett H. Lindsay, Noye M. Johnson, James D Hays, N. J. Shackleton, Gary D. Johnson, Lisa Tauxe and M. W. McElhinny and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Neil D. Opdyke

158 papers receiving 8.1k 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.

Oxygen Isotope and Palaeomagnetic Stratigraphy of Equatorial Pacific Core V28-238: Oxygen Isotope Temperatures and Ice Volumes on a 10⁵ Year and 10⁶ Year Scale

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Neil D. Opdyke United States	57	6.1k	4.0k	3.7k	2.9k	1.8k	158	9.9k
James E T Channell United States	61	8.0k 1.3×	4.3k 1.1×	4.6k 1.2×	2.9k 1.0×	812 0.5×	195	10.9k
S. C. Cande United States	44	4.9k 0.8×	6.9k 1.7×	2.2k 0.6×	1.7k 0.6×	438 0.2×	74	10.2k
Catherine Kissel France	53	6.2k 1.0×	3.2k 0.8×	3.0k 0.8×	856 0.3×	1.0k 0.6×	173	8.3k
Stephen C. Porter United States	42	9.9k 1.6×	1.4k 0.3×	1.2k 0.3×	1.9k 0.6×	2.0k 1.1×	99	12.0k
Lisa Tauxe United States	66	9.8k 1.6×	7.8k 1.9×	9.9k 2.7×	2.5k 0.9×	558 0.3×	243	14.2k
William A. Berggren United States	57	8.9k 1.4×	2.8k 0.7×	670 0.2×	5.9k 2.1×	2.9k 1.6×	179	12.6k
Katharina Billups United States	24	6.2k 1.0×	1.3k 0.3×	1.0k 0.3×	4.0k 1.4×	2.1k 1.2×	58	9.7k
David Heslop Australia	48	6.0k 1.0×	2.4k 0.6×	4.3k 1.2×	1.4k 0.5×	651 0.4×	161	8.3k
Roy Thompson United Kingdom	47	6.4k 1.0×	1.4k 0.3×	4.1k 1.1×	868 0.3×	1.3k 0.7×	125	8.4k
Wout Krijgsman Netherlands	68	10.4k 1.7×	8.4k 2.1×	1.6k 0.4×	5.4k 1.9×	1.8k 1.0×	289	17.0k

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Opdyke, Neil D., Minard L. Hall, V. Mejia, Kainian Huang, & David A. Foster. (2006). Time‐averaged field at the equator: Results from Ecuador. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 7(11). 31 indexed citations

Johnson, C. L., Catherine Constable, Lisa Tauxe, et al.. (2005). The Time-Averaged Field Investigations Project: A Synthesis. AGUFM. 2005. 2 indexed citations

Opdyke, Neil D., et al.. (2004). The Time-Averaged Field at the Equator: Results from Ecuador. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2004. 2 indexed citations

Irving, Terry, et al.. (2003). Paleomagnetic data from Late Cenozoic Fort Selkirk Lavas, Yukon,significance for secular variation and tectonics. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2003. 1 indexed citations

Mejia, V., Neil D. Opdyke, J. F. Vilas, Brad S. Singer, & Joseph S. Stoner. (2001). Paleomagnetic Secular Variation of Pliocene-Quaternary Lava Flows From Southern Patagonia. AGUFM. 2001. 1 indexed citations

Tamrat, Endale, et al.. (1995). Revised magnetostratigraphy of the Plio-Pleistocene sedimentary sequence of the Olduvai Formation (Tanzania). Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 114(2-4). 273–283. 86 indexed citations

Huang, Kainian, et al.. (1985). Further Paleomagnetic Results from the Permian Emeishan Basalt in SW China. Columbia Academic Commons (Columbia University). 19 indexed citations

Clement, Bradford M, Dennis V. Kent, & Neil D. Opdyke. (1982). Brunhes-Matuyama polarity transition in three deep-sea sediment cores. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 306(1492). 113–119. 36 indexed citations

Burckle, Lloyd H., Lloyd D Keigwin, & Neil D. Opdyke. (1982). Middle and Late Miocene Stable Isotope Stratigraphy: Correlation to the Paleomagnetic Reversal Record. Micropaleontology. 28(4). 329–329. 10 indexed citations

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Lindsay, Everett H., Neil D. Opdyke, & Noye M. Johnson. (1980). Pliocene dispersal of the horse Equus and late Cenozoic mammalian dispersal events. Nature. 287(5778). 135–138. 149 indexed citations

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MacFadden, Bruce J., Noye M. Johnson, & Neil D. Opdyke. (1979). Magnetic polarity stratigraphy of the Mio-Pliocene mammal-bearing Big Sandy Formation of western Arizona. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 44(3). 349–364. 18 indexed citations

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Kent, Dennis V., et al.. (1978). Magnetic properties of dredged oceanic gabbros and the source of marine magnetic anomalies. Geophysical Journal International. 55(3). 513–537. 98 indexed citations

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Shackleton, N. J. & Neil D. Opdyke. (1977). Oxygen isotope and palaeomagnetic evidence for early Northern Hemisphere glaciation. Nature. 270(5634). 216–219. 328 indexed citations

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Davis, P. Thompson, J. N. Smith, George Kukla, & Neil D. Opdyke. (1977). Paleomagnetic Study at a Nuclear Power Plant Site near Bakersfield, California. Quaternary Research. 7(3). 380–397. 11 indexed citations

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Johnson, Noye M., Neil D. Opdyke, & Everett H. Lindsay. (1975). Magnetic Polarity Stratigraphy of Pliocene-Pleistocene Terrestrial Deposits and Vertebrate Faunas, San Pedro Valley, Arizona. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 86(1). 5–5. 94 indexed citations

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Muecke, G. K., J. M. Ade‐Hall, F. Aumento, et al.. (1974). Deep drilling in an active geothermal area in the Azores. Nature. 252(5481). 281–285. 51 indexed citations

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McElhinny, M. W. & Neil D. Opdyke. (1973). Remagnetization Hypothesis Discounted: A Paleomagnetic Study of the Trenton Limestone, New York State. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 84(11). 3697–3697. 69 indexed citations

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Lowrie, William, Reidar Løvlie, & Neil D. Opdyke. (1973). Magnetic properties of deep-sea drilling project basalts from the North Pacific Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 78(32). 7647–7660. 30 indexed citations

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Opdyke, Neil D.. (1964). The paleomagnetism of some triassic red beds from Northern Rhodesia. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 69(12). 2495–2497. 28 indexed citations

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Nairn, A.E.M., et al.. (1958). The Climatic Geography of the Permian. Geografiska Annaler. 40(3/4). 216–216. 2 indexed citations

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