Norman H. Sleep

20.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
206 papers, 14.5k citations indexed

About

Norman H. Sleep is a scholar working on Geophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Norman H. Sleep has authored 206 papers receiving a total of 14.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 161 papers in Geophysics, 36 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 27 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Norman H. Sleep's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (118 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (105 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (104 papers). Norman H. Sleep is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (118 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (105 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (104 papers). Norman H. Sleep collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Denmark. Norman H. Sleep's co-authors include Kevin Zahnle, C. J. Ebinger, E. G. Nisbet, Sean C. Solomon, Michael L. Blanpied, Thomas J. Wolery, Dennis K. Bird, Janet L. Morton, Randall M. Richardson and Brian F. Windley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Norman H. Sleep

202 papers receiving 12.5k 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.

Hotspots and mantle plumes: Some phenomenology

1990 905 citations Norman H. Sleep Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
Cenozoic magmatism throughout east Africa resulting from impact of a single plume

1998 681 citations Norman H. Sleep et al. Nature profile →
The habitat and nature of early life

2001 552 citations E. G. Nisbet, Norman H. Sleep Nature profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Friction in Cold Ice Within Outer Solar System Satellites With Reference to Thermal Weakening at High Sliding Velocities 2019 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Planets ·Norman H. Sleep	2
2	Where Do We Go from Here? Astrobiology Editorial Board Opinions 2014 ·Astrobiology ·(unknown), André Brack, (unknown), Charles S. Cockell, G. Horneck, James F. Kasting, Charles H. Lineweaver, F. Raulin, J. William Schopf, Norman H. Sleep, Werner von Bloh, Francès Westall, David W. Deamer, Niles Lehman, Juan Pérez‐Mercader	1
3	Effect of Latent Heat of Freezing on Crustal Generation at Ultraslow Spreading Rates 2013 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Norman H. Sleep, J. M. Warren	1
4	Habitable Zone Limits for Dry Planets 2011 ·Astrobiology ·Yutaka Abe, Ayako Abe‐Ouchi, Norman H. Sleep, Kevin Zahnle	152
5	The Eons of Chaos and Hades 2010 ·Solid Earth ·Colin Goldblatt, Kevin Zahnle, Norman H. Sleep, E. G. Nisbet	18
6	No climate paradox under the faint early Sun 2010 ·Nature ·Minik T. Rosing, Dennis K. Bird, Norman H. Sleep, Christian J. Bjerrum	151
7	The Hadean-Archaean Environment 2010 ·Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology ·Norman H. Sleep	121
8	Mantle plumes from top to bottom 2006 ·Earth-Science Reviews ·Norman H. Sleep	125
9	Dioxygen over Geological Time 2005 ·PubMed ·Norman H. Sleep	21
10	Simple features of mantle-wide convection and the interpretation of lower-mantle tomograms 2003 ·Comptes Rendus Géoscience ·Norman H. Sleep	15
11	Re–Os isotopic evidence for long-lived heterogeneity and equilibration processes in the Earth's upper mantle 2002 ·Nature ·Anders Meibom, Norman H. Sleep, C. Page Chamberlain, Robert G. Coleman, Robert Frei, Michael T. Hren, Joseph L. Wooden	122
12	Lateral flow of hot plume material ponded at sublithospheric depths 1996 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Norman H. Sleep	143
13	Point-Counterpoint: Did Mars have plate tectonics? 1995 ·Norman H. Sleep, Kenneth L. Tanaka	1
14	Magmatism and extension: The thermal and mechanical effects of the Yellowstone Hotspot 1992 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Mark H. Anders, Norman H. Sleep	69
15	Annihilation of ecosystems by large asteroid impacts on the early Earth 1989 ·Nature ·Norman H. Sleep, Kevin Zahnle, (unknown), Harold J. Morowitz	295
16	Gradual entrainment of a chemical layer at the base of the mantle by overlying convection 1988 ·Geophysical Journal International ·Norman H. Sleep	91
17	Implications of magma convection for the size and temperature of magma chambers at fast spreading ridges 1988 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Douglas S. Wilson, David A. Clague, Norman H. Sleep, Janet L. Morton	60
18	Intraplate stress as an indicator of plate tectonic driving forces 1976 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Randall M. Richardson, Sean C. Solomon, Norman H. Sleep	93
19	Some simple physical models for absolute plate motions 1974 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Sean C. Solomon, Norman H. Sleep	159
20	Evolution of Marginal Basins 1971 ·Nature ·Norman H. Sleep, M. Nafi Toksöz	162

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