Olav Eldholm

10.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
94 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Olav Eldholm is a scholar working on Geology, Geophysics and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Olav Eldholm has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Geology, 48 papers in Geophysics and 27 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Olav Eldholm's work include Geological Studies and Exploration (41 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (36 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (27 papers). Olav Eldholm is often cited by papers focused on Geological Studies and Exploration (41 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (36 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (27 papers). Olav Eldholm collaborates with scholars based in Norway, United States and Germany. Olav Eldholm's co-authors include Millard F. Coffin, Manik Talwani, Jan Inge Faleide, Jakob Skogseid, Annik M Myhre, Sverre Planke, Filippos Tsikalas, Eirik Sundvor, Tadeusz P. Gladczenko and Berit Oline Hjelstuen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

Olav Eldholm

91 papers receiving 6.6k 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.

Large igneous provinces: Crustal structure, dimensions, and external consequences

1994 1.2k citations Millard F. Coffin, Olav Eldholm Reviews of Geophysics profile →
Evolution of the Norwegian-Greenland Sea

1977 580 citations Manik Talwani, Olav Eldholm profile →
Structure and evolution of the continental margin off Norway and the Barents Sea

2008 399 citations Jan Inge Faleide, Filippos Tsikalas et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Olav Eldholm	4.8k	3.3k	1.8k	1.6k	1.2k	94	7.3k
Nick Kusznir	5.6k 1.2×	2.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	674 0.4×	357 0.3×	150	6.9k
Garry D. Karner	4.4k 0.9×	1.9k 0.6×	867 0.5×	1.3k 0.8×	237 0.2×	106	6.1k
Lawrence A. Lawver	3.0k 0.6×	1.3k 0.4×	569 0.3×	1.2k 0.8×	317 0.3×	59	4.5k
Daniel E. Karig	5.9k 1.2×	1.6k 0.5×	344 0.2×	1.1k 0.7×	356 0.3×	82	6.8k
Finn Surlyk	1.7k 0.3×	2.2k 0.7×	2.1k 1.1×	2.3k 1.4×	637 0.5×	191	6.5k
David W. Scholl	5.2k 1.1×	1.0k 0.3×	359 0.2×	1.5k 0.9×	542 0.5×	145	6.7k
Dennis E. Hayes	2.9k 0.6×	2.0k 0.6×	392 0.2×	1.0k 0.6×	409 0.3×	57	4.2k
Roger L. Larson	3.9k 0.8×	1.4k 0.4×	480 0.3×	2.3k 1.4×	321 0.3×	83	6.1k
Ian D. Somerville	3.5k 0.7×	1.4k 0.4×	753 0.4×	1.3k 0.8×	250 0.2×	228	5.2k
R. S. Detrick	8.8k 1.8×	1.1k 0.3×	336 0.2×	1.2k 0.8×	414 0.3×	151	9.6k

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Thiede, Jörn, Olav Eldholm, & Annik M Myhre. (2011). Chapter 46 Scientific deep-sea drilling in high northern latitudes. Geological Society London Memoirs. 35(1). 703–714. 1 indexed citations

Coffin, Millard F., C. Neal, Bob Duncan, et al.. (2007). Large igneous province workshop. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 1 indexed citations

Tsikalas, Filippos, et al.. (2005). Late Mesozoic–Cenozoic structural and stratigraphic correlations between the conjugate mid-Norway and NE Greenland continental margins. Geological Society London Petroleum Geology Conference series. 6(1). 785–801. 54 indexed citations

Faleide, Jan Inge, et al.. (2003). Late Mesozoic-Cenozoic Evolution of the NE Atlantic Region and Links to the Arctic. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2003. 1 indexed citations

Rey, S., Olav Eldholm, & Sverre Planke. (2003). Formation of the Jan Mayen Microcontinent, the Norwegian Sea. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2003. 5 indexed citations

Engen, Øyvind, Olav Eldholm, & H. Bungum. (2003). The Arctic plate boundary. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 108(B2). 71 indexed citations

Eldholm, Olav, Filippos Tsikalas, Jan Inge Faleide, & Eirik Sundvor. (2002). Crustal Configuration of the Lofoten-Vesterålen Volcanic Continental Margin off Norway. AGUFM. 2002. 2 indexed citations

Brozena, J. M., et al.. (2002). A New Aerogeophysical Study of the Eurasia Basin and Lomonosov Ridge: Implications for Basin Development. Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU). 2002. 1 indexed citations

Planke, Sverre, et al.. (1999). Seismic characteristics of basaltic extrusive and intrusive rocks. The Leading Edge. 18(3). 342–348. 87 indexed citations

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Skogseid, Jakob, et al.. (1998). Late Cretaceous-Paleocene extension on the Vøring Volcanic Margin. Marine Geophysical Research. 20(4). 343–369. 57 indexed citations

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Coffin, Millard F., Olav Eldholm, Paul L. Stoffa, & James A. Austin. (1998). Looking ahead to the future of marine reflection seismology. Eos. 79(50). 614–615. 2 indexed citations

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Coffin, Millard F. & Olav Eldholm. (1994). Large igneous provinces: Crustal structure, dimensions, and external consequences. Reviews of Geophysics. 32(1). 1–36. 1192 indexed citations breakdown →

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Coffin, Millard F. & Olav Eldholm. (1992). Volcanism and continental break-up: a global compilation of large igneous provinces. Geological Society London Special Publications. 68(1). 17–30. 130 indexed citations

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Faleide, Jan Inge, Steinar Þór Guðlaugsson, Olav Eldholm, Annik M Myhre, & H. R. Jackson. (1991). Deep seismic transects across the sheared western Barents Sea-Svalbard continental margin. Tectonophysics. 189(1-4). 73–89. 84 indexed citations

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Eldholm, Olav, Manik Talwani, Paul L. Stoffa, et al.. (1988). Expanding spread profile at the northern Jan Mayen Ridge. Polar Research. 6(1). 95–104. 3 indexed citations

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Skogseid, Jakob & Olav Eldholm. (1988). Early Cainozoic evolution of the Norwegian volcanic passive margin and the formation of marginal highs. Geological Society London Special Publications. 39(1). 49–56. 16 indexed citations

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Eldholm, Olav & L. Montadert. (1981). The Main Types of Passive Margins: An Introduction. Institutional Archive of Ifremer (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea). 1 indexed citations

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Talwani, Manik, John C. Mutter, & Olav Eldholm. (1981). The Initiation of Opening of the Norwegian Sea. Institutional Archive of Ifremer (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea). 17 indexed citations

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Eldholm, Olav & Eirik Sundvor. (1980). The continental margins of the Norwegian-Greenland Sea: recent results and outstanding problems. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 294(1409). 77–86. 20 indexed citations

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Eldholm, Olav, Eirik Sundvor, & Annik M Myhre. (1979). Continental margin off Lofoten-Vester�len northern Norway. Marine Geophysical Research. 4(1). 3–35. 36 indexed citations

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