Paul M. Myrow

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
118 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Paul M. Myrow is a scholar working on Paleontology, Atmospheric Science and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul M. Myrow has authored 118 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Paleontology, 58 papers in Atmospheric Science and 53 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Paul M. Myrow's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (74 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (58 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (49 papers). Paul M. Myrow is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (74 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (58 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (49 papers). Paul M. Myrow collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and China. Paul M. Myrow's co-authors include Nigel C. Hughes, John W. Goodge, Guy M. Narbonne, Ian S. Williams, N. Ryan McKenzie, Ed Landing, S. K. Parcha, Samuel A. Bowring, Shanchi Peng and C. Mark Fanning and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Paul M. Myrow

117 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Dodging snowballs: Geochronology of the Gaskiers glaciation and the first appearance of the Ediacaran biota
    2016 272 citations Samuel A. Bowring, Jahandar Ramezani et al. Geology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paul M. Myrow United States 43 3.4k 3.2k 2.3k 1.8k 950 118 6.1k
L. Robin M. Cocks United Kingdom 26 3.4k 1.0× 3.4k 1.0× 1.8k 0.8× 679 0.4× 1.1k 1.1× 45 6.1k
Huaichun Wu China 44 3.1k 0.9× 4.1k 1.3× 3.5k 1.5× 948 0.5× 1.4k 1.5× 168 7.8k
Sung Kwun Chough South Korea 44 1.5k 0.4× 2.4k 0.7× 2.5k 1.1× 2.9k 1.6× 1.4k 1.4× 127 6.1k
Ian D. Somerville Ireland 40 2.1k 0.6× 3.5k 1.1× 1.3k 0.6× 1.0k 0.6× 1.4k 1.4× 228 5.2k
Malcolm W. Wallace Australia 37 2.0k 0.6× 1.6k 0.5× 2.0k 0.9× 765 0.4× 696 0.7× 149 4.4k
Ian W. D. Dalziel United States 52 2.1k 0.6× 7.5k 2.3× 3.1k 1.3× 1.1k 0.6× 1.0k 1.1× 146 9.2k
Stig M. Bergström United States 44 4.8k 1.4× 2.6k 0.8× 2.4k 1.1× 565 0.3× 769 0.8× 155 6.0k
Jean Besse France 45 2.3k 0.7× 7.1k 2.2× 3.0k 1.3× 733 0.4× 1.6k 1.7× 99 9.4k
Jahandar Ramezani United States 41 3.9k 1.1× 3.2k 1.0× 1.6k 0.7× 427 0.2× 596 0.6× 126 6.2k
Jörg Mutterlose Germany 44 4.9k 1.4× 1.5k 0.5× 3.1k 1.4× 1.0k 0.6× 751 0.8× 185 5.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul M. Myrow

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All Works

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Betts, Marissa J., Lars E. Holmer, Christian B. Skovsted, et al.. (2024). First multi-proxy chronostratigraphy of the lower Cambrian Byrd Group, Transantarctic Mountains and correlation within East Gondwana. Gondwana Research. 136. 126–141. 2 indexed citations
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Myrow, Paul M., John W. Goodge, Glenn A. Brock, et al.. (2024). Tectonic trigger to the first major extinction of the Phanerozoic: The early Cambrian Sinsk event. Science Advances. 10(13). eadl3452–eadl3452. 8 indexed citations
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Myrow, Paul M., David A. Fike, Mercedes Di Pasquo, et al.. (2024). Depositional history of Devonian to lower Carboniferous (Tournaisian) strata, northern Wyoming and southern Montana, USA. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 136(7-8). 3311–3334. 1 indexed citations
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Myrow, Paul M., et al.. (2023). Structural control of Cambrian paleotopography and patterns of transgression in western Laurentia. Geology. 51(6). 521–526. 3 indexed citations
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Xin, Hao, et al.. (2023). Spatio-temporal distribution of the Cambrian maceriate reefs across the North China Platform. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 614. 111429–111429. 2 indexed citations
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Lamb, Michael P., Paul M. Myrow, David Mohrig, et al.. (2021). The Oligocene‐Miocene Guadalope‐Matarranya Fan, Spain, as an Analog for Long‐Lived, Ridge‐Bearing Megafans on Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 126(12). 2 indexed citations
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Tarhan, Lidya G., Paul M. Myrow, Emily F. Smith, Lyle L. Nelson, & Peter M. Sadler. (2020). Infaunal augurs of the Cambrian explosion: An Ediacaran trace fossil assemblage from Nevada, USA. Geobiology. 18(4). 486–496. 20 indexed citations
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Wang, Wenhui, et al.. (2020). Preliminary palynological study of the Upper Ordovician Pin Formation in northern Indian Himalaya. Palynology. 45(2). 301–319. 7 indexed citations
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Myrow, Paul M., Michael P. Lamb, & R. C. Ewing. (2018). Rapid sea level rise in the aftermath of a Neoproterozoic snowball Earth. Science. 360(6389). 649–651. 41 indexed citations
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Myrow, Paul M., D. J. Jerolmack, & J. Taylor Perron. (2018). Bedform Disequilibrium. Journal of Sedimentary Research. 88(9). 44 indexed citations
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Hughes, Nigel C., Paul M. Myrow, Shanchi Peng, & D. M. Banerjee. (2018). The Parahio Formation of the Tethyan Himalaya: The Type Section, Thickness, Lithostratigraphy and Biostratigraphy of the Best Characterised Cambrian Succession in the Indian Subcontinent. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 63(1). 1–18. 9 indexed citations
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Myrow, Paul M., et al.. (2013). Latest Devonian (Famennian) global events in western Laurentia: Variations in the carbon isotopic record linked to diagenetic alteration below regionally extensive unconformities. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 386. 194–209. 29 indexed citations
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McKenzie, N. Ryan, Nigel C. Hughes, Paul M. Myrow, Shuhai Xiao, & Мукунд Шарма. (2011). Correlation of Precambrian–Cambrian sedimentary successions across northern India and the utility of isotopic signatures of Himalayan lithotectonic zones. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 312(3-4). 471–483. 215 indexed citations
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Myrow, Paul M., et al.. (2006). Cambrian stratigraphy and depositional history of the northern Indian Himalaya, Spiti Valley, north-central India. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 118(3-4). 491–510. 98 indexed citations
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Bowring, Samuel A., Paul M. Myrow, Ed Landing, Jahandar Ramezani, & Joachim Grötzinger. (2003). Geochronological constraints on terminal Neoproterozoic events and the rise of Metazoan. EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly. 13219. 13 indexed citations
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Myrow, Paul M., Nigel C. Hughes, Timothy Paulsen, et al.. (2003). Integrated tectonostratigraphic analysis of the Himalaya and implications for its tectonic reconstruction. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 212(3-4). 433–441. 235 indexed citations
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Myrow, Paul M., et al.. (2002). Depositional history of pre-Devonian strata and timing of Ross orogenic tectonism in the central Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 114(9). 1070–1088. 76 indexed citations

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