Peter Copeland

7.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
52 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Peter Copeland is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Copeland has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Geophysics, 16 papers in Atmospheric Science and 13 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Peter Copeland's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (45 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (34 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (20 papers). Peter Copeland is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (45 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (34 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (20 papers). Peter Copeland collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. Peter Copeland's co-authors include T. Mark Harrison, W. S. F. Kidd, An Yin, Peter G. DeCelles, Delores M. Robinson, Randall R. Parrish, Oscar M. Lovera, Jay Quade, Michael A. Murphy and T. P. Ojha and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Peter Copeland

52 papers receiving 5.4k 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.

Raising Tibet

1992 1.2k citations T. Mark Harrison, Peter Copeland et al. profile →
Stratigraphy, structure, and tectonic evolution of the Himalayan fold‐thrust belt in western Nepal

2001 506 citations Peter G. DeCelles, Delores M. Robinson et al. Tectonics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter Copeland United States	28	4.6k	1.3k	909	576	436	52	5.7k
Peter K. Zeitler United States	46	4.5k 1.0×	1.8k 1.4×	939 1.0×	711 1.2×	527 1.2×	109	5.8k
Nadine McQuarrie United States	41	6.0k 1.3×	1.0k 0.8×	1.2k 1.3×	465 0.8×	402 0.9×	87	6.7k
Phillip B. Gans United States	36	3.9k 0.8×	978 0.8×	868 1.0×	329 0.6×	350 0.8×	79	4.6k
Xu Zhiqin China	21	5.0k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	833 0.9×	374 0.6×	258 0.6×	56	5.8k
Matthew T. Heizler United States	37	4.6k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	1.5k 1.6×	306 0.5×	730 1.7×	150	5.5k
Françoise Roger France	26	5.8k 1.3×	1.1k 0.9×	1.3k 1.4×	392 0.7×	363 0.8×	41	6.6k
N. Mortimer New Zealand	44	4.7k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	949 1.0×	533 0.9×	811 1.9×	158	5.6k
Michael Storey Denmark	38	4.1k 0.9×	1.4k 1.1×	943 1.0×	290 0.5×	880 2.0×	69	5.5k
Edward R. Sobel Germany	46	6.1k 1.3×	2.1k 1.6×	1.2k 1.3×	1.1k 1.9×	467 1.1×	136	7.2k
Fulong Cai China	31	3.1k 0.7×	967 0.8×	788 0.9×	310 0.5×	641 1.5×	92	4.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Copeland

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Snoke, Arthur W., Calvin G. Barnes, Keith A. Howard, et al.. (2024). Paleogene mid-crustal intrusions in the Ruby Mountains–East Humboldt Range metamorphic core complex, northeastern Nevada, USA. Geosphere. 20(2). 577–620. 2 indexed citations

Murphy, Michael A., David Whipp, Joel E. Saylor, et al.. (2022). Megathrust Heterogeneity, Crustal Accretion, and a Topographic Embayment in the Western Nepal Himalaya: Insights From the Inversion of Thermochronological Data. Tectonics. 41(7). 11 indexed citations

Brandon, A. D., et al.. (2022). Nd isotope variation between the Earth–Moon system and enstatite chondrites. Nature. 611(7936). 501–506. 17 indexed citations

Copeland, Peter. (2020). On the use of geochronology of detrital grains in determining the time of deposition of clastic sedimentary strata. Basin Research. 32(6). 1532–1546. 38 indexed citations

White, William M., et al.. (2017). Geochemistry and geochronology of Grenada and Union islands, Lesser Antilles: The case for mixing between two magma series generated from distinct sources. Geosphere. 13(5). 1359–1391. 18 indexed citations

Copeland, Peter, et al.. (2007). Alpha thermochronology of carbonates. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 71(18). 4488–4511. 29 indexed citations

Robinson, Delores M., Peter G. DeCelles, & Peter Copeland. (2006). Tectonic evolution of the Himalayan thrust belt in western Nepal: Implications for channel flow models. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 4 indexed citations

Jordan, Teresa E., W. Matthew Burns, Francisco Pángaro, et al.. (2001). Extension and basin formation in the southern Andes caused by increased convergence rate: A mid‐Cenozoic trigger for the Andes. Tectonics. 20(3). 308–324. 244 indexed citations

Carlson, William D., et al.. (1999). Late thermal evolution of Proterozoic rocks in the northeastern Llano Uplift, central Texas. Precambrian Research. 94(1-2). 49–72. 25 indexed citations

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Sisson, Virginia B., et al.. (1999). Two contrasting pressure-temperature-time paths in the Villa de Cura blueschist belt, Venezuela: Possible evidence for Late Cretaceous initiation of subduction in the Caribbean. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 111(6). 831–848. 54 indexed citations

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Copeland, Peter, T. Mark Harrison, & Patrick Le Fort. (1996). Reply to the comment on “Age and cooling history of the Manaslu granite: implications for Himalayan tectonics” by Igor Villa. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 70(3-4). 262–264. 1 indexed citations

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Harrison, T. Mark, Peter Copeland, W. S. F. Kidd, & Oscar M. Lovera. (1995). Activation of the Nyainqentanghla Shear Zone: Implications for uplift of the southern Tibetan Plateau. Tectonics. 14(3). 658–676. 294 indexed citations

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Cornum, Rhonda L., et al.. (1993). She Went to War: The Rhonda Cornum Story.. The Journal of Military History. 57(4). 746–746. 4 indexed citations

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Copeland, Peter, Kazuo Amano, & Asahiko Taira. (1993). Two-phase uplift of Higher Himalayas since 17 Ma: Comment and Reply. Geology. 21(2). 188–188. 5 indexed citations

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Pan, Yun, Peter Copeland, Mary K. Roden, W. S. F. Kidd, & T. Mark Harrison. (1993). Thermal and unroofing history of the Lhasa area, Southern Tibet—evidence from apatite fission track thermochronology. Nuclear Tracks and Radiation Measurements. 21(4). 543–554. 27 indexed citations

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Copeland, Peter, et al.. (1991). An Early Pliocene thermal disturbance of the main central thrust, central Nepal: Implications for Himalayan tectonics. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 96(B5). 8475–8500. 98 indexed citations

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Copeland, Peter & T. Mark Harrison. (1990). Episodic rapid uplift in the Himalaya revealed by 40Ar/39Ar analysis of detrital K-feldspar and muscovite, Bengal fan. Geology. 18(4). 354–354. 174 indexed citations

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Foster, David A., T. Mark Harrison, Peter Copeland, & Matthew T. Heizler. (1990). Effects of excess argon within large diffusion domains on K-feldspar age spectra. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 54(6). 1699–1708. 64 indexed citations

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Schärer, Urs, Peter Copeland, T. Mark Harrison, & M. P. Searle. (1990). Age, Cooling History, and Origin of Post-Collisional Leucogranites in the Karakoram Batholith; A Multi-System Isotope Study. The Journal of Geology. 98(2). 233–251. 116 indexed citations

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Copeland, Peter & Kent C. Condie. (1986). Geochemistry and tectonic setting of lower Proterozoic supracrustal rocks of the Pinal Schist, southeastern Arizona. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 97(12). 1512–1512. 20 indexed citations

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