Peter Kokelaar

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Peter Kokelaar is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Kokelaar has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Geophysics, 8 papers in Atmospheric Science and 6 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Peter Kokelaar's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (14 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (13 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (8 papers). Peter Kokelaar is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (14 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (13 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (8 papers). Peter Kokelaar collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and Germany. Peter Kokelaar's co-authors include Michael J. Branney, Claudia Romagnoli, Cathy J. Busby, Daniele Casalbore, Francesco Latino Chiocci, J. M. N. T. Gray, Parmesh Gajjar, Martin Menzies, Pete Rowley and Dave Waltham and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Geology.

In The Last Decade

Peter Kokelaar

25 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Pyroclastic density currents and the sedimentation of ign... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Pyroclastic density currents and the sedimentation of ignimbrites
    2002 630 citations Michael J. Branney, Peter Kokelaar OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter Kokelaar United Kingdom 19 1.8k 1.0k 750 345 263 26 2.3k
Michael J. Branney United Kingdom 30 2.7k 1.5× 1.7k 1.7× 1.3k 1.7× 608 1.8× 261 1.0× 61 3.6k
B. P. Kokelaar United Kingdom 21 1.5k 0.8× 722 0.7× 404 0.5× 384 1.1× 610 2.3× 31 2.4k
Guy Simpson Switzerland 25 1.6k 0.9× 743 0.7× 616 0.8× 334 1.0× 229 0.9× 69 2.3k
Olivier Merle France 36 3.7k 2.1× 942 0.9× 604 0.8× 194 0.6× 441 1.7× 76 4.2k
Richard J. Brown United Kingdom 26 1.2k 0.7× 832 0.8× 396 0.5× 185 0.5× 106 0.4× 70 1.8k
R. Weinberger Israel 28 1.6k 0.9× 854 0.9× 707 0.9× 195 0.6× 237 0.9× 92 2.4k
Richard S. Fiske United States 32 3.2k 1.8× 1.1k 1.1× 467 0.6× 565 1.6× 110 0.4× 62 3.7k
Dimitrios Sokoutis Netherlands 43 4.2k 2.4× 519 0.5× 653 0.9× 300 0.9× 150 0.6× 120 4.8k
Kurt Stüwe Austria 40 4.0k 2.3× 1.2k 1.2× 566 0.8× 1.1k 3.1× 270 1.0× 136 4.7k
Ken Hon United States 15 1.0k 0.6× 786 0.8× 238 0.3× 238 0.7× 193 0.7× 32 1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Kokelaar

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kokelaar, Peter, et al.. (2016). Particle Size-Segregation and Spontaneous Levee Formation in Geophysical Granular Flows. 9(4). 174–178. 10 indexed citations
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Gray, J. M. N. T., Parmesh Gajjar, & Peter Kokelaar. (2015). Particle-size segregation in dense granular avalanches. Comptes Rendus Physique. 16(1). 73–85. 34 indexed citations
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Johnson, C. G., et al.. (2011). The Kinematics of Levee Formation in Geophysical Mass Flows. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 1 indexed citations
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Boyle, Alan, Peter Kokelaar, & Maggie Williams. (2008). Raising Earth Science awareness amongst Year 11 & 12 school students. Planet. 19(1). 15–20. 1 indexed citations
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Kokelaar, Peter. (2007). Friction melting, catastrophic dilation and breccia formation along caldera superfaults. Journal of the Geological Society. 164(4). 751–754. 26 indexed citations
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Kokelaar, Peter, et al.. (2007). Incursion of a large-volume, spatter-bearing pyroclastic density current into a caldera lake: Pavey Ark ignimbrite, Scafell caldera, England. Bulletin of Volcanology. 70(1). 23–54. 35 indexed citations
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Branney, Michael J. & Peter Kokelaar. (2002). Pyroclastic density currents and the sedimentation of ignimbrites. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 630 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kokelaar, Peter, et al.. (2000). Marine emplacement of welded ignimbrite: the Ordovician Pitts Head Tuff, North Wales. Journal of the Geological Society. 157(3). 517–536. 30 indexed citations
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Kokelaar, Peter, et al.. (1998). . Geological Society of America Bulletin. 110(11). 1448–1448. 101 indexed citations
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Branney, Michael J. & Peter Kokelaar. (1997). Giant bed from a sustained catastrophic density current flowing over topography: Acatlán ignimbrite, Mexico. Geology. 25(2). 115–115. 61 indexed citations
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Kokelaar, Peter & Michael J. Branney. (1996). Comment [on “On pyroclastic flow emplacement” by Maurizio Battaglia]. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 101(B3). 5653–5655. 20 indexed citations
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Kokelaar, Peter & Claudia Romagnoli. (1995). Sector collapse, sedimentation and clast population evolution at an active island-arc volcano: Stromboli, Italy. Bulletin of Volcanology. 57(4). 240–262. 3 indexed citations
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Branney, Michael J. & Peter Kokelaar. (1994). Volcanotectonic faulting, soft-state deformation, and rheomorphism of tuffs during development of a piecemeal caldera, English Lake District. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 106(4). 507–530. 125 indexed citations
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Hughes, Richard & Peter Kokelaar. (1993). The timing of Ordovician magmatism in the English Lake District and Cross Fell inliers. Geological Magazine. 130(3). 369–377. 11 indexed citations
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Kokelaar, Peter & Cathy J. Busby. (1992). Subaqueous Explosive Eruption and Welding of Pyroclastic Deposits. Science. 257(5067). 196–201. 93 indexed citations
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Branney, Michael J. & Peter Kokelaar. (1992). A reappraisal of ignimbrite emplacement: progressive aggradation and changes from particulate to non-particulate flow during emplacement of high-grade ignimbrite. Bulletin of Volcanology. 54(6). 504–520. 351 indexed citations
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Kokelaar, Peter. (1992). Ordovician marine volcanic and sedimentary record of rifting and volcanotectonism: Snowdon, Wales, United Kingdom. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 104(11). 1433–1455. 24 indexed citations
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Kokelaar, Peter. (1986). Magma-water interactions in subaqueous and emergent basaltic. Bulletin of Volcanology. 48(5). 275–289. 394 indexed citations

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