Phillip B. Gans

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
79 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Phillip B. Gans is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Phillip B. Gans has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Geophysics, 28 papers in Atmospheric Science and 19 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Phillip B. Gans's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (68 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (45 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (28 papers). Phillip B. Gans is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (68 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (45 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (28 papers). Phillip B. Gans collaborates with scholars based in United States, New Zealand and Australia. Phillip B. Gans's co-authors include Elizabeth L. Miller, Bradley R. Hacker, Andrew T. Calvert, Wendy A. Bohrson, Frank J. Spera, Harvey E. Belkin, G. Rolandi, Benedetto De Vivo, Trevor A. Dumitru and N. Mortimer and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

Phillip B. Gans

78 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

New constraints on the pyroclastic eruptive history of the Campanian volcanic Plain (Italy)

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Author						Papers	Cites
Phillip B. Gans	3.9k	978	868	355	350	79	4.6k
Peter Copeland	4.6k 1.2×	1.3k 1.3×	909 1.0×	415 1.2×	436 1.2×	52	5.7k
Xu Zhiqin	5.0k 1.3×	1.2k 1.2×	833 1.0×	588 1.7×	258 0.7×	56	5.8k
Nadine McQuarrie	6.0k 1.5×	1.0k 1.1×	1.2k 1.4×	386 1.1×	402 1.1×	87	6.7k
Peter K. Zeitler	4.5k 1.2×	1.8k 1.9×	939 1.1×	317 0.9×	527 1.5×	109	5.8k
G. Wittlinger	5.5k 1.4×	936 1.0×	467 0.5×	529 1.5×	198 0.6×	38	6.2k
Scott E. Bryan	3.2k 0.8×	800 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	422 1.2×	626 1.8×	81	3.8k
Joseph Martinod	6.1k 1.6×	1.9k 2.0×	609 0.7×	351 1.0×	354 1.0×	110	7.5k
Luc-Emmanuel Ricou	3.8k 1.0×	816 0.8×	703 0.8×	251 0.7×	952 2.7×	52	4.6k
Diane Seward	4.6k 1.2×	1.7k 1.8×	677 0.8×	705 2.0×	433 1.2×	112	5.7k
Yves Lagabrielle	5.1k 1.3×	1.1k 1.1×	670 0.8×	410 1.2×	383 1.1×	137	5.8k

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Wong, Martin S., et al.. (2023). Field calibration of 40Ar/39Ar K-feldspar multiple diffusion domain (MDD) thermal histories at the Grayback normal fault block, Arizona, USA. Geology. 51(9). 885–889. 2 indexed citations

Wong, Martin S., et al.. (2023). Late Cretaceous‐Early Paleogene Extensional Ancestry of the Harcuvar and Buckskin‐Rawhide Metamorphic Core Complexes, Western Arizona. Tectonics. 42(2). 7 indexed citations

Gans, Phillip B. & Martin S. Wong. (2014). Late Cretaceous Localized Crustal Thickening as a Primary Control on the 3-D Architecture and Exhumation Histories of Cordilleran Metamorphic Core Complexes. 2014 AGU Fall Meeting. 2014. 1 indexed citations

Williams, Stefan B., Phillip B. Gans, N. Mortimer, Sebastién Meffre, & Maria Seton. (2014). Age-progressive volcanism in the Tasman and Coral seas. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014. 1 indexed citations

Singleton, John S., Daniel F. Stöckli, Phillip B. Gans, & Michael G. Prior. (2014). Timing, rate, and magnitude of slip on the Buckskin‐Rawhide detachment fault, west central Arizona. Tectonics. 33(8). 1596–1615. 40 indexed citations

Mortimer, N., Phillip B. Gans, J. Michael Palin, et al.. (2014). Eocene and Oligocene basins and ridges of the Coral Sea-New Caledonia region: Tectonic link between Melanesia, Fiji, and Zealandia. Tectonics. 33(7). 1386–1407. 31 indexed citations

Gans, Phillip B., et al.. (2011). Detailed geologic field mapping and radiometric dating of the Abanico Formation in the Principal Cordillera, central Chile: Evidence of protracted volcanism and implications for Cenozoic tectonics. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 2 indexed citations

Flynn, John J., et al.. (2008). Chronologic implications of new Miocene mammals from the Cura-Mallín and Trapa Trapa formations, Laguna del Laja area, south central Chile. Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 26(4). 412–423. 63 indexed citations

Gans, Phillip B., et al.. (2006). A Paleomagnetic Investigation of Large-Scale Vertical Axis Rotations in Coastal Sonora: Evidence for Transtensional Proto-Gulf Deformation. AGUFM. 2006. 5 indexed citations

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Mortimer, N., R. H. Herzer, Phillip B. Gans, et al.. (2006). Oligocene–Miocene tectonic evolution of the South Fiji Basin and Northland Plateau, SW Pacific Ocean: Evidence from petrology and dating of dredged rocks. Marine Geology. 237(1-2). 1–24. 88 indexed citations

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Wong, Martin S. & Phillip B. Gans. (2005). Constraining the slip history and initial dip of low-angle normal faults using 40 Ar/ 39 Ar K-feldspar thermochronology: A case study from the Sierra Mazatán core complex, Sonora, Mexico. GeCAS. 69(10). 1 indexed citations

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Tauxe, Lisa, Phillip B. Gans, & Edward A. Mankinen. (2004). Paleomagnetism and ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar ages from volcanics extruded during the Matuyama and Brunhes Chrons near McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 5(6). 82 indexed citations

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Gans, Phillip B., et al.. (2003). Late Miocene (Proto-Gulf) Extension and Magmatism on the Sonoran Margin. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2003. 1 indexed citations

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Wong, Martin S. & Phillip B. Gans. (2003). Tectonic implications of early Miocene extensional unroofing of the Sierra Mazatán metamorphic core complex, Sonora, Mexico. Geology. 31(11). 953–953. 23 indexed citations

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Vogl, James J., Andrew T. Calvert, & Phillip B. Gans. (2002). Mechanisms and timing of exhumation of collision‐related metamorphic rocks, southern Brooks Range, Alaska: Insights from ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar thermochronology. Tectonics. 21(3). 18 indexed citations

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Rioux, Matthew, L. Mehl, Bradley R. Hacker, et al.. (2001). Understanding Island Arc Evolution Through U/Pb and 40 Ar/ 39 Ar Geochronology of the Talkeetna Arc, South-Central Alaska. AGUFM. 2001. 2 indexed citations

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Gans, Phillip B., et al.. (2001). Neogene Evolution of the Southern Costa Rica Arc: New Geological and Geochronological Data. AGUFM. 2001. 1 indexed citations

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Gans, Phillip B. & Barbara Landau. (1993). Initially vertical normal faults and runaway block rotations in the Basin and Range province: Some geological and mechanical observations. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs; (United States). 3 indexed citations

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Dumitru, Trevor A., et al.. (1993). Fission track evidence for widespread early to Middle miocene extension in the northern Basin and Range province. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs; (United States). 1 indexed citations

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Miller, E. L., Trevor A. Dumitru, Phillip B. Gans, & R. W. Brown. (1993). Apatite fission track evidence for Miocene extensional faulting east-central Nevada, northern Basin and Range province. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs; (United States). 2 indexed citations

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