R. Damian Nance

9.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
134 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

R. Damian Nance is a scholar working on Geophysics, Paleontology and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, R. Damian Nance has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 119 papers in Geophysics, 51 papers in Paleontology and 40 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in R. Damian Nance's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (117 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (50 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (43 papers). R. Damian Nance is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (117 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (50 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (43 papers). R. Damian Nance collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Mexico. R. Damian Nance's co-authors include J. Brendan Murphy, J. Duncan Keppie, Ulf Linnemann, Rob Strachan, J. Dostál, Gabriel Gutiérrez‐Alonso, M. Santosh, Thomas R. Worsley, Cecilio Quesada and Judith B. Moody and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Earth and Planetary Science Letters and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

R. Damian Nance

130 papers receiving 7.6k citations

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Evolution of the Rheic Ocean

2009 578 citations R. Damian Nance, J. Duncan Keppie et al. Gondwana Research profile →
The supercontinent cycle: A retrospective essay

2013 573 citations R. Damian Nance, J. Brendan Murphy et al. Gondwana Research profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Detrital zircon record of shutdown and migration of Cadomian volcanic arcs in the Bohemian Massif, with implications for Ediacaran to early Cambrian plate kinematics 2025 ·Precambrian Research ·Jiří Žák, Martin Svojtka, R. Damian Nance, J. Brendan Murphy	1
2	Ordovician magmatism in the Antigonish Highlands, Nova Scotia, Canada: a tectonic model 2025 ·Érudit (Université de Montréal) ·J. Brendan Murphy, Donnelly B. Archibald, R. Damian Nance, John W.F. Waldron	0
3	Enigmatic granite–gneiss domes within the Balkan fold-and-thrust belt, Bulgaria: Tracers of Gondwana–Baltica proximity and large-scale terrane displacement during the waning stages of the Cadomian orogeny? 2025 ·Gondwana Research ·Jiří Žák, Martin Svojtka, Ianko Gerdjikov, Lukáš Ackerman, Václav Kachlík, (unknown), (unknown), Alexandre Kounov, R. Damian Nance, J. Brendan Murphy, Jitka Míková	0
4	Assembling Pangaea – The Complex Morphology of the Laurussia – Gondwana Collision 2025 ·Elements ·J. Brendan Murphy, R. Damian Nance, Karel Schulmann, Yvette D. Kuiper, José R. Martı́nez Catalán	1
5	The origin and tectonic evolution of the late Neoproterozoic rift basin in the Tarim Craton, NW China 2024 ·Journal of Asian Earth Sciences ·Wei Liu, (unknown), (unknown), Tongwen Jiang, Wei Yan, R. Damian Nance, (unknown)	4
6	Retreating subduction-related intracratonic rifting in the Ediacaran Sichuan Basin (SW China) 2024 ·Precambrian Research ·Jun Tang, Jian Wang, Guanghui Wu, (unknown), R. Damian Nance, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	2
7	The assembly of Pangaea: geodynamic conundrums revisited 2024 ·Journal of the Geological Society ·J. Brendan Murphy, R. Damian Nance, Ross N. Mitchell	1
8	The role of subduction in the formation of Pangaean oceanic large igneous provinces 2023 ·Geological Society London Special Publications ·Philip J. Heron, (unknown), Grace E. Shephard, Juliane Dannberg, René Gassmöller, Erin L. Martin, (unknown), R. N. Pysklywec, R. Damian Nance, J. Brendan Murphy	4
9	Supercontinents, orogenesis and magmatism: a tribute to the career of J. Brendan Murphy 2023 ·Geological Society London Special Publications ·R. Damian Nance, Robin A. Strachan, Cecilio Quesada, Shoufa Lin	0
10	The tectonics of introversion and extroversion: redefining interior and exterior oceans in the supercontinent cycle 2023 ·Geological Society London Special Publications ·Erin L. Martin, Peter A. Cawood, J. Brendan Murphy, R. Damian Nance, (unknown)	8
11	About this title - Supercontinents, Orogenesis and Magmatism 2023 ·Geological Society London Special Publications ·R. Damian Nance, Rob Strachan, C. Quesada, Shuqiong Lin	0
12	Pannotia's mantle signature: the quest for supercontinent identification 2020 ·Geological Society London Special Publications ·Philip J. Heron, J. Brendan Murphy, R. Damian Nance, R. N. Pysklywec	10
13	Supercontinents and the case for Pannotia 2018 ·Geological Society London Special Publications ·R. Damian Nance, J. Brendan Murphy	50
14	Mesoproterozoic Oaxaquia-type basement in peri-Gondwanan terranes of Mexico, the Appalachians, and Europe: T _DM age constraints on extent and significance 2011 ·International Geology Review ·J. Duncan Keppie, J. Brendan Murphy, R. Damian Nance, J. Dostál	31
15	Pressure-temperature-time evolution of high-pressure rocks of the Acatlán Complex (southern Mexico): Implications for the evolution of the Iapetus and Rheic Oceans: Comment: Figure 1 2009 ·Geological Society of America Bulletin ·J. Duncan Keppie, R. Damian Nance, J. Brendan Murphy, Brent V. Miller, J. Dostál, Amabel Ortega‐Rivera	5
16	Nick Rast and the recognition of the Avalonian Arc 2004 ·Journal of Geodynamics ·R. Damian Nance, J. Brendan Murphy, J. Duncan Keppie	3
17	A Cordilleran model for the evolution of Avalonia 2002 ·Tectonophysics ·R. Damian Nance, J. Brendan Murphy, J. Duncan Keppie	265
18	Structural and ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar mineral age constraints for the tectonothermal evolution of the Green Head Group and Brookville Gneiss, southern New Brunswick, Canada: Implications for the configuration of the Avalon composite terrane 1994 ·Geological Journal ·R. Damian Nance, R. D. Dallmeyer	12
19	Tectonic cycles and the history of the Earth's biogeochemical and paleoceanographic record 1986 ·Paleoceanography ·Thomas R. Worsley, R. Damian Nance, Judith B. Moody	97
20	Post-Archean biogeochemical cycles and long-term episodicity in tectonic processes 1986 ·Geology ·R. Damian Nance, Thomas R. Worsley, Judith B. Moody	73

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