Ralph Kretz

6.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Ralph Kretz is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralph Kretz has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Geophysics, 16 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 13 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Ralph Kretz's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (25 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (16 papers) and Clay minerals and soil interactions (11 papers). Ralph Kretz is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (25 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (16 papers) and Clay minerals and soil interactions (11 papers). Ralph Kretz collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Australia and Austria. Ralph Kretz's co-authors include Peter Tom Jones, A. Zinke, G. Hoffmann, R G Garrett, Robert Ott and O. Schuster and has published in prestigious journals such as Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Earth-Science Reviews and Chemical Geology.

In The Last Decade

Ralph Kretz

49 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers

Ralph Kretz
Wilhelm Johannes Germany
V. J. Wall Australia
Steven R. Bohlen United States
G. E. Lofgren United States
A. T. Anderson United States
D. M. Kerrick United States
Colin M. Graham United Kingdom
Stephen E. Haggerty United States
Richard O. Sack United States
Shohei Banno Japan
Wilhelm Johannes Germany
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ralph Kretz

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ralph Kretz. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ralph Kretz based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ralph Kretz. Ralph Kretz is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kretz, Ralph. (2005). MINERAL REACTIONS AT BOUNDARIES BETWEEN AMPHIBOLITE AND MARBLE IN THE SOUTHERN GRENVILLE PROVINCE, QUEBEC, CANADA. The Canadian Mineralogist. 43(2). 569–583. 3 indexed citations
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Kretz, Ralph. (2003). DENDRITIC MAGNETITE AND ILMENITE IN 590 Ma GRENVILLE DIKES NEAR OTTER LAKE, QUEBEC, CANADA. The Canadian Mineralogist. 41(4). 1049–1059. 4 indexed citations
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Kretz, Ralph. (1991). A note on transfer reactions. The Canadian Mineralogist. 29(4). 823–831. 3 indexed citations
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Kretz, Ralph. (1990). Biotite and garnet compositional variation and mineral equilibria in Grenville gneisses of the Otter Lake area, Quebec. Journal of Metamorphic Geology. 8(5). 493–506. 21 indexed citations
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Kretz, Ralph, et al.. (1989). Grenville metagabbro complexes of the Otter Lake area, Quebec. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 26(2). 215–230. 10 indexed citations
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Kretz, Ralph. (1988). SEM study of dolomite microcrystals in Grenville marble. 73. 619–631. 13 indexed citations
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Kretz, Ralph, et al.. (1985). Petrology of the Grenville swarm of gabbro dikes, Canadian Precambrian Shield. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 22(1). 53–71. 23 indexed citations
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Kretz, Ralph. (1982). Transfer and exchange equilibria in a portion of the pyroxene quadrilateral as deduced from natural and experimental data. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 46(3). 411–421. 226 indexed citations
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Kretz, Ralph. (1982). A model for the distribution of trace elements between calcite and dolomite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 46(10). 1979–1981. 60 indexed citations
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Kretz, Ralph, et al.. (1981). Mineral chemistry of some mafic granulites from the Adirondack region. 19(3). 479–491. 10 indexed citations
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Kretz, Ralph. (1977). Metamorphic processes: Reactions and microstructure development. Chemical Geology. 20. 280–281. 28 indexed citations
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Kretz, Ralph. (1974). Some models for the rate of crystallization of garnet in metamorphic rocks. Lithos. 7(3). 123–131. 65 indexed citations
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Kretz, Ralph. (1973). Kinetics of the crystallization of garnet at two localities near Yellowknife. The Canadian Mineralogist. 12(1). 1–20. 95 indexed citations
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Kretz, Ralph. (1966). Metamorphic differentiation at Einasleigh, Northern Queensland. Journal of the Geological Society of Australia. 13(2). 561–582. 9 indexed citations
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Kretz, Ralph. (1964). Analysis of Equilibrium in Garnet-Biotite-Sillimanite Gneisses from Quebec. Journal of Petrology. 5(1). 1–20. 27 indexed citations
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Kretz, Ralph. (1963). Distribution of Magnesium and Iron between Orthopyroxene and Calcic Pyroxene in Natural Mineral Assemblages. The Journal of Geology. 71(6). 773–785. 108 indexed citations
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Kretz, Ralph. (1960). The distribution of certain elements among coexisting calcic pyroxenes, calcic amphiboles and biotites in skarns. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 20(3-4). 161–191. 42 indexed citations
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Zinke, A., et al.. (1952). Zur Kenntnis des Härtungsprozesses von Phenol-Formaldehyd-Harzen. Monatshefte für Chemie - Chemical Monthly. 83(5). 1213–1227. 44 indexed citations

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