Samuel A. Bowring

32.8k total citations · 10 hit papers
286 papers, 25.3k citations indexed

About

Samuel A. Bowring is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Samuel A. Bowring has authored 286 papers receiving a total of 25.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 241 papers in Geophysics, 100 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 87 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Samuel A. Bowring's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (236 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (105 papers) and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (100 papers). Samuel A. Bowring is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (236 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (105 papers) and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (100 papers). Samuel A. Bowring collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Samuel A. Bowring's co-authors include Blair Schoene, Daniel J. Condon, Seth D. Burgess, Mark D. Schmitz, Jahandar Ramezani, James L. Crowley, Noah M. McLean, Ian S. Williams, Mark W. Martin and Shu‐zhong Shen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Samuel A. Bowring

280 papers receiving 24.1k citations

Hit Papers

U-Pb Ages from the Neopro... 1995 2026 2005 2015 2005 1995 2014 2009 2013 250 500 750 1000
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  1. U-Pb Ages from the Neoproterozoic Doushantuo Formation, China
    2005 1.1k citations Daniel J. Condon, Maoyan Zhu et al. profile →
  2. Biostratigraphic and Geochronologic Constraints on Early Animal Evolution
    1995 559 citations Samuel A. Bowring et al. profile →
  3. High-precision timeline for Earth’s most severe extinction
    2014 545 citations Seth D. Burgess, Samuel A. Bowring et al. profile →
  4. Fossil steroids record the appearance of Demospongiae during the Cryogenian period
    2009 519 citations Samuel A. Bowring, Daniel J. Condon et al. profile →
  5. Zircon U-Pb Geochronology Links the End-Triassic Extinction with the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province
    2013 413 citations Samuel A. Bowring et al. profile →
  6. High-precision geochronology confirms voluminous magmatism before, during, and after Earth’s most severe extinction
    2015 380 citations Seth D. Burgess, Samuel A. Bowring profile →
  7. Metrology and traceability of U–Pb isotope dilution geochronology (EARTHTIME Tracer Calibration Part I)
    2015 365 citations Daniel J. Condon, Samuel A. Bowring et al. profile →
  8. U-Pb geochronology of the Deccan Traps and relation to the end-Cretaceous mass extinction
    2014 357 citations Michael P. Eddy, Samuel A. Bowring et al. profile →
  9. Initial pulse of Siberian Traps sills as the trigger of the end-Permian mass extinction
    2017 295 citations Seth D. Burgess, Samuel A. Bowring et al. profile →
  10. Dodging snowballs: Geochronology of the Gaskiers glaciation and the first appearance of the Ediacaran biota
    2016 272 citations Samuel A. Bowring, Jahandar Ramezani et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Samuel A. Bowring 17.7k 11.2k 6.5k 5.6k 4.0k 286 25.3k
Martin J. Whitehouse 25.2k 1.4× 3.7k 0.3× 3.3k 0.5× 10.2k 1.8× 4.1k 1.0× 665 30.9k
John W. Valley 24.1k 1.4× 5.1k 0.5× 5.0k 0.8× 7.9k 1.4× 4.9k 1.2× 531 31.4k
Trond H. Torsvik 20.2k 1.1× 7.0k 0.6× 5.1k 0.8× 3.3k 0.6× 1.5k 0.4× 268 25.7k
Daniel J. Condon 9.9k 0.6× 5.5k 0.5× 3.9k 0.6× 4.1k 0.7× 2.2k 0.6× 131 14.1k
Anthony E. Fallick 8.7k 0.5× 4.9k 0.4× 5.5k 0.9× 3.2k 0.6× 3.8k 0.9× 539 17.2k
Chris J. Hawkesworth 28.0k 1.6× 3.4k 0.3× 4.5k 0.7× 10.4k 1.9× 3.8k 0.9× 282 32.0k
Paul F. Hoffman 7.6k 0.4× 7.1k 0.6× 4.7k 0.7× 1.9k 0.3× 2.4k 0.6× 124 12.4k
Eduardo Garzanti 14.0k 0.8× 3.3k 0.3× 7.5k 1.2× 4.1k 0.7× 4.6k 1.2× 384 21.4k
Balz S. Kamber 10.9k 0.6× 5.3k 0.5× 3.6k 0.6× 4.2k 0.7× 7.0k 1.8× 226 16.9k
Ian S. Williams 21.1k 1.2× 3.7k 0.3× 3.3k 0.5× 9.0k 1.6× 3.1k 0.8× 308 24.0k

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All Works

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Royer, Dana L., Ian M. Miller, Clive Anderson, et al.. (2018). Multiple Proxy Estimates of Atmospheric CO2 From an Early Paleocene Rainforest. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 33(12). 1427–1438. 19 indexed citations
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Rioux, Matthew, Joshua M. Garber, M. P. Searle, et al.. (2016). Melting of the subducted slab and mantle wedge during subduction initiation below the Semail (Oman-UAE) ophiolite. AGUFM. 2016. 1 indexed citations
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Ramezani, Jahandar, Maoyan Zhu, Adam C. Maloof, et al.. (2016). High-precision Temporal Calibration of the Early Cambrian Biotic and Paleoenvironmental Records: New U-Pb Geochronology from Eastern Yunnan, China.. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2016. 4 indexed citations
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Bauer, Ann M., Christopher M. Fisher, Jeffrey D. Vervoort, & Samuel A. Bowring. (2015). The Role of Accessory Phases in the Sm-Nd Isotope Systematics of the Acasta Gneiss Complex. 2015 AGU Fall Meeting. 2015. 3 indexed citations
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Vervoort, J. D., et al.. (2015). The Rock Record Has It About Right—No Significant Continental Crust Formation Prior to 3.8 Ga. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2015. 5 indexed citations
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Rioux, Matthew, Samuel A. Bowring, P. B. Kelemen, et al.. (2013). Tectonic development of the Samail ophiolite: High-precision U-Pb zircon geochronology and Sm-Nd isotopic constraints on crustal growth and emplacement. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 3 indexed citations
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Schildgen, Taylor, et al.. (2012). Surface expression of Eastern Mediterranean slab dynamics: Neogene topographic and structural evolution of the SW margin of the Central Anatolian Plateau, Turkey. Publication Database GFZ (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences). 102 indexed citations
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Condon, Daniel J. & Samuel A. Bowring. (2011). Chapter 9 A user's guide to Neoproterozoic geochronology. Geological Society London Memoirs. 36(1). 135–149. 43 indexed citations
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Flynn, John J., et al.. (2011). Magnetostratigraphy and high precision U-Pb zircon geochronology of the Middle Eocene Bridger Formation, WY: Calibration of the Eocene GPTS. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 1 indexed citations
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Burgess, Seth D., et al.. (2009). High Precision U-Pb CA-TIMS Geochronology for the Sentinel and Yosemite Creek Granodiorites, Sierra Nevada Batholith, CA: A history of punctuated intrusion and protracted crystallization. AGUFM. 2009. 1 indexed citations
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Rioux, Matthew, Samuel A. Bowring, & P. B. Kelemen. (2008). Timescales of Crustal Accretion at a Medium to Fast Spreading Ridge: High Precision U- Pb Zircon Dating of the Intrusive Crust of the Cretaceous Oman Ophiolite. AGUFM. 2008. 2 indexed citations
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Crowley, James L. & Samuel A. Bowring. (2007). Magma Chamber Dynamics From High-Precision U-Pb Geochronology of Micro-Sampled Chemical Domains. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 1 indexed citations
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Crowley, James L., Samuel A. Bowring, & Robert B. Miller. (2006). Timescales of Magmatic Processes in a 92 Ma Pluton Using High-Precision U-Pb ID-TIMS Zircon Geochronology: an Example From the Half Dome Granodiorite. AGUFM. 2006. 2 indexed citations
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Bowring, Samuel A., Douglas H. Erwin, Randall R. Parrish, & Paul R. Renne. (2005). EARTHTIME: A community-based effort towards high-precision calibration of earth history. GeCAS. 69(10). 16 indexed citations
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Kirschvink, Joseph L., Michael D. Higgins, David A.D. Evans, et al.. (2005). Ediacaran Rapid True Polar Wander: Constraints on a Possible Driving Mechanism From the Paleomagnetism and Geochronology of the Sept-Îles Intrusive Suite, Quebéc, Canada. AGUSM. 2005. 5 indexed citations
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Schmitz, Mark D., et al.. (2005). New ID-TIMS U-Pb zircon ages for the Carboniferous-Permian boundary sections of the southern Urals - Russia, Kazaskhstan. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement. 69(10). 2 indexed citations
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Dumond, Gregory, et al.. (2005). Field-based Constraints on Lower Crustal Flow From the World's Largest Exposure of Lower Continental Crust, Northern Saskatchewan, Canada. AGUFM. 2005. 3 indexed citations
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Bowring, Samuel A., Paul M. Myrow, Ed Landing, Jahandar Ramezani, & Joachim Grötzinger. (2003). Geochronological constraints on terminal Neoproterozoic events and the rise of Metazoan. EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly. 13219. 13 indexed citations
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Schmitz, Mark D. & Samuel A. Bowring. (2002). High-Precision U-Pb Zircon Geochronology of Southern African Cratonic Mantle Eclogites and Implications for Subcontinental Lithospheric Mantle Evolution and Metasomatism. AGUSM. 2002. 1 indexed citations
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Davidek, Kathleen L., Samuel A. Bowring, Karl E. Karlstrom, M. L. Williams, & D. P. Hawkins. (1998). Geochronological, thermochronological, and geological constraints on Proterozoic midcrustal suturing in the western Grand Canyon, Arizona. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America. 30(7). 160–161. 1 indexed citations

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