Scott D. Samson

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
105 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

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Scott D. Samson is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott D. Samson has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Geophysics, 40 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 28 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Scott D. Samson's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (92 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (57 papers) and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (40 papers). Scott D. Samson is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (92 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (57 papers) and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (40 papers). Scott D. Samson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Scott D. Samson's co-authors include E. Calvin Alexander, David P. Moecher, R. S. D’Lemos, P. Jonathan Patchett, George E. Gehrels, William C. McClelland, Jeremy Inglis, Jack Hietpas, Greg L. Wortman and Hassan Admou and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

Scott D. Samson

105 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Calibration of the interlaboratory 40Ar39Ar dating standard, MMhb-1

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Author						Papers	Cites
Scott D. Samson	4.6k	1.8k	1.1k	945	646	105	5.2k
Stephen R. Noble	4.1k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	708 0.7×	559 0.9×	77	5.3k
R. A. Cliff	4.5k 1.0×	1.4k 0.8×	1.4k 1.3×	661 0.7×	629 1.0×	90	5.6k
Paul A. Mueller	3.2k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	712 1.1×	130	4.3k
John N. Aleinikoff	7.0k 1.5×	3.5k 2.0×	1.2k 1.1×	897 0.9×	818 1.3×	125	7.7k
Alex Pullen	4.4k 1.0×	1.6k 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	606 0.6×	575 0.9×	63	5.2k
Joachim Jacobs	5.7k 1.3×	2.2k 1.2×	1.3k 1.3×	1.6k 1.7×	631 1.0×	109	6.4k
Ulf Linnemann	4.0k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	615 0.6×	1.4k 1.5×	730 1.1×	109	4.8k
Folkmar Hauff	6.0k 1.3×	1.1k 0.7×	993 0.9×	473 0.5×	578 0.9×	208	6.6k
K. A. Foland	3.3k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	966 0.9×	609 0.6×	370 0.6×	86	3.9k
Kevin R. Chamberlain	5.7k 1.2×	2.4k 1.4×	612 0.6×	717 0.8×	797 1.2×	109	6.2k

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Samson, Scott D., et al.. (2021). Timing of Grenville magmatism in the southern Blue Ridge, North Carolina, USA: New in situ zircon U-Pb geochronology and implications for timing of Rodinian orogenesis in eastern Laurentia. Precambrian Research. 363. 106313–106313. 2 indexed citations

Martin, Aaron J., et al.. (2019). Five hundred million years of punctuated addition of juvenile crust during extension in the Goochland Terrane, central Appalachian Piedmont Province. International Geology Review. 62(5). 523–548. 3 indexed citations

Moecher, David P., et al.. (2017). ZIRCON AS A PROXY FOR “TAKING THE TEMPERATURE” OF GRANITES: AN EXAMPLE USING ZIRCON THERMOMETRY APPLIED TO GRENVILLIAN MID-CRUSTAL MAGMAS IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE, VIRGINIA. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations

Moecher, David P., et al.. (2016). SEDIMENTARY RECYCLING AND LIMITS ON ACCURACY OF DETRITAL ZIRCON PROVENANCE ANALYSIS: INSIGHTS FROM DETRITAL MONAZITE GEOCHRONOLOGY AND TEXTURES. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations

Inglis, Jeremy, Kevin Hefferan, Scott D. Samson, Hassan Admou, & Ali Saquaque. (2016). Determining age of Pan African metamorphism using Sm-Nd garnet-whole rock geochronology and phase equilibria modeling in the Tasriwine ophiolite, Sirwa, Anti-Atlas Morocco. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 127. 88–98. 17 indexed citations

Owens, Brent E., et al.. (2013). Geochemistry of the Arvonia Formation, Chopawamsic terrane, Virginia: Implications for source area weathering and provenance. American Journal of Science. 313(3). 242–266. 2 indexed citations

Sell, Bryan, et al.. (2011). The Mohawkian Chronostratigraphic Problem: building a reliable timescale by combining biostratigraphy, chemostratigraphy, and tephrochronology. AGUFM. 2011. 1 indexed citations

Hietpas, Jack, Scott D. Samson, & David P. Moecher. (2011). A direct comparison of the ages of detrital monazite versus detrital zircon in Appalachian foreland basin sandstones: Searching for the record of Phanerozoic orogenic events. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 310(3-4). 488–497. 45 indexed citations

Samson, Scott D., et al.. (2009). Utility and Limitations of Apatite Phenocryst Chemistry for Continent-Scale Correlation of Ordovician K-Bentonites. The Journal of Geology. 117(1). 1–14. 16 indexed citations

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Samson, Scott D., Jeremy Inglis, R. S. D’Lemos, et al.. (2004). Geochronological, geochemical, and Nd–Hf isotopic constraints on the origin of Neoproterozoic plagiogranites in the Tasriwine ophiolite, Anti-Atlas orogen, Morocco. Precambrian Research. 135(1-2). 133–147. 112 indexed citations

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Samson, Scott D., R. S. D’Lemos, Janne Blichert‐Toft, & Jeffrey D. Vervoort. (2003). U–Pb geochronology and Hf–Nd isotope compositions of the oldest Neoproterozoic crust within the Cadomian orogen: new evidence for a unique juvenile terrane. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 208(3-4). 165–180. 50 indexed citations

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Miller, Brent V., Scott D. Samson, & R. S. D’Lemos. (2001). U–Pb geochronological constraints on the timing of plutonism, volcanism, and sedimentation, Jersey, Channel Islands, UK. Journal of the Geological Society. 158(2). 243–251. 28 indexed citations

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Wortman, Greg L., Scott D. Samson, & James P. Hibbard. (2000). Precise U‐Pb Zircon Constraints on the Earliest Magmatic History of the Carolina Terrane. The Journal of Geology. 108(3). 321–338. 54 indexed citations

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Samson, Scott D. & R. S. D’Lemos. (1999). A precise late Neoproterozoic U-Pb zircon age for the syntectonic Perelle quartz diorite, Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK. Journal of the Geological Society. 156(1). 47–54. 31 indexed citations

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Karabinos, Paul, et al.. (1998). Taconian orogeny in the New England Appalachians: Collision between Laurentia and the Shelburne Falls arc. Geology. 26(3). 215–215. 127 indexed citations

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Hibbard, James P., et al.. (1994). Multiple deformation at the western edge of the Carolina slate belt, north-central North Carolina. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs; (United States). 1 indexed citations

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Isachsen, C. E., Samuel A. Bowring, Ed Landing, & Scott D. Samson. (1994). New constraint on the division of Cambrian time. Geology. 22(6). 496–496. 92 indexed citations

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Mitchell, Charles E., et al.. (1992). Chronostratigraphy of the Trenton Group and Utica Shale, Pt. I: Preliminary revision of lithofacies and age relationships. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs; (United States). 2 indexed citations

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Delano, J. W., et al.. (1992). Chronostratigraphy of the Trenton Group and Utica Shale, Pt. II: Stratigraphic correlations using Ordovician glasses in K-bentonites. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs; (United States). 1 indexed citations

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Gehrels, George E., William C. McClelland, Scott D. Samson, P. Jonathan Patchett, & Michael J. Orchard. (1992). Geology of the western flank of the Coast Mountains between Cape Fanshaw and Taku Inlet, southeastern Alaska. Tectonics. 11(3). 567–585. 54 indexed citations

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