Susan L. Brantley

19.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
185 papers, 14.5k citations indexed

About

Susan L. Brantley is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Geochemistry and Petrology and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Susan L. Brantley has authored 185 papers receiving a total of 14.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Environmental Engineering, 54 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology and 37 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Susan L. Brantley's work include Groundwater flow and contamination studies (36 papers), CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions (30 papers) and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (28 papers). Susan L. Brantley is often cited by papers focused on Groundwater flow and contamination studies (36 papers), CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions (30 papers) and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (28 papers). Susan L. Brantley collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Susan L. Brantley's co-authors include Art F. White, Laura J. Liermann, David Yoxtheimer, Radisav D. Vidić, Jorge D. Abad, Lee R. Kump, Julie M. Vandenbossche, Lixin Jin, Michael A. Arthur and Donald M. Fisher and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Susan L. Brantley

184 papers receiving 13.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Impact of Shale Gas Development on Regional Water Quality

2013 1.2k citations Susan L. Brantley et al. profile →
The effect of time on the weathering of silicate minerals: why do weathering rates differ in the laboratory and field?

2003 926 citations Susan L. Brantley et al. profile →
Chemical Weathering, Atmospheric CO₂, and Climate

2000 690 citations Susan L. Brantley et al. profile →
Controls on deep critical zone architecture: a historical review and four testable hypotheses

2016 250 citations C. S. Riebe, Susan L. Brantley et al. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms profile →
How temperature-dependent silicate weathering acts as Earth’s geological thermostat

2023 92 citations Susan L. Brantley et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Susan L. Brantley United States	71	3.9k	3.7k	3.0k	2.4k	2.4k	185	14.5k
Susan L. Brantley United States	57	3.4k 0.9×	3.2k 0.9×	2.4k 0.8×	1.9k 0.8×	2.0k 0.9×	154	10.9k
Neil C. Sturchio United States	65	1.9k 0.5×	2.7k 0.7×	2.3k 0.8×	1.8k 0.8×	2.2k 0.9×	264	13.6k
Antonio C. Lasaga United States	53	4.4k 1.1×	2.5k 0.7×	3.6k 1.2×	2.5k 1.0×	2.1k 0.9×	116	13.8k
Oleg S. Pokrovsky France	67	2.8k 0.7×	3.9k 1.1×	1.1k 0.4×	3.4k 1.4×	4.3k 1.8×	371	15.4k
Sigurður R. Gíslason Iceland	57	4.6k 1.2×	3.1k 0.9×	2.5k 0.8×	2.7k 1.1×	2.6k 1.1×	126	10.6k
John W. Morse United States	56	1.5k 0.4×	3.5k 0.9×	1.4k 0.5×	4.2k 1.8×	3.1k 1.3×	126	15.5k
Éric H. Oelkers France	85	9.7k 2.5×	4.1k 1.1×	5.3k 1.7×	5.5k 2.3×	2.3k 1.0×	279	22.5k
L. Niel Plummer United States	57	5.0k 1.3×	5.5k 1.5×	885 0.3×	2.0k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	113	10.7k
Philippe Van Cappellen Canada	76	3.2k 0.8×	5.2k 1.4×	894 0.3×	7.7k 3.2×	2.9k 1.2×	277	20.7k
Cong‐Qiang Liu China	69	1.7k 0.4×	6.2k 1.7×	2.1k 0.7×	3.1k 1.3×	4.1k 1.7×	623	17.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Dellinger, Mathieu, K. E. Grant, Valier Galy, et al.. (2023). Low rates of rock organic carbon oxidation and anthropogenic cycling of rhenium in a slowly denuding landscape. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 48(6). 1202–1218. 8 indexed citations

Gu, Xin, et al.. (2021). Machine learning deciphers CO ₂ sequestration and subsurface flowpaths from stream chemistry. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 25(6). 3397–3409. 18 indexed citations

Wen, Tao, et al.. (2021). Detecting anomalous methane in groundwater within hydrocarbon production areas across the United States. Water Research. 200. 117236–117236. 17 indexed citations

Gu, Xin, Gary Mavko, N. J. Accardo, et al.. (2020). Seismic refraction tracks porosity generation and possible CO ₂ production at depth under a headwater catchment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(32). 18991–18997. 33 indexed citations

Gu, Xin, Daniella Rempe, W. E. Dietrich, et al.. (2019). Chemical reactions, porosity, and microfracturing in shale during weathering: The effect of erosion rate. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 269. 63–100. 90 indexed citations

Kaye, Jason P., et al.. (2019). Proposed Best Practices for Collaboration at Cross-disciplinary Observatories. 1 indexed citations

Kaye, Jason P., et al.. (2019). Ideas and perspectives: Proposed best practices for collaboration at cross-disciplinary observatories. Biogeosciences. 16(23). 4661–4669. 2 indexed citations

Richter, Daniel deB., Sharon Billings, Peter M. Groffman, et al.. (2018). Elevating the biogeosciences within environmental research networks. 1 indexed citations

Brantley, Susan L., William H. McDowell, W. E. Dietrich, et al.. (2017). Designing a network of critical zone observatories to explore the living skin of the terrestrial Earth. Earth Surface Dynamics. 5(4). 841–860. 104 indexed citations

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Russo, T. A., et al.. (2017). Hyporheic zone influences on concentration‐discharge relationships in a headwater sandstone stream. Water Resources Research. 53(6). 4643–4667. 52 indexed citations

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Stinchcomb, Gary E., et al.. (2016). Investigation of a diabase-derived regolith profile from Pennsylvania: Mineralogy, chemistry and Fe isotope fractionation. Geoderma. 273. 83–97. 20 indexed citations

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Brantley, Susan L., Roman A. DiBiase, T. A. Russo, et al.. (2016). Designing a suite of measurements to understand the critical zone. Earth Surface Dynamics. 4(1). 211–235. 49 indexed citations

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Herndon, Elizabeth, Ashlee Dere, Pamela Sullivan, et al.. (2015). Biotic controls on solute distribution and transport in headwater catchments. 12 indexed citations

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Herndon, Elizabeth, Ashlee Dere, Pamela Sullivan, et al.. (2015). Landscape heterogeneity drives contrasting concentration–discharge relationships in shale headwater catchments. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 19(8). 3333–3347. 127 indexed citations

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Goddéris, Yves, Susan L. Brantley, Louis François, et al.. (2013). Rates of consumption of atmospheric CO ₂ through the weathering of loess during the next 100 yr of climate change. Biogeosciences. 10(1). 135–148. 43 indexed citations

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Rasmussen, Craig, J. Z. Williams, Susan L. Brantley, et al.. (2009). Climatic controls of regolith weathering and mass flux in granitic terrain - A synthesis of Critical Zone Exploration Network data. GeCAS. 73. 1 indexed citations

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Schott, J., Yves Goddéris, C. Roelandt, et al.. (2008). Are we getting close to a mechanistic description of weathering in the field. GeCAS. 72(12). 1 indexed citations

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Navarre‐Sitchler, Alexis, David R. Cole, Gernot Rother, & Susan L. Brantley. (2008). Evolution of micro-porosity during weathering of basalt. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement. 72(12). 3 indexed citations

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Crerar, David A., Scott A. Wood, Susan L. Brantley, & Andrew B. Bocarsly. (1985). Chemical controls on solubility of ore-forming minerals in hydrothermal solutions. The Canadian Mineralogist. 23(3). 333–352. 119 indexed citations

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Giddings, J. Calvin & Susan L. Brantley. (1984). Shear Field-Flow Fractionation: Theoretical Basis of a New, Highly Selective Technique. Separation Science and Technology. 19(10). 631–651. 16 indexed citations

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