T. Mark Harrison

55.6k total citations · 21 hit papers
312 papers, 46.8k citations indexed

About

T. Mark Harrison is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, T. Mark Harrison has authored 312 papers receiving a total of 46.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 259 papers in Geophysics, 76 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 68 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in T. Mark Harrison's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (252 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (164 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (110 papers). T. Mark Harrison is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (252 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (164 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (110 papers). T. Mark Harrison collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and China. T. Mark Harrison's co-authors include An Yin, E. Bruce Watson, Ian McDougall, Marty Grove, Oscar M. Lovera, Peter Copeland, Lin Ding, W. S. F. Kidd, S. J. Mojzsis and F. J. Ryerson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

T. Mark Harrison

311 papers receiving 44.5k citations

Hit Papers

Geologic Evolution of the Himalayan-Tibetan Orogen 1982 2026 1996 2011 2000 1983 1988 1992 2013 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
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.

  1. Geologic Evolution of the Himalayan-Tibetan Orogen
    2000 5.0k citations An Yin, T. Mark Harrison profile →
  2. Zircon saturation revisited: temperature and composition effects in a variety of crustal magma types
    1983 3.5k citations T. Mark Harrison et al. Earth and Planetary Science Letters profile →
  3. Geochronology and thermochronology by the [40]Ar/[39]Ar method
    1988 1.4k citations T. Mark Harrison et al. profile →
  4. Raising Tibet
    1992 1.2k citations T. Mark Harrison, An Yin et al. profile →
  5. Zircon saturation re-revisited
    2013 897 citations P. Boehnke, Dustin Trail et al. Chemical Geology profile →
  6. Diffusion of 40Ar in biotite: Temperature, pressure and compositional effects
    1985 831 citations T. Mark Harrison et al. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta profile →
  7. Diffusion of 40Ar in hornblende
    1982 782 citations T. Mark Harrison profile →
  8. Evidence for life on Earth before 3,800 million years ago
    1996 770 citations S. J. Mojzsis, K. D. McKeegan et al. profile →
  9. The behavior of apatite during crustal anatexis: Equilibrium and kinetic considerations
    1984 764 citations T. Mark Harrison et al. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta profile →
  10. Zircon Thermometer Reveals Minimum Melting Conditions on Earliest Earth
    2005 748 citations T. Mark Harrison et al. profile →
  11. Cretaceous-Tertiary shortening, basin development, and volcanism in central Tibet
    2005 724 citations An Yin, T. Mark Harrison et al. profile →
  12. The tectonic evolution of Asia
    1996 670 citations An Yin, T. Mark Harrison profile →
  13. Tectonic history of the Altyn Tagh fault system in northern Tibet inferred from Cenozoic sedimentation
    2002 654 citations An Yin, T. Mark Harrison et al. profile →
  14. New constraints on the structure, thermochronology, and timing of the Ailao Shan‐Red River shear zone, SE Asia
    2001 629 citations Philippe Hervé Leloup, T. Mark Harrison et al. profile →
  15. Did the Indo-Asian collision alone create the Tibetan plateau?
    1997 572 citations An Yin, T. Mark Harrison et al. profile →
  16. Pb diffusion in monazite: a combined RBS/SIMS study
    2004 560 citations T. Mark Harrison et al. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta profile →
  17. Diffusion of 40Ar in muscovite
    2008 558 citations T. Mark Harrison, Matthew T. Heizler et al. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta profile →
  18. Oxygen-isotope evidence from ancient zircons for liquid water at the Earth's surface 4,300 Myr ago
    2001 542 citations S. J. Mojzsis, T. Mark Harrison et al. profile →
  19. Late Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the southern Chinese Tian Shan
    1998 529 citations An Yin, T. Mark Harrison et al. Tectonics profile →
  20. Geochronology and Theromochronology By The 40 Ar/39 Ar Method
    1999 522 citations T. Mark Harrison et al. profile →
  21. Mesozoic and Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Shiquanhe area of western Tibet
    2003 455 citations An Yin, T. Mark Harrison et al. Tectonics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
T. Mark Harrison United States 108 41.3k 12.9k 6.9k 3.7k 3.4k 312 46.8k
Martin J. Whitehouse Sweden 84 25.2k 0.6× 10.2k 0.8× 3.3k 0.5× 4.1k 1.1× 3.7k 1.1× 665 30.9k
Donald J. DePaolo United States 91 21.4k 0.5× 7.5k 0.6× 7.7k 1.1× 6.5k 1.8× 4.4k 1.3× 308 31.5k
Brian F. Windley United Kingdom 91 40.2k 1.0× 19.5k 1.5× 4.0k 0.6× 8.3k 2.3× 4.6k 1.4× 374 46.0k
Xian‐Hua Li China 95 31.6k 0.8× 12.4k 1.0× 2.4k 0.4× 5.0k 1.4× 3.7k 1.1× 479 37.1k
John W. Valley United States 90 24.1k 0.6× 7.9k 0.6× 5.0k 0.7× 4.9k 1.3× 5.1k 1.5× 531 31.4k
Ian S. Williams Australia 78 21.1k 0.5× 9.0k 0.7× 3.3k 0.5× 3.1k 0.9× 3.7k 1.1× 308 24.0k
Paul R. Renne United States 89 17.7k 0.4× 4.7k 0.4× 9.1k 1.3× 2.0k 0.5× 8.7k 2.6× 385 27.6k
Chris J. Hawkesworth United Kingdom 101 28.0k 0.7× 10.4k 0.8× 4.5k 0.7× 3.8k 1.0× 3.4k 1.0× 282 32.0k
Samuel A. Bowring United States 89 17.7k 0.4× 5.6k 0.4× 6.5k 0.9× 4.0k 1.1× 11.2k 3.3× 286 25.3k
Fu‐Yuan Wu China 123 53.1k 1.3× 23.2k 1.8× 2.0k 0.3× 6.8k 1.9× 2.1k 0.6× 479 56.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Harrison, T. Mark, et al.. (2025). Probing Cretaceous-Paleogene crustal thickness in southern Tibet using quartz-zircon chronobarometry. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 663. 119413–119413. 1 indexed citations
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Cao, Kai, Guocan Wang, T. Mark Harrison, et al.. (2025). Late Cenozoic river reorganization related to tectonic extrusion formed the modern drainage system in southeastern Tibet. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(40). e2424554122–e2424554122. 1 indexed citations
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Trail, Dustin, et al.. (2024). Investigating pressure effects of Ti and Zr partitioning into zircon, quartz, and rutile at crustal temperatures. Chemical Geology. 673. 122518–122518. 2 indexed citations
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Harrison, T. Mark. (2024). We don't know when plate tectonics began. Journal of the Geological Society. 181(4). 14 indexed citations
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Harrison, T. Mark. (2024). Is Deep Time Geology Scientific?. Journal of Earth Science. 35(2). 700–703. 1 indexed citations
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Harrison, T. Mark, et al.. (2023). Temperature and co-crystallization effects on Zr isotopes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 352. 69–85. 10 indexed citations
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Keller, C. Brenhin & T. Mark Harrison. (2020). Constraining crustal silica on ancient Earth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(35). 21101–21107. 45 indexed citations
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Borlina, Cauê S., B. P. Weiss, Eduardo A. Lima, et al.. (2020). Reevaluating the evidence for a Hadean-Eoarchean dynamo. Science Advances. 6(15). eaav9634–eaav9634. 25 indexed citations
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Wielicki, M. M., et al.. (2019). Hf and Nd Isotopic Constraints on Pre‐ and Syn‐collisional Crustal Thickness of Southern Tibet. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 124(11). 11038–11054. 19 indexed citations
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Tang, Hongzhi, et al.. (2017). Sulfur in zircons: A new window into melt chemistry. AGUFM. 2017. 1 indexed citations
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Sinha, A. K., William A. Thomas, Robert D. Hatcher, & T. Mark Harrison. (2012). Geodynamic evolution of the central Appalachian orogen: Geochronology and compositional diversity of magmatism from Ordovician through Devonian. American Journal of Science. 312(8). 907–966. 22 indexed citations
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Harrison, T. Mark, et al.. (2009). Continuous thermal histories from muscovite ^(40)Ar/^(39)Ar age spectra. CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology). 73. 3 indexed citations
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Chamberlain, Kevin R., T. Mark Harrison, Axel K. Schmitt, et al.. (2008). In Situ Sims, Micro-Baddeleyite U-Pb Dating Method for Mafic Rocks. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 72(12). 1 indexed citations
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DePaolo, Donald J., K. L. Weaver, Xuanxue Mo, Zhidan Zhao, & T. Mark Harrison. (2008). Regional isotopic patterns in granitic rocks of southern Tibet and evolution of crustal structure during the Indo-Asian collision. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement. 72(12). 5 indexed citations
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Trail, Dustin, S. J. Mojzsis, T. Mark Harrison, & Harold F. Levison. (2006). DO HADEAN ZIRCONS RETAIN A RECORD OF THE LATE HEAVY BOMDARDMENT ON EARTH? D. Trail. LPI. 2139. 5 indexed citations
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Harrison, T. Mark, Janne Blichert‐Toft, Wernér E.G. Müller, et al.. (2005). Heterogeneous Hadean hafnium: Evidence of continental crust by 4.5 Ga?. GeCAS. 69(10). 3 indexed citations
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Robinson, Alexander C., et al.. (2001). Geochronologic, Thermochronologic, and Thermobarometric Constraints on the Tectonic Evolution of the Northeastern Pamir. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2001. 1 indexed citations
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Mojzsis, S. J., Christopher D. Coath, J. P. Greenwood, et al.. (2001). Non-Mass-Dependent Sulfur Isotopes Documented from In-Situ Measurements of Precambrian Sedimentary Sulfides by Multi-Collector Ion Microprobe. 3185. 3 indexed citations
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Harrison, T. Mark, Matthew T. Heizler, & Kevin Burke. (1987). Aspects of thermal evolution of Anadarko basin, Oklahoma. AAPG Bulletin. 1 indexed citations

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