Thomas Stachel

8.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
178 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Thomas Stachel is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Stachel has authored 178 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 165 papers in Geophysics, 19 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 14 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Thomas Stachel's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (164 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (129 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (118 papers). Thomas Stachel is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (164 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (129 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (118 papers). Thomas Stachel collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and Germany. Thomas Stachel's co-authors include Jeff W. Harris, Gerhard P. Brey, Robert W. Luth, Richard A. Stern, D. Graham Pearson, Sonja Aulbach, Karlis Muehlenbachs, Jeffrey W. Harris, Fanus Viljoen and W. Joswig and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Stachel

167 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

The origin of cratonic diamonds — Constraints from minera... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 100 200 300 400
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. The origin of cratonic diamonds — Constraints from mineral inclusions
    2008 449 citations Thomas Stachel, Jeff W. Harris profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas Stachel Canada 46 5.8k 822 606 339 261 178 6.3k
N. V. Sobolev Russia 39 5.2k 0.9× 734 0.9× 826 1.4× 373 1.1× 123 0.5× 108 5.5k
Charles E. Lesher United States 39 2.9k 0.5× 647 0.8× 741 1.2× 485 1.4× 180 0.7× 100 4.3k
Alan B. Woodland Germany 37 3.6k 0.6× 442 0.5× 543 0.9× 316 0.9× 116 0.4× 132 4.3k
R. A. Lange United States 38 3.6k 0.6× 564 0.7× 793 1.3× 299 0.9× 129 0.5× 95 4.4k
N. V. Sobolev Russia 37 4.4k 0.8× 845 1.0× 642 1.1× 344 1.0× 91 0.3× 154 4.8k
Richard A. Brooker United Kingdom 46 4.7k 0.8× 353 0.4× 911 1.5× 545 1.6× 265 1.0× 103 5.5k
Paolo Nimis Italy 31 3.7k 0.6× 337 0.4× 814 1.3× 267 0.8× 276 1.1× 94 4.1k
Dante Canil Canada 38 4.6k 0.8× 289 0.4× 1.2k 1.9× 555 1.6× 244 0.9× 107 5.1k
B. Harte United Kingdom 44 4.2k 0.7× 327 0.4× 769 1.3× 338 1.0× 204 0.8× 106 4.4k
Robert W. Luth Canada 33 2.5k 0.4× 316 0.4× 364 0.6× 187 0.6× 170 0.7× 78 2.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Stachel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Stachel

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All Works

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Stachel, Thomas, et al.. (2025). A Machine Learning Approach to Single Garnet Geothermometry and Application to Tracing the Fingerprint of Superdeep Diamonds. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 26(3). 1 indexed citations
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Li, Ying‐Zhou, et al.. (2024). Nitrogen isotopes as a robust tracer of fluid activities and mineral reactions in regional metamorphism. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 375. 76–89. 5 indexed citations
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Stachel, Thomas, Ingrid Chinn, Richard A. Stern, et al.. (2024). Sublithospheric diamonds extend Paleoproterozoic record of cold deep subduction into the lower mantle. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 634. 118675–118675. 8 indexed citations
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Zhang, Qiwei, Thomas Stachel, Karen V. Smit, et al.. (2024). Sublithospheric diamond ages and their geodynamic implications. 2 indexed citations
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Stachel, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Nature of slab-mantle interactions recorded by coupled δ13C–δ15N–δ18O signatures and elemental compositions of Koidu diamonds and their inclusions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 347. 16–27. 3 indexed citations
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Nimis, Paolo, Steven D. Jacobsen, Martha G. Pamato, et al.. (2023). Dual origin of ferropericlase inclusions within super-deep diamonds. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 608. 118081–118081. 10 indexed citations
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Nestola, Fabrizio, Robert W. Luth, D. Graham Pearson, et al.. (2023). Extreme redox variations in a superdeep diamond from a subducted slab. Nature. 613(7942). 85–89. 11 indexed citations
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Stachel, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Diamonds reveal subducted slab harzburgite in the lower mantle. Geology. 51(3). 238–241. 5 indexed citations
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Aulbach, Sonja & Thomas Stachel. (2022). Evidence for oxygen-conserving diamond formation in redox-buffered subducted oceanic crust sampled as eclogite. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1924–1924. 14 indexed citations
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Howell, D., Thomas Stachel, Richard A. Stern, et al.. (2020). Deep carbon through time: Earth’s diamond record and its implications for carbon cycling and fluid speciation in the mantle. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 275. 99–122. 38 indexed citations
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Aulbach, Sonja, et al.. (2018). Diamond ages from Victor (Superior Craton): Intra-mantle cycling of volatiles (C, N, S) during supercontinent reorganisation. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 490. 77–87. 32 indexed citations
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Kiseeva, Ekaterina S., Bernard J. Wood, Catherine McCammon, et al.. (2018). Oxidized iron in garnets from the mantle transition zone. Nature Geoscience. 11(2). 144–147. 45 indexed citations
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Smit, Karen V., Thomas Stachel, Richard A. Stern, Steven B. Shirey, & A. Steele. (2017). Diamond formation through isochemical cooling of CHO fluids vs redox buffering: examples from Marange peridotitic and Zimmi eclogitic diamonds. EGUGA. 9187. 1 indexed citations
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Flemming, R. L., et al.. (2009). Mapping a Mantle Xenolith Using Micro X-ray Diffraction. AGUSM. 2009. 1 indexed citations
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Aulbach, Sonja, Thomas Stachel, Robert A. Creaser, et al.. (2009). Sulphide survival and diamond genesis during formation and evolution of Archaean subcontinental lithosphere: A comparison between the Slave and Kaapvaal cratons. Lithos. 112. 747–757. 65 indexed citations

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