Walter Álvarez
Impact in
- Paleontology top 0.1%
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
- Geophysics top 0.5%
- Geological and Geochemical Analysis
- earthquake and tectonic studies
- Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
Papers in
- Geophysics 82
- Geological and Geochemical Analysis 62
- earthquake and tectonic studies 34
- Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide 19
- Paleontology 31
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils 27
- Co-authors
- Frank AsaroHelen V. MichelLuis W. AlvarezWilliam LowrieTerry EngelderForese Carlo WezelT. CocozzaRichard A. Muller
- Journals
- Geology (19 papers)Geological Society of America Bulletin (15 papers)Science (9 papers)Earth and Planetary Science Letters (7 papers)Nature (6 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesSwitzerlandNetherlands
In The Last Decade
Walter Álvarez
117 papers receiving 6.5k citations
Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 139
- Paleontology 2.8k
- Geophysics 3.8k
- Atmospheric Science 3.1k
- Astronomy and Astrophysics 1.6k
- Geochemistry and Petrology 568
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All Works
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2020 | 2 | |
| 2 | 2019 | 65 | |
| 3 | 2017 | 3 | |
| 4 | Mesoscopic S-C fabrics in shallow fault zones: a case history from the Umbria-Marche Apennines (Central Italy) | 2012 | 1 |
| 5 | The mesoscopic response to positive tectonic inversion processes: an example from the Umbria-Marche Apennines, Italy | 2002 | 9 |
| 6 | Geomorphological Evidence Bearing on the Paired Compressional-Extensional Fronts of the Northern Apennines | 2001 | 1 |
| 7 | Shocked (?) Limestone Fragments--A New Component of the Proximal Impact Ejecta of the Chicxulub Crater | 1996 | 1 |
| 8 | Deposition of near K/T Boundary clastic sediments in NE Mexico: Impact or Turbidite Deposits? | 1994 | 3 |
| 9 | Stratigraphy and Sedimentology of KT Clastic Beds in the Moscow Landing (Alabama) Outcrop: Evidence for Impact Related Earthquakes and Tsunamis | 1994 | 1 |
| 10 | "Tektites" and microkrystites at the Cretaceous Tertiary boundary: two strewn fields, one crater? | 1992 | 39 |
| 11 | Impact-Wave Effects at the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary in Gulf of Mexico DSDP Cores | 1991 | 2 |
| 12 | Microkrystites and (Micro)Tektites at the KT Boundary: Two Different Sources or One? | 1991 | 1 |
| 13 | Is the "Mid-Cretaceous Unconformity" in the Gulf of Mexico a Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary Impact-Wave Erosion Surface? | 1991 | 1 |
| 14 | Evolution of the Monte Nerone Seamount in the Umbria-Marches Apennines; I, Jurassic-Tertiary stratigraphy | 1989 | 11 |
| 15 | Evolution of the Monte Nerone Seamount in the Umbria-Marches Apennines; II, Tectonic control of the seamount-basin transition | 1989 | 23 |
| 16 | The debate over the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary | 1988 | 2 |
| 17 | Possible world-wide middle miocene iridium anomaly and its relationship to periodicity of impacts and extinctions | 1988 | 1 |
| 18 | Sedimentary deposits of major impact events | 1985 | 1 |
| 19 | 1984 | 3 | |
| 20 | Paleomagnetismo della Scaglia rossa Umbra e rotazione della Penisola italiana | 1974 | 4 |
About Walter Álvarez
Walter Álvarez is a scholar working on Geophysics, Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Earth-Surface Processes, having authored 121 papers that have together received 7.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (62 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (53 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (34 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (27 papers), Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide (19 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (17 papers), Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (16 papers) and Planetary Science and Exploration (15 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Paleontology (2.8k citations), Geophysics (3.8k citations), Atmospheric Science (3.1k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (1.6k citations) and Geochemistry and Petrology (568 citations). Walter Álvarez has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Frank Asaro, Helen V. Michel, Luis W. Alvarez, William Lowrie, Terry Engelder, Forese Carlo Wezel, T. Cocozza, Richard A. Muller, Jan Smit and Philippe Claeys. Their work appears in journals such as Geology, Geological Society of America Bulletin, Science, Earth and Planetary Science Letters and Nature.
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