William B. McKinnon

2.0k total citations
36 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

William B. McKinnon is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, William B. McKinnon has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 13 papers in Atmospheric Science and 11 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in William B. McKinnon's work include Astro and Planetary Science (24 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (19 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (12 papers). William B. McKinnon is often cited by papers focused on Astro and Planetary Science (24 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (19 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (12 papers). William B. McKinnon collaborates with scholars based in United States. William B. McKinnon's co-authors include A. C. Barr, P. Schenk, A. J. Dombard, M. T. Bland, Everett L. Shock, J. D. Anderson, Tilman Spohn, G. Schubert, M. R. Kirchoff and J. M. Moore and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

William B. McKinnon

33 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Peers

William B. McKinnon
A. C. Barr United States
T. A. Hurford United States
A. J. Dombard United States
D. D. Dawson United States
W. L. Jaeger United States
D. Hemingway United States
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William B. McKinnon

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All Works

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McKinnon, William B., K. N. Singer, S. J. Robbins, et al.. (2024). The many ages of Triton: New crater counts on the Voyager high-resolution image sequence and implications for impactor provenance. Icarus. 422. 116230–116230. 1 indexed citations
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Waite, J. H., Tim Brockwell, R. Perryman, et al.. (2019). MASPEX-Europa aboard Clipper: A mass spectrometer for investigating the habitability of Europa. 2019. 3 indexed citations
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Bland, M. T. & William B. McKinnon. (2017). Breaking the shell: Initiating plate tectonic-like subduction on Europa. DPS. 1 indexed citations
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Singer, K. N., S. A. Stern, C. B. Olkin, et al.. (2017). Chaotic Mountain Blocks in Pluto’s Sputnik Planitia. 2 indexed citations
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Umurhan, O. M., Wladimir Lyra, William B. McKinnon, et al.. (2016). An Expanded Analysis of Nitrogen Ice Convection in Sputnik Planum.
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McKinnon, William B., F. Nimmo, P. Schenk, et al.. (2016). Convection in a volatile nitrogen-ice-rich layer drives Pluto’s geological vigour. Nature. 534(7605). 82–85. 73 indexed citations
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McKinnon, William B., P. Schenk, J. M. Moore, et al.. (2016). AN IMPACT BASIN ORIGIN FOR SPUTNIK “PLANITIA” AND SURROUNDING TERRAINS, PLUTO. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations
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Bland, M. T. & William B. McKinnon. (2016). Mountain building on Io driven by deep faulting. Nature Geoscience. 9(6). 429–432. 15 indexed citations
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Young, L. A., W. M. Grundy, Richard P. Binzel, et al.. (2015). Volatile Transport Implications from the New Horizons Flyby of Pluto. 47. 1 indexed citations
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Schenk, P., William B. McKinnon, J. M. Moore, et al.. (2015). A Large Impact Origin for Sputnik Planum and Surrounding Terrains, Pluto?. DPS. 4 indexed citations
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McKinnon, William B., M. W. Buie, J. M. Moore, et al.. (2014). Cosmogonic constraints from densities in the Pluto system and rotational and tidal figures of equilibrium for Pluto and Charon. 346. 2 indexed citations
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Kirchoff, M. R. & William B. McKinnon. (2009). Formation of mountains on Io: Variable volcanism and thermal stresses. Icarus. 201(2). 598–614. 24 indexed citations
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Barr, A. C. & William B. McKinnon. (2007). Convection in ice I shells and mantles with self‐consistent grain size. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 112(E2). 82 indexed citations
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Barr, A. C. & William B. McKinnon. (2007). Convection in Enceladus' ice shell: Conditions for initiation. Geophysical Research Letters. 34(9). 60 indexed citations
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McKinnon, William B., P. Schenk, & J. M. Moore. (2001). Topographic and Morphologic Evidence for Flooding of Ganymede's Resurfaced Terrains by Low-Viscosity Water-Ice Lavas. 2179. 2 indexed citations
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McKinnon, William B., P. Schenk, & A. J. Dombard. (2001). Chaos on Io: A model for formation of mountain blocks by crustal heating, melting, and tilting. Geology. 29(2). 103–103. 35 indexed citations
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Schenk, P., et al.. (2000). Flooding of Smooth Terrain on Ganymede by Low-Viscosity Aqueous Lavas: Direct Evidence from VGR-GLL Stereo Synergism. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 2037. 1 indexed citations
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Schenk, Paul E., William B. McKinnon, & J. M. Moore. (1997). Stereo Topography of Valhalla and Gilgamesh. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1249. 1 indexed citations
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Shock, Everett L. & William B. McKinnon. (1993). Hydrothermal Processing of Cometary Volatiles—Applications to Triton. Icarus. 106(2). 464–477. 72 indexed citations
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McKinnon, William B.. (1982). Tectonic deformation of Galileo Regio and limits to the planetary expansion of Ganymede. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 12. 1585–1597. 31 indexed citations

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