Wouter Bleeker

9.8k citations

107 papers · 6.2k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 38

Impact in

Geophysics top 0.2%
- Geological and Geochemical Analysis
- earthquake and tectonic studies
- High-pressure geophysics and materials
Paleontology top 0.5%
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Papers in ⓘ

Geophysics 81
- Geological and Geochemical Analysis 79
- earthquake and tectonic studies 45
- High-pressure geophysics and materials 24
Paleontology 16
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils 15

Co-authors: Richard E. Ernst (14 shared papers)Ulf Söderlund (10 shared papers)Alan G. Smith (1 shared paper)Felix M. Gradstein (1 shared paper)James G. Ogg (1 shared paper)Lucas Joost Lourens (1 shared paper)Peng Peng (4 shared papers)Kevin R. Chamberlain (8 shared papers)
Journals: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences (15 papers)Precambrian Research (10 papers)Lithos (8 papers)Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (5 papers)Geology (5 papers)
Partner nations: Canada United States Sweden

In The Last Decade

Wouter Bleeker

101 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Timing and tempo of the Great Oxidation Event 2017 · 379 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2017 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2008 American Mineralogist
2004 Episodes
2003 Lithos

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1	A new Geologic Time Scale, with special reference to Precambrian and Neogene Episodes ·Felix M. Gradstein, James G. Ogg, Alan G. Smith, Wouter Bleeker, Lucas Joost Lourens Hit paper breakdown →	2004	779
2	The late Archean record: a puzzle in ca. 35 pieces Lithos ·Wouter Bleeker Hit paper breakdown →	2003	594
3	Mineral evolution American Mineralogist ·Robert M. Hazen, Dominic Papineau, Wouter Bleeker, Robert T. Downs, John M. Ferry, T. J. McCoy, Dimitri A. Sverjensky, H. Yang Hit paper breakdown →	2008	424
4	Timing and tempo of the Great Oxidation Event Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Ashley Gumsley, Kevin R. Chamberlain, Wouter Bleeker, Ulf Söderlund, Michiel de Kock, Emilie Larsson, Andrey Bekker Hit paper breakdown →	2017	379
5	Large igneous provinces (LIPs), giant dyke swarms, and mantle plumes: significance for breakup events within Canada and adjacent regions from 2.5 Ga to the PresentThis article is one of a selection of papers published in this Special Issue on the the theme Lithoprobe—parameters, processes, and the evolution of a continent.Lithoprobe Contribution 1482. Geological Survey of Canada Contribution 20100072. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences ·Richard E. Ernst, Wouter Bleeker	2010	330
6	Long-lived connection between southern Siberia and northern Laurentia in the Proterozoic Nature Geoscience ·Richard E. Ernst, Michael A. Hamilton, Ulf Söderlund, J. A. Hanes, Д. П. Гладкочуб, A. V. Okrugin, Т. Б. Колотилина, А. С. Мехоношин, Wouter Bleeker, A N LeCheminant, Kenneth L. Buchan, Kevin R. Chamberlain, А. Н. Диденко	2016	232
7	Large Igneous Provinces and supercontinents: Toward completing the plate tectonic revolution Lithos ·Richard E. Ernst, Wouter Bleeker, Ulf Söderlund, Andrew C. Kerr	2013	215
8	U–Pb baddeleyite ages, distribution and geochemistry of 925Ma mafic dykes and 900Ma sills in the North China craton: Evidence for a Neoproterozoic mantle plume Lithos ·Peng Peng, Wouter Bleeker, Richard E. Ernst, Ulf Söderlund, V J McNicoll	2011	214
9	Paleoproterozoic gabbronoritic and granitic magmatism in the northern margin of the North China craton: Evidence of crust–mantle interaction Precambrian Research ·Peng Peng, Jinghui Guo, Mingguo Zhai, Wouter Bleeker	2010	211
10	Short-lived mantle generated magmatic events and their dyke swarms: The key unlocking Earth's paleogeographic record back to 2.6 Ga Wouter Bleeker, Richard E. Ernst	2006	190
11	Boninite series: low Ti-tholeiite associations from the 2.7 Ga Abitibi greenstone belt Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·R. Kerrich, Derek A. Wyman, Jing‐Jing Fan, Wouter Bleeker	1998	175
12	The Central Slave Basement Complex, Part I: its structural topology and autochthonous cover Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences ·Wouter Bleeker, John W.F. Ketchum, Valerie A. Jackson, M. Villeneuve	1999	139
13	Episodic, mafic crust formation from 4.5 to 2.8 Ga: New evidence from detrital zircons, Slave craton, Canada Geology ·Anna Pietranik, Chris J. Hawkesworth, Craig Storey, Anthony I.S. Kemp, Keith Sircombe, Martin J. Whitehouse, Wouter Bleeker	2008	135
14	Archaean tectonics: a review, with illustrations from the Slave craton Geological Society London Special Publications ·Wouter Bleeker	2002	114
15	Age of the World's Oldest Rocks Refined Using Canada's SHRIMP: The Acasta Gneiss Complex, Northwest Territories, Canada Geoscience Canada ·Richard A. Stern, Wouter Bleeker	1998	99
16	In situ U–Pb SIMS (IN-SIMS) micro-baddeleyite dating of mafic rocks: Method with examples Precambrian Research ·Kevin R. Chamberlain, Axel K. Schmitt, Susan M. Swapp, T. Mark Harrison, Norbert G. Swoboda-Colberg, Wouter Bleeker, Tony D. Peterson, C W Jefferson, А. К. Khudoley	2010	87
17	Emplacement ages of Paleoproterozoic mafic dyke swarms in eastern Dharwar craton, India: Implications for paleoreconstructions and support for a ∼30° change in dyke trends from south to north Precambrian Research ·Ulf Söderlund, Wouter Bleeker, Kürsad Demirer, Rajesh K. Srivastava, Michael A. Hamilton, Mimmi Nilsson, L. J. Pesonen, Amiya K. Samal, M. Jayananda, Richard E. Ernst, M. Srinivas	2018	74
18	Detrital zircon geochronology and grain-size analysis of a ∼2800 Ma Mesoarchean proto-cratonic cover succession, Slave Province, Canada Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·Keith Sircombe, Wouter Bleeker, Richard A. Stern	2001	69
19	The Central Slave Basement Complex, Part II: age and tectonic significance of high-strain zones along the basement-cover contact Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences ·Wouter Bleeker, John W.F. Ketchum, W J Davis	1999	68
20	Functional and morphological organization of the guinea-pig sinoatrial node compared with the rabbit sinoatrial node Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology ·Tobias Opthof, B DEJONGE, A. J. C. Mackaay, Wouter Bleeker, Mireille Masson‐Pévet, Habo J. Jongsma, Lennart N. Bouman	1985	68

About Wouter Bleeker

Wouter Bleeker is a scholar working on Geophysics, Paleontology, Geology, Atmospheric Science and Geochemistry and Petrology, having authored 107 papers that have together received 6.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (79 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (45 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (29 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (24 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (23 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (15 papers), Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (8 papers) and Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Geophysics (4.9k citations), Paleontology (1.2k citations), Geochemistry and Petrology (809 citations), Geology (475 citations) and Artificial Intelligence (1.9k citations). Wouter Bleeker has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and Sweden. Frequent co-authors include Richard E. Ernst, Ulf Söderlund, Alan G. Smith, Felix M. Gradstein, James G. Ogg, Lucas Joost Lourens, Peng Peng, Kevin R. Chamberlain, W J Davis and Richard A. Stern. Their work appears in journals such as Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, Precambrian Research, Lithos, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta and Geology.

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