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Alex Pullen publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alex Pullen sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 83 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Alex Pullen D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alex Pullen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alex Pullen is affiliated with Clemson University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with specific attention to several subfields including Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's main topics of research encompass:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials

Alex Pullen has published extensively in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Nature Communications
  • Tectonics
  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Alex Pullen are:

  • Spatially variable provenance of the Chinese Loess Plateau, 2021, Geology
  • Formation and evolution of the Eastern Kunlun Range, northern Tibet: Evidence from detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotopes, 2020, Gondwana Research
  • Regional Exhumation and Tectonic History of the Shanxi Rift and Taihangshan, North China, 2021, Tectonics
  • Fault-controlled upwelling of low-T hydrothermal fluids tracked by travertines in a fold-and-thrust belt, Monte Alpi, southern apennines, Italy, 2020, Journal of Structural Geology
  • A wind-albedo-wind feedback driven by landscape evolution, 2020, Nature Communications

Collaborations form a significant part of Alex Pullen's work. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Jordan T. Abell
  • Paul Kapp
  • Junsheng Nie
  • Andrew Leier
  • David L. Barbeau

Best Publications

  • Detrital zircon geochronology of pre-Tertiary strata in the Tibetan-Himalayan orogen

    G. Gehrels;P. Kapp;P. DeCelles;A. Pullen

  • Triassic continental subduction in central Tibet and Mediterranean-style closure of the Paleo-Tethys Ocean

    Alex Pullen;Paul Kapp;George E. Gehrels;Jeff D. Vervoort

  • Detrital Zircon Geochronology by Laser-Ablation Multicollector ICPMS at the Arizona LaserChron Center

    George Gehrels;Victor Valencia;Alex Pullen

  • Tibetan basement rocks near Amdo reveal "missing" Mesozoic tectonism along the Bangong suture, central Tibet

    Jerome H. Guynn;Paul Kapp;Alex Pullen;Matthew Heizler

  • Metamorphic rocks in central Tibet: Lateral variations and implications for crustal structure

    Alex Pullen;Paul Kapp;George E. Gehrels;Lin Ding

  • Provenance analysis of the Mesozoic Hoh-Xil-Songpan-Ganzi turbidites in northern Tibet: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the eastern Paleo-Tethys Ocean

    L. Ding;D. Yang;F. L. Cai;A. Pullen

  • Qaidam Basin and northern Tibetan Plateau as dust sources for the Chinese Loess Plateau and paleoclimatic implications

    Alex Pullen;Paul Kapp;Andrew T. McCallister;Hong Chang

  • The Gangdese retroarc thrust belt revealed

    P. Kapp;P.G. DeCelles;A.L. Leier;A.L. Leier;J.M. Fabijanic

  • What happens when n= 1000? Creating large-n geochronological datasets with LA-ICP-MS for geologic investigations

    Alex Pullen;Alex Pullen;Mauricio Ibáñez-Mejía;George E. Gehrels;Juan C. Ibáñez-Mejía

  • Petrogenesis of Middle–Late Triassic volcanic rocks from the Gangdese belt, southern Lhasa terrane: Implications for early subduction of Neo-Tethyan oceanic lithosphere

    Chao Wang;Lin Ding;Li Yun Zhang;Paul Kapp

  • Eolian cannibalism: Reworked loess and fluvial sediment as the main sources of the Chinese Loess Plateau

    A. Licht;A. Licht;A. Licht;A. Pullen;A. Pullen;P. Kapp;J. Abell

  • Magnetostratigraphy of Cenozoic deposits in the western Qaidam Basin and its implication for the surface uplift of the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau

    Hong Chang;Leyi Li;Xiaoke Qiang;Carmala N. Garzione

  • Age and geochemistry of western Hoh-Xil-Songpan-Ganzi granitoids, northern Tibet: Implications for the Mesozoic closure of the Paleo-Tethys ocean

    Li Yun Zhang;Lin Ding;Alex Pullen;Alex Pullen;Qiang Xu

  • Pre-Quaternary decoupling between Asian aridification and high dust accumulation rates

    Junsheng Nie;Alex Pullen;Carmala N. Garzione;Wenbin Peng

  • Magmatic history and crustal genesis of western South America: Constraints from U-Pb ages and Hf isotopes of detrital zircons in modern rivers

    Martin Pepper;George Gehrels;Alex Pullen;Mauricio Ibanez-Mejia

  • Unraveling crustal growth and reworking processes in complex zircons from orogenic lower-crust: The Proterozoic Putumayo Orogen of Amazonia

    Mauricio Ibanez-Mejia;Alex Pullen;Alex Pullen;Jesse Arenstein;George E. Gehrels

  • Climatic and tectonic controls on sedimentation and erosion during the pliocene-quaternary in the qaidam basin (China)

    Richard V. Heermance;Alex Pullen;Paul Kapp;Carmala N. Garzione

  • Triassic Sedimentary Filling and Closure of the Eastern Paleo-Tethys Ocean: New Insights From Detrital Zircon Geochronology of Songpan-Ganzi, Yidun, and West Qinling Flysch in Eastern Tibet

    Xing Jian;Amy Weislogel;Alex Pullen

  • Resilience of the Asian atmospheric circulation shown by Paleogene dust provenance

    Alexis Licht;Guillaume Dupont-Nivet;Alex Pullen;Paul Kapp

  • Optimization of a laser ablation–single collector–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometer (Thermo Element 2) for accurate, precise, and efficient zircon U‐Th‐Pb geochronology

    Alex Pullen;Mauricio Ibáñez-Mejia;George E. Gehrels;Dominique Giesler

  • Influence of pre-Andean crustal structure on Cenozoic thrust belt kinematics and shortening magnitude: Northwestern Argentina

    David M. Pearson;David M. Pearson;Paul Kapp;Peter G. DeCelles;Peter W. Reiners

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Kapp
Paul Kapp University of Arizona
George E. Gehrels
George E. Gehrels University of Arizona
Lin Ding
Lin Ding Chinese Academy of Sciences
Carmala N. Garzione
Carmala N. Garzione University of Arizona
Mihai N. Ducea
Mihai N. Ducea University of Arizona
Junsheng Nie
Junsheng Nie Lanzhou University
Gisela Winckler
Gisela Winckler Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Peter G. DeCelles
Peter G. DeCelles University of Arizona
Hong Chang
Hong Chang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hemmo A. Abels
Hemmo A. Abels Delft University of Technology

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