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Alexander R. McBirney

Alexander R. McBirney

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Earth Science

D-Index
49
Citations
10548
World Ranking
3548
National Ranking
1404

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1986 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 1986 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Alexander R. McBirney was affiliated with the University of Oregon in the United States. Their professional career was marked by recognition from prominent scientific societies.

In 1986, McBirney was made a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an honor that emphasizes contributions to the advancement of science. The same year, they were also named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), reflecting a recognized standing in geophysical research.

The available data does not list specific published papers or detailed research topics; however, McBirney's academic impact was tied closely to their affiliation with a major research university. There are no records of frequent co-authors or publication venues, indicating either a limited documented record or a focus outside of heavily collaborative research fields.

There are no documented book publications or clearly defined main fields, subfields, or topics of study available in the provided data, so further specifics about their scientific focus or disciplinary contributions remain unspecified.

This profile reflects the verifiable information concerning Alexander R. McBirney's career and professional recognition.

Best Publications

  • Properties of some common igneous rocks and their melts at high temperatures

    Tsutomu Murase;Alexander R. McBIRNEY

  • Crystallization and Layering of the Skaergaard Intrusion

    Alexander R. Mcbirney;Richard M. Noyes

  • Rheological Properties of Magmas

    Alexander R. McBirney;Tsutomu Murase

  • Petrology and geochemistry of the Galápagos Islands: Portrait of a pathological mantle plume

    William M. White;Alexander R. McBirney;Robert A. Duncan

  • Mixing and unmixing of magmas

    Alexander R. McBirney

  • Geology and petrology of the Galapagos Islands

    Alexander R. McBirney;Howel Williams

  • Liquid fractionation. Part I: Basic principles and experimental simulations

    Alexander R. McBirney;Brian H. Baker;Robert H. Nilson

  • Factors governing the nature of submarine volcanism

    Unknown

  • The Skaergaard Intrusion

    A.R. McBirney

  • Drowned islands downstream from the Galapagos hotspot imply extended speciation times

    D. M. Christie;R. A. Duncan;A. R. McBirney;M. A. Richards

  • Differentiation of the Skaergaard Intrusion

    Alexander R. McBirney

  • The Skaergaard Layered Series: I. Structure and Average Compositions

    Alexander R. McBIRNEY

  • Paricutin re-examined: a classic example of crustal assimilation in calc-alkaline magma

    A. R. McBirney;H. P. Taylor;R. L. Armstrong

  • Mechanisms of Formation of Igneous Layering

    H.R. Naslund;A.R. McBirney

  • The differentiation of the Skaergaard Intrusion

    Alexander R. McBirney;H. R. Naslund

  • Episodes of cenozoic volcanism in the circum-pacific region

    J.P. Kennett;A.R. McBirney;R.C. Thunell

  • Viscosity of lunar lavas

    Tsutomu Murase;Alexander R. McBirney

  • Petrology of the Island of Tahiti

    Alexander R. Mcbirney;Ken-Ichiro Aoki

  • Relations of oceanic volcanic rocks to mid-oceanic rises and heat flow

    Alexander R. McBirney;Ian G. Gass

  • The Skaergaard Layered Series. Part III. Non-dynamic Layering

    Alan E. Boudreau;Alexander R. McBirney

  • Plume-asthenosphere mixing beneath the Galapagos archipelago

    Dennis J. Geist;Dennis J. Geist;William M. White;William M. White;William M. White;Alexander R. McBirney

  • Mechanisms of differentiation in the Skaergaard Intrusion

    A. R. McBIRNEY

Frequent Co-Authors

William M. White
William M. White Cornell University
Dennis Geist
Dennis Geist University of Idaho
Robert A. Duncan
Robert A. Duncan Oregon State University
Alan E. Boudreau
Alan E. Boudreau Duke University
Eric Sonnenthal
Eric Sonnenthal Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Charles B. Connor
Charles B. Connor University of South Florida
Bruce D. Marsh
Bruce D. Marsh Johns Hopkins University
Hervé Bellon
Hervé Bellon University of Western Brittany
Christopher G. Fox
Christopher G. Fox National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Robert A. Creaser
Robert A. Creaser University of Alberta

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