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Allan A. Ekdale 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 Allan A. Ekdale sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 152 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Allan A. Ekdale 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 Allan A. Ekdale sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 38 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1982 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Allan A. Ekdale is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States. Their research primarily intersects the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on related subfields such as Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Paleontology, and Ecology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, including Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological formations and processes, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, and Ichthyology and Marine Biology.

Allan A. Ekdale has contributed to several scholarly articles published in notable venues. Recent papers include:

  • "Northernmost (Subarctic) and deepest record of Paleodictyon: paleoecological and biological implications," 2023, Scientific Reports
  • "Late Miocene deep-sea trace fossil associations in the Vera Basin, Almería, Southeastern Spain," 2020, Spanish Journal of Palaeontology
  • "TRIBUTE TO JORDI MARIA DE GIBERT ATIENZA," 2020, Spanish Journal of Palaeontology
  • "One legacy: ONE ICHNOLOGY! Richard Granville Bromley (1939-2018)," 2020, Ichnos/Ichnos: an international journal for plant and animal traces
  • "Bromleyia magnifica n. igen., n. isp.: a feeding trace of a protobranch bivalve," 2023, Ichnos/Ichnos: an international journal for plant and animal traces

Frequent co-authors of Allan A. Ekdale include:

  • Olmo Miguez-Salas
  • Francisco J. Rodrı́guez-Tovar
  • Stefanie Kaiser
  • Angelika Brandt
  • Andrew J. Gooday

Publication venues where Allan A. Ekdale's work appears frequently are:

  • Spanish Journal of Palaeontology
  • Ichnos/Ichnos: an international journal for plant and animal traces
  • Scientific Reports

Allan A. Ekdale was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1982.

Best Publications

  • Ichnology: The Use of Trace Fossils in Sedimentology and Stratigraphy

    A. A. Ekdale;R. G. Bromley;S. G. Pemberton

  • Chondrites: A Trace Fossil Indicator of Anoxia in Sediments

    Richard Granville Bromley;A A Ekdale

  • Paleoecology of the marine endobenthos

    A.A. Ekdale

  • Dinosaur tracks and traces

    A. A. Ekdale;David D. Gillette;Martin G. Lockley

  • Characteristic trace-fossil associations in oxygen-poor sedimentary environments

    A. A. Ekdale;T. R. Mason

  • Composite ichnofabrics and tiering of burrows

    R. G. Bromley;A. A. Ekdale

  • Muckraking and Mudslinging: The Joys of Deposit-Feeding

    A. A. Ekdale

  • Trace fossils and ichnofabric in the Kjølby Gaard Marl, uppermost Cretaceous, Denmark

    A. A. Ekdale;Richard G. Bromley

  • Selective preservation of burrows in deep-sea carbonates

    Wolfgang H. Berger;Allan A. Ekdale;Peter P. Bryant

  • Analysis of composite ichnofabrics : an example in uppermost Cretaceous chalk of Denmark

    A. A. Ekdale;Richard G. Bromley

  • Sedimentology and Ichnology of the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary in Denmark: Implications for the Causes of the Terminal Cretaceous Extinction

    A. A. Ekdale;Richard G. Bromley

  • Comparative ichnology of shelf-sea and deep-sea chalk

    A. A. Ekdale;Richard G. Bromley

  • Pitfalls of paleobathymetric interpretations based on trace fossil assemblages

    A. A. Ekdale

  • The New Zealand Zoophycos revisited: Morphology, ethology, and paleoecology

    A. A. Ekdale;D. W. Lewis

  • Trace fossil preservation in flint in the European chalk

    Richard G. Bromley;A. A. Ekdale

  • Deep-sea ichnofacies: modern organism traces on and in pelagic carbonates of the western equatorial pacific

    A.A. Ekdale;A.A. Ekdale;W.H. Berger;W.H. Berger

  • Paleoethologic interpretation of complex Thalassinoides in shallow-marine limestones, Lower Ordovician, southern Sweden

    A.A Ekdale;Richard G Bromley

  • Quantitative ichnology of modern pelagic deposits in the abyssal Atlantic

    A.A. Ekdale;L.N. Muller;M.T. Novak

  • Graphoglyptid Burrows in Modern Deep-Sea Sediment

    A. A. Ekdale

  • Trace fossils: Biology, taphonomy and applications

    A.A. Ekdale

  • The application of ichnology to palaeoenvironmental and stratigraphic analysis

    A.A. Ekdale

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard G. Bromley
Richard G. Bromley University of Copenhagen
Mary L. Droser
Mary L. Droser University of California, Riverside
Richard B. Aronson
Richard B. Aronson Florida Institute of Technology
Anna K. Behrensmeyer
Anna K. Behrensmeyer National Museum of Natural History
Carlton E. Brett
Carlton E. Brett University of Cincinnati
Robert A. Gastaldo
Robert A. Gastaldo Colby College
M. Darby Dyar
M. Darby Dyar Mount Holyoke College
David B. Loope
David B. Loope University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Wolfgang H Berger
Wolfgang H Berger Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Steven M. Holland
Steven M. Holland University of Georgia

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