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Anthony A. P. Koppers

Anthony A. P. Koppers

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Earth Science

D-Index
43
Citations
9173
World Ranking
4874
National Ranking
1844

Overview

Anthony A. P. Koppers is affiliated with Oregon State University in the United States and has contributed extensively to Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a primary focus on geophysics. Their work encompasses various subfields, including geology, environmental chemistry, atmospheric science, and ocean engineering.

The researcher's studies cover numerous key topics such as geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, methane hydrates and related phenomena, seismic imaging and inversion techniques, geological and geophysical studies, geology and paleoclimatology research, and high-pressure geophysics and materials.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Anthony A. P. Koppers include:

  • Interpreting and reporting 40Ar/39Ar geochronologic data, 2020, Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Mantle plumes and their role in Earth processes, 2021, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Reshuffling the Columbia River Basalt chronology-Picture Gorge Basalt, the earliest- and longest-erupting formation, 2020, Geology
  • Geographic and Oceanographic Influences on Ferromanganese Crust Composition Along a Pacific Ocean Meridional Transect, 14 N to 14S, 2020, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Late Cretaceous Ridge Reorganization, Microplate Formation, and the Evolution of the Rio Grande Rise - Walvis Ridge Hot Spot Twins, South Atlantic Ocean, 2021, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Koppers include J. G. Konter, Takashi Sano, Daniel P. Miggins, Joerg Geldmacher, and William W. Sager. These collaborations reflect an active engagement with peers working in related geoscience fields.

The venues in which Koppers publishes most often include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts

Anthony A. P. Koppers's body of work demonstrates a multidisciplinary approach to the study of Earth's geological and geophysical properties, integrating data and methods across various domains to advance understanding of Earth processes and tectonic phenomena.

Best Publications

  • ArArCALC-software for 40 Ar/ 39 Ar age calculations

    Anthony A. P. Koppers

  • Ages and magnetic structures of the South China Sea constrained by deep tow magnetic surveys and IODP Expedition 349

    Chun Feng Li;Xing Xu;Jian Lin;Zhen Sun

  • The return of subducted continental crust in Samoan lavas

    Matthew G. Jackson;Stanley R. Hart;Anthony A. P. Koppers;Anthony A. P. Koppers;Hubert Staudigel

  • Testing the fixed hotspot hypothesis using Ar-40/Ar-39 age progressions along seamount trails.

    Anthony A.P. Koppers;Jason Phipps Morgan;Jason W. Morgan;Hubert Staudigel

  • PmagPy: Software package for paleomagnetic data analysis and a bridge to the Magnetics Information Consortium (MagIC) Database

    L. Tauxe;R. Shaar;R. Shaar;L. Jonestrask;N. L. Swanson-Hysell

  • Short-lived and discontinuous intraplate volcanism in the South Pacific: Hot spots or extensional volcanism?

    Anthony A. P. Koppers;Hubert Staudigel;Malcolm S. Pringle;Jan R. Wijbrans

  • Seismic stratigraphy of the central South China Sea basin and implications for neotectonics

    Chun Feng Li;Jiabiao Li;Weiwei Ding;Dieter Franke

  • Argon geochronology of small samples using the Vulkaan argon laserprobe

    J. R. Wijbrans;M. S. Pringle;A. A P Koppers;R. Scheveers

  • Interpreting and reporting 40Ar/39Ar geochronologic data

    Allen J. Schaen;Brian R. Jicha;Kip V. Hodges;Pieter Vermeesch

  • Mantle plumes and their role in Earth processes

    Anthony A. P. Koppers;Thorsten W. Becker;Matthew G. Jackson;Kevin Konrad;Kevin Konrad

  • Forearc ages reveal extensive short-lived and rapid seafloor spreading following subduction initiation

    Mark K. Reagan;Daniel E. Heaton;Mark D. Schmitz;Julian A. Pearce

  • High-resolution 40Ar/39Ar dating of the oldest oceanic basement basalts in the western Pacific basin

    Anthony A. P. Koppers;Hubert Staudigel;Robert A. Duncan

  • The Magellan seamount trail: implications for Cretaceous hotspot volcanism and absolute Pacific plate motion.

    Anthony A.P. Koppers;Hubert Staudigel;Hubert Staudigel;Jan R. Wijbrans;Malcolm S. Pringle

  • Dating crystalline groundmass separates of altered Cretaceous seamount basalts by the 40Ar/39Ar incremental heating technique

    Anthony A.P Koppers;Anthony A.P Koppers;Hubert Staudigel;Hubert Staudigel;Jan R Wijbrans

  • Constraints on past plate and mantle motion from new ages for the Hawaiian-Emperor Seamount Chain

    John M. O'Connor;John M. O'Connor;John M. O'Connor;Bernhard Steinberger;Bernhard Steinberger;Marcel Regelous;Anthony A. P. Koppers

  • Implications of a nonlinear 40Ar/39Ar age progression along the Louisville seamount trail for models of fixed and moving hot spots

    Anthony A. P. Koppers;Robert A. Duncan;Bernhard Steinberger

  • An immense shield volcano within the Shatsky Rise oceanic plateau, northwest Pacific Ocean

    William W. Sager;William W. Sager;Jinchang Zhang;Jun Korenaga;Takashi Sano

  • Age and geochemistry of the oceanic Manihiki Plateau, SW Pacific: New evidence for a plume origin

    Christian Timm;Kaj Hoernle;Reinhard Werner;Folkmar Hauff

  • New insights into Phanerozoic tectonics of South China: Early Paleozoic sinistral and Triassic dextral transpression in the east Wuyishan and Chencai domains, NE Cathaysia

    Jianhua Li;Yueqiao Zhang;Guochun Zhao;Stephen T. Johnston

  • Data reporting norms for 40Ar/39Ar geochronology

    Paul R. Renne;Paul R. Renne;Alan L. Deino;Willis E. Hames;Matthew T. Heizler

Frequent Co-Authors

Hubert Staudigel
Hubert Staudigel University of California, San Diego
Matthew G. Jackson
Matthew G. Jackson University of California, Santa Barbara
Lisa Tauxe
Lisa Tauxe University of California, San Diego
Catherine Constable
Catherine Constable University of California, San Diego
Jan Wijbrans
Jan Wijbrans Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Stanley R. Hart
Stanley R. Hart Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
William W. Sager
William W. Sager University of Houston
Wilfried Jokat
Wilfried Jokat University of Bremen
Bernhard Steinberger
Bernhard Steinberger Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Toshitsugu Yamazaki
Toshitsugu Yamazaki University of Tokyo

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