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Armin Zeh 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 Armin Zeh sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 145 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Armin Zeh 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 Armin Zeh sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Armin Zeh is affiliated with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany, contributing extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. With a research focus primarily on geophysics, their work also intersects with artificial intelligence, geochemistry and petrology, paleontology, and geology.

Their investigations are centered around several key scientific topics, including:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide

Armin Zeh has published numerous articles, with frequent appearances in several well-known geological and earth sciences journals. Notable publication venues for their work include:

  • Precambrian Research
  • Gondwana Research
  • International Journal of Earth Sciences
  • Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • Mineralium Deposita

Recent significant papers authored or coauthored by Zeh include:

  • Zircon U-Pb-Hf isotope systematics of Transvaal Supergroup - Constraints for the geodynamic evolution of the Kaapvaal Craton and its hinterland between 2.65 and 2.06 Ga, 2020, Precambrian Research
  • Monazite and cassiterite U Pb dating of the Abu Dabbab rare-metal granite, Egypt: Late Cryogenian metalliferous granite magmatism in the Arabian-Nubian Shield, 2020, Gondwana Research
  • Hybrid granite magmatism during orogenic collapse in the Eastern Desert of Egypt: Inferences from whole-rock geochemistry and zircon U-Pb-Hf isotopes, 2020, Precambrian Research
  • Archean to Proterozoic (3535-900 Ma) crustal evolution of the central Aravalli Banded Gneissic Complex, NW India: New constraints from zircon U-Pb-Hf isotopes and geochemistry, 2021, Precambrian Research
  • First Evidence of Late Paleoproterozoic/Early Mesoproterozoic Sediment Deposition and Magmatism in the Central Aravalli Orogen (NW India), 2020, The Journal of Geology

Their research collaborations include frequent work with several coauthors, among them:

  • Basem Zoheir
  • Axel Gerdes
  • Naveen Chaudhri
  • Alexandre Raphael Cabral
  • Parampreet Kaur

Best Publications

  • Combined U–Pb and Hf isotope LA-(MC-)ICP-MS analyses of detrital zircons: Comparison with SHRIMP and new constraints for the provenance and age of an Armorican metasediment in Central Germany

    Axel Gerdes;Armin Zeh

  • Zircon formation versus zircon alteration — New insights from combined U–Pb and Lu–Hf in-situ LA-ICP-MS analyses, and consequences for the interpretation of Archean zircon from the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt

    Axel Gerdes;Armin Zeh

  • Archean Accretion and Crustal Evolution of the Kalahari Craton—the Zircon Age and Hf Isotope Record of Granitic Rocks from Barberton/Swaziland to the Francistown Arc

    Armin Zeh;Axel Gerdes;Jackson M. Barton

  • Collision vs. subduction-related magmatism: two contrasting ways of granite formation and implications for crustal growth

    Jean-François Moyen;Oscar Laurent;Oscar Laurent;Cyril Chelle-Michou;Simon Couzinié

  • Archaean to Proterozoic Crustal Evolution in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt (South Africa^Botswana): Constraints from Combined U^Pb and Lu^Hf Isotope Analyses of Zircon

    Armin Zeh;Axel Gerdes;Reiner Klemd;Jackson M. Barton

  • The Bushveld Complex was emplaced and cooled in less than one million years – results of zirconology, and geotectonic implications

    Armin Zeh;Maria Ovtcharova;Allan H. Wilson;Urs Schaltegger

  • Post-collisional magmatism: Crustal growth not identified by zircon Hf–O isotopes

    Simon Couzinié;Oscar Laurent;Oscar Laurent;Jean-François Moyen;Armin Zeh;Armin Zeh

  • U–Th–Pb and Lu–Hf systematics of zircon from TTG's, leucosomes, meta-anorthosites and quartzites of the Limpopo Belt (South Africa): Constraints for the formation, recycling and metamorphism of Palaeoarchaean crust

    Armin Zeh;Axel Gerdes;Jay Barton;Reiner Klemd

  • The Adamawa-Yadé domain, a piece of Archaean crust in the Neoproterozoic Central African Orogenic belt (Bafia area, Cameroon)

    Jacqueline Numbem Tchakounté;Aurélien Eglinger;Aurélien Eglinger;Sadrack Félix Toteu;Armin Zeh

  • U-Pb and Hf isotope record of detrital zircons from gold-bearing sediments of the Pietersburg Greenstone Belt (South Africa)—Is there a common provenance with the Witwatersrand Basin?

    Armin Zeh;Axel Gerdes

  • Unravelling the record of Archaean crustal evolution of the Bundelkhand Craton, northern India using U–Pb zircon–monazite ages, Lu–Hf isotope systematics, and whole-rock geochemistry of granitoids

    Parampreet Kaur;Parampreet Kaur;Armin Zeh;Armin Zeh;Naveen Chaudhri;Nusrat Eliyas

  • Hafnium isotope record of the Ancient Gneiss Complex, Swaziland, southern Africa: evidence for Archaean crust―mantle formation and crust reworking between 3.66 and 2.73 Ga

    Armin Zeh;Axel Gerdes;Leo Millonig

  • Archaean to Palaeoproterozoic crustal evolution of the Aravalli mountain range, NW India, and its hinterland: The U–Pb and Hf isotope record of detrital zircon

    Parampreet Kaur;Parampreet Kaur;Armin Zeh;Armin Zeh;Naveen Chaudhri;Axel Gerdes

  • Baltica- and Gondwana-derived sediments in the Mid-German Crystalline Rise (Central Europe): Implications for the closure of the Rheic ocean

    Armin Zeh;Axel Gerdes

  • Characterisation and U-Pb-Hf isotope record of the 3.55Ga felsic crust from the Bundelkhand Craton, northern India

    Parampreet Kaur;Armin Zeh;Naveen Chaudhri

  • A linear Hf isotope-age array despite different granitoid sources and complex Archean geodynamics: Example from the Pietersburg block (South Africa)

    Oscar Laurent;Armin Zeh

  • Nature of magmatism and sedimentation at a Columbia active margin: Insights from combined U–Pb and Lu–Hf isotope data of detrital zircons from NW India

    Parampreet Kaur;Parampreet Kaur;Armin Zeh;Naveen Chaudhri;Axel Gerdes

  • Protracted, coeval crust and mantle melting during Variscan late-orogenic evolution: U–Pb dating in the eastern French Massif Central

    Oscar Laurent;Oscar Laurent;Simon Couzinié;Armin Zeh;Olivier Vanderhaeghe

  • U Pb and Lu Hf isotope record of detrital zircon grains from the Limpopo Belt Evidence for crustal recycling at the Hadean to early-Archean transition

    Armin Zeh;Axel Gerdes;Reiner Klemd;J.M. Barton

  • Timing of deposition and deformation of the Moodies Group (Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa): Very-high-resolution of Archaean surface processes

    Christoph Heubeck;Jonathan Engelhardt;Gary R. Byerly;Armin Zeh

  • Pro‐ and retrograde P–T evolution of granulites of the Beit Bridge Complex (Limpopo Belt, South Africa): constraints from quantitative phase diagrams and geotectonic implications

    A. Zeh;R. Klemd;S. Buhlmann;J. M. Barton

Frequent Co-Authors

Axel Gerdes
Axel Gerdes Goethe University Frankfurt
Jean-François Moyen
Jean-François Moyen Jean Monnet University
Allan H. Wilson
Allan H. Wilson University of the Witwatersrand
Bernd Lehmann
Bernd Lehmann Clausthal University of Technology
Marc Poujol
Marc Poujol University of Rennes
Pierre Barbey
Pierre Barbey University of Lorraine
Philippe Boulvais
Philippe Boulvais University of Rennes
Olivier Vanderhaeghe
Olivier Vanderhaeghe University of Lorraine
Ian L. Millar
Ian L. Millar British Geological Survey

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