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41
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5416
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Benjamin H. Passey 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 Benjamin H. Passey sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 118 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Benjamin H. Passey 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 Benjamin H. Passey sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Benjamin H. Passey is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with contributions spanning atmospheric science, ecology, paleontology, geochemistry and petrology, and anthropology.

Their published work includes studies that revolve around isotope analysis, paleoclimatology, and groundwater geochemistry. Passey's research topics encompass geology and paleoclimatology research, isotope analysis in ecology, groundwater and isotope geochemistry, paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, Pleistocene-era hominins and archaeology, karst systems and hydrogeology, and evolution and paleontology studies.

Recent significant papers authored or co-authored by Passey include:

  • Triple oxygen isotopes in the water cycle (2020), Chemical Geology
  • Triple Oxygen Isotopes in Meteoric Waters, Carbonates, and Biological Apatites: Implications for Continental Paleoclimate Reconstruction (2021), Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry
  • A framework for triple oxygen isotopes in speleothem paleoclimatology (2021), Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Triple oxygen isotope compositions of globally distributed soil carbonates record widespread evaporation of soil waters (2023), Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Triple oxygen and clumped isotopes in modern soil carbonate along an aridity gradient in the Serengeti, Tanzania (2021), Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Frequent co-authors of Benjamin H. Passey include Naomi E. Levin, Tyler E. Huth, Phoebe Aron, Emily J. Beverly, and Drake Yarian.

Their research has been published in several venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Chemical Geology
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Best Publications

  • Defining an absolute reference frame for 'clumped' isotope studies of CO 2

    Kate J. Dennis;Hagit P. Affek;Benjamin H. Passey;Daniel P. Schrag

  • Carbon isotope fractionation between diet, breath CO2, and bioapatite in different mammals

    Benjamin H. Passey;Todd F. Robinson;Linda K. Ayliffe;Thure E. Cerling

  • High-temperature environments of human evolution in East Africa based on bond ordering in paleosol carbonates

    Benjamin H. Passey;Naomi E. Levin;Naomi E. Levin;Thure E. Cerling;Francis H. Brown

  • Methods and limitations of 'clumped' CO2 isotope (Delta47) analysis by gas-source isotope ratio mass spectrometry.

    K. W. Huntington;J. M. Eiler;H. P. Affek;W. Guo

  • A stable isotope aridity index for terrestrial environments.

    Naomi E. Levin;Thure E. Cerling;Benjamin H. Passey;John M. Harris

  • Tooth enamel mineralization in ungulates: implications for recovering a primary isotopic time-series

    Benjamin H Passey;Thure E Cerling

  • Carbonate clumped isotope bond reordering and geospeedometry

    Benjamin H. Passey;Gregory A. Henkes

  • Turnover of carbon isotopes in tail hair and breath CO2 of horses fed an isotopically varied diet.

    L. K. Ayliffe;T. E. Cerling;T. Robinson;A. G. West

  • Carbonate clumped isotope compositions of modern marine mollusk and brachiopod shells

    Gregory A. Henkes;Benjamin H. Passey;Alan D. Wanamaker;Ethan L. Grossman

  • Turnover of oxygen and hydrogen isotopes in the body water, CO2, hair, and enamel of a small mammal

    David W. Podlesak;Ann Marie Torregrossa;James R. Ehleringer;M. Denise Dearing

  • Temperature limits for preservation of primary calcite clumped isotope paleotemperatures

    Gregory A. Henkes;Benjamin H. Passey;Ethan L. Grossman;Brock J. Shenton

  • The diet of Australopithecus sediba

    Amanda G. Henry;Peter S. Ungar;Peter S. Ungar;Benjamin H. Passey;Matt Sponheimer;Matt Sponheimer

  • Environmental Change in the Great Plains: An Isotopic Record from Fossil Horses

    Benjamin H. Passey;Thure E. Cerling;Michael E. Perkins;Michael R. Voorhies

  • Dietary changes of large herbivores in the Turkana Basin, Kenya from 4 to 1 Ma

    Thure E. Cerling;Samuel A. Andanje;Scott A. Blumenthal;Francis H. Brown

  • Calibration of the dolomite clumped isotope thermometer from 25 to 350 °C, and implications for a universal calibration for all (Ca, Mg, Fe)CO3 carbonates

    Magali Bonifacie;Magali Bonifacie;Damien Calmels;Damien Calmels;John M. Eiler;Juske Horita

  • Strengthened East Asian summer monsoons during a period of high-latitude warmth? Isotopic evidence from Mio-Pliocene fossil mammals and soil carbonates from northern China

    Benjamin H. Passey;Linda K. Ayliffe;Linda K. Ayliffe;Anu Kaakinen;Zhaoqun Zhang

  • Effects of Improved 17O Correction on Interlaboratory Agreement in Clumped Isotope Calibrations, Estimates of Mineral-Specific Offsets, and Temperature Dependence of Acid Digestion Fractionation

    S. V. Petersen;W. F. Defliese;W. F. Defliese;C. Saenger;M. Daëron

  • Determining biological tissue turnover using stable isotopes: the reaction progress variable.

    Thure E. Cerling;Linda K. Ayliffe;M. Denise Dearing;James R. Ehleringer

  • The isotope record of short- and long-term dietary changes in sheep tooth enamel: Implications for quantitative reconstruction of paleodiets

    A. Zazzo;M. Balasse;B.H. Passey;A.P. Moloney

  • Temperature evolution and the oxygen isotope composition of Phanerozoic oceans from carbonate clumped isotope thermometry

    Gregory A. Henkes;Benjamin H. Passey;Ethan L. Grossman;Brock J. Shenton

  • An experimental study of nitrogen flux in llamas: is 14N preferentially excreted?

    M Sponheimer;M Sponheimer;M Sponheimer;T.F Robinson;B.L Roeder;B.H Passey

Frequent Co-Authors

Thure E. Cerling
Thure E. Cerling University of Utah
Naomi E. Levin
Naomi E. Levin University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Matt Sponheimer
Matt Sponheimer University of Colorado Boulder
Ethan L. Grossman
Ethan L. Grossman Texas A&M University
John M. Eiler
John M. Eiler California Institute of Technology
Linda K. Ayliffe
Linda K. Ayliffe Australian National University
James R. Ehleringer
James R. Ehleringer University of Utah
Mikael Fortelius
Mikael Fortelius University of Helsinki
Aradhna Tripati
Aradhna Tripati University of California, Los Angeles
Darryl J. de Ruiter
Darryl J. de Ruiter Texas A&M University

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