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D-Index
42
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9346
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National Ranking
250

Brian R. Pratt 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 Brian R. Pratt sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 148 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Brian R. Pratt 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 Brian R. Pratt sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Brian R. Pratt is affiliated with the University of Saskatchewan in Canada and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on various subfields including Paleontology, Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, and Oceanography.

Their research spans multiple important topics such as Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geological formations and processes, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, and earthquake and tectonic studies.

Brian R. Pratt has published in several major scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Development in Practice
  • Journal of Paleontology
  • Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
  • Stratigraphy
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Significant recent papers authored or coauthored by Brian R. Pratt include:

  • A Mesoproterozoic carbonate platform (lower Belt Supergroup of western North America): Sediments, facies, tides, tsunamis and earthquakes in a tectonically active intracratonic basin (2021), Earth-Science Reviews
  • KINNEYIA-TYPE WRINKLE STRUCTURES ON SANDSTONE BEDS: NOT MICROBIALLY INDUCED BUT DEFORMATION FEATURES CAUSED BY SYNSEDIMENTARY EARTHQUAKES (2021), Palaios

They have also coauthored papers with other researchers including Robert J. Elias, Carlton E. Brett, Richard H. Fluegeman, Dong-Jin Lee, and Robert W. Scott. These frequent collaborators have contributed jointly to advancing knowledge in stratigraphy, paleontology, and geological processes.

Brian R. Pratt's work addresses complex geological phenomena including sedimentology and tectonics as exemplified by their study of Mesoproterozoic carbonate platforms and synsedimentary earthquake deformation features. Their research bridges foundational paleontological insights with broader earth surface and tectonic studies.

Best Publications

  • Towards the standardization of sequence stratigraphy

    Octavian Catuneanu;V. Abreu;J. P. Bhattacharya;M. D. Blum

  • Reply to the comments of W. Helland-Hansen on "Towards the standardization of sequence stratigraphy" by Catuneanu et al. (Earth-Sciences Review 92(2009)1-33)

    Octavian Catuneanu;V. Abreu;J. P. Bhattacharya;M. D. Blum

  • Calcareous Algae and Stromatolites

    Brian R. Pratt;Robert Riding

  • The St George Group (Lower Ordovician) of western Newfoundland: tidal flat island model for carbonate sedimentation in shallow epeiric seas

    Brian R. Pratt;Noel P. James

  • The Origin, Biota and Evolution of Deep‐Water Mud‐Mounds

    Brian R. Pratt

  • Stromatolitic Framework of Carbonate Mud-Mounds

    Brian R. Pratt

  • Syneresis cracks: subaqueous shrinkage in argillaceous sediments caused by earthquake-induced dewatering

    Brian R. Pratt

  • Epiphyton and Renalcis; diagenetic microfossils from calcification of coccoid blue-green algae

    Brian R. Pratt

  • Cryptalgal-metazoan bioherms of early Ordovician age in the St George Group, western Newfoundland

    Brian R. Pratt;Noel P. James

  • Borings in Cloudina Shells: Complex Predator-Prey Dynamics in the Terminal Neoproterozoic

    Hong Hua;Brian R. Pratt;Lu-Yi Zhang

  • Stromatolite decline—A reconsideration

    Brian R. Pratt

  • Thematic Set: Sequence stratigraphy: common ground after three decades of development

    O. Catuneanu;J. P. Bhattacharya;M. D. Blum;R. W. Dalrymple

  • Molar-tooth structure in Proterozoic carbonate rocks: Origin from synsedimentary earthquakes, and implications for the nature and evolution of basins and marine sediment

    Brian R. Pratt

  • Calcification of cyanobacterial filaments: Girvanella and the origin of lower Paleozoic lime mud

    Brian R. Pratt

  • Skolithos pipe rock and associated ichnofabrics from the southern Rocky Mountains, Canada: colonization trends and environmental controls in an early Cambrian sand-sheet complex

    Patricio R. Desjardins;M. Gabriela Mángano;Luis A. Buatois;Brian R. Pratt

  • Storms versus tsunamis: Dynamic interplay of sedimentary, diagenetic, and tectonic processes in the Cambrian of Montana

    Brian R. Pratt

  • Middle Cambrian Arthropod Embryos with Blastomeres

    Xi-guang Zhang;Brian R. Pratt

  • Oceanography, bathymetry and syndepositional tectonics of a Precambrian intracratonic basin: integrating sediments, storms, earthquakes and tsunamis in the Belt Supergroup (Helena Formation, ca. 1.45 Ga), western North America

    Brian R Pratt

  • Seismites in the Mesoproterozoic Altyn Formation (Belt Supergroup), Montana: A test for tectonic control of peritidal carbonate cyclicity

    Brian R. Pratt

  • Septarian concretions: internal cracking caused by synsedimentary earthquakes

    Brian R. Pratt

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlton E. Brett
Carlton E. Brett University of Cincinnati
André Strasser
André Strasser University of Fribourg
Octavian Catuneanu
Octavian Catuneanu University of Alberta
Andrew D. Miall
Andrew D. Miall University of Toronto
Ronald J. Steel
Ronald J. Steel The University of Texas at Austin
William E. Galloway
William E. Galloway The University of Texas at Austin
Michael D. Blum
Michael D. Blum University of Kansas
Henry W. Posamentier
Henry W. Posamentier Independent Scientist / Consultant, US
Janok P. Bhattacharya
Janok P. Bhattacharya McMaster University
Maurice E. Tucker
Maurice E. Tucker University of Bristol

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