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Brian W. Romans

Brian W. Romans

Brian W. Romans 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 W. Romans sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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Brian W. Romans 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 W. Romans sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Brian W. Romans is affiliated with Virginia Tech in the United States and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with additional work in Environmental Science. Their research spans several subfields, including Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Geology, Environmental Chemistry, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The scientist's published work covers a range of topics related to geological formations and processes, paleoclimatology, and geophysical studies. The main topics of their research include:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Geological Studies and Exploration
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis

Recent significant papers authored or coauthored by Brian W. Romans are:

  • "Times Associated With Source-to-Sink Propagation of Environmental Signals During Landscape Transience," 2021, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • "A large West Antarctic Ice Sheet explains early Neogene sea-level amplitude," 2021, Nature
  • "The stratigraphic evolution of a submarine channel: linking seafloor dynamics to depositional products," 2020, Journal of Sedimentary Research
  • "Climate-controlled submarine landslides on the Antarctic continental margin," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "High rates of organic carbon burial in submarine deltas maintained on geological timescales," 2022, Nature Geoscience

Their frequent coauthors include Osamu Seki, Molly O. Patterson, Denise K. Kulhanek, Robert M. McKay, and Lara F. Pérez.

Brian W. Romans regularly publishes in a number of venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Second International Meeting for Applied Geoscience & Energy
  • Journal of Sedimentary Research

The scientist has contributed to book publications as well, including the "Expedition 400 Preliminary Report: NW Greenland Glaciated Margin" published in 2024 by Preliminary report.

Best Publications

  • Environmental signal propagation in sedimentary systems across timescales

    Brian W. Romans;Sébastien Castelltort;Jacob A. Covault;Andrea Fildani

  • Architecture of turbidite channel systems on the continental slope: Patterns and predictions

    T. McHargue;M.J. Pyrcz;M.D. Sullivan;J.D. Clark

  • Highstand fans in the California borderland: The overlooked deep-water depositional systems

    Jacob A. Covault;William R. Normark;Brian W. Romans;Stephan A. Graham

  • Kinematic evolution of the Patagonian retroarc fold-and-thrust belt and Magallanes foreland basin, Chile and Argentina, 51°30′S

    Julie C. Fosdick;Brian W. Romans;Andrea Fildani;Anne Bernhardt

  • Deep‐water foreland basin deposits of the Cerro Toro Formation, Magallanes basin, Chile: architectural elements of a sinuous basin axial channel belt

    Stephen M. Hubbard;Brian W. Romans;Stephan A. Graham

  • The Influence of Mass-Transport-Deposit Surface Topography on the Evolution of Turbidite Architecture: The Sierra Contreras, Tres Pasos Formation (Cretaceous), Southern Chile

    Dominic A. Armitage;Brian W. Romans;Jacob A. Covault;Stephan A. Graham

  • Evolution of deep-water stratigraphic architecture, Magallanes Basin, Chile

    B.W. Romans;A. Fildani;S.M. Hubbard;J.A. Covault

  • Sediment transfer and deposition in slope channels: Deciphering the record of enigmatic deep-sea processes from outcrop

    Stephen M. Hubbard;Jacob A. Covault;Andrea Fildani;Brian W. Romans

  • High-Relief Slope Clinoform Development: Insights from Outcrop, Magallanes Basin, Chile

    Stephen M. Hubbard;Andrea Fildani;Brian W. Romans;Jacob A. Covault

  • Erosion at inception of deep-sea channels

    Andrea Fildani;Stephen M. Hubbard;Jacob A. Covault;Katherine L. Maier

  • Terrestrial source to deep-sea sink sediment budgets at high and low sea levels: Insights from tectonically active Southern California

    Jacob A. Covault;Brian W. Romans;Stephan A. Graham;Andrea Fildani

  • Coarse-grained sediment delivery and distribution in the Holocene Santa Monica Basin, California: Implications for evaluating source-to-sink flux at millennial time scales

    Brian W. Romans;William R. Normark;Mary M. McGann;Jacob A. Covault

  • Rapid Climatic Signal Propagation from Source to Sink in a Southern California Sediment-Routing System

    Jacob A. Covault;Brian W. Romans;Andrea Fildani;Mary McGann

  • Importance of predecessor basin history on sedimentary fill of a retroarc foreland basin: provenance analysis of the Cretaceous Magallanes basin, Chile (50–52°S)

    B. W. Romans;A. Fildani;S. A. Graham;S. M. Hubbard

  • Submarine canyon and fan systems of the California Continental Borderland

    William R. Normark;David J.W. Piper;Brian W. Romans;Jacob A. Covault

  • The natural range of submarine canyon-and-channel longitudinal profiles

    Jacob A. Covault;Andrea Fildani;Brian W. Romans;Tim McHargue

  • Spatial and Temporal Variations in Landscape Evolution: Historic and Longer-Term Sediment Flux through Global Catchments

    Jacob A. Covault;William H. Craddock;Brian W. Romans;Andrea Fildani

  • Stratigraphic evolution of an outcropping continental slope system, Tres Pasos Formation at Cerro Divisadero, Chile

    Brian W. Romans;Stephen M. Hubbard;Stephan A. Graham

  • Times Associated With Source-to-Sink Propagation of Environmental Signals During Landscape Transience

    Stefanie Tofelde;Anne Bernhardt;Laure Guerit;Brian W. Romans

  • Outcrop Expression of a Continental-Margin-Scale Shelf-Edge Delta from the Cretaceous Magallanes Basin, Chile

    Jacob A. Covault;Brian W. Romans;Stephan A. Graham

  • Cenozoic North Atlantic deep circulation history recorded in contourite drifts, offshore Newfoundland, Canada

    Patrick R. Boyle;Brian W. Romans;Brian E. Tucholke;Richard D. Norris

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrea Fildani
Andrea Fildani Equinor (Norway)
Stephen M. Hubbard
Stephen M. Hubbard University of Calgary
Jacob A. Covault
Jacob A. Covault The University of Texas at Austin
Stephan A. Graham
Stephan A. Graham Stanford University
Daniel F. Stockli
Daniel F. Stockli The University of Texas at Austin
Henry W. Posamentier
Henry W. Posamentier Independent Scientist / Consultant, US
William R. Normark
William R. Normark United States Geological Survey
Philip F. Sexton
Philip F. Sexton The Open University
Richard D. Norris
Richard D. Norris University of California, San Diego
Paul A. Wilson
Paul A. Wilson University of Southampton

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