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Chris J. Hawkesworth

Chris J. Hawkesworth

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Earth Science
UK
2026

Chris J. Hawkesworth 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 Chris J. Hawkesworth sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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Chris J. Hawkesworth 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 Chris J. Hawkesworth sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2019 - Member of the Royal Irish Academy
  • 2002 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2001 - Geochemistry Fellow Honor, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry
  • 2000 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Chris J. Hawkesworth is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with notable contributions in Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Geochemistry and Petrology, Geology, and Paleontology.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Mineralogy and Gemology Studies

Chris J. Hawkesworth has published extensively in various scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Geology
  • Reviews of Geophysics
  • Chemical Geology
  • Precambrian Research
  • Journal of the Geological Society

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by them are:

  • "Secular Evolution of Continents and the Earth System," 2022, Reviews of Geophysics
  • "Quantifying F and Cl concentrations in granitic melts from apatite inclusions in zircon," 2021, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • "Plumbing the depths of magma crystallization using 176Lu/177Hf in zircon as a pressure proxy," 2023, Geology
  • "The onset of deep recycling of supracrustal materials at the Paleo-Mesoarchean boundary," 2021, National Science Review
  • "Metal anomalies in zircon as a record of granite-hosted mineralization," 2021, Chemical Geology

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Peter A. Cawood
  • Rodrigo S. Marimon
  • Qiang Wang
  • Jacob A. Mulder
  • Bruno Dhuime

Throughout their career, Chris J. Hawkesworth has been recognized with several awards, including:

  • Member of the Royal Irish Academy, 2019
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, 2002
  • Geochemistry Fellow Honor, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry, 2001
  • Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2000

Best Publications

  • Magmatic and Crustal Differentiation History of Granitic Rocks from Hf-O Isotopes in Zircon

    Ais Kemp;Ais Kemp;Chris J Hawkesworth;GL Foster;BA Paterson

  • Detrital zircon record and tectonic setting

    Peter Anthony Cawood;Peter Anthony Cawood;Chris Hawkesworth;Bruno Philippe Marcel Dhuime;Bruno Philippe Marcel Dhuime

  • Post-collision, shoshonitic volcanism on the Tibetan Plateau: implications for convective thinning of the lithosphere and the source of ocean island basalts

    S. Turner;N. Arnaud;J. Liu;N. Rogers

  • Sea-land oxygen isotopic relationships from planktonic foraminifera and speleothems in the Eastern Mediterranean region and their implication for paleorainfall during interglacial intervals

    Miryam Bar-Matthews;Avner Ayalon;Mabs Gilmour;Alan Matthews

  • U-Th isotopes in arc magmas: Implications for element transfer from the subducted crust

    C. J. Hawkesworth;S. P. Turner;F. McDermott;D. W. Peate

  • Mantle and Slab Contributions in ARC Magmas

    C. J. Hawkesworth;K. Gallagher;J. M. Hergt;F. McDermott

  • A Change in the Geodynamics of Continental Growth 3 Billion Years Ago

    Bruno Dhuime;Bruno Dhuime;Chris J. Hawkesworth;Peter A. Cawood;Craig D. Storey

  • Using hafnium and oxygen isotopes in zircons to unravel the record of crustal evolution

    Chris J Hawkesworth;Ais Kemp

  • The generation and evolution of the continental crust

    C J Hawkesworth;C J Hawkesworth;Bruno Dhuime;A. B. Pietranik;P. A. Cawood

  • Episodic growth of the Gondwana supercontinent from hafnium and oxygen isotopes in zircon

    Ais Kemp;Chris J Hawkesworth;BA Paterson;PD Kinny

  • Trace element and SrNdPb isotopic constraints on a three-component model of Kamchatka Arc petrogenesis

    Pavel Kepezhinskas;Frank McDermott;Marc J. Defant;Alfred Hochstaedter

  • Controls on trace element Sr-Mg compositions of carbonate cave waters: implications for speleothem climatic records

    Ian J Fairchild;Andrea Borsato;Anna F Tooth;Silvia Frisia

  • Evolution of the continental crust

    Chris J Hawkesworth;Ais Kemp;Ais Kemp

  • The continental record and the generation of continental crust

    Peter Anthony Cawood;Peter Anthony Cawood;Chris Hawkesworth;Bruno Philippe Marcel Dhuime;Bruno Philippe Marcel Dhuime

  • Timing of Tibetan uplift constrained by analysis of volcanic rocks

    Simon Turner;Chris Hawkesworth;Jiaqi Liu;Nick Rogers

  • Magmatism and continental break-up in the South Atlantic: high precision40Ar-39Ar geochronology

    Simon Turner;Marcel Regelous;Simon Kelley;Chris Hawkesworth

  • Rare earth element geochemistry of oceanic ferromanganese nodules and associated sediments

    H Elderfield;C.J Hawkesworth;M.J Greaves;S.E Calvert

  • Geochemical Stratigraphy of the Deccan Traps at Mahabaleshwar, Western Ghats, India, with Implications for Open System Magmatic Processes

    K. G. Cox;C. J. Hawkesworth

  • Remobilisation of the continental lithosphere by a mantle plume: major-, trace-element, and Sr-, Nd-, and Pb-isotope evidence from picritic and tholeiitic lavas of the Noril'sk District, Siberian Trap, Russia

    P. C. Lightfoot;C. J. Hawkesworth;J. Hergt;A. J. Naldrett

  • 238U230Th disequilibria, magma petrogenesis, and flux rates beneath the depleted Tonga-Kermadec island arc

    Simon Turner;Chris Hawkesworth;Nick Rogers;Jessica Bartlett

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon Turner
Simon Turner Macquarie University
Bruno Dhuime
Bruno Dhuime University of Bristol
Peter A. Cawood
Peter A. Cawood Monash University
Craig Storey
Craig Storey University of Portsmouth
Frank McDermott
Frank McDermott University College Dublin
David W. Peate
David W. Peate University of Iowa
Kerry Gallagher
Kerry Gallagher University of Rennes
Martin Menzies
Martin Menzies Royal Holloway University of London
Nick Rogers
Nick Rogers The Open University
Janet M. Hergt
Janet M. Hergt University of Melbourne

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