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D-Index
44
Citations
6763
World Ranking
4753
National Ranking
1810

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Christopher D. Henry is affiliated with the University of Nevada Reno in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in subfields such as Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Atmospheric Science, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Geology. The scientist's work spans a broad range of topics including geological and geochemical analysis, geochemistry and geologic mapping, earthquake and tectonic studies, geology and paleoclimatology research, atrial fibrillation management and outcomes, cardiac arrhythmias and treatments, and cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Geosphere
  • Journal of Medical Biography
  • Minerals
  • JACC. Clinical electrophysiology

The scientist has coauthored extensively with several colleagues, including:

  • Brian Cousens
  • Andrew V. Zuza
  • Seth Dee
  • Matthew T. Heizler
  • Ann C. Timmermans

Selected recent publications by Christopher D. Henry comprise the following:

  • Lithium-Rich Claystone in the McDermitt Caldera, Nevada, USA: Geologic, Mineralogical, and Geochemical Characteristics and Possible Origin, 2020, Minerals
  • Atrioesophageal Fistula Rates Before and After Adoption of Active Esophageal Cooling During Atrial Fibrillation Ablation, 2023, JACC. Clinical electrophysiology
  • Pulsed Mesozoic Deformation in the Cordilleran Hinterland and Evolution of the Nevadaplano: Insights from the Pequop Mountains, NE Nevada, 2020, Lithosphere
  • Timing of Rhyolite Intrusion and Carlin-Type Gold Mineralization at the Cortez Hills Carlin-Type Deposit, Nevada, USA, 2022, Economic Geology
  • Long-runout pyroclastic density currents: Analysis and implications, 2022, Geology

Christopher D. Henry has been recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • The mobility of zirconium and other "immobile" elements during hydrothermal alteration

    Jeffrey N. Rubin;Christopher D. Henry;Jonathan G. Price

  • The real southern Basin and Range: Mid- to late Cenozoic extension in Mexico

    Christopher D. Henry;J. Jorge Aranda-Gomez

  • Kinematics of the northern Walker Lane: An incipient transform fault along the Pacific–North American plate boundary

    James E. Faulds;Christopher D. Henry;Nicholas H. Hinz

  • Spatial relation between main earthquake slip and its aftershock distribution

    S. Das;C. Henry

  • Hydrothermal zircons and zircon overgrowths, Sierra Blanca Peaks, Texas

    Jeffrey N. Rubin;Christopher D. Henry;Jonathan G. Price

  • Igneous Geology of the Carlin Trend, Nevada: Development of the Eocene Plutonic Complex and Significance for Carlin-Type Gold Deposits

    Michael W. Ressel;Christopher D. Henry

  • Plate interactions control middle–late Miocene, proto-Gulf and Basin and Range extension in the southern Basin and Range

    Christopher D Henry;J.Jorge Aranda-Gomez

  • Ash-flow tuffs and paleovalleys in northeastern Nevada: Implications for Eocene paleogeography and extension in the Sevier hinterland, northern Great Basin

    Christopher D. Henry

  • Aftershock zones of large shallow earthquakes: fault dimensions, aftershock area expansion and scaling relations

    C. Henry;S. Das

  • Distinguishing strongly rheomorphic tuffs from extensive silicic lavas

    Christopher D Henry;John A Wolff

  • Rapid middle Miocene collapse of the Mesozoic orogenic plateau in north-central Nevada

    Joseph P. Colgan;Christopher D. Henry

  • Variations in caldera development in the Tertiary volcanic field of Trans‐Pecos Texas

    Christopher D. Henry;Jonathan G. Price

  • Sierra Nevada–Basin and Range transition near Reno, Nevada: Two-stage development at 12 and 3 Ma

    Christopher D. Henry;Michael E. Perkins

  • Eocene-Early Miocene paleotopography of the Sierra Nevada-Great Basin-Nevadaplano based on widespread ash-flow tuffs and paleovalleys

    Christopher D. Henry;Nicholas H. Hinz;James E. Faulds;Joseph P. Colgan

  • Mid-Cenozoic stress evolution and magmatism in the Southern Cordillera, Texas and Mexico: Transition from continental arc to intraplate extension

    Christopher D. Henry;Jonathan G. Price;Eric W. James

  • Stress orientations during Oligocene volcanism in Trans-Pecos Texas: Timing the transition from Laramide compression to Basin and Range tension

    Jonathan G. Price;Christopher D. Henry

  • Late Cenozoic Basin and Range structure in western Mexico adjacent to the Gulf of California

    Christopher D. Henry

  • Brief duration of hydrothermal activity at Round Mountain, Nevada, determined from Ar 40 /Ar 39 geochronology

    Christopher D. Henry;Hallet B. Elson;William C. McIntosh;Matthew T. Heizler

  • DIKE-HOSTED ORES OF THE BEAST DEPOSIT AND THE IMPORTANCE OF EOCENE MAGMATISM IN GOLD MINERALIZATION OF THE CARLIN TREND, NEVADA—A REPLY

    Michael W. Ressel;Donald C. Noble;Christopher D. Henry;Wayne S. Trudel

  • Magmatism, ash-flow tuffs, and calderas of the ignimbrite flareup in the western Nevada volcanic field, Great Basin, USA

    Christopher D. Henry;David A. John

  • Profile of a paleo-orogen: High topography across the present-day Basin and Range from 40 to 23 Ma

    Elizabeth J. Cassel;Daniel O. Breecker;Christopher D. Henry;Toti E. Larson

Frequent Co-Authors

William E. Galloway
William E. Galloway The University of Texas at Austin
William C. McIntosh
William C. McIntosh New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Brian Cousens
Brian Cousens Carleton University
John A. Wolff
John A. Wolff Washington State University
James F. Luhr
James F. Luhr Smithsonian Institution
Robert J. Fleck
Robert J. Fleck United States Geological Survey
Daniel F. Stockli
Daniel F. Stockli The University of Texas at Austin
Ilya N. Bindeman
Ilya N. Bindeman University of Oregon
Albert H. Hofstra
Albert H. Hofstra United States Geological Survey
Timothy H. Dixon
Timothy H. Dixon University of South Florida

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