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Christopher G. A. Harrison

Christopher G. A. Harrison

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Earth Science

D-Index
37
Citations
6003
World Ranking
6776
National Ranking
2379

Overview

Christopher G. A. Harrison is a researcher affiliated with the University of Miami in the United States. Their work primarily spans the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on several subfields including Geology, Geophysics, Mechanics of Materials, Earth-Surface Processes, and Artificial Intelligence.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics, including geological studies and exploration, geological and geochemical analysis, geological and geophysical studies, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, geological formations and processes, high-pressure geophysics and materials, and geochemistry and geologic mapping.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Christopher G. A. Harrison are:

  • "Sverdrup Basin Composite Tectono-Sedimentary Element," 2022, Geological Society London Memoirs
  • "Baffin Bay Composite Tectono-Sedimentary Element," 2021, Geological Society London Memoirs
  • "Geological history and supercontinent cycles of the Arctic," 2022, Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • "Early Eocene Arctic volcanism from carbonate-metasomatized mantle," 2023, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • "Plate tectonics and Earth's magnetism: a personal viewpoint," 2021, Rivista Del Nuovo Cimento

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Christopher G. A. Harrison include:

  • Paul Cornils Knutz
  • Ulrik Gregersen
  • T A Brent
  • John R. Hopper
  • Henrik Nøhr-Hansen

The primary publication venues for the scientist's work feature:

  • Geological Society London Memoirs
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • Rivista Del Nuovo Cimento

Best Publications

  • Noise in GPS coordinate time series

    Ailin Mao;Christopher G. A. Harrison;Timothy H. Dixon

  • Decelerating Nazca-South America and Nazca-Pacific Plate motions

    Edmundo O. Norabuena;Timothy H. Dixon;Seth Stein;Christopher G. A. Harrison

  • Neotectonics in central Mexico

    C.A. Johnson;C.G.A. Harrison

  • Easter Volcanic Chain (southeast Pacific): A mantle hot line

    E. Bonatti;C. G. A. Harrison;D. E. Fisher;J. Honnorez

  • Eruption styles of basalt in oceanic spreading ridges and seamounts: Effect of magma temperature and viscosity

    Enrico Bonatti;C. G. A. Harrison

  • Magnetization of Pacific Seamounts: A preliminary polar curve for the northeastern Pacific

    Jean Francheteau;C. G. A. Harrison;J. G. Sclater;M. L. Richards

  • Potential significance of land-sea distribution and surface albedo variations as a climatic forcing factor; 180 m.y. to the present

    E.J. Barron;J.L. Sloan;C.G.A. Harrison

  • A polar wandering curve for North America during the Mesozoic and Cenozoic

    C. G. A. Harrison;T. Lindh

  • Formation of magnetic anomaly patterns by dyke injection

    C. G. A. Harrison

  • Deep-imaging seismic and gravity results from the offshore Cameroon Volcanic Line, and speculation of African hotlines☆

    Jayson B. Meyers;Bruce R. Rosendahl;Christopher G.A. Harrison;Zan-Dong Ding

  • Behaviour of the Earth's Magnetic Field During a Reversal

    C. G. A. Harrison;B. L. K. Somayajulu

  • Relationship of Palæomagnetic Reversals and Micropalæontology in Two Late Cænozoic Cores from the Pacific Ocean

    C. G. A. Harrison;C. G. A. Harrison;B. M. Funnell

  • Palaeomagnetism of Cretaceous Pacific Seamounts

    C. G. A. Harrison;R. D. Jarrard;V. Vacquier;R. L. Larson

  • A revised reconstruction of the southern continents

    E. J. Barron;C. G. A. Harrison;W. W. Hay

  • Deep Drilling Results in the Atlantic Ocean: Ocean Crust

    Manik Talwani;Christopher G. Harrison;Dennis E. Hayes

  • Marine Magnetic Anomalies--The Origin of the Stripes

    C. G. A. Harrison

  • Sea level variations, global sedimentation rates and the hypsographic curve

    C.G.A. Harrison;G.W. Brass;E. Saltzman;J. Sloan

  • What factors control mechanical erosion rates

    C. G. A. Harrison

  • Hot lines in the Earth's mantle

    E. Bonatti;C. G. A. Harrison

  • The paleomagnetism of deep sea sediments

    C. G. A. Harrison

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric J. Barron
Eric J. Barron Pennsylvania State University
John G. Sclater
John G. Sclater University of California, San Diego
Timothy H. Dixon
Timothy H. Dixon University of South Florida
Peter A. Rona
Peter A. Rona Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Enrico Bonatti
Enrico Bonatti Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Jean Francheteau
Jean Francheteau University of California, San Diego
George P. L. Walker
George P. L. Walker University of Hawaii at Manoa
Emilio Herrero-Bervera
Emilio Herrero-Bervera University of Hawaii at Manoa
Victor D. Vacquier
Victor D. Vacquier University of California, San Diego
James L. Burch
James L. Burch Southwest Research Institute

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