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Christopher R. Scotese

Christopher R. Scotese

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Earth Science

D-Index
59
Citations
17346
World Ranking
1981
National Ranking
860

Overview

Christopher R. Scotese is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research primarily encompasses paleontology, atmospheric science, geophysics, geology, and earth-surface processes. These subfields contribute to a broader focus on geological and paleoclimatological studies, stratigraphy, and geochemical and geophysical analysis.

Their scholarly output includes significant work on topics such as:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies

Scotese has authored a range of papers notable for their contributions to understanding Earth's climate history, paleogeography, and ocean temperatures over geological time scales. Selected recent publications include:

  • "Phanerozoic paleotemperatures: The earth's changing climate during the last 540 million years," published in 2021 in Earth-Science Reviews
  • "An Atlas of Phanerozoic Paleogeographic Maps: The Seas Come In and the Seas Go Out," 2021, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • "Toward a Cenozoic history of atmospheric CO 2," 2023, Science
  • "Mapping paleocoastlines and continental flooding during the Phanerozoic," 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Deep ocean temperatures through time," 2021, Climate of the past

Their frequent collaborators reflect interdisciplinary cooperation across related fields. Notable coauthors include Ádám T. Kocsis, Alexandre Pohl, Thomas W. Wong Hearing, Pierre Sepulchre, and Alain Franc, each contributing extensively to joint research efforts.

Scotese's work has found a platform in varied publication venues, highlighting sustained engagement with geoscience communities through journals and conference programs. Key venues where Scotese has published multiple papers are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Geological Society London Special Publications
  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology

Best Publications

  • Revised World maps and introduction

    C.R. Scotese;W. S. McKerrow

  • Paleozoic Base Maps

    Christopher R. Scotese;Richard K. Bambach;Colleen Barton;Rob Van der Voo

  • Plate tectonic reconstructions of the Cretaceous and Cenozoic ocean basins

    Christopher R. Scotese;Lisa M. Gahagan;Roger L. Larson

  • Phanerozoic Paleotemperatures: The Earth’s Changing Climate during the Last 540 million years

    Christopher R. Scotese;Haijun Song;Benjamin J.W. Mills;Douwe G. van der Meer

  • Late Cretaceous to Miocene sea‐level estimates from the New Jersey and Delaware coastal plain coreholes: an error analysis

    Michelle A. Kominz;J. V. Browning;K. G. Miller;P. J. Sugarman

  • Rainfall patterns and the distribution of coals and evaporites in the Mesozoic and Cenozoic

    Judith Totman Parrish;A.M. Ziegler;Christopher R. Scotese

  • The longest voyage: Tectonic, magmatic, and paleoclimatic evolution of the Indian plate during its northward flight from Gondwana to Asia

    Sankar Chatterjee;Arghya Goswami;Christopher R. Scotese

  • An Atlas of Phanerozoic Paleogeographic Maps: The Seas Come In and the Seas Go Out

    Christopher R. Scotese

  • A hierarchical tectonic model of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean region

    Malcolm I Ross;Christopher R Scotese

  • Phanerozoic Paleogeographic and Paleoclimatic Modeling Maps

    J. Golonka;M. I. Ross;C. R. Scotese

  • A Continental Drift Flipbook

    Christopher R. Scotese

  • Gondwanan palaeogeography and pal˦oclimatology

    C.R. Scotese;A.J. Boucot;W.S. McKerrow

  • Phanerozoic tectonic evolution of the Circum-North Pacific

    Warren J. Nokleberg;Leonid M. Parfenov;James W.H. Monger;Ian O. Norton

  • Early Cambrian continental reconstructions

    W. S. McKERROW;C. R. Scotese;M. D. Brasier

  • Phanerozoic Paleoclimate: An Atlas of Lithologic Indicators of Climate

    Arthur J. Boucot;Chen Xu;Christopher R. Scotese;Robert J. Morley

  • A Revised Reconstruction of Gondwanaland

    Lawrence A. Lawver;Christopher R. Scotese

  • Apparent polar wander paths for the major continents (200 Ma to the present day): a palaeomagnetic reference frame for global plate tectonic reconstructions

    Antonio Schettino;Christopher R. Scotese

  • Carboniferous paleogeographic, phytogeographic, and paleoclimatic reconstructions

    David B. Rowley;Anne Raymond;Judith Totman Parrish;Ann L. Lottes

  • Diagenetic magnetite carries ancient yet secondary remanence in some Paleozoic sedimentary carbonates

    Chad McCabe;Rob Van der Voo;Donald R. Peacor;Christopher R. Scotese

  • Mesozoic and Cenozoic Paleogeographic Maps

    A. M. Ziegler;C. R. Scotese;S. F. Barrett

  • A continental drift ‘flip book’

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Arthur J. Boucot
Arthur J. Boucot Oregon State University
Lawrence A. Lawver
Lawrence A. Lawver The University of Texas at Austin
David T. Sandwell
David T. Sandwell University of California, San Diego
Rob Van der Voo
Rob Van der Voo University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Christoph Heubeck
Christoph Heubeck Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Benjamin J. W. Mills
Benjamin J. W. Mills University of Leeds
Jean-Yves Royer
Jean-Yves Royer Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique de Nantes
Roger L. Larson
Roger L. Larson University of Rhode Island
Louis L. Jacobs
Louis L. Jacobs Southern Methodist University
Judith Totman Parrish
Judith Totman Parrish University of Idaho

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