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David A. T. Harper

David A. T. Harper

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Earth Science

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53
Citations
29897
World Ranking
2783
National Ranking
314

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1943 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

David A. T. Harper is a researcher affiliated with Durham University in the United Kingdom. Their primary field of study is Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on paleontology. Across 162 publications, their work spans several subfields including Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Geophysics, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

Their research interests concentrate notably on paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, geology and paleoclimatology, marine biology and ecology, as well as geological and geochemical analysis. Key topics they cover include:

  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Geological Studies and Exploration
  • Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology

Among their recent papers are several published in notable scientific journals, highlighting different aspects of ancient marine life and geological changes:

  • "The latest Ordovician Hirnantian brachiopod faunas: New global insights," 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • "The Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event (GOBE) is Not a Single Event," 2021, Paleontological Research
  • "No (Cambrian) explosion and no (Ordovician) event: A single long-term radiation in the early Palaeozoic," 2023, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • "Early−Middle Devonian brachiopod provincialism and bioregionalization at high latitudes: A case study from southwestern Gondwana," 2020, Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • "The palaeogeographical impact on the biodiversity of marine faunas during the Ordovician radiations," 2021, Global and Planetary Change

The researcher frequently publishes in venues such as Geological Society London Special Publications, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, Global and Planetary Change, Journal of Paleontology, and Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences Geology. These reflect a consistent engagement with geological and paleontological communities.

Collaborations form a notable part of their scientific activity. Frequent co-authors include Thomas Servais, Bertrand Lefèbvre, Jisuo Jin, Zhong-Qiang Chen, and Christian M. Ø. Rasmussen.

David A. T. Harper has been recognized with the title of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), awarded in 1943.

Best Publications

  • PAST: PALEONTOLOGICAL STATISTICAL SOFTWARE PACKAGE FOR EDUCATION AND DATA ANALYSIS

    Øyvind Hammer;David A. T. Harper;Paul D. Ryan

  • Ordovician and Silurian sea–water chemistry, sea level, and climate: A synopsis

    Axel Munnecke;Mikael Calner;David A.T. Harper;Thomas Servais

  • Numerical palaeobiology : computer-based modelling and analysis of fossils and their distributions

    D. A. T. Harper

  • The Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event (GOBE): The palaeoecological dimension

    Thomas Servais;Alan W. Owen;David A.T. Harper;Björn Kröger;Björn Kröger

  • End Ordovician extinctions: A coincidence of causes

    David A.T. Harper;Emma U. Hammarlund;Christian M.Ø. Rasmussen

  • Late Ordovician to earliest Silurian graptolite and brachiopod biozonation from the Yangtze region, South China, with a global correlation

    Chen Xu;Rong Jiayu;Charles E. Mitchell;David A. T. Harper

  • The Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Hirnantian Stage (the uppermost of the Ordovician System)

    Xu Chen;Jiayu Rong;Junxuan Fan;Renbin Zhan

  • A revision of Ordovician series and stages from the historical type area

    R. A. Fortey;D. A. T. Harper;J. K. Ingham;A. W. Owen

  • The Ordovician biodiversification: Setting an agenda for marine life

    David A.T. Harper

  • Palaeoecology: Ecosystems, Environments and Evolution

    Patrick J. Brenchley;D. A. T. Harper

  • A global synthesis of the latest Ordovician Hirnantian brachiopod faunas

    Rong Jia-yu;David A. T. Harper

  • A sulfidic driver for the end-Ordovician mass extinction

    Emma U. Hammarlund;Emma U. Hammarlund;Emma U. Hammarlund;Tais W. Dahl;David A. T. Harper;David A. T. Harper;David P. G. Bond

  • Introduction to Paleobiology and the Fossil Record

    Michael J. Benton;David A. T. Harper

  • The Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event (GOBE) : definition, concept and duration

    Thomas Servais;David A.T. Harper;David A.T. Harper

  • TREATISE ON INVERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

    Fernando Alvarez;A. D. Ansell;P. G. Baker;M. G. Bassett

  • Asteroid breakup linked to the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event

    Birger Schmitz;David A. T. Harper;Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink;Svend Stouge

  • Onset of main Phanerozoic marine radiation sparked by emerging Mid Ordovician icehouse

    Christian M. Ø. Rasmussen;Clemens V. Ullmann;Kristian G. Jakobsen;Anders Lindskog

  • Understanding the great ordovician biodiversification event (GOBE): influences of paleogeography, paleoclimate, or paleoecology

    Thomas Servais;David A.T. Harper;Axel Munnecke;Alan W. Owen

  • The latest Ordovician Hirnantia Fauna (Brachiopoda) in time and space

    Rong Jia-Yu;Chen Xu;David A.T. Harper

  • A suspension-feeding anomalocarid from the Early Cambrian

    Jakob Vinther;Martin Stein;Nicholas R. Longrich;David A. T. Harper

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Servais
Thomas Servais University of Lille
Rong Jia-Yu
Rong Jia-Yu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Glenn A. Brock
Glenn A. Brock Macquarie University
Lars E. Holmer
Lars E. Holmer Uppsala University
Jakob Vinther
Jakob Vinther University of Bristol
Axel Munnecke
Axel Munnecke University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Leonid E. Popov
Leonid E. Popov Cardiff University
Peter M. Sheehan
Peter M. Sheehan Milwaukee Public Museum
Christian B. Skovsted
Christian B. Skovsted Swedish Museum of Natural History
Seth Finnegan
Seth Finnegan University of California, Berkeley

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