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David L. Kimbrough 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 David L. Kimbrough sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 117 publications — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

David L. Kimbrough 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 David L. Kimbrough sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

David L. Kimbrough is affiliated with San Diego State University in the United States. Their research contributions focus primarily within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with specific work spanning geophysics, atmospheric science, artificial intelligence, geochemistry and petrology, and ecology.

Their main research topics include geological and geochemical analysis, geological and tectonic studies in Latin America, geology and paleoclimatology research, geochemistry and geologic mapping, geological and geophysical studies worldwide, groundwater and isotope geochemistry, and isotope analysis in ecology.

Key papers authored or co-authored by David L. Kimbrough include:

  • Reconstructing lost plates of the Panthalassa Ocean through paleomagnetic data from circum-Pacific accretionary orogens, 2021, American Journal of Science
  • The triple argon isotope composition of groundwater on ten-thousand-year timescales, 2021, Chemical Geology
  • Evolution of the Late Cretaceous Nanaimo Basin, British Columbia, Canada: Definitive provenance links to northern latitudes, 2021, Geosphere
  • PROVENANCE TIES LINKING THE MESOZOIC VIZCAÍNO-CEDROS FOREARC REGION OF WEST-CENTRAL BAJA CALIFORNIA TO THE SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICAN MARGIN: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ALISITOS ARC AND GUERRERO TERRANE OF MAINLAND MEXICO, 2022, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • THE DYNAMIC HISTORY OF 220 MILLION YEARS OF SUBDUCTION BELOW MEXICO: A CORRELATION BETWEEN SLAB GEOMETRY AND OVERRIDING PLATE DEFORMATION BASED ON GEOLOGY, PALEOMAGNETISM, AND SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY, 2020, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

David L. Kimbrough has frequently collaborated with researchers including Marty Grove, Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen, Cor G. Langereis, Wim Spakman, and Nikki M. Seymour.

The majority of their publications have appeared in the venue "Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America," with other contributions in Chemical Geology, American Journal of Science, and Geosphere.

Kimbrough's work often integrates methods and findings from paleomagnetism, geology, and isotope geochemistry to explore geological processes and histories, particularly focusing on regions such as Latin America and the circum-Pacific area.

Recognition for their contributions includes being named a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Overview of the Median Batholith, New Zealand: a new interpretation of the geology of the Median Tectonic Zone and adjacent rocks

    N. Mortimer;A.J. Tulloch;R.N. Spark;N.W. Walker

  • Paired plutonic belts in convergent margins and the development of high Sr/Y magmatism: Peninsular Ranges Batholith of Baja California and Median Batholith of New Zealand

    Andrew J. Tulloch;David L. Kimbrough

  • Ridge-trench interactions and the Neogene tectonic evolution of the Magdalena shelf and southern Gulf of California: Insights from detrital zircon U-Pb ages from the Magdalena fan and adjacent areas

    John M. Fletcher;Marty Grove;David Kimbrough;Oscar Lovera

  • The Paparoa Metamorphic Core Complex, New Zealand: Cretaceous extension associated with fragmeotation of the Pacific margin of Gondwana

    A. J. Tulloch;D. L. Kimbrough

  • Lamprophyre dike intrusion and the age of the Alpine fault, New Zealand

    A. F. Cooper;B. A. Barreiro;D.L. Kimbrough;J. M. Mattinson

  • Uranium‐lead zircon ages from the Median Tectonic Zone, New Zealand

    D. L. Kimbrough;A.J. Tulloch;D. S. Coombs;C. A. Landis

  • Forearc-basin sedimentary response to rapid Late Cretaceous batholith emplacement in the Peninsular Ranges of southern and Baja California

    David L. Kimbrough;Douglas P. Smith;J. Brian Mahoney;Thomas E. Moore

  • Multi-Stage Origin of the Coast Range Ophiolite, California: Implications for the Life Cycle of Supra-Subduction Zone Ophiolites

    John W. Shervais;David L. Kimbrough;Paul Renne;Barry B. Hanan

  • Geochemical evidence for the tectonic setting of the Coast Range ophiolite: A composite island arc–oceanic crust terrane in western California

    John W. Shervais;David L. Kimbrough

  • U-Pb geochronology of mid-Paleozoic plutonism in western New Zealand: Implications for S-type granite generation and growth of the east Gondwana margin

    A.J. Tulloch;J. Ramezani;D.L. Kimbrough;K. Faure

  • Detrital zircon provenance of the Late Cretaceous–Eocene California forearc: Influence of Laramide low-angle subduction on sediment dispersal and paleogeography

    Glenn R. Sharman;Stephan A. Graham;Marty Grove;David L. Kimbrough

  • Western Fiordland orthogneiss: Early Cretaceous arc magmatism and granulite facies metamorphism, New Zealand

    J. M. Mattinson;D. L. Kimbrough;J. Y. Bradshaw

  • The Catalina Schist: Evidence for middle Cretaceous subduction erosion of southwestern North America

    M. Grove;G.E. Bebout;C.E. Jacobson;A.P. Barth

  • Uranium-lead ages from the Dun Mountain ophiolite belt and Brook Street terrane, South Island, New Zealand

    David L. Kimbrough;James M. Mattinson;Douglas S. Coombs;Charles A. Landis

  • Radioisotopic and biostratigraphic age relations in the Coast Range Ophiolite, northern California: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the Western Cordillera

    John W. Shervais;Benita L. Murchey;David L. Kimbrough;Paul R. Renne

  • Isotopic ages from the Nelson region of South Island New Zealand: crustal structure and definition of the Median Tectonic Zone

    D.L. Kimbrough;A.J. Tulloch;E. Geary;D.S. Coombs

  • Permian-Jurassic strata at Productus Creek, Southland, New Zealand: Implications for terrane dynamics of the eastern Gondwanaland margin

    C. A. Landis;H. J. Campbell;T. Aslund;P. A. Cawood

  • Paleomagnetic study of the northern Ford Ranges, western Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica: Motion between West and East Antarctica

    Bruce Luyendyk;Stan Cisowski;Christine Smith;Steve Richard

  • Cooling history of the northern Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica

    S. M. Richard;C. H. Smith;D. L. Kimbrough;P. G. Fitzgerald

  • Chronological constraints on the thermal and tilting history of the Sierra San Pedro Mártir pluton, Baja California, México, from U/Pb, 40Ar/39Ar, and fission-track geochronology

    Amabel Ortega-Rivera;E. Farrar;J. A. Hanes;D. A. Archibald

Frequent Co-Authors

Marty Grove
Marty Grove Stanford University
George E. Gehrels
George E. Gehrels University of Arizona
John W. Shervais
John W. Shervais Utah State University
James M. Mattinson
James M. Mattinson University of California, Santa Barbara
Trevor Ireland
Trevor Ireland University of Queensland
Wim Spakman
Wim Spakman Utrecht University
Oscar M. Lovera
Oscar M. Lovera University of California, Los Angeles
Stephan A. Graham
Stephan A. Graham Stanford University
Edward Farrar
Edward Farrar Queen's University

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