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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2004 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2003 - Arthur L. Day Medal, The Geological Society of America
  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1991 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Dennis V. Kent is affiliated with the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to areas such as Paleontology, Ocean Engineering, and Geophysics. The scientist's studies span multiple subfields including Paleontology, Geology, and Atmospheric Science, emphasizing geological and paleoclimatological processes.

Their work covers various main topics of interest:

  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Geological Studies and Exploration
  • Oil and Gas Production Techniques
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Dennis V. Kent are the following:

  • Pangea B and the Late Paleozoic Ice Age (2020), published in Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Northward dispersal of dinosaurs from Gondwana to Greenland at the mid-Norian (215-212 Ma, Late Triassic) dip in atmospheric p CO₂ (2021), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kent include:

  • Paul E. Olsen
  • Giovanni Muttoni
  • Sean Kinney
  • Marie-Pierre Aubry
  • Kenneth G. Miller

The scientist has published in a variety of venues, with multiple papers appearing in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology

Dennis V. Kent has been recognized with several awards, including:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2012)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2004)
  • Arthur L. Day Medal, The Geological Society of America (2003)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1992)
  • Fellow of American Geophysical Union (1991)

Best Publications

  • A revised Cenozoic geochronology and chronostratigraphy

    William A. Berggren;Dennis V. Kent;Carl C. Swisher;Marie-Pierre Aubry

  • Revised calibration of the geomagnetic polarity timescale for the Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic

    Steven C. Cande;Dennis V. Kent

  • A new geomagnetic polarity time scale for the Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic

    Steven C. Cande;Dennis V. Kent

  • Oxygen isotope calibration of the onset of ice-rafting and history of glaciation in the North Atlantic region

    N.J. Shackleton;J. Backman;J. Backman;H. Zimmerman;D.V. Kent

  • 3.3-million-year-old stone tools from Lomekwi 3, West Turkana, Kenya

    Sonia Harmand;Jason E. Lewis;Craig S. Feibel;Christopher J. Lepre

  • GEOCHRONOLOGY, TIME SCALES AND GLOBAL STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION

    William A. Berggren;Dennis V. Kent;Marie-Pierre Aubry;Jan Hardenbol

  • The Neogene: Part 2: Neogene geochronology and chronostratigraphy

    W. A. Berggren;D. V. Kent;J. A. van Couvering

  • Revised magnetic polarity time scale for Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic time

    John L. LaBrecque;Dennis V. Kent;Steven C. Cande

  • Late Neogene chronology: New perspectives in high-resolution stratigraphy

    William A. Berggren;F. J. Hilgen;C. G. Langereis;Dennis V. Kent

  • Jurassic to Paleogene: Part 2 Paleogene geochronology and chronostratigraphy

    William A. Berggren;William A. Berggren;Dennis V. Kent;John J. Flynn

  • A Simplified Statistical Model for the Geomagnetic Field and the Detection of Shallow Bias in Paleomagnetic Inclinations: was the Ancient Magnetic Field Dipolar?

    Lisa Tauxe;Dennis V. Kent

  • Zircon U-Pb Geochronology Links the End-Triassic Extinction with the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province

    Terrence J. Blackburn;Paul E. Olsen;Samuel A. Bowring;Noah M. McLean

  • An earlier origin for the Acheulian

    Christopher J. Lepre;Hélène Roche;Dennis V. Kent;Dennis V. Kent;Sonia Harmand

  • A Cretaceous and Jurassic geochronology

    Dennis V. Kent;Felix M. Gradstein

  • Ascent of dinosaurs linked to an iridium anomaly at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary.

    P. E. Olsen;Dennis Kent;Dennis Kent;H. D. Sues;C. Koeberl

  • Decoupling of As and Fe release to Bangladesh groundwater under reducing conditions. Part I: Evidence from sediment profiles

    A. Horneman;A. Horneman;A. van Geen;D.V. Kent;D.V. Kent;P.E. Mathe

  • Orbital climate forcing of δ13C excursions in the late Paleocene–early Eocene (chrons C24n–C25n)

    Benjamin S. Cramer;Benjamin S. Cramer;James D. Wright;Dennis V. Kent;Dennis V. Kent;Marie-Pierre Aubry

  • Early Permian Pangea 'B' to Late Permian Pangea 'A"

    Giovanni Muttoni;Dennis V. Kent;Dennis V. Kent;Eduardo Garzanti;Peter Brack

  • Milankovitch climate forcing in the tropics of Pangaea during the Late Triassic

    Paul E. Olsen;Dennis V. Kent

  • Circum-Mediterranean Neogene (Miocene and Pliocene) marine-continental chronologic correlations of European mammal units

    F. F. Steininger;William A. Berggren;Dennis V. Kent;Raymond L. Bernor

  • Cenozoic Era: Geomagnetic polarity time-scale

    Dennis V. Kent

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul E. Olsen
Paul E. Olsen Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Giovanni Muttoni
Giovanni Muttoni University of Milan
Marie-Pierre Aubry
Marie-Pierre Aubry Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
William A. Berggren
William A. Berggren Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Neil D. Opdyke
Neil D. Opdyke University of Florida
Luca Lanci
Luca Lanci University of Urbino
Kenneth G. Miller
Kenneth G. Miller Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Jeffrey S. Gee
Jeffrey S. Gee University of California, San Diego
Randall B. Irmis
Randall B. Irmis University of Utah
William Lowrie
William Lowrie ETH Zurich

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