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2026

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D-Index
97
Citations
29807
World Ranking
165
National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Italy Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Earth Science in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Italy Leader Award
  • 2012 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • GSA Honorary Fellow Award, The Geological Society of America
  • GSA Honorary Fellow Award, The Geological Society of America

Overview

Eduardo Garzanti is affiliated with the University of Milano-Bicocca in Italy and works primarily in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, where they have contributed extensively to geophysics, earth-surface processes, atmospheric science, geology, and paleontology.

Their research topics include geological and geochemical analysis, geology and paleoclimatology research, geological formations and processes, earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geophysical studies, geochemistry and elemental analysis, and paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils.

Garzanti has published several papers on various aspects of earth sciences. Recent notable publications include:

  • Exploring a lost ocean in the Tibetan Plateau: Birth, growth, and demise of the Bangong-Nujiang Ocean, 2022, Earth-Science Reviews
  • New Precise Dating of the India-Asia Collision in the Tibetan Himalaya at 61 Ma, 2021, Geophysical Research Letters
  • A global rate of denudation from cosmogenic nuclides in the Earth's largest rivers, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Provenance versus weathering control on sediment composition in tropical monsoonal climate (South China) - 1. Geochemistry and clay mineralogy, 2020, Chemical Geology
  • Provenance and recycling of Sahara Desert sand, 2021, Earth-Science Reviews

Eduardo Garzanti frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Xiumian Hu (46 joint publications)
  • Giovanni Vezzoli (23 joint publications)
  • Alberto Resentini (21 joint publications)
  • Marta Barbarano (18 joint publications)
  • Sergio Andò (18 joint publications)

The main publication venues for their research are diverse, with repeated contributions to:

  • Earth-Science Reviews (13 publications)
  • Journal of Sedimentary Research (8 publications)
  • Chemical Geology (7 publications)
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology (7 publications)
  • Sedimentary Geology (7 publications)

Eduardo Garzanti's work spans multiple subfields with a focus on earth sciences:

  • Geophysics
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Geology
  • Paleontology

Among the recognitions received are their membership in the Academia Europaea since 2012 and the Geological Society of America's Honorary Fellow Award.

Best Publications

  • The timing of India-Asia collision onset – Facts, theories, controversies

    Xiumian Hu;Eduardo Garzanti;Jiangang Wang;Wentao Huang

  • Timing of India‐Asia collision: Geological, biostratigraphic, and palaeomagnetic constraints

    Yani Najman;Erwin Appel;Marcelle Boudagher-Fadel;Paul Bown

  • Multicyclic History of the Northern India Continental Margin (Northwestern Himalaya) (1)

    Maurizio Gaetani;Eduardo Garzanti

  • Direct stratigraphic dating of India-Asia collision onset at the Selandian (middle Paleocene, 59 ± 1 Ma)

    Xiumian Hu;Eduardo Garzanti;Ted Moore;Isabella Raffi

  • Detrital geochronology and geochemistry of Cretaceous-Early Miocene strata of Nepal: implications for timing and diachroneity of initial Himalayan orogenesis

    P. G. DeCelles;G. E. Gehrels;Y. Najman;A. J. Martin

  • Loess Plateau storage of Northeastern Tibetan Plateau-derived Yellow River sediment.

    Junsheng Nie;Thomas Stevens;Martin Rittner;Daniel Stockli

  • An R package for statistical provenance analysis

    Pieter Vermeesch;Alberto Resentini;Eduardo Garzanti

  • Sedimentary record of the northward flight of India and its collision with Eurasia (Ladakh Himalaya, India)

    Eduardo Garzanti;Aymon Baud;Georges Mascle

  • Mineralogical and chemical variability of fluvial sediments 2. Suspended-load silt (Ganga–Brahmaputra, Bangladesh)

    Eduardo Garzanti;Sergio Andó;Christian France-Lanord;Paolo Censi

  • Grain-size dependence of sediment composition and environmental bias in provenance studies

    Eduardo Garzanti;Sergio Andò;Giovanni Vezzoli

  • Petrographic classification of sand and sandstone

    Eduardo Garzanti

  • Chapter 20 Heavy Mineral Concentration in Modern Sands: Implications for Provenance Interpretation

    Eduardo Garzanti;Sergio Andò

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

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

  • From static to dynamic provenance analysis—Sedimentary petrology upgraded

    Eduardo Garzanti

  • Reconstructing the total shortening history of the NW Himalaya.

    Stéphane Guillot;Eduardo Garzanti;David Baratoux;Didier Marquer

  • Mineralogical and chemical variability of fluvial sediments 1. Bedload sand (Ganga–Brahmaputra, Bangladesh)

    Eduardo Garzanti;Sergio Andò;Christian France-Lanord;Giovanni Vezzoli

  • Stratigraphy and sedimentary history of the Nepal Tethys Himalaya passive margin

    E. Garzanti

  • Onset of major Pleistocene glaciations in the Alps

    Giovanni Muttoni;Cipriano Carcano;Eduardo Garzanti;Manlio Ghielmi

  • The Eo-Cimmerian (Late? Triassic) orogeny in North Iran

    Andrea Zanchi;Stefano Zanchetta;Fabrizio Berra;Massimo Mattei

  • Settling equivalence of detrital minerals and grain-size dependence of sediment composition

    Eduardo Garzanti;Sergio Andò;Giovanni Vezzoli

  • Orogenic belts and orogenic sediment provenance

    Eduardo Garzanti;Carlo Doglioni;Giovanni Vezzoli;Sergio Andò

Frequent Co-Authors

Sergio Andò
Sergio Andò University of Milano-Bicocca
Giovanni Vezzoli
Giovanni Vezzoli University of Milano-Bicocca
Yani Najman
Yani Najman Lancaster University
Xiumian Hu
Xiumian Hu Nanjing University
Pieter Vermeesch
Pieter Vermeesch University College London
Andrew Carter
Andrew Carter Birkbeck, University of London
Marco G. Malusà
Marco G. Malusà University of Milano-Bicocca
Marcelle K. BouDagher-Fadel
Marcelle K. BouDagher-Fadel University College London
Igor M. Villa
Igor M. Villa University of Milano-Bicocca
Ian L. Millar
Ian L. Millar British Geological Survey

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