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Elton Luiz Dantas

Elton Luiz Dantas

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Earth Science
Brazil
2026

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Earth Science

D-Index
56
Citations
9287
World Ranking
2473
National Ranking
8

Elton Luiz Dantas 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 Elton Luiz Dantas sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 264 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Elton Luiz Dantas 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 Elton Luiz Dantas sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Brazil Leader Award

Overview

Elton Luiz Dantas is affiliated with the University of Brasília in Brazil and has a significant body of research primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Computer Science. Their scholarly work spans several decades, contributing to a variety of specialized fields and topics.

Dantas's main fields of study include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Computer Science

Within these broad areas, their subfield specializations comprise:

  • Geophysics
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Geochemistry and Petrology
  • Paleontology
  • Pollution

The central research topics they have worked on cover:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Heavy Metals in Environment

Their publication record includes multiple articles in reputable venues, with some of the most frequent ones listed below, reflecting their preferred platforms for disseminating research:

  • Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • Precambrian Research
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Lithos
  • Gondwana Research

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Dantas include:

  • Neoproterozoic magmatic arc volcanism in the Borborema Province, NE Brazil: possible flare-ups and lulls and implications for western Gondwana assembly (2020, Gondwana Research)
  • Behavior of metallurgical zinc contamination in coastal environments: A survey of Zn from electroplating wastes and partitioning in sediments (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Goldilocks at the dawn of complex life: mountains might have damaged Ediacaran-Cambrian ecosystems and prompted an early Cambrian greenhouse world (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • New U-Pb (SHRIMP) and first Hf isotope constraints on the Tonian (1000-920 Ma) Cariris Velhos event, Borborema Province, NE Brazil (2020, Brazilian Journal of Geology)
  • Arc accretion and crustal reworking from late Archean to Neoproterozoic in Northeast Brazil (2020, Scientific Reports)

Dantas frequently collaborates with several researchers. Most prominent co-authors include:

  • Reinhardt A. Fuck
  • Roberto Ventura Santos
  • Fabrício de Andrade Caxito
  • Cristiano Lana
  • Martín Roddaz

Aside from journal articles, Dantas has contributed to book publications, including works published by Seven Editora eBooks. A notable upcoming title is:

  • GLOBALIZATION AND MISCEGENATION: GEOPOLITICS OF HYBRID IDENTITIES AND STRUCTURAL RACISM (2025)

Best Publications

  • High spatial resolution analysis of Pb and U isotopes for geochronology by laser ablation multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-MC-ICP-MS)

    Bernhard Bühn;Márcio M. Pimentel;Massimo Matteini;Elton L. Dantas

  • Late Neoproterozoic–Cambrian granitic magmatism in the Araçuaí orogen (Brazil), the Eastern Brazilian Pegmatite Province and related mineral resources

    A. C. Pedrosa-Soares;Cristina P. De Campos;Carlos Noce;Luiz Carlos Silva

  • Shrimp U-Pb zircon dating and palynology of bentonitic layers from the Permian Irati Formation, Paraná Basin, Brazil

    Roberto Ventura Santos;Paulo A. Souza;Carlos José Souza de Alvarenga;Elton Luiz Dantas

  • The Amazon at sea: Onset and stages of the Amazon River from a marine record, with special reference to Neogene plant turnover in the drainage basin

    Carina Hoorn;Giovanni R. Bogotá-A;Giovanni R. Bogotá-A;Millerlandy Romero-Baez;Emmy I. Lammertsma;Emmy I. Lammertsma

  • The Seridó Group of NE Brazil, a late Neoproterozoic pre- to syn-collisional basin in West Gondwana: insights from SHRIMP U–Pb detrital zircon ages and Sm–Nd crustal residence (TDM) ages

    W.R Van Schmus;B.B de Brito Neves;I.S Williams;P.C Hackspacher

  • Geology of the northern Borborema Province, NE Brazil and its correlation with Nigeria, NW Africa

    M. H. Arthaud;R. Caby;R. A. Fuck;E. L. Dantas

  • Archean granitoid magmatism in the Canaã dos Carajás area: Implications for crustal evolution of the Carajás province, Amazonian craton, Brazil

    G.R.L. Feio;R. Dall’Agnol;E.L. Dantas;M.J.B. Macambira

  • The 3.4–3.5 Ga São José do Campestre massif, NE Brazil: remnants of the oldest crust in South America

    E.L Dantas;W.R Van Schmus;P.C Hackspacher;A.H Fetter

  • Crustal structure beneath the Paleozoic Parnaíba Basin revealed by airborne gravity and magnetic data, Brazil

    David L. de Castro;Reinhardt A. Fuck;Jeffrey D. Phillips;Roberta M. Vidotti

  • Nd isotopes and the provenance of detrital sediments of the Neoproterozoic Brası́lia Belt, central Brazil

    M.M. Pimentel;M.A. Dardenne;R.A. Fuck;M.G. Viana

  • Two neoproterozoic crustal accretion events in the Brasília belt, central Brazil

    Jorge Henrique Laux;Márcio Martins Pimentel;Elton Luiz Dantas;Richard Armstrong

  • Crustal growth in the 3.4-2.7Ga São José de Campestre Massif, Borborema Province, NE Brazil

    Elton Luiz Dantas;Zorano Sérgio de Souza;Eberhard Wernick;Peter Christian Hackspacher

  • The Ediacaran Rio Doce magmatic arc revisited (Araçuaí-Ribeira orogenic system, SE Brazil)

    Mahyra Tedeschi;Tiago Novo;Antônio Pedrosa-Soares;Ivo Dussin

  • Paleoproterozoic crust-formation and reworking events in the Tocantins Province, central Brazil: A contribution for Atlantica supercontinent reconstruction

    Reinhardt A. Fuck;Elton Luiz Dantas;Márcio Martins Pimentel;Nilson Francisquini Botelho

  • C–O–Sr isotopic stratigraphy of cap carbonates overlying Marinoan-age glacial diamictites in the Paraguay Belt, Brazil

    Carlos J.S. de Alvarenga;Roberto V. Santos;Elton L. Dantas

  • Consolidation and Break-up of the South American Platform in Southeastern Brazil: Tectonothermal and Denudation Histories

    P.C. Hackspacher;L.F.B. Ribeiro;M.C.S. Ribeiro;A.H. Fetter

  • Geochemistry, geochronology, and origin of the Neoarchean Planalto Granite suite, Carajás, Amazonian craton: A-type or hydrated charnockitic granites?

    G.R.L. Feio;R. Dall'Agnol;E.L. Dantas;M.J.B. Macambira

  • Age of felsic volcanism and the role of ancient continental crust in the evolution of the Neoarchean Rio das Velhas Greenstone belt (Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Brazil): U–Pb zircon dating of volcaniclastic graywackes

    Carlos M Noce;M Zuccheti;O F Baltazar;Richard Armstrong

  • In situ zircon U–Pb and Lu–Hf isotope systematic on magmatic rocks: Insights on the crustal evolution of the Neoproterozoic Goiás Magmatic Arc, Brasília belt, Central Brazil

    M. Matteini;S.L. Junges;E.L. Dantas;M.M. Pimentel

  • A complete Wilson Cycle recorded within the Riacho do Pontal Orogen, NE Brazil: Implications for the Neoproterozoic evolution of the Borborema Province at the heart of West Gondwana

    Fabrício A. Caxito;Alexandre Uhlein;Elton Luiz Dantas;Ross Stevenson

Frequent Co-Authors

Reinhardt A. Fuck
Reinhardt A. Fuck University of Brasília
Márcio Martins Pimentel
Márcio Martins Pimentel University of Brasília
Roberto Ventura Santos
Roberto Ventura Santos University of Brasília
Antônio Carlos Pedrosa-Soares
Antônio Carlos Pedrosa-Soares Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Richard Armstrong
Richard Armstrong Australian National University
Michael Bau
Michael Bau Constructor University
Martin Roddaz
Martin Roddaz Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Cristiano Mazur Chiessi
Cristiano Mazur Chiessi Universidade de São Paulo
Matthias Zabel
Matthias Zabel University of Bremen

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