2026 Enrico Bonatti: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	72	884	783	420	362	242	15149

Research.com Recognitions

2010 - Member of Academia Europaea
2004 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Enrico Bonatti is affiliated with the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in the United States. Their research spans multiple aspects of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering, with a specific focus on Geophysics and Ocean Engineering, alongside studies in Ecology, Geology, and Mechanical Engineering.

Their work mainly addresses key topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, Drilling and Well Engineering, Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Offshore Engineering and Technologies, and Geological Studies and Exploration.

Bonatti has published extensively in venues including Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Lithos, the CINECA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (University of Genoa), Science Advances, and Scientific Reports.

Origin of oceanic ferrodiorites by injection of nelsonitic melts in gabbros at the Vema Lithospheric Section, Mid Atlantic Ridge (2020, Lithos)
Ultra-depleted melt refertilization of mantle peridotites in a large intra-transform domain (Doldrums Fracture Zone; 7-8°N, Mid Atlantic Ridge) (2020, Lithos)
SEAFLOOR SPREADING AND TECTONICS AT THE CHARLIE GIBBS TRANSFORM SYSTEM (52-53ºN, MID ATLANTIC RIDGE): PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM R/V A. N. STRAKHOV EXPEDITION S50 (2021, CINECA IRIS Institutial Research Information System (University of Genoa))
Postmelting hydrogen enrichment in the oceanic lithosphere (2021, Science Advances)
High H2O Content in Pyroxenes of Residual Mantle Peridotites at a Mid Atlantic Ridge Segment (2020, Scientific Reports)

Frequent collaborators in Bonatti's work include Marco Ligi, Jean Masclé, Kim A. Kastens, Christian Auroux, and C. Broglia.

Recognition for Bonatti's contributions includes being named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2004 and becoming a member of Academia Europaea in 2010.

Best Publications

Classification and genesis of submarine iron-manganese deposits

E. Bonatti

668
Citations
ODP Leg 107 in the Tyrrhenian Sea: Insights into passive margin and back-arc basin evolution

Kim Kastens;Jean Mascle;Christian Auroux;Enrico Bonatti

559
Citations
Mobility of manganese in diagenesis of deep-sea sediments☆

D.C. Lynn;E. Bonatti

519
Citations
Mantle peridotites from continental rifts to ocean basins to subduction zones

Enrico Bonatti;Peter J. Michael

472
Citations
Punctiform initiation of seafloor spreading in the Red Sea during transition from a continental to an oceanic rift

Enrico Bonatti

395
Citations
Metallogenesis at Oceanic Spreading Centers

Enrico Bonatti

324
Citations
Peridotite composition from the North Atlantic: regional and tectonic variations and implications for partial melting

Peter J. Michael;Enrico Bonatti

319
Citations
Postdepositional mobility of some transition elements, phosphorus, uranium and thorium in deep sea sediments

Enrico Bonatti;D.E. Fisher;Oiva Joensuu;H.S. Rydell

312
Citations
Vertical tectonism in oceanic fracture zones

Enrico Bonatti

297
Citations
Trace and REE content of clinopyroxenes from supra-subduction zone peridotites. Implications for melting and enrichment processes in island arcs

Michael Bizimis;Vincent J.M Salters;Enrico Bonatti

286
Citations
Peridotites from the Island of Zabargad (St. John), Red Sea: Petrology and geochemistry

Enrico Bonatti;Giulio Ottonello;Paul R. Hamlyn

282
Citations
Sections of the Earth's crust in the equatorial Atlantic

Enrico Bonatti;Jose Honnorez

277
Citations
Dust in the Caribbean atmosphere traced to an African dust storm

Joseph M. Prospero;Enrico Bonatti;Carl Schubert;Toby N. Carlson

268
Citations
Serpentinite protrusions in the oceanic crust

Enrico Bonatti

263
Citations
Neptunism and vulcanism in the ocean

Gustaf Arrhenius;Enrico Bonatti

246
Citations
Metalliferous deposits from the Apennine ophiolites: Mesozoic equivalents of modern deposits from oceanic spreading centers

Enrico Bonatti;Marco Zerbi;Robert Kay;Harold Rydell

243
Citations
Easter Volcanic Chain (southeast Pacific): A mantle hot line

E. Bonatti;C. G. A. Harrison;D. E. Fisher;J. Honnorez

210
Citations
Serpentinization of oceanic peridotites: temperature dependence of mineralogy and boron content

Enrico Bonatti;James R. Lawrence;Noris Morandi

210
Citations
Petrology of mantle-derived ultramafics from the Owen fracture zone, northwest Indian ocean: Implications for the nature of the oceanic upper mantle

Paul R. Hamlyn;Enrico Bonatti

208
Citations
Eruption styles of basalt in oceanic spreading ridges and seamounts: Effect of magma temperature and viscosity

Enrico Bonatti;C. G. A. Harrison

196
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco Ligi National Research Council (CNR)

Daniele Brunelli University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Luca Gasperini National Research Council (CNR)

Luisa Ottolini University of Pavia

Catherine Mével Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris

Peter J. Michael University of Tulsa

Hannes K. Brueckner Columbia University

Mathilde Cannat Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris

Naci Görür Istanbul Technical University

Kathleen Crane University of Hawaii at Manoa

External Links

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