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Eric Cowgill 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 Eric Cowgill sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 102 publications — 11th percentile

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

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

Eric Cowgill 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 Eric Cowgill sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 34 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% 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

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

Overview

Eric Cowgill is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on subfields such as Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Geology, Mechanics of Materials, and Artificial Intelligence.

The main topics covered in Eric Cowgill's work include:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological Studies and Exploration
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies

Frequent publication venues for their research are:

  • Tectonics
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Geosphere
  • Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Some representative recent scientific papers include:

  • "Evolution of the Greater Caucasus Basement and Formation of the Main Caucasus Thrust, Georgia" (2020), published in Tectonics
  • "Rate of active shortening across the southern thrust front of the Greater Caucasus in western Georgia from kinematic modeling of folded river terraces above a listric thrust" (2020), published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "Long-lagged (∼19 Myr) response of accelerated river incision to rock uplift on the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau" (2022), published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "A Preliminary Framework for Magmatism in Modern Continental Back-Arc Basins and Its Application to the Triassic-Jurassic Tectonic Evolution of the Caucasus" (2021), published in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • "From Left Slip to Transpression: Cenozoic Tectonic Evolution of the North Altyn Fault, NW Margin of the Tibetan Plateau" (2022), published in Tectonics

Eric Cowgill has collaborated frequently with several co-authors. Notable collaborators include:

  • Dylan A. Vasey
  • Tea Godoladze
  • Nathan A. Niemi
  • Charles C. Trexler
  • Tuna Onur

Among recognitions received, Eric Cowgill has been acknowledged as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Tectonic history of the Altyn Tagh fault system in northern Tibet inferred from Cenozoic sedimentation

    A. Yin;P.E. Rumelhart;R. Butler;E. Cowgill

  • Reconstruction of the Altyn Tagh fault based on U-Pb geochronology: Role of back thrusts, mantle sutures, and heterogeneous crustal strength in forming the Tibetan Plateau

    Eric Cowgill;Eric Cowgill;An Yin;T. Mark Harrison;Wang Xiao-Feng

  • Impact of riser reconstructions on estimation of secular variation in rates of strike-slip faulting: Revisiting the Cherchen River site along the Altyn Tagh Fault, NW China

    Eric Cowgill

  • Low Quaternary slip rate reconciles geodetic and geologic rates along the Altyn Tagh fault, northwestern Tibet

    Eric Cowgill;Ryan D. Gold;Chen Xuanhua;Wang Xiao-Feng

  • Cenozoic right-slip faulting along the eastern margin of the Pamir salient, northwestern China

    Eric Cowgill

  • Riser diachroneity, lateral erosion, and uncertainty in rates of strike‐slip faulting: A case study from Tuzidun along the Altyn Tagh Fault, NW China

    Ryan D. Gold;Eric Cowgill;J Ramón Arrowsmith;John Gosse

  • Two phases of Mesozoic north‐south extension in the eastern Altyn Tagh range, northern Tibetan Plateau

    Xuanhua Chen;An Yin;George E. Gehrels;Eric S. Cowgill

  • Faulted terrace risers place new constraints on the late Quaternary slip rate for the central Altyn Tagh fault, northwest Tibet

    R. D. Gold;E. Cowgill;J. R. Arrowsmith;X. Chen

  • Late Holocene earthquake history of the central Altyn Tagh fault, China

    Zachary Washburn;J Ramón Arrowsmith;Steven L. Forman;Eric Cowgill

  • Relict basin closure and crustal shortening budgets during continental collision: An example from Caucasus sediment provenance

    Eric Cowgill;Adam M. Forte;Adam M. Forte;Nathan Niemi;Boris Avdeev;Boris Avdeev

  • The Akato Tagh bend along the Altyn Tagh fault, northwest Tibet 1: Smoothing by vertical-axis rotation and the effect of topographic stresses on bend-flanking faults

    Eric Cowgill;An Yin;J Ramón Arrowsmith;Wang Xiao Feng

  • Is the North Altyn fault part of a strike-slip duplex along the Altyn Tagh fault system?

    Eric Cowgill;An Yin;Wang Xiao Feng;Zhang Qing

  • Late Cenozoic deformation of the Kura fold-thrust belt, southern Greater Caucasus

    A.M. Forte;E. Cowgill;T. Bernardin;O. Kreylos

  • Cenozoic vertical-axis rotation of the Altyn Tagh fault system

    P. E. Rumelhart;An Yin;E. Cowgill;R. Butler

  • Transition from a singly vergent to doubly vergent wedge in a young orogen: The Greater Caucasus

    Adam M. Forte;Adam M. Forte;Eric Cowgill;Kelin X. Whipple

  • Middle Miocene reorganization of the Altyn Tagh fault system, northern Tibetan Plateau

    Lei Wu;Lei Wu;Xiubin Lin;Xiubin Lin;Eric Cowgill;Ancheng Xiao;Ancheng Xiao

  • Deriving fault-slip histories to test for secular variation in slip, with examples from the Kunlun and Awatere faults

    Ryan D. Gold;Eric Cowgill

  • Range-front fault scarps of the Sierra El Mayor, Baja California: Formed above an active low-angle normal fault?

    Gary J. Axen;John M. Fletcher;Eric Cowgill;Michael Murphy

  • Enabling scientific workflows in virtual reality

    Oliver Kreylos;Gerald Bawden;Tony Bernardin;Magali I. Billen

  • Coseismic slip variation assessed from terrestrial lidar scans of the El Mayor–Cucapah surface rupture

    Peter O. Gold;Michael E. Oskin;Austin J. Elliott;Alejandro Hinojosa-Corona

  • Low Quaternary slip rate reconciles geodetic and geologic rates along the Altyn Tagh Fault

    E. Cowgill;R.D. Gold;C. Xuanhua;W. Xiao-Feng

Frequent Co-Authors

Nathan A. Niemi
Nathan A. Niemi University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ryan D. Gold
Ryan D. Gold United States Geological Survey
Bernd Hamann
Bernd Hamann University of California, Davis
An Yin
An Yin University of California, Los Angeles
J Ramón Arrowsmith
J Ramón Arrowsmith Arizona State University
Michael E. Oskin
Michael E. Oskin University of California, Davis
Dawn Y. Sumner
Dawn Y. Sumner University of California, Davis
Kari M. Cooper
Kari M. Cooper University of California, Davis
Hans Hagen
Hans Hagen Technical University of Kaiserslautern
Steven L. Forman
Steven L. Forman Baylor University

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