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D-Index
53
Citations
10415
World Ranking
2862
National Ranking
1180

Erik T. Brown 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 Erik T. Brown sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 162 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Erik T. Brown 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 Erik T. Brown sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Erik T. Brown is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States and specializes primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans 48 publications within this field, with focused subfields including Atmospheric Science, Anthropology, Paleontology, Earth-Surface Processes, and Ecology. The main topics covered in their work include geology and paleoclimatology research, Pleistocene-era hominins and archaeology, geological formations and processes, as well as evolution and paleontology studies.

Brown has contributed to a range of research articles published in various academic venues. Notable recent papers include:

  • Increased ecological resource variability during a critical transition in hominin evolution, 2020, Science Advances
  • Inorganic geochemistry of lake sediments: A review of analytical techniques and guidelines for data interpretation, 2023, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Pleistocene climate variability in eastern Africa influenced hominin evolution, 2022, Nature Geoscience
  • Climatic control on magnetic mineralogy during the late MIS 6 - Early MIS 3 in Lake Chalco, central Mexico, 2020, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • High-resolution interannual precipitation reconstruction of Southern California: Implications for Holocene ENSO evolution, 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Brown include Mona Stockhecke, Peter J. Fawcett, Beatriz Ortega-Guerrero, Margarita Caballero, and Socorro Lozano-García, with collaboration counts ranging from nine to twelve joint works.

Their publications have appeared repeatedly in venues such as Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America (11 publications), Journal of Paleolimnology (3), Nature Geoscience (2), Quaternary Geochronology (2), and Science Advances (1).

Brown's research addresses a diverse array of subjects related to geological and paleoclimatic investigations. Specific thematic areas include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Best Publications

  • Denudation rates determined from the accumulation of in situ-produced 10Be in the luquillo experimental forest, Puerto Rico

    Erik Thorson Brown;Robert F. Stallard;Matthew C. Larsen;Grant M. Raisbeck

  • History and timing of human impact on Lake Victoria, East Africa.

    Dirk Verschuren;Thomas C. Johnson;Hedy J. Kling;David N. Edgington

  • East African megadroughts between 135 and 75 thousand years ago and bearing on early-modern human origins

    Christopher A. Scholz;Thomas C. Johnson;Andrew S. Cohen;John W. King

  • Examination of surface exposure ages of Antarctic moraines using in situ produced 10Be and 26Al

    Erik Thorson Brown;John M Edmond;Grant M Raisbeck;Françoise Yiou

  • Crustal Shortening on the Margins of the Tien Shan, Xinjiang, China

    B. C. Burchfiel;E. T. Brown;Deng Qidong;Feng Xianyue

  • Ecological consequences of early Late Pleistocene megadroughts in tropical Africa.

    Andrew S. Cohen;Jeffery R. Stone;Kristina R.M. Beuning;Lisa E. Park

  • Quaternary Climate Change and the Formation of River Terraces across Growing Anticlines on the North Flank of the Tien Shan, China

    Peter Molnar;Erik Thorson Brown;B. Clark Burchfiel;Qidong Deng

  • The Holocene paleolimnology of Lake Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan: Trace element and stable isotope composition of ostracodes

    Richard D Ricketts;Thomas C Johnson;Erik T Brown;Kenneth A Rasmussen

  • A high-resolution paleoclimate record spanning the past 25,000 years in southern East Africa.

    Thomas C. Johnson;Erik T. Brown;James McManus;Sylvia Barry

  • Forcings and chaos in interannual to decadal climate change

    J. Hansen;M. Sato;R. Ruedy;A. Lacis

  • Slip rates of the Karakorum fault, Ladakh, India, determined using cosmic ray exposure dating of debris flows and moraines

    E. T. Brown;R. Bendick;D. L. Bourlès;V. Gaur

  • In situ produced 10Be measurements at great depths: implications for production rates by fast muons

    Regis Braucher;E.T. Brown;D.L. Bourles;F. Colin

  • Effective attenuation lengths of cosmic rays producing 10Be AND 26Al in quartz: Implications for exposure age dating

    Erik Thorson Brown;Edward J. Brook;Grant M. Raisbeck;Françoise Yiou

  • Phosphorus and trace metal limitation of algae and bacteria in Lake Superior

    Robert W. Sterner;Tanya M. Smutka;R. Michael L. McKay;Qin Xiaoming

  • Abrupt change in tropical African climate linked to the bipolar seesaw over the past 55,000 years

    E. T. Brown;T. C. Johnson;C. A. Scholz;A. S. Cohen

  • Chronology of Taylor Glacier Advances in Arena Valley, Antarctica, Using in Situ Cosmogenic 3He and 10Be

    Edward J. Brook;Mark D. Kurz;Robert P. Ackert;George H. Denton

  • Fluvial geochemistry of the eastern slope of the northeastern Andes and its foredeep in the drainage of the Orinoco in Colombia and Venezuela

    J. M. Edmond;M. R. Palmer;M. R. Palmer;C. I. Measures;C. I. Measures;Erik T Brown

  • Slip rates along active faults estimated with cosmic-ray–exposure dates: Application to the Bogd fault, Gobi-Altaï, Mongolia

    J. F. Ritz;E. T. Brown;D. L. Bourlès;H. Philip

  • Estimation of slip rates in the southern Tien Shan using cosmic ray exposure dates of abandoned alluvial fans

    Erik Thorson Brown;Didier L. Bourlés;Grant M. Raisbeck;Françoise Yiou

  • Tropical East African climate change and its relation to global climate: A record from Lake Tanganyika, Tropical East Africa, over the past 90+kyr

    Allison P. Burnett;Michael J. Soreghan;Christopher A. Scholz;Erik T. Brown

  • Consequences of Early Late-Pleistocene Megadroughts in Tropical Africa

    Andrew S Cohen;Jeffery R. Stone;Kristina R M Beuning;Lisa E Park

Frequent Co-Authors

Josef P. Werne
Josef P. Werne University of Pittsburgh
Didier Bourlès
Didier Bourlès Aix-Marseille University
Thomas C. Johnson
Thomas C. Johnson University of Massachusetts Amherst
Grant M. Raisbeck
Grant M. Raisbeck University of Paris-Saclay
Françoise Yiou
Françoise Yiou Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Andrew S. Cohen
Andrew S. Cohen University of Arizona
Christopher A. Scholz
Christopher A. Scholz Syracuse University
John W. King
John W. King University of Rhode Island
Linda A. Hinnov
Linda A. Hinnov George Mason University
Blas L. Valero-Garcés
Blas L. Valero-Garcés Spanish National Research Council

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