2026 Galen P. Halverson: 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	61	1761	1580	80	70	210	17421

Overview

Galen P. Halverson is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and specializes in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans a diverse range of topics primarily situated within paleontology, geophysics, and atmospheric science, among other related disciplines.

Their research focuses on several main topics including:

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
Geological and Geochemical Analysis
Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
Geological Studies and Exploration
Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
Geological formations and processes

Galen Halverson has contributed to a number of recent scientific papers. Notable publications feature:

"Snowballs in Africa: sectioning a long-lived Neoproterozoic carbonate platform and its bathyal foreslope (NW Namibia)" (2021), published in Earth-Science Reviews
"The Sedimentary Geochemistry and Paleoenvironments Project" (2021), published in Geobiology
"Strong evidence for a weakly oxygenated ocean-atmosphere system during the Proterozoic" (2022), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Sustained increases in atmospheric oxygen and marine productivity in the Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic eras" (2024), published in Nature Geoscience
"Reconstructing Neoproterozoic seawater chemistry from early diagenetic dolomite" (2020), published in Geology

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Halverson's work. Frequent coauthors include:

Alan D. Rooney
Timothy M. Gibson
Marcus Kunzmann
Susannah M. Porter
Shuhai Xiao

The scientist has published extensively in several academic venues. Among the most frequent publication venues are:

Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
Geology
Journal of Paleontology
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Geological Society of America Bulletin

Galen Halverson's work primarily contributes to advancing knowledge in Earth and Planetary Sciences, particularly through interdisciplinary approaches involving paleontology, geophysics, and atmospheric studies. Their publications reflect continued engagement with geological and geochemical research, covering long-term processes of Earth's history as well as specific Paleozoic and Neoproterozoic eras.

Best Publications

A Neoproterozoic Snowball Earth

Paul F. Hoffman;Alan J. Kaufman;Galen P. Halverson;Daniel P. Schrag

3230
Citations
Toward a Neoproterozoic composite carbon-isotope record

Galen P. Halverson;Paul F. Hoffman;Daniel P. Schrag;Adam C. Maloof

1045
Citations
Snowball Earth climate dynamics and Cryogenian geology-geobiology

Paul F. Hoffman;Paul F. Hoffman;Dorian S. Abbot;Yosef Ashkenazy;Douglas I. Benn

658
Citations
Statistical analysis of iron geochemical data suggests limited late Proterozoic oxygenation

Erik Sperling;Charles J. Wolock;Alex S. Morgan;Benjamin C. Gill

615
Citations
Neoproterozoic glaciations in a revised global palaeogeography from the breakup of Rodinia to the assembly of Gondwanaland

Zheng-Xiang Li;Zheng-Xiang Li;David A.D. Evans;Galen P. Halverson;Galen P. Halverson

571
Citations
Evolution of the 87Sr/86Sr composition of Neoproterozoic seawater

Galen P. Halverson;Francis Ö. Dudás;Adam C. Maloof;Samuel A. Bowring

528
Citations
On the initiation of a snowball Earth

Daniel P. Schrag;Robert A. Berner;Paul F. Hoffman;Galen P. Halverson

400
Citations
A shale-hosted Cr isotope record of low atmospheric oxygen during the Proterozoic

Devon B. Cole;Christopher T. Reinhard;Xiangli Wang;Bleuenn Gueguen

294
Citations
Are basal Ediacaran (635 Ma) post-glacial “cap dolostones” diachronous?

Paul F. Hoffman;Galen P. Halverson;Eugene W. Domack;Jonathan M. Husson

293
Citations
Continental flood basalt weathering as a trigger for Neoproterozoic Snowball Earth

Grant M. Cox;Grant M. Cox;Galen P. Halverson;Galen P. Halverson;Ross K. Stevenson;Michelle Vokaty

285
Citations
Combined Separation of Cu, Fe and Zn from Rock Matrices and Improved Analytical Protocols for Stable Isotope Determination

Paolo A Sossi;Paolo A Sossi;Galen Pippa Halverson;Galen Pippa Halverson;Oliver Nebel;Stephen Malcolm Eggins

266
Citations
Comings and Goings of Global Glaciations on a Neoproterozoic Tropical Platform in Namibia

Paul F. Hoffman;Alan J. Kaufman;Galen P. Halverson

250
Citations
Precise age of Bangiomorpha pubescens dates the origin of eukaryotic photosynthesis

Timothy M. Gibson;Patrick M. Shih;Patrick M. Shih;Vivien M. Cumming;Woodward W. Fischer

228
Citations
The stratigraphic relationship between the Shuram carbon isotope excursion, the oxygenation of Neoproterozoic oceans, and the first appearance of the Ediacara biota and bilaterian trace fossils in northwestern Canada

Francis Alexander Macdonald;Justin Vincent Strauss;Erik A. Sperling;Galen P. Halverson

227
Citations
The Marinoan glaciation (Neoproterozoic) in northeast Svalbard

Galen P. Halverson;Adam C. Maloof;Paul F. Hoffman

225
Citations
Cryogenian Glaciation and the Onset of Carbon-Isotope Decoupling

Nicholas L. Swanson-Hysell;Catherine V. Rose;Claire C. Calmet;Galen P. Halverson;Galen P. Halverson

220
Citations
A major perturbation of the carbon cycle before the Ghaub glaciation (Neoproterozoic) in Namibia: Prelude to snowball Earth?

Galen P. Halverson;Paul F. Hoffman;Daniel P. Schrag;Alan J. Kaufman

216
Citations
Redox-controlled iron isotope fractionation during magmatic differentiation: An example from the Red Hill intrusion, S. Tasmania

Paolo A. Sossi;Paolo A. Sossi;John D. Foden;Galen P. Halverson

211
Citations
Neoproterozoic sulfur isotopes, the evolution of microbial sulfur species, and the burial efficiency of sulfide as sedimentary pyrite

Matthew T. Hurtgen;Michael A. Arthur;Galen P. Halverson

208
Citations
Combined paleomagnetic, isotopic, and stratigraphic evidence for true polar wander from the Neoproterozoic Akademikerbreen Group, Svalbard, Norway

Adam C. Maloof;Galen P. Halverson;Joseph L. Kirschvink;Daniel P. Schrag

195
Citations
The Geological Record of Neoproterozoic Glaciations

Emmanuelle Arnaud;Galen P. Halverson;Graham Shields-Zhou

170
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul F. Hoffman University of Edinburgh

Grant M. Cox University of Adelaide

Francis A. Macdonald University of California, Santa Barbara

Justin V. Strauss Dartmouth College

Adam C. Maloof Princeton University

Erik A. Sperling Stanford University

Daniel P. Schrag Harvard University

Boswell A. Wing University of Colorado Boulder

Nicholas L. Swanson-Hysell University of Minnesota

Alan S. Collins University of Adelaide

External Links

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