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Galen P. Halverson

Galen P. Halverson

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
61
Citations
17421
World Ranking
1761
National Ranking
80

Galen P. Halverson 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 Galen P. Halverson sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 210 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Galen P. Halverson 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 Galen P. Halverson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

  • Toward a Neoproterozoic composite carbon-isotope record

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

  • Snowball Earth climate dynamics and Cryogenian geology-geobiology

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

  • Statistical analysis of iron geochemical data suggests limited late Proterozoic oxygenation

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

  • 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

  • Evolution of the 87Sr/86Sr composition of Neoproterozoic seawater

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

  • On the initiation of a snowball Earth

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • The Marinoan glaciation (Neoproterozoic) in northeast Svalbard

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • The Geological Record of Neoproterozoic Glaciations

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul F. Hoffman
Paul F. Hoffman University of Edinburgh
Grant M. Cox
Grant M. Cox University of Adelaide
Francis A. Macdonald
Francis A. Macdonald University of California, Santa Barbara
Justin V. Strauss
Justin V. Strauss Dartmouth College
Adam C. Maloof
Adam C. Maloof Princeton University
Erik A. Sperling
Erik A. Sperling Stanford University
Daniel P. Schrag
Daniel P. Schrag Harvard University
Boswell A. Wing
Boswell A. Wing University of Colorado Boulder
Nicholas L. Swanson-Hysell
Nicholas L. Swanson-Hysell University of Minnesota
Alan S. Collins
Alan S. Collins University of Adelaide

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