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Gary R. Byerly 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 Gary R. Byerly sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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Gary R. Byerly 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 Gary R. Byerly sits on this spectrum.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Gary R. Byerly is affiliated with Louisiana State University in the United States and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Geophysics, Paleontology, Artificial Intelligence, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Geological formations and processes, High-pressure geophysics and materials, and earthquake and tectonic studies.

Gary R. Byerly's recent publications include:

  • Trace elements in zircon record changing magmatic processes and the multi-stage build-up of Archean proto-continental crust, 2024, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Destabilization of Long-Lived Hadean Protocrust and the Onset of Pervasive Hydrous Melting at 3.8 Ga, 2022, AGU Advances
  • Heterogeneous Hadean crust with ambient mantle affinity recorded in detrital zircons of the Green Sandstone Bed, South Africa, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Windblown Hadean zircons derived by erosion of impact-generated 3.3 Ga uplifts, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa, 2021, Precambrian Research
  • The non-glacial and non-cratonic origin of an early Archean felsic volcaniclastic unit, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa, 2020, Precambrian Research

These works have been published across several venues that frequently feature Byerly's research, including:

  • Precambrian Research
  • American Journal of Science
  • AGU Advances
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Gary R. Byerly collaborates regularly with several co-authors who have contributed to multiple publications together. Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Nadja Drabon
  • Donald R. Lowe
  • Benjamin L. Byerly
  • Joseph L. Wooden
  • Michael Wiedenbeck

In recognition of their professional contributions, Gary R. Byerly is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2011 and a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Chronology of early Archaean granite-greenstone evolution in the Barberton Mountain Land, South Africa, based on precise dating by single zircon evaporation

    Alfred Krüner;Gary R. Byerly;Donald R. Lowe

  • Chemical Diversity of Abyssal Volcanic Glass Erupted Along Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Ocean Sea-Floor Spreading Centers

    W. G. Melson;T. L. Vallier;T. L. Wright;G. Byerly

  • IIb trioctahedral chlorite from the Barberton greenstone belt: crystal structure and rock composition constraints with implications to geothermometry

    Xiaogang Xie;Gary R. Byerly;Ray E. Ferrell

  • Prolonged magmatism and time constraints for sediment deposition in the early Archean Barberton greenstone belt: evidence from the Upper Onverwacht and Fig Tree groups

    Gary R. Byerly;Alfred Kröner;Donald R. Lowe;W. Todt

  • The oldest part of the Barberton granitoid-greenstone terrain, South Africa: evidence for crust formation between 3.5 and 3.7 Ga

    A. Kröner;A. Kröner;E. Hegner;E. Hegner;J.I. Wendt;J.I. Wendt;J.I. Wendt;G.R. Byerly;G.R. Byerly

  • The influence of alteration on the trace-element and Nd isotopic compositions of komatiites

    Yann Lahaye;Nicholas Arndt;Gary Byerly;Catherine Chauvel

  • Stratigraphy of the west-central part of the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa

    Donald R. Lowe;Gary R. Byerly

  • Stromatolites from the 3,300-3,500-Myr Swaziland Supergroup, Barberton Mountain Land, South Africa

    Gary R. Byerly;Donald R. Lower;Maud M. Walsh

  • An archean impact layer from the Pilbara and Kaapvaal cratons

    Gary R. Byerly;Donald R. Lowe;Joseph L. Wooden;Xiaogang Xie

  • Early Archean silicate spherules of probable impact origin, South Africa and Western Australia

    Donald R. Lowe;Gary R. Byerly

  • Chapter 5.3 An Overview of the Geology of the Barberton Greenstone Belt and Vicinity: Implications for Early Crustal Development

    Donald R. Lowe;Gary R. Byerly

  • Geological and geochemical record of 3400-million-year-old terrestrial meteorite impacts.

    Donald R. Lowe;Gary R. Byerly;Frank Asaro;Frank J. Kyte

  • Rhyodacites, andesites, ferro-basalts and ocean tholeiites from the galapagos spreading center

    Gary R. Byerly;William G. Melson;Peter R. Vogt

  • Spherule beds 3.47-3.24 billion years old in the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa: a record of large meteorite impacts and their influence on early crustal and biological evolution.

    Donald R. Lowe;Gary R. Byerly;Frank T. Kyte;Alexander Shukolyukov

  • Geologic Evolution of the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa

    Donald R. Lowe;Gary R. Byerly

  • Early Archean spherule beds: Chromium isotopes confirm origin through multiple impacts of projectiles of carbonaceous chondrite type

    Frank T. Kyte;Alex Shukolyukov;Guenter W. Lugmair;Donald R. Lowe

  • A New Model for Barberton Komatiites: Deep Critical Melting with High Melt Retention

    Christophe C. M. Robin-Popieul;Nicholas T. Arndt;Catherine Chauvel;Gary R. Byerly

  • A Catalog of the Major Element Chemistry of Abyssal Volcanic Glasses

    William G. Melson;Gary R. Byerly;Joseph A. Nelen;Timothy O'Hearn

  • Insights into early Earth from Barberton komatiites: Evidence from lithophile isotope and trace element systematics

    I.S. Puchtel;J. Blichert-Toft;M. Touboul;R.J. Walker

  • Spinel from Archean impact spherules

    Gary R. Byerly;Donald R. Lowe

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald R. Lowe
Donald R. Lowe Stanford University
Allan H. Wilson
Allan H. Wilson University of the Witwatersrand
Thomas L. Wright
Thomas L. Wright United States Geological Survey
Alexander V. Sobolev
Alexander V. Sobolev Grenoble Alpes University
Igor S. Puchtel
Igor S. Puchtel University of Maryland, College Park
Catherine Chauvel
Catherine Chauvel Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Christoph Heubeck
Christoph Heubeck Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Richard J. Walker
Richard J. Walker University of Maryland, College Park
John M. Sinton
John M. Sinton University of Hawaii at Manoa
Nicholas T. Arndt
Nicholas T. Arndt Grenoble Alpes University

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