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D-Index
39
Citations
5624
World Ranking
6156
National Ranking
2210

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

J. Douglas Walker is affiliated with the University of Kansas in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions spanning 24 publications in this main field. Their work extends into several subfields including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Atmospheric Science, Geology, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

The scientist's research topics cover a broad spectrum, centering on Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological Modeling and Analysis, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, earthquake and tectonic studies, and Geological Studies and Exploration.

Walker has authored multiple papers, with selected recent works including:

  • Community established best practice recommendations for tephra studies-from collection through analysis (2022) published in Scientific Data
  • Life histories and niche dynamics in late Quaternary proboscideans from midwestern North America (2020) published in Quaternary Research
  • Community Established Best Practice Recommendations for Tephra Studies-from Collection through Analysis (2022) published in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Improving discoverability of tephra data through development of data upload templates and collection tools using community-driven best practices recommendations (2021) published in Goldschmidt2021 abstracts
  • StraboTools: A Mobile App for Quantifying Fabric in Geology (2020) published in GSA Today

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Walker include Joseph E. Andrew, Kristi L. Wallace, Marcus Bursik, Andrei V. Kurbatov, and Stephen C. Kuehn. The number of collaborations ranges from six to eight with each co-author.

Walker's work has been published often in specific venues, including Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America (15 publications), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) with 5 publications, Geosphere (3 publications), GSA Today (2 publications), and UNC Libraries (2 publications).

Among professional recognitions, J. Douglas Walker is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • A mantle melting profile across the Basin and Range, SW USA

    K. Wang;T. Plank;T. Plank;J. D. Walker;E. I. Smith

  • U-Pb zircon geochronology of late Neoproterozoic–Early Cambrian granitoids in Iran: Implications for paleogeography, magmatism, and exhumation history of Iranian basement

    Jamshid Hassanzadeh;Jamshid Hassanzadeh;Daniel F. Stockli;Brian K. Horton;Brian K. Horton;Gary J. Axen;Gary J. Axen

  • Geochemistry of Mafic Magmas in the Hurricane Volcanic Field, Utah: Implications for Small‐ and Large‐Scale Chemical Variability of the Lithospheric Mantle

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  • The Geological Society of America Geologic Time Scale

    J. D. Walker;J. W. Geissman;S. A. Bowring;Loren Babcock

  • Metamorphism, Melting, and Extension: Age Constraints from the High Himalayan Slab of Southeast Zanskar and Northwest Lahaul

    J. D. Walker;M. W. Martin;M. W. Martin;S. A. Bowring;S. A. Bowring;M. P. Searle

  • Extension in the Cretaceous Sevier orogen, North American Cordillera

    K. V. Hodges;J. D. Walker

  • Structural discordance between neogene detachments and frontal sevier thrusts, central Mormon Mountains, southern Nevada

    Brian Wernicke;J. Douglas Walker;Mark S. Beaufait

  • Variations across and along a major continental rift: An interdisciplinary study of the Basin and Range Province, western USA

    Craig H. Jones;Brian P. Wernicke;G.Lang Farmer;J.Douglas Walker

  • GSA Geologic Time Scale v. 5.0

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  • Permian and Triassic rocks of the Mojave Desert and their implications for timing and mechanisms of continental truncation

    J. Douglas Walker

  • 2009 GSA Geologic Time Scale

    J. D. Walker;J. W. Geissman

  • Magnitude and significance of Miocene crustal extension in the central Mojave Desert, California

    Allen F. Glazner;John M. Bartley;J. Douglas Walker

  • Late Silurian plutons in Yucatan

    M. B. Steiner;J. Douglas Walker

  • Relations between hinterland and foreland shortening: Sevier orogeny, central North American Cordillera

    Wanda J. Taylor;John M. Bartley;Mark W. Martin;John W. Geissman

  • Paleozoic and Mesozoic Evolution of East-Central California

    Calvin H. Stevens;Paul Stone;George C. Dunne;David C. Greene

  • Geochronologic and isotopic evidence for Triassic-Jurassic emplacement of the eugeoclinal allochthon in the Mojave Desert region, California

    Jonathan S. Miller;Allen F. Glazner;J. Douglas Walker;Mark W. Martin

  • Thermal and mechanical models for the structural and metamorphic evolution of the Zanskar High Himalaya

    M. P. Searle;D. J. Waters;M. W. Dransfield;B. J. Stephenson

  • Cenozoic evolution of the Mojave block of southern California

    Allen F. Glazner;J. Douglas Walker;John M. Bartley;John M. Fletcher

  • Large-magnitude continental extension: An example from the central Mojave metamorphic core complex

    John M. Fletcher;John M. Bartley;Mark W. Martin;Allen F. Glazner

  • Predicting the Geothermal Heat Flux in Greenland: A Machine Learning Approach

    Soroush Rezvanbehbahani;Leigh A. Stearns;Amir Kadivar;J. Douglas Walker

  • Evolution of a mafic volcanic field in the central Great Basin, south central Nevada

    G. M. Yogodzinski;T. R. Naumann;E. I. Smith;T. K. Bradshaw

  • Middle Holocene Bison diet and mobility in the eastern Great Plains (USA) based on δ13C, δ18O, and 87Sr/86Sr analyses of tooth enamel carbonate

    Chris Widga;J. Douglas Walker;Lisa D. Stockli

  • Evolution of extensional basins and basin and range topography west of Death Valley, California

    K. V. Hodges;L. W. McKenna;J. Stock;J. Knapp

  • Magnetite (U Th)/He dating and its application to the geochronology of intermediate to mafic volcanic rocks

    Terrence J. Blackburn;Daniel F. Stockli;J. Douglas Walker

  • THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE

    J. Douglas Walker

  • DETACHMENTS AND FRONTAL SEVIER THRUSTS, CENTRAL MORMON MOUNTAINS, SOUTHERN NEVADA

    J. Douglas Walker;Mark S. Beaufait

Frequent Co-Authors

Allen F. Glazner
Allen F. Glazner University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Daniel F. Stockli
Daniel F. Stockli The University of Texas at Austin
John M. Bartley
John M. Bartley University of Utah
Basil Tikoff
Basil Tikoff University of Wisconsin–Madison
Eric Kirby
Eric Kirby Oregon State University
Alan D. Wanamaker
Alan D. Wanamaker Iowa State University
Brian P. Wernicke
Brian P. Wernicke California Institute of Technology
Gary J. Axen
Gary J. Axen New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Drew S. Coleman
Drew S. Coleman University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kip V. Hodges
Kip V. Hodges Arizona State University

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