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2026

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Earth Science

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Citations
10785
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Mexico Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Mexico Leader Award

Overview

J. Duncan Keppie is affiliated with the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with specific attention to geophysics, paleontology, artificial intelligence applications, atmospheric science, and geochemistry and petrology. These detailed subfields support a broader investigation into geological and geochemical analysis, high-pressure geophysics and materials, earthquake and tectonic studies, as well as paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils.

Keppie's scholarly output includes papers published in a variety of respected venues. Frequent publication outlets include the Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences and Geological Society London Special Publications, each hosting two of their papers. Other venues include Earth-Science Reviews, Lithosphere, and the Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.

Some notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Keppie are:

  • "Greater Avalonia-latest Ediacaran-Ordovician 'peribaltic' terrane bounded by continental margin prisms ('Ganderia,' Harlech Dome, Meguma): Review, tectonic implications, and paleogeography" (2021, Earth-Science Reviews)
  • "The northern Appalachian terrane wreck model" (2021, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences)
  • "Review and tectonic interpretation of Precambrian Avalonia" (2023, Geological Society London Special Publications)
  • "A tectonic solution for the Early Cambrian palaeogeographical enigma" (2023, Geological Society London Special Publications)
  • "Formation of Anorthositic Rocks within the Blair River Inlier of Northern Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia (Canada)" (2020, Lithosphere)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Keppie include:

  • D. Fraser Keppie
  • J. Dostál
  • Ed Landing
  • Gerd Geyer
  • Stephen R. Westrop

The topics most prominently addressed in Keppie's work encompass:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis

Best Publications

  • Origin of the Rheic Ocean: rifting along a Neoproterozoic suture?

    J. Brendan Murphy;Gabriel Gutierrez-Alonso;R. Damian Nance;Javier Fernandez-Suarez

  • A Cordilleran model for the evolution of Avalonia

    R.Damian Nance;J.Brendan Murphy;J.Duncan Keppie

  • Neoproterozoic—Early Paleozoic evolution of peri-Gondwanan terranes: implications for Laurentia-Gondwana connections

    J. Brendan Murphy;Sergei A. Pisarevsky;R. Damian Nance;J. Duncan Keppie

  • A brief history of the Rheic Ocean

    R. Damian Nance;Gabriel Gutiérrez-Alonso;J. Duncan Keppie;Ulf Linnemann

  • Neoproterozoic-early Palaeozoic tectonostratigraphy and palaeogeography of the peri-Gondwanan terranes: Amazonian v. West African connections

    R. Damian Nance;J. Brendan Murphy;Rob A. Strachan;J. Duncan Keppie

  • 990 and 1100 Ma Grenvillian tectonothermal events in the northern Oaxacan Complex, southern Mexico: roots of an orogen

    Luigi Augusto Solari;J. D. Keppie;F. Ortega-Gutiérrez;K. L. Cameron

  • Tethyan, Mediterranean, and Pacific analogues for the Neoproterozoic-Paleozoic birth and development of peri-Gondwanan terranes and their transfer to Laurentia and Laurussia

    J.Duncan Keppie;R.Damian Nance;J.Brendan Murphy;J. Dostal

  • Geochronology and geochemistry of Grenvillian igneous suites in the northern Oaxacan Complex, southern Mexico: Tectonic implications

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  • U-Pb geochronological constraints on Precambrian stratified units in the Avalon Composite Terrane of Nova Scotia, Canada: tectonic implications

    J Duncan Keppie;D W Davis;T E Krogh

  • Contiguous rather than discrete Paleozoic histories for the Avalon and Meguma terranes based on detrital zircon data

    J. Brendan Murphy;Javier Fernández-Suárez;J. Duncan Keppie;Teresa E. Jeffries

  • Synthesis and tectonic interpretation of the westernmost Paleozoic Variscan orogen in southern Mexico: From rifted Rheic margin to active Pacific margin

    J. Duncan Keppie;Jaroslav Dostal;J. Brendan Murphy;R. Damian Nance

  • Odyssey of terranes in the Iapetus and Rheic oceans during the Paleozoic

    J. Duncan Keppie;Victor A. Ramos

  • Pre-Mesozoic Geology in France and Related Areas

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  • A Grenvillian arc on the margin of Amazonia: evidence from the southern Oaxacan Complex, southern Mexico

    J.Duncan Keppie;J Dostal;F Ortega-Gutiérrez;R Lopez

  • Middle to late Paleozoic Acadian orogeny in the northern Appalachians: A Laramide-style plume-modified orogeny?

    J. Brendan Murphy;Cees R. van Staal;J. Duncan Keppie

  • Terminal Cambrian and lowest Ordovician succession of Mexican West Gondwana: biotas and sequence stratigraphy of the Tiñu Formation

    Ed Landing;Stephen R. Westrop;John D. Keppie

  • Laurentia-Gondwana Connections before Pangea

    V.A. Ramos;J.D. Keppie

  • Tectonic Implications of Alternative Cenozoic Reconstructions for Southern Mexico and the Chortis Block

    J. Duncan Keppie;Dante J. Morán-Zenteno

  • Comparative evolution of the Iapetus and Rheic Oceans: A North America perspective

    J. Brendan Murphy;J. Duncan Keppie;R. Damian Nance;Jaroslav Dostal

  • The Maya-Chortís Boundary: A Tectonostratigraphic Approach

    Fernando Ortega-Gutiérrez;Luigi A. Solari;Carlos Ortega-Obregón;Mariano Elías-Herrera

  • Neoproterozoic-early Paleozoic evolution of Avalonia

    J. Brendan Murphy;J. Duncan Keppie;J. Dostal;R. Damian Nance

  • Ancient Orogens and Modern Analogues

    J. B. Murphy;J. D. Keppie;A. J. Hynes

  • Evolution of the Rheic Ocean

    Erdin Bozkurt;M. Francisco Pereira;Robin Strachan;Cecilio Quesada

Frequent Co-Authors

J. Brendan Murphy
J. Brendan Murphy St. Francis Xavier University
R. Damian Nance
R. Damian Nance Ohio University
Fernando Ortega-Gutiérrez
Fernando Ortega-Gutiérrez National Autonomous University of Mexico
Luigi Augusto Solari
Luigi Augusto Solari National Autonomous University of Mexico
J. Gregory Shellnutt
J. Gregory Shellnutt National Taiwan Normal University
J. Dostal
J. Dostal Saint Mary's University
Javier Fernández-Suárez
Javier Fernández-Suárez Complutense University of Madrid
Gabriel Gutiérrez-Alonso
Gabriel Gutiérrez-Alonso University of Salamanca
Teresa E. Jeffries
Teresa E. Jeffries Natural History Museum
Craig Storey
Craig Storey University of Portsmouth

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