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Jeffrey A. Karson 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 Jeffrey A. Karson sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 232 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Jeffrey A. Karson 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 Jeffrey A. Karson sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 55 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jeffrey A. Karson is affiliated with Syracuse University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within the environmental and earth sciences.

The scientist's work covers main fields of study including Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research extends into specific subfields such as Environmental Chemistry, Atmospheric Science, and Global and Planetary Change.

The primary topics in their research include:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Jeffrey A. Karson has published in the venue Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Their recent publication from 2020 is titled "Abiotic hydrogen (H 2) sources and sinks near the Mid-Ocean Ridge (MOR) with implications for the subseafloor biosphere."

Frequent co-authors of Karson include:

  • Stacey L. Worman
  • Lincoln F. Pratson
  • William H. Schlesinger

Best Publications

  • A Serpentinite-Hosted Ecosystem: The Lost City Hydrothermal Field

    Deborah S. Kelley;Jeffrey A. Karson;Gretchen L. Früh-Green;Dana R. Yoerger

  • An off-axis hydrothermal vent field near the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 30° N

    Deborah S. Kelley;Jeffrey A. Karson;Donna K. Blackman;Gretchen L. Früh-Green

  • Chemistry of hot springs on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

    A. C. Campbell;M. R. Palmer;G. P. Klinkhammer;T. S. Bowers

  • Structural settings of hydrothermal outflow: Fracture permeability maintained by fault propagation and interaction

    Daniel Curewitz;Jeffrey A Karson

  • 30,000 Years of Hydrothermal Activity at the Lost City Vent Field

    Gretchen L. Früh-Green;Deborah S. Kelley;Stefano M. Bernasconi;Jeffrey A. Karson

  • Along-axis variations in seafloor spreading in the MARK area

    J. A. Karson;G. Thompson;S. E. Humphris;J. M. Edmond

  • Tectonics of ridge-transform intersections at the Kane fracture zone

    J. A. Karson;H. J. B. Dick

  • Mass transfer and fluid flow during detachment faulting and development of an oceanic core complex, Atlantis Massif (MAR 30°N)

    Chiara Boschi;Gretchen L. Früh-Green;Adélie Delacour;Jeffrey A. Karson

  • Structural processes at slow-spreading ridges.

    John C. Mutter;Jeffrey A. Karson

  • Geology of the Atlantis Massif (Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 30° N): Implications for the evolution of an ultramafic oceanic core complex

    Donna K. Blackman;Jeffrey A. Karson;Deborah S. Kelley;Johnson R. Cann

  • Faulting and magmatism at mid-ocean ridges

    W. Roger Buck;Paul T. Delaney;Jeffrey A. Karson;Yves Lagabrielle

  • Detachment shear zone of the Atlantis Massif core complex, Mid‐Atlantic Ridge, 30°N

    Jeffrey A. Karson;Jeffrey A. Karson;Gretchen L. Fruh-Green;Deborah S. Kelley;E. A. Williams

  • East African Rift System (EARS) Plume Structure: Insights from Quaternary Mafic Lavas of Turkana, Kenya

    Tanya Furman;Julia G. Bryce;Jeffrey Karson;Annamaria Iotti

  • Precambrian accretionary tectonics in the Bou Azzer-El Graara region, Anti-Atlas, Morocco

    Ali Saquaque;Hassan Admou;Jeffrey Karson;Kevin Hefferan

  • Emplacement of deep crustal and mantle rocks on the west median valley wall of the MARK area (MAR, 23°N)

    Catherine Mével;Mathilde Cannat;Pascal Gente;Eva Marion

  • Block-tilting, transfer faults, and structural control of magmatic and hydrothermal processesin the TAG area, Mid-Atlantic Ridge 26°N

    Jeffrey A. Karson;Peter A. Rona

  • Coastal Complex, western Newfoundland: An Early Ordovician oceanic fracture zone

    J. Karson;J. F. Dewey

  • Internal structure of oceanic lithosphere : A perspective from tectonic Windows

    Jeffrey A. Karson

  • Anti-Atlas (Morocco) role in Neoproterozoic Western Gondwana reconstruction

    Kevin P Hefferan;Hassan Admou;Jeffrey A Karson;Ali Saquaque

  • Geologic Structure of the Uppermost Oceanic Crust Created at Fast- to Intermediate-Rate Spreading Centers

    Jeffrey A. Karson

Frequent Co-Authors

Deborah S. Kelley
Deborah S. Kelley University of Washington
Jeffrey S. Gee
Jeffrey S. Gee University of California, San Diego
Mathilde Cannat
Mathilde Cannat Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Timothy M. Shank
Timothy M. Shank Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
John F. Casey
John F. Casey University of Houston
Bryndís Brandsdóttir
Bryndís Brandsdóttir University of Iceland
Maurice A. Tivey
Maurice A. Tivey Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Yves Lagabrielle
Yves Lagabrielle University of Rennes
Gail L. Christeson
Gail L. Christeson The University of Texas at Austin

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