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John R. Hopper is affiliated with the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland in Denmark. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering, with particular focus on subfields including Geology, Geophysics, Mechanics of Materials, Atmospheric Science, and Environmental Chemistry.

The topics addressed in their work include:

  • Geological Studies and Exploration
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies

Several recent publications by John R. Hopper reflect their involvement in diverse geological and geophysical research areas. These include:

  • Towards a process-based understanding of rifted continental margins, 2023, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Greenland Geothermal Heat Flow Database and Map (Version 1), 2022, Earth system science data
  • Three-phased latest Jurassic-Eocene rifting and mild mid-Cenozoic compression offshore NE Greenland, 2021, Tectonophysics
  • Paleocene-Eocene volcanic segmentation of the Norwegian-Greenland seaway reorganized high-latitude ocean circulation, 2021, Communications Earth & Environment
  • Tectonostratigraphy and evolution of the West Greenland continental margin, 2020, Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark

Frequent collaborators in their research encompass a group of scientists with whom Hopper has co-authored multiple publications, including:

  • Michael B.W. Fyhn
  • Henrik Nøhr-Hansen
  • Paul Cornils Knutz
  • Ulrik Gregersen
  • Zhirui Ray Wang

John R. Hopper has published repeatedly in several venues associated with geological and geophysical research. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Geological Society London Memoirs
  • Scientific Drilling
  • GEUS Bulletin
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Geophysical Journal International

Best Publications

  • Crustal structure of the southeast Greenland margin from joint refraction and reflection seismic tomography

    J. Korenaga;W. S. Holbrook;G. M. Kent;P. B. Kelemen

  • GlobSed: Updated total sediment thickness in the World’s oceans

    E.O. Straume;Carmen Gaina;S. Medvedev;Katharina Hochmuth

  • Mantle thermal structure and active upwelling during continental breakup in the North Atlantic

    W.Steven Holbrook;H.C. Larsen;J. Korenaga;T. Dahl-Jensen

  • Structure of the SE Greenland margin from seismic reflection and refraction data: Implications for nascent spreading center subsidence and asymmetric crustal accretion during North Atlantic opening

    John R. Hopper;Trine Dahl-Jensen;W. Steven Holbrook;Hans Christian Larsen

  • Crustal structure of the ocean‐continent transition at Flemish Cap: Seismic refraction results

    Thomas Funck;John R. Hopper;Hans Christian Larsen;Keith E. Louden

  • Continental breakup and the onset of ultraslow seafloor spreading off Flemish Cap on the Newfoundland rifted margin

    John R. Hopper;Thomas Funck;Brian E. Tucholke;Hans Christian Larsen

  • The effect of lower crustal flow on continental extension and passive margin formation

    John R. Hopper;W. Roger Buck

  • Crustal structure across the Grand Banks—Newfoundland Basin Continental Margin — I. Results from a seismic refraction profile

    K. W. Helen Lau;Keith E. Louden;Sharon Deemer;Jeremy Hall

  • Seismic velocity structure of the rifted margin of the eastern Grand Banks of Newfoundland, Canada

    Harm J. A. Van Avendonk;W. Steven Holbrook;Gregory T. Nunes;Donna J. Shillington

  • The nature of the acoustic basement on Mendeleev and northwestern Alpha ridges, Arctic Ocean

    Vibeke Bruvoll;Yngve Kristoffersen;Bernard J. Coakley;John R. Hopper

  • Magmatism and rift margin evolution: Evidence from northwest Australia

    John R. Hopper;John C. Mutter;Roger L. Larson;Carolyn Z. Mutter

  • Evidence for asymmetric nonvolcanic rifting and slow incipient oceanic accretion from seismic reflection data on the Newfoundland margin

    Donna J. Shillington;Donna J. Shillington;W. Steven Holbrook;Harm J. A. Van Avendonk;Brian E. Tucholke

  • From rift to drift: Mantle melting during continental breakup

    Thomas K. Nielsen;John R. Hopper

  • Bathymetry, controlled source seismic and gravity observations of the Mendeleev ridge : implications for ridge structure, origin, and regional tectonics

    Dayton Dove;Bernard Coakley;John Hopper;Yngve Kristoffersen

  • Towards a process-based understanding of rifted continental margins

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  • Hydrate occurrence in Europe: A review of available evidence

    Timothy A. Minshull;Hector Marín-Moreno;Peter Betlem;Joerg Bialas

  • Hemipelagic deposits on the Mendeleev and northwestern Alpha submarine Ridges in the Arctic Ocean: acoustic stratigraphy, depositional environment and an inter-ridge correlation calibrated by the ACEX results

    Vibeke Bruvoll;Yngve Kristoffersen;Bernard J. Coakley;John R. Hopper

  • Regional distribution of volcanism within the North Atlantic Igneous Province

    Jim Á Horni;John R. Hopper;Anett Blischke;Wolfram H. Geisler

  • The initiation of rifting at constant tectonic force: Role of diffusion creep

    John R. Hopper;W. Roger Buck

  • Contrasting rifted margin styles south of Greenland: implications for mantle plume dynamics

    Thomas K. Nielsen;Hans Christian Larsen;John R. Hopper

  • Styles of extensional decoupling

    John R. Hopper;W. Roger Buck

Frequent Co-Authors

Keith E. Louden
Keith E. Louden Dalhousie University
Brian E. Tucholke
Brian E. Tucholke Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
W. Steven Holbrook
W. Steven Holbrook Virginia Tech
Carmen Gaina
Carmen Gaina University of Oslo
Bernard Coakley
Bernard Coakley University of Alaska Fairbanks
Mads Huuse
Mads Huuse University of Manchester
Timothy A. Minshull
Timothy A. Minshull University of Southampton
Yngve Kristoffersen
Yngve Kristoffersen University of Bergen
Graham M. Kent
Graham M. Kent University of Nevada Reno
Martyn S. Stoker
Martyn S. Stoker University of Adelaide

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