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Karl E. Karlstrom 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 Karl E. Karlstrom sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 515 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Karl E. Karlstrom 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 Karl E. Karlstrom sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 60 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - GSA Distinguished Service Award, The Geological Society of America

Overview

Karl E. Karlstrom is affiliated with the University of New Mexico in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a total of 132 publications in the field. Significant subfields include Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Paleontology, and Artificial Intelligence.

The scientist's work covers a diverse array of main topics, including Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geological formations and processes, and High-pressure geophysics and materials.

Karlstrom has contributed papers to several reputable publication venues. Among the most frequent are:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Geology
  • Geosphere
  • Precambrian Research
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin

Their recent published papers provide insight into their research focus. Titles include:

  • Limited underthrusting of India below Tibet: 3He/4He analysis of thermal springs locates the mantle suture in continental collision (2022), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Redefining the Tonto Group of Grand Canyon and recalibrating the Cambrian time scale (2020), published in Geology
  • Asynchronous trilobite extinctions at the early to middle Cambrian transition (2020), published in Geology
  • Geochronologic and Hf-isotope framework of Proterozoic rocks from central New Mexico, USA: Formation of the Mazatzal crustal province in an extended continental margin arc (2020), published in Precambrian Research
  • Redefining the age of the lower Colorado River, southwestern United States (2021), published in Geology

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, among them:

  • Laura J. Crossey (32 joint publications)
  • Matthew T. Heizler (22 joint publications)
  • Mark D. Schmitz (15 joint publications)
  • Carol M. Dehler (11 joint publications)
  • James W. Hagadorn (11 joint publications)

Karlstrom received the GSA Distinguished Service Award from The Geological Society of America in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Assembly, configuration, and break-up history of Rodinia: A synthesis

    Z.X. Li;Z.X. Li;S.V. Bogdanova;A.S. Collins;A. Davidson

  • Tectonic model for the Proterozoic growth of North America

    Steven J. Whitmeyer;Karl E. Karlstrom

  • Refining Rodinia: Geologic evidence for the Australia-Western U.S. Connection in the Proterozoic

    Karl E. Karlstrom;Stephen S. Harlan;Michael L. Williams;James McLelland

  • Long-lived (1.8-1.0 Ga) convergent orogen in southern Laurentia, its extensions to Australia and Baltica, and implications for refining Rodinia

    Karl E. Karlstrom;Karl Inge Åhäll;Stephen S. Harlan;Michael L. Williams

  • Early Proterozoic Assembly of Tectonostratigraphic Terranes in Southwestern North America

    Karl E. Karlstrom;Samuel A. Bowring

  • Continuing Colorado plateau uplift by delamination-style convective lithospheric downwelling

    A. Levander;B. Schmandt;M. S. Miller;K. Liu

  • Detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology of Paleozoic strata in the Grand Canyon, Arizona

    George E. Gehrels;Ron Blakey;Karl E. Karlstrom;J. Michael Timmons

  • Inversion of Proterozoic extensional faults: An explanation for the pattern of Laramide and Ancestral Rockies intracratonic deformation, United States

    Stephen Marshak;Karl Karlstrom;J. Michael Timmons

  • Persistent influence of Proterozoic accretionary boundaries in the tectonic evolution of southwestern North America Interaction of cratonic grain and mantle modification events

    Karl E. Karlstrom;Eugene D. Humphreys

  • The Cheyenne Belt: analysis of a Proterozoic suture in southern Wyoming

    K.E. Karlstrom;R.S. Houston

  • Mesoproterozoic contractional orogeny in western North America: Evidence from ca. 1.4 Ga plutons

    M. W. Nyman;K. E. Karlstrom;E. Kirby;C. M. Graubard

  • Transcontinental Proterozoic provinces

    J. Lawford Anderson;E. Erik Bender;Raymond R. Anderson;Paul W. Bauer

  • Degassing of mantle-derived CO2 and He from springs in the southern Colorado Plateau region—Neotectonic connections and implications for groundwater systems

    Laura J. Crossey;Karl E. Karlstrom;Abraham E. Springer;Dennis Newell

  • Mantle-driven dynamic uplift of the Rocky Mountains and Colorado Plateau and its surface response: Toward a unified hypothesis

    K.E. Karlstrom;D. Coblentz;K. Dueker;W. Ouimet;W. Ouimet

  • Growth, stabilization, and reactivation of Proterozoic lithosphere in the southwestern United States

    Samuel A. Bowring;Karl E. Karlstrom

  • Mesoproterozoic-trans-Laurentian magmatism: A synthesis of continent-wide age distributions, new SIMS U–Pb ages, zircon saturation temperatures, and Hf and Nd isotopic compositions

    M.E. Bickford;W.R. Van Schmus;K.E. Karlstrom;P.A. Mueller

  • Model for tectonically driven incision of the younger than 6 Ma Grand Canyon

    Karl E. Karlstrom;Ryan Crow;L.J. Crossey;D. Coblentz

  • Dissected hydrologic system at the Grand Canyon: Interaction between deeply derived fluids and plateau aquifer waters in modern springs and travertine

    Laura J. Crossey;Tobias P. Fischer;P. Jonathan Patchett;Karl E. Karlstrom

  • Chuar Group of the Grand Canyon: record of breakup of Rodinia, associated change in the global carbon cycle, and ecosystem expansion by 740 Ma

    Karl E. Karlstrom;Samuel A. Bowring;Carol M. Dehler;Andrew H. Knoll

  • Distinct crustal isostasy trends east and west of the Rocky Mountain Front

    Brandon Schmandt;Fan Chi Lin;Karl E. Karlstrom

  • Tectonic significance of an Early Proterozoic two-province boundary in central Arizona

    Karl E. Karlstrom;Samuel A. Bowring;Clay M. Conway

Frequent Co-Authors

Laura J. Crossey
Laura J. Crossey University of New Mexico
George E. Gehrels
George E. Gehrels University of Arizona
Matt Heizler
Matt Heizler New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Eric Kirby
Eric Kirby Oregon State University
Victor J. Polyak
Victor J. Polyak University of New Mexico
Yemane Asmerom
Yemane Asmerom University of New Mexico
Brandon Schmandt
Brandon Schmandt University of New Mexico
David L. Shuster
David L. Shuster University of California, Berkeley
William C. McIntosh
William C. McIntosh New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Mark D. Schmitz
Mark D. Schmitz Boise State University

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