2026 Karlis Muehlenbachs: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	71	940	832	42	38	248	13745

Overview

Karlis Muehlenbachs is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada. Their research spans multiple areas within Earth and Environmental Sciences, focusing particularly on the dynamics of gases in the atmosphere and the geochemical properties of geological formations.

Their main fields of study include Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Within these domains, their work engages with several specialized subfields:

Geophysics
Global and Planetary Change
Mechanics of Materials
Environmental Chemistry
Geochemistry and Petrology

Key research topics addressed by Muehlenbachs include:

Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
Geological and Geochemical Analysis
High-Pressure Geophysics and Materials
Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis

Muehlenbachs has contributed to the academic literature with papers published in journals such as Atmospheric Environment X and Mineralogy and Petrology. Notable publications include:

"Using in situ measurements of δ13C in methane to investigate methane emissions from the western Canada sedimentary basin" (2024), published in Atmospheric Environment X
"Victor diamonds - replacement of carbon and nitrogen in the central Superior Craton mantle root associated with the Midcontinent Rift event" (2025), published in Mineralogy and Petrology

The scientist frequently collaborates with others in their field. Frequent co-authors in their publications are:

Sébastien Ars
Gabriela González Arismendi
Douglas E. J. Worthy
Felix Vogel
Luísa D.V. Carvalho

Best Publications

Oxygen isotope composition of the oceanic crust and its bearing on seawater

K. Muehlenbachs;R. N. Clayton

468
Citations
Early Life Recorded in Archean Pillow Lavas

Harald Furnes;Neil R. Banerjee;Neil R. Banerjee;Karlis Muehlenbachs;Hubert Staudigel

395
Citations
The fingerprint of seawater circulation in a 500-meter section of ocean crust gabbros

Stanley R. Hart;Jerzy Blusztajn;Henry J.B. Dick;Peter S. Meyer;Peter S. Meyer

340
Citations
Isotopic evidence for geochemical decoupling between ancient epeiric seas and bordering oceans: Implications for secular curves

C. Holmden;R. A. Creaser;K. Muehlenbachs;S. A. Leslie

334
Citations
Oxygen Isotope Studies of Fresh and Weathered Submarine Basalts

Karlis Muehlenbachs;Robert N. Clayton

324
Citations
A Vestige of Earth's Oldest Ophiolite

Harald Furnes;Maarten de Wit;Hubert Staudigel;Minik Rosing

309
Citations
Alteration of the oceanic crust and the 18 O history of seawater

Karlis Muehlenbachs

288
Citations
Helium, oxygen, strontium and neodymium isotopic relationships in Icelandic volcanics

M. Condomines;K. Grönvold;P.J. Hooker;K. Muehlenbachs

285
Citations
Geochemistry of reduced gas related to serpentinization of the Zambales ophiolite, Philippines

T.A. Abrajano;N.C. Sturchio;B.M. Kennedy;G.L. Lyon

271
Citations
An oxygen isotopic profile through the upper kilometer of the oceanic crust, DSDP hole 504B

Jeffrey C. Alt;Karlis Muehlenbachs;Jose Honnorez

261
Citations
The oxygen isotopic composition of the oceans, sediments and the seafloor

Karlis Muehlenbachs

258
Citations
Isotope reversals and universal stages and trends of gas maturation in sealed, self-contained petroleum systems

Barbara Tilley;Karlis Muehlenbachs

231
Citations
Evidence for microbial activity at the glass-alteration interface in oceanic basalts

Terje Torsvik;Harald Furnes;Karlis Muehlenbachs;Ingunn H Thorseth

214
Citations
Dual origins of lode gold deposits in the Canadian Cordillera

Bruce E. Nesbitt;James B. Murowchick;Karlis Muehlenbachs

211
Citations
Microbes play an important role in the alteration of oceanic crust

I.H. Thorseth;T. Torsvik;H. Furnes;K. Muehlenbachs

210
Citations
Low-O18 basalts from Iceland

Karlis Muehlenbachs;Alfred T. Anderson;Gudmundur E. Sigvaldason

204
Citations
Gas isotope reversals in fractured gas reservoirs of the western Canadian Foothills: Mature shale gases in disguise

Barbara Tilley;Scott McLellan;Stephen Hiebert;Bob Quartero

201
Citations
A new proposal concerning the botanical origin of Baltic amber

Alexander P. Wolfe;Ralf Tappert;Karlis Muehlenbachs;Marc Boudreau

197
Citations
A fresh isotopic look at Greenland kimberlites: Cratonic mantle lithosphere imprint on deep source signal

Sebastian Tappe;D. Graham Pearson;Geoff Nowell;Troels Nielsen

191
Citations
Oxygen and carbon isotope evidence for seawater-hydrothermal alteration of the Macquarie Island ophiolite

J.D. Cocker;B.J. Griffin;K. Muehlenbachs

181
Citations
Oxygen Isotope Geochemistry of Submarine Greenstones

K. Muehlenbachs;R. N. Clayton

178
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Harald Furnes University of Bergen

Hubert Staudigel University of California, San Diego

Jeffrey C. Alt University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Thomas Stachel University of Alberta

Neil R. Banerjee University of Western Ontario

Alexander P. Wolfe University of Alberta

Robert A. Creaser University of Alberta

Ingunn H. Thorseth University of Bergen

Jeff W. Harris University of Glasgow

Maarten J. de Wit Nelson Mandela University

External Links

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