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Keith A. Howard 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 Keith A. Howard sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 190 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Keith A. Howard 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 Keith A. Howard sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Keith A. Howard is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions across related subfields including Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Artificial Intelligence, Earth-Surface Processes, and Ecology.

Their scholarly work encompasses a range of topics, such as:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Geological Formations and Processes
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes

Howard has authored numerous scientific papers, including recent publications such as:

  • "Cryptic evolved melts beneath monotonous basaltic shield volcanoes in the Galápagos Archipelago" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "Testing models of Laramide orogenic initiation by investigation of Late Cretaceous magmatic-tectonic evolution of the central Mojave sector of the California arc" (2021, Geosphere)
  • "Magmatic record of changing Cordilleran plate-boundary conditions-Insights from Lu-Hf isotopes in the Mojave Desert" (2023, Geosphere)
  • "New 10Be-26Al isochron burial dating informs the Pliocene and Pleistocene evolution of the lower Colorado River, southwestern United States" (2024, Episodes)
  • "Paleogene mid-crustal intrusions in the Ruby Mountains-East Humboldt Range metamorphic core complex, northeastern Nevada, USA" (2024, Geosphere)

Their work appears frequently in a variety of academic venues, including:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Geosphere
  • Nature Communications
  • Episodes
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin

Collaboration plays an important role in Howard's research, with frequent co-authors such as:

  • Ryan Crow
  • Joseph L. Wooden
  • J. Lawford Anderson
  • Charlotte M. Allen
  • P. Kyle House

Recognition for their professional contributions includes being named a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Crustal extension along a rooted system of imbricate low-angle faults: Colorado River extensional corridor, California and Arizona

    Keith A. Howard;Barbara E. John

  • Caldera Collapse in the Galápagos Islands, 1968 The largest known collapse since 1912 followed a flank eruption and explosive volcanism within the caldera

    Tom Simkin;Keith A. Howard

  • The Generation of Oceanic Rhyolites by Crystal Fractionation: the Basalt-Rhyolite Association at Volcán Alcedo, Galápagos Archipelago

    Dennis Geist;Keith A. Howard;Peter Larson

  • Avalanche mode of motion - Implications from lunar examples.

    Keith A. Howard

  • The pattern of circumferential and radial eruptive fissures on the volcanoes of Fernandina and Isabela islands, Galapagos

    William W Chadwick;Keith A Howard

  • Mid-crustal flow during Tertiary extension in the Ruby Mountains core complex, Nevada

    Tyler MacCready;Arthur W. Snoke;James E. Wright;Keith A. Howard

  • Pb isotopic evidence for the formation of Proterozoic crust in the southwestern United States

    J.L. Wooden;J.S. Stacey;Keith A. Howard;B.R. Doe

  • Lunar Maria and circular basins-a review

    Desiree E. Stuart-Alexander;Keith A. Howard

  • Flows of impact melt at lunar craters

    K. A. Howard;H. G. Wilshire

  • Geologic map of the south side of the Moon

    D.E. Wilhelms;K.A. Howard;H.G. Wilshire

  • Lunar basin formation and highland stratigraphy

    Keith A. Howard;D.E. Wilhelms;D.H. Scott

  • Anatomy of a metamorphic core complex: Seismic refraction/wide‐angle reflection profiling in southeastern California and western Arizona

    Jill McCarthy;Steven P. Larkin;Gary S. Fuis;Robert W. Simpson

  • The 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology of the eastern Mojave Desert, California, and adjacent western Arizona with implications for the evolution of metamorphic core complexes

    David A. Foster;T. Mark Harrison;Calvin F. Miller;Keith A. Howard

  • Preliminary geologic investigation of the Apollo 15 landing site

    G. A. Swann;N. G. Bailey;R. M. Batson;V. L. Freeman

  • Mountains and Calderas on Io: Possible Implications for Lithosphere Structure and Magma Generation

    Michael H. Carr;Alfred S. McEwen;Keith A. Howard;Frank C. Chuang

  • Correlation of the Peach Springs Tuff, a large-volume Miocene ignimbrite sheet in California and Arizona

    Allen F. Glazner;Jane E. Nielson;Keith A. Howard;David M. Miller

  • Intrusion of horizontal dikes: Tectonic significance of Middle Proterozoic diabase sheets widespread in the upper crust of the southwestern United States

    Keith A. Howard

  • Geological evolution of the Neoproterozoic Bemarivo Belt, northern Madagascar

    Ronald J. Thomas;B. De Waele;D. I. Schofield;K. M. Goodenough

  • Mapping variations in weight percent silica measured from multispectral thermal infrared imagery - Examples from the Hiller Mountains, Nevada, USA and Tres Virgenes-La Reforma, Baja California Sur, Mexico

    Simon J. Hook;Jane E. Dmochowski;Keith A. Howard;Lawrence C. Rowan

  • Triassic plutonism in southern California: Southward younging of arc initiation along a truncated continental margin

    A. P. Barth;R. M. Tosdal;J. L. Wooden;K. A. Howard

  • Metamorphic infrastructure in the northern Ruby Mountains, Nevada

    Keith A. Howard

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph L. Wooden
Joseph L. Wooden Stanford University
Dennis Geist
Dennis Geist University of Idaho
Barbara E. John
Barbara E. John University of Wyoming
Karl E. Karlstrom
Karl E. Karlstrom University of New Mexico
Rebecca J. Dorsey
Rebecca J. Dorsey University of Oregon
Robert W. Simpson
Robert W. Simpson United States Geological Survey
James W. Head
James W. Head Brown University
Arthur W. Snoke
Arthur W. Snoke University of Wyoming
David A. Foster
David A. Foster University of Florida
Charlotte M. Allen
Charlotte M. Allen Queensland University of Technology

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