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L. J. Robb 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 L. J. Robb sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 95 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

L. J. Robb 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 L. J. Robb sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 20th percentile

20% 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 Royal Society of South Africa
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa

Overview

L. J. Robb is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, contributing to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Computer Science. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Paleontology, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Earth-Surface Processes.

Their research primarily focuses on geological and geochemical analysis, with significant contributions to geochemistry and geologic mapping, high-pressure geophysics and materials, earthquake and tectonic studies, paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, geological formations and processes, and geological and geophysical studies.

Among their recent papers are:

  • "The formation of lithium-rich pegmatites through multi-stage melting" (2023, Geology)
  • "Oxidized sulfur-rich arc magmas formed porphyry Cu deposits by 1.88 Ga" (2021, Nature Communications)
  • "Timing of Syenite-Charnockite Magmatism and Ruby and Sapphire Metamorphism in the Mogok Valley Region, Myanmar" (2020, Tectonics)
  • "Precambrian tectonic evolution of Earth: an outline" (2021, South African Journal of Geology)
  • "Ore Deposits: Origin, Exploration, and Exploitation" (2020, Economic Geology)

L. J. Robb's frequent collaborators include:

  • Nicholas J. Gardiner
  • Richard M. Palin
  • Judith A. Kinnaird
  • Lot Koopmans
  • Leonidas Vonopartis

They have published extensively in venues such as the South African Journal of Geology, Mineralium Deposita, Earth-Science Reviews, Lithos, and Economic Geology.

L. J. Robb has been recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa.

Best Publications

  • Tectonic evolution of the Sibumasu-Indochina terrane collision zone in Thailand and Malaysia: constraints from new U-Pb zircon chronology of SE Asian tin granitoids

    Michael P Searle;Martin J Whitehouse;Laurence J Robb;Azman A Ghani

  • A review of the geochronological constraints on the evolution of the Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa

    M. Poujol;L.J. Robb;C.R. Anhaeusser;B. Gericke

  • The History of Granulite-Facies Metamorphism and Crustal Growth from Single Zircon U-Pb Geochronology: Namaqualand, South Africa

    L. J. Robb;R. A. Armstrong;D. J. Waters

  • Geochronology of the Nchanga Granite, and constraints on the maximum age of the Katanga Supergroup, Zambian Copperbelt

    Richard Armstrong;S Master;L Robb

  • Provenance ages of the Neoproterozoic Katanga Supergroup (Central African Copperbelt), with implications for basin evolution

    S Master;C. Rainaud;Richard Armstrong;David Phillips

  • The closure of Palaeo-Tethys in Eastern Myanmar and Northern Thailand: New insights from zircon U–Pb and Hf isotope data

    N.J. Gardiner;M.P. Searle;C.K. Morley;Martin J. Whitehouse

  • Petrogenesis of Malaysian granitoids in the Southeast Asian tin belt: Part 1. Geochemical and Sr-Nd isotopic characteristics

    Samuel Wai Pan Ng;Sun Lin Chung;Sun Lin Chung;Laurence J. Robb;Michael P. Searle

  • U-Pb Ages on Single Detrital Zircon Grains from the Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa: Constraints on the Age of Sedimentation and on the Evolution of Granites Adjacent to the Basin

    L. J. Robb;D. W. Davis;S. L. Kamo

  • Petrogenesis of Malaysian granitoids in the Southeast Asian tin belt: Part 2. U-Pb zircon geochronology and tectonic model

    Samuel Wai Pan Ng;Martin J. Whitehouse;Michael P. Searle;Laurence J. Robb

  • Geochronology and nature of the Palaeoproterozoic basement in the Central African Copperbelt (Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo), with regional implications

    C. Rainaud;S Master;Richard Armstrong;L Robb

  • Neo-Tethyan magmatism and metallogeny in Myanmar - An Andean analogue?

    Nicholas J. Gardiner;Michael P. Searle;Laurence J. Robb;Christopher K. Morley

  • Transitional I S type characteristic in the Main Range Granite, Peninsular Malaysia

    Azman A. Ghani;Michael Searle;Laurence Robb;Sun-Lin Chung

  • Contrasting granite metallogeny through the zircon record : a case study from Myanmar

    Nicholas J. Gardiner;Nicholas J. Gardiner;Chris J. Hawkesworth;Laurence J. Robb;Martin J. Whitehouse

  • Archean rapakivi granite-anorthosite-rhyolite complex in the Witwatersrand basin hinterland, southern Africa

    M. Moore;D. W. Davis;L. J. Robb;M. C. Jackson

  • The tectonic and metallogenic framework of Myanmar: A Tethyan mineral system

    Nicholas J. Gardiner;Laurence J. Robb;Christopher K. Morley;Michael P. Searle

  • Monazite U-Pb dating and 40 Ar- 39 Ar thermochronology of metamorphic events in the Central African Copperbelt during the Pan-African Lufilian Orogeny

    C. Rainaud;S Master;Richard Armstrong;David Phillips

  • Ages of altered granites adjoining the Witwatersrand Basin with implications for the origin of gold and uranium

    L. J. Robb;D. W. Davis;S. L. Kamo;F. M. Meyer

  • The crustal architecture of Myanmar imaged through zircon U-Pb, Lu-Hf and O isotopes: Tectonic and metallogenic implications

    Nicholas J. Gardiner;Michael P. Searle;Christopher K. Morley;Laurence J. Robb

  • 3.07-2.97 Ga greenstone belt formation in the northeastern Kaapvaal Craton; implications for the origin of the Witwatersrand Basin

    Marc Poujol;Laurence J. Robb;Jean-Patrick Respaut;Carl R. Anhaeusser

  • Tectono‐metamorphic setting and paragenetic sequence of Au‐U mineralisation in the Archaean Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa

    L. J. Robb;E. G. Charlesworth;G. R. Drennan;R. L. Gibson

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Armstrong
Richard Armstrong Australian National University
Marc Poujol
Marc Poujol University of Rennes
Sandra L. Kamo
Sandra L. Kamo University of Toronto
David Phillips
David Phillips University of Melbourne
Donald W. Davis
Donald W. Davis University of Toronto

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