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Márcio Martins Pimentel

Márcio Martins Pimentel

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Earth Science
Brazil
2023

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Earth Science

D-Index
64
Citations
12108
World Ranking
1530
National Ranking
4

Márcio Martins Pimentel 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 Márcio Martins Pimentel sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 243 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Márcio Martins Pimentel 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 Márcio Martins Pimentel sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% 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

  • 2023 - Research.com Earth Science in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Brazil Leader Award

Overview

Márcio Martins Pimentel was affiliated with the University of Brasília in Brazil. Their research focused primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with particular emphasis on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Paleontology, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Demography as subfields.

Their work covered several main topics, including:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • History and Politics in Latin America
  • Geological Formations and Processes

Márcio Martins Pimentel contributed to various academic journals, with a significant number of publications appearing in the Journal of South American Earth Sciences. Other venues included the Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales, Precambrian Research, Razão Contábil e Finanças, and Continence.

Prominent papers authored or co-authored by Márcio Martins Pimentel comprised:

  • "U-Pb detrital zircon dating applied to metavolcano-sedimentary complexes of the São Gabriel Terrane: New constraints on the evolution of the Dom Feliciano Belt," 2021, Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • "Neoproterozoic (740-680 Ma) arc-back-arc magmatism in the Sergipano Belt, southern Borborema Province, Brazil," 2021, Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • "GRANULITAS DE LOS MANGOS, UN FRAGMENTO GRENVILLIANO EN LA PARTE ORIENTAL DE LA SIERRA NEVADA DE SANTA MARTA," 2024, Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales
  • "The Late Neoproterozoic-Early Paleozoic basin of the western Argentine Precordillera: Insights from zircon U-Pb geochronology," 2020, Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • "Recycling and hybridization of incremental episodes of magma intrusions: Pinheiro Machado Complex, Southeastern Dom Feliciano Belt, Brazil," 2020, Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Throughout their career, Márcio Martins Pimentel collaborated with several researchers across multiple projects. Frequent co-authors included Reinhardt A. Fuck, Cristine Lenz, Maximiliano Naipauer, Natalia Hauser, and Amarildo Salina Ruiz.

Best Publications

  • Neoproterozoic crustal accretion in central Brazil

    Márcio Martins Pimentel;Reinhardt Adolfo Fuck

  • The sm-nd isotopic method in the geochronology laboratory of the University of Brasilia

    S. M. C. L. Gioia;M. M. Pimentel

  • High spatial resolution analysis of Pb and U isotopes for geochronology by laser ablation multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-MC-ICP-MS)

    Bernhard Bühn;Márcio M. Pimentel;Massimo Matteini;Elton L. Dantas

  • Late amalgamation in the central part of West Gondwana: new geochronological data and the characterization of a Cambrian collisional orogeny in the Ribeira Belt (SE Brazil)

    Renata da Silva Schmitt;Rudolph A.J. Trouw;William Randall Van Schmus;Márcio Martins Pimentel

  • The Brasiliano collage in South America: a review

    Benjamim Bley de Brito Neves;Reinhardt Adolfo Fuck;Marcio Martins Pimentel

  • The osmium isotopic composition of convecting upper mantle deduced from ophiolite chromites

    Richard J. Walker;Hazel Margaret Prichard;Akira Ishiwatari;Marcio Pimentel

  • Early uplift and orogenic deformation in the Neuquén Basin: Constraints on the Andean uplift from U–Pb and Hf isotopic data of detrital zircons

    Maisa Tunik;Maisa Tunik;Andrés Folguera;Maximiliano Naipauer;Marcio Pimentel

  • Shrimp U-Pb zircon dating and palynology of bentonitic layers from the Permian Irati Formation, Paraná Basin, Brazil

    Roberto Ventura Santos;Paulo A. Souza;Carlos José Souza de Alvarenga;Elton Luiz Dantas

  • Granites and the geodynamic history of the neoproterozoic Brası́lia belt, Central Brazil: a review

    Márcio M Pimentel;Reinhardt A Fuck;Nilson F Botelho

  • The tectonic evolution of the Neoproterozoic Brasília Belt, central Brazil, based on SHRIMP and LA-ICPMS U–Pb sedimentary provenance data: A review

    Márcio M. Pimentel;Joseneusa B. Rodrigues;Maria Emilia S. DellaGiustina;Sergio Junges

  • Evolução tectônica do Cinturão Dom Feliciano no Sul do Brasil: relações geológicas e geocronologia U-Pb

    Ruy Paulo Philipp;Marcio Martins Pimentel;Farid Chemale Jr

  • The significance of the -Transbrasiliano-Kandi tectonic corridor for the amalgamation of West Gondwana

    Umberto Giuseppe Cordani;Marcio Martins Pimentel;Carlos Eduardo Ganade de Araújo;Reinhardt Adolfo Fuck

  • The Mara Rosa Arch in the Tocantins Province: further evidence for Neoproterozoic crustal accretion in Central Brazil

    Márcio M. Pimentel;Martin J. Whitehouse;Maria das G. Viana;Reinhardt A. Fuck

  • Neoproterozoic backarc basin: Sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe U-Pb and Sm-Nd isotopic evidence from the Eastern Pampean Ranges, Argentina

    Monica Patricia Escayola;Márcio M. Pimentel;Richard Armstrong

  • Tectonic evolution of the Brasília Belt, Central Brazil, and early assembly of Gondwana

    C. M. Valeriano;C. M. Valeriano;M. M. Pimentel;M. M. Pimentel;M. Heilbron;M. Heilbron;J. C. H. Almeida;J. C. H. Almeida

  • Nd isotopes and the provenance of detrital sediments of the Neoproterozoic Brası́lia Belt, central Brazil

    M.M. Pimentel;M.A. Dardenne;R.A. Fuck;M.G. Viana

  • Two neoproterozoic crustal accretion events in the Brasília belt, central Brazil

    Jorge Henrique Laux;Márcio Martins Pimentel;Elton Luiz Dantas;Richard Armstrong

  • A evolução tectônica da Faixa Brasília, Brasil central : uma abordagem geocronológica e isotópica

    Márcio Martins Pimentel

  • WAS THERE AN EDIACARAN CLYMENE OCEAN IN CENTRAL SOUTH AMERICA

    Umberto Giuseppe Cordani;Marcio Martins Pimentel;Carlos Eduardo Ganade De Araújo;Miguel Angelo Stipp Basei

  • U–Pb detrital zircon ages and Sm–Nd isotopic features in low-grade metasedimentary rocks of the Famatina belt: implications for late Neoproterozoic–early Palaeozoic evolution of the proto-Andean margin of Gondwana

    Gilda Collo;Ricardo A. Astini;Peter A. Cawood;Craig Buchan

  • U-Pb zircon geochronology of Precambrian tin-bearing continental-type acid magmatism in central Brazil

    Márcio M. Pimentel;Márcio M. Pimentel;Larry Heaman;Reinhardt A. Fuck;Onildo J. Marini

  • The significance of the Transbrasiliano-Kandi tectonic corridor for the amalgamation of West Gondwana A significação do corredor tectônico Transbrasiliano-Kandi para a amalgamação do Gondwana Ocidental

    Umberto Giuseppe Cordani;Marcio Martins Pimentel;Carlos Eduardo;Ganade de Araújo

Frequent Co-Authors

Reinhardt A. Fuck
Reinhardt A. Fuck University of Brasília
Richard Armstrong
Richard Armstrong Australian National University
Elton Luiz Dantas
Elton Luiz Dantas University of Brasília
Alcides N. Sial
Alcides N. Sial Federal University of Pernambuco
Valderez P. Ferreira
Valderez P. Ferreira Federal University of Pernambuco
Victor A. Ramos
Victor A. Ramos University of Buenos Aires
Roberto Ventura Santos
Roberto Ventura Santos University of Brasília
Ruy Paulo Philipp
Ruy Paulo Philipp Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Umberto G. Cordani
Umberto G. Cordani Universidade de São Paulo
Benjamim Bley de Brito Neves
Benjamim Bley de Brito Neves Universidade de São Paulo

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