2026 Mark D. Kurz: 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	75	740	656	351	301	233	15391

Research.com Recognitions

1997 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Mark D. Kurz is affiliated with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions focusing on geophysics, atmospheric science, ecology, astronomy and astrophysics, and oceanography.

Their scholarly work addresses multiple specialized topics, including:

Geological and Geochemical Analysis
Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
Isotope Analysis in Ecology
Astro and Planetary Science

Mark D. Kurz has frequently published in several venues, with a notable presence in these journals and conferences:

Radiocarbon
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Nature
Goldschmidt Abstracts

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Mark D. Kurz include:

Hydrothermal 15N15N abundances constrain the origins of mantle nitrogen, 2020, Nature
Silicate melt inclusions in the new millennium: A review of recommended practices for preparation, analysis, and data presentation, 2021, Chemical Geology
Ancient helium and tungsten isotopic signatures preserved in mantle domains least modified by crustal recycling, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Highest terrestrial 3He/4He credibly from the core, 2023, Nature
Deep-mantle krypton reveals Earth's early accretion of carbonaceous matter, 2021, Nature

They have collaborated multiple times with several co-authors, including:

Joshua Curtice
Peter H. Barry
David V. Bekaert
Michael W. Broadley
Forrest Horton

Mark D. Kurz has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union since 1997.

Best Publications

Helium isotopic systematics of oceanic islands and mantle heterogeneity

M. D. Kurz;W. J. Jenkins;S. R. Hart

598
Citations
Constraints on evolution of Earth's mantle from rare gas systematics

Claude J. Allègre;Thomas Staudacher;Philippe Sarda;Mark Kurz

522
Citations
Recycled metasomatized lithosphere as the origin of the Enriched Mantle II (EM2) end‐member: Evidence from the Samoan Volcanic Chain

Rhea K. Workman;Stanley R. Hart;Matthew G. Jackson;Marcel Regelous

500
Citations
Examination of surface exposure ages of Antarctic moraines using in situ produced 10Be and 26Al

Erik Thorson Brown;John M Edmond;Grant M Raisbeck;Françoise Yiou

433
Citations
The return of subducted continental crust in Samoan lavas

Matthew G. Jackson;Stanley R. Hart;Anthony A. P. Koppers;Anthony A. P. Koppers;Hubert Staudigel

402
Citations
Helium isotopic variations in volcanic rocks from Loihi Seamount and the Island of Hawaii

Mark D. Kurz;William J. Jenkins;Stanley R. Hart;David Clague

391
Citations
Cosmogenic helium in a terrestrial igneous rock

Mark D. Kurz

326
Citations
In situ production of terrestrial cosmogenic helium and some applications to geochronology

Mark D. Kurz

288
Citations
Isotope and trace element characteristics of a super-fast spreading ridge: East Pacific rise, 13-23°S

J.J. Mahoney;J.M. Sinton;M.D. Kurz;J.D. Macdougall

265
Citations
The distribution of helium in oceanic basalt glasses

M.D. Kurz;W.J. Jenkins

254
Citations
Helium isotopic variations in the mantle beneath the central North Atlantic Ocean

M.D. Kurz;W.J. Jenkins;J.G. Schilling;S.R. Hart

253
Citations
Tungsten-182 heterogeneity in modern ocean island basalts

Andrea Mundl;Mathieu Touboul;Matthew G. Jackson;James M. D. Day

243
Citations
The CRONUS-Earth Project: A synthesis

Fred M. Phillips;David C. Argento;Greg Balco;Marc W. Caffee

231
Citations
Diffusion of cosmogenic3He in olivine and quartz: implications for surface exposure dating

T.W. Trull;M.D. Kurz;W.J. Jenkins

230
Citations
Dynamics of the Galapagos hotspot from helium isotope geochemistry

Mark D Kurz;D Geist

218
Citations
Cosmogenic nuclide chronology of millennial-scale glacial advances during O-isotope stage 2 in Patagonia

Michael R. Kaplan;Robert P. Ackert;Brad S. Singer;Daniel C. Douglass

207
Citations
Experimental measurements of 3He and 4He mobility in olivine and clinopyroxene at magmatic temperatures

T.W. Trull;M.D. Kurz

205
Citations
Cosmic ray exposure dating with in situ produced cosmogenic 3He: Results from young Hawaiian lava flows

Mark D. Kurz;Debra Colodner;Thomas W. Trull;Richard B. Moore

203
Citations
Effective attenuation lengths of cosmic rays producing 10Be AND 26Al in quartz: Implications for exposure age dating

Erik Thorson Brown;Edward J. Brook;Grant M. Raisbeck;Françoise Yiou

202
Citations
Hawaii scientific drilling protect: Summary of preliminary results

D. DePaolo;E. Stolper;D. Thomas;F. Albarede

196
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew G. Jackson University of California, Santa Barbara

Dennis Geist University of Idaho

Jerzy S. Blusztajn Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Stanley R. Hart Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Daniel J. Fornari Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Janne Blichert-Toft École Normale Supérieure de Lyon

William J. Jenkins Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Edward J. Brook Oregon State University

S. A. Halldorsson University of Iceland

Manuel Moreira University of Orléans

External Links

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