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Mark D. Kurz 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 Mark D. Kurz sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 233 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mark D. Kurz 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 Mark D. Kurz sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 75 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% 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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Cosmogenic helium in a terrestrial igneous rock

    Mark D. Kurz

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

    Mark D. Kurz

  • 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

  • The distribution of helium in oceanic basalt glasses

    M.D. Kurz;W.J. Jenkins

  • Helium isotopic variations in the mantle beneath the central North Atlantic Ocean

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

  • Tungsten-182 heterogeneity in modern ocean island basalts

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

  • The CRONUS-Earth Project: A synthesis

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

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

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

  • Dynamics of the Galapagos hotspot from helium isotope geochemistry

    Mark D Kurz;D Geist

  • 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

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

    T.W. Trull;M.D. Kurz

  • 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

  • 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

  • Hawaii scientific drilling protect: Summary of preliminary results

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew G. Jackson
Matthew G. Jackson University of California, Santa Barbara
Dennis Geist
Dennis Geist University of Idaho
Jerzy S. Blusztajn
Jerzy S. Blusztajn Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Stanley R. Hart
Stanley R. Hart Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Daniel J. Fornari
Daniel J. Fornari Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Janne Blichert-Toft
Janne Blichert-Toft École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
William J. Jenkins
William J. Jenkins Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Edward J. Brook
Edward J. Brook Oregon State University
S. A. Halldorsson
S. A. Halldorsson University of Iceland
Manuel Moreira
Manuel Moreira University of Orléans

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