2026 Mark T. Brandon: 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	64	1487	1326	664	577	159	14801

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Mark T. Brandon is affiliated with Yale University in the United States and primarily works in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research portfolio includes a substantial focus on geophysics, atmospheric science, archeology, ecology, and paleontology. The scientist's work spans several specialized topics including geology and paleoclimatology research, geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geophysical studies worldwide, as well as the geological and tectonic context of Latin America. Their research also touches on environmental and cultural studies in Latin America and beyond, in addition to paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils.

Brandon has contributed to a number of recent papers published between 2020 and 2023. These include:

"Reassessing Eastern Mediterranean Tectonics and Earthquake Hazard From the 365 CE Earthquake" (2021, AGU Advances)
"Transient glacial incision in the Patagonian Andes from ~6 Ma to present" (2020, Science Advances)
"Cenozoic topographic evolution of the Southern Central Andes foreland as revealed by hydrogen stable isotopes in hydrated volcanic glass" (2023, Earth and Planetary Science Letters)
"On backflow associated with oceanic and continental subduction" (2021, Geophysical Journal International)
"Reassessing Eastern Mediterranean tectonics and earthquake hazard from the AD 365 earthquake" (2020, Zenodo - CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

The scientist collaborates frequently with a group of researchers, notably Michael T. Hren, Lucas Fennell, Richard F. Ott, Karl W. Wegmann, and Sean F. Gallen, with collaboration counts ranging from three to eight joint works. The publication venues where Brandon's work appears most include the Abstracts with Programs of the Geological Society of America, Zenodo at CERN, AGU Advances, Science Advances, and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

Brandon's contributions extend to earthquake and tectonic studies as well as geophysical and geological research focused on regional terrains such as Latin America. Their interdisciplinary approach incorporates environmental and cultural dimensions alongside detailed paleontological analysis.

The scientist has been recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America, reflecting their standing within the professional community.

Best Publications

USING THERMOCHRONOLOGY TO UNDERSTAND OROGENIC EROSION

Peter W. Reiners;Mark T. Brandon

1180
Citations
Late Cenozoic exhumation of the Cascadia accretionary wedge in the Olympic Mountains, northwest Washington State

Mark T. Brandon;Mary K. Roden-Tice;John I. Garver

1003
Citations
Topographic controls on erosion rates in tectonically active mountain ranges

David R Montgomery;Mark T Brandon

946
Citations
On steady states in mountain belts

Sean D. Willett;Mark T. Brandon

741
Citations
U-Th zonation-dependent alpha-ejection in (U-Th)/He chronometry

Jeremy K. Hourigan;Peter W. Reiners;Mark T. Brandon

501
Citations
Probability density plot for fission-track grain-age samples

Mark T. Brandon

386
Citations
Raman spectroscopic carbonaceous material thermometry of low-grade metamorphic rocks: Calibration and application to tectonic exhumation in Crete, Greece

Jeffrey M. Rahl;Jeffrey M. Rahl;Kristin M. Anderson;Mark T. Brandon;Charalambos Fassoulas

369
Citations
Tectonic evolution of the Cenozoic Olympic subduction complex, Washington State, as deduced from fission track ages for detrital zircons

Mark T. Brandon;Joseph A. Vance

359
Citations
A Fluvial Record of Long-term Steady-state Uplift and Erosion Across the Cascadia Forearc High, Western Washington State

Frank J. Pazzaglia;Mark T. Brandon

337
Citations
LITHOPROBE-southern Vancouver Island: Cenozoic subduction complex imaged by deep seismic reflections: Reply

R. M. Clowes;M. T. Brandon;A. G. Green;C. J. Yorath

336
Citations
Decomposition of fission-track grain-age distributions

Mark T. Brandon

331
Citations
Exhumation history of orogenic highlands determined by detrital fission-track thermochronology

John I. Garver;Mark T. Brandon;Mary Roden-Tice;Peter J. J. Kamp

314
Citations
Post-orogenic evolution of the Dabie Shan, eastern China, from (U-Th)/He and fission-track thermochronology

Peter W. Reiners;Zuyi Zhou;Todd A. Ehlers;Changhai Xu

291
Citations
Glaciation as a destructive and constructive control on mountain building

Stuart N. Thomson;Stuart N. Thomson;Mark T. Brandon;Jonathan H. Tomkin;Peter W. Reiners

290
Citations
Geological tests of hypotheses for large coastwise displacements; a critique illustrated by the Baja British Columbia controversy

Darrel S. Cowan;Mark T. Brandon;John I. Garver

278
Citations
A zero-damage model for fission-track annealing in zircon

Meinert K. Rahn;Mark T. Brandon;Geoffrey E. Batt;John I. Garver

272
Citations
Steady-state exhumation of the European Alps

Matthias Bernet;Massimiliano Zattin;John I. Garver;Mark T. Brandon

253
Citations
Exhumation processes

Unknown

239
Citations
Computational Tools for Low-Temperature Thermochronometer Interpretation

Todd A. Ehlers;Tehmasp Chaudhri;Santosh Kumar;Chris W. Fuller

229
Citations
Mantle flow at a slab edge: Seismic anisotropy in the Kamchatka region

Valerie Peyton;Vadim Levin;Jeffrey Park;Mark Brandon

213
Citations
Macrogeomorphic evolution of the post-Triassic Appalachian mountains determined by deconvolution of the offshore basin sedimentary record

Frank J. Pazzaglia;Mark T. Brandon

211
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

John I. Garver Union College

Peter W. Reiners University of Arizona

Vadim Levin Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Frank J. Pazzaglia Lehigh University

David L. Shuster University of California, Berkeley

Massimiliano Zattin University of Padua

Sean D. Willett ETH Zurich

Jeffrey Park Yale University

Matthias Bernet Grenoble Alpes University

Stuart N. Thomson University of Arizona

External Links

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