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Marlina Elburg 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 Marlina Elburg sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 194 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Marlina Elburg 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 Marlina Elburg sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 54th percentile

54% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in South Africa Leader Award

Overview

Marlina Elburg is affiliated with the University of Johannesburg in South Africa. Their research focuses on a broad range of topics within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with additional contributions to Computer Science. Their primary scientific interests lie in geophysics, geochemistry, petrology, paleontology, and geology, covering both fundamental and applied aspects of these fields.

Elburg has contributed extensively to research on geological and geochemical analysis, geochemistry and geologic mapping, earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, elemental analysis, paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, and broader geological and geophysical studies.

Their work has been published in several notable scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • South African Journal of Geology
  • Precambrian Research
  • Lithos
  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Gondwana Research

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Elburg are:

  • "The magmatic and magmatic-hydrothermal evolution of felsic igneous rocks as seen through Nb-Ta geochemical fractionation, with implications for the origins of rare-metal mineralizations" (2020, Earth-Science Reviews)
  • "Cambro-Ordovician magmatism in the Delamerian orogeny: Implications for tectonic development of the southern Gondwanan margin" (2020, Gondwana Research)
  • "Sr isotopes in arcs revisited: tracking slab dehydration using δ88/86Sr and 87Sr/86Sr systematics of arc lavas" (2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta)
  • "The Archaean geological history of the Singhbhum Craton, India - a proposal for a consistent framework of craton evolution" (2022, Earth-Science Reviews)
  • "Detrital zircon in an active sedimentary recycling system: Challenging the 'source-to-sink' approach to zircon-based provenance analysis" (2022, Sedimentology)

Elburg has collaborated frequently with a consistent group of co-authors, including Tom Andersen, Axel Hofmann, Andrea Agangi, Christophe Ballouard, and Jaganmoy Jodder. These collaborations have contributed to the depth and scope of their research outputs.

Best Publications

  • A review of the formation of tectonic veins and their microstructures

    Paul D. Bons;Marlina A. Elburg;Enrique Gomez-Rivas

  • The timing and duration of the Delamerian orogeny: Correlation with the Ross Orogen and implications for Gondwana assembly

    John Foden;Marlina A. Elburg;Jon Dougherty‐Page;Andrew Burtt

  • Geochemical trends across an arc-continent collision zone: magma sources and slab-wedge transfer processes below the Pantar Strait volcanoes, Indonesia

    Marlina A. Elburg;Manfred van Bergen;Jurian Hoogewerff;John Foden

  • Multi-method chronometric constraints on the evolution of the Northern Kyrgyz Tien Shan granitoids (Central Asian orogenic belt): from emplacement to exhumation

    S. Glorie;J. De Grave;M. M. Buslov;M. A. Elburg

  • Tectonic history of the Kyrgyz South Tien Shan (Atbashi-Inylchek) suture zone: The role of inherited structures during deformation-propagation

    S. Glorie;J. De Grave;M. M. Buslov;F. I. Zhimulev

  • Sr and Pb isotopic composition of five USGS glasses (BHVO-2G, BIR-1G, BCR-2G, TB-1G, NKT-1G)

    M.A. Elburg;P.Z. Vroon;R.A.C.A. van der Wagt;A. Tchalikian

  • Late Palaeozoic and Meso-Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the southern Kyrgyz Tien Shan: Constraints from multi-method thermochronology in the Trans-Alai, Turkestan-Alai segment and the southeastern Ferghana Basin

    J. De Grave;S. Glorie;A. Ryabinin;F. Zhimulev

  • Formation and Palaeozoic evolution of the Gorny-Altai-Altai-Mongolia suture zone (South Siberia): zircon U/Pb constraints on the igneous record

    S. Glorie;J. De Grave;M.M. Buslov;F.I. Zhimulev

  • Oxidation state of subarc mantle

    K.A. Evans;M.A. Elburg;M.A. Elburg;V.S. Kamenetsky

  • Evidence of isotopic equilibration between microgranitoid enclaves and host granodiorite, Warburton Granodiorite, Lachlan Fold Belt, Australia

    Marlina Elburg

  • The thermo-tectonic history of the Song-Kul plateau, Kyrgyz Tien Shan: Constraints by apatite and titanite thermochronometry and zircon U/Pb dating

    Johan De Grave;Stijn Glorie;Mikhail M. Buslov;Andrei Izmer

  • Rates and Processes of Potassic Magma Evolution beneath Sangeang Api Volcano, East Sunda Arc, Indonesia

    Simon Turner;John Foden;Rhiannon George;Peter Evans

  • How far can we trust provenance and crustal evolution information from detrital zircons? A South African case study

    Tom Andersen;Tom Andersen;Magnus Kristoffersen;Marlina A. Elburg

  • Sources of bias in detrital zircon geochronology: Discordance, concealed lead loss and common lead correction

    Tom Andersen;Tom Andersen;Marlina A. Elburg;Boniswa N. Magwaza

  • Structural control on Meso-Cenozoic tectonic reactivation and denudation in the Siberian Altai: Insights from multi-method thermochronometry

    S. Glorie;J. De Grave;M.M. Buslov;F.I. Zhimulev

  • Granite production in the Delamerian Orogen, South Australia

    Jd Foden;Marlina Elburg;Sp Turner;M Sandiford

  • The magmatic and magmatic-hydrothermal evolution of felsic igneous rocks as seen through Nb-Ta geochemical fractionation, with implications for the origins of rare-metal mineralizations

    Christophe Ballouard;Malcolm Massuyeau;Marlina A. Elburg;Sebastian Tappe

  • U-PB AGES AND MORPHOLOGIES OF ZIRCON IN MICROGRANITOID ENCLAVES AND PERALUMINOUS HOST GRANITE : EVIDENCE FOR MAGMA MINGLING

    Marlina Augusta Elburg

  • Melt extraction and accumulation from partially molten rocks

    Paul D. Bons;Jochen Arnold;Marlina A. Elburg;Jaan Kalda

  • Two distinct Late Mesoproterozoic/Early Neoproterozoic basement provinces in central/eastern Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica: The missing link, 15–21° E

    Joachim Jacobs;Joachim Jacobs;Marlina Elburg;Andreas Läufer;Ilka C. Kleinhanns

  • Magmatic origin of low-Ca olivine in subduction-related magmas: Co-existence of contrasting magmas

    Vadim S. Kamenetsky;Marlina Elburg;Richard Arculus;Rainer Thomas

Frequent Co-Authors

Tom Andersen
Tom Andersen University of Oslo
Frank Vanhaecke
Frank Vanhaecke Ghent University
Stijn Glorie
Stijn Glorie University of Adelaide
Paul D. Bons
Paul D. Bons University of Tübingen
John Foden
John Foden University of Adelaide
Vadim S. Kamenetsky
Vadim S. Kamenetsky Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
John D. Clemens
John D. Clemens Stellenbosch University
J. De Grave
J. De Grave Ghent University
Pieter Z. Vroon
Pieter Z. Vroon Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Alexander V. Sobolev
Alexander V. Sobolev Grenoble Alpes University

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