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Martin J. Van Kranendonk

Martin J. Van Kranendonk

Martin J. Van Kranendonk 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 Martin J. Van Kranendonk sits on this spectrum.

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Martin J. Van Kranendonk 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 Martin J. Van Kranendonk sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Martin J. Van Kranendonk is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia and has a substantial body of work in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans various subfields including Geophysics, Paleontology, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

The scientist's recent publications cover diverse topics related to the early Earth and the origin of life. Notable papers include:

  • "Ruthenium isotope vestige of Earth's pre-late-veneer mantle preserved in Archaean rocks" (2020, Nature)
  • "Elements for the Origin of Life on Land: A Deep-Time Perspective from the Pilbara Craton of Western Australia" (2021, Astrobiology)
  • "A Reconstructed Subaerial Hot Spring Field in the ∼3.5 Billion-Year-Old Dresser Formation, North Pole Dome, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia" (2020, Astrobiology)
  • "Fifty years of the Eoarchean and the case for evolving uniformitarianism" (2021, Precambrian Research)
  • "Convective isolation of Hadean mantle reservoirs through Archean time" (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Their work frequently appears in several scientific venues with a significant number of publications in:

  • Precambrian Research
  • Goldschmidt2022 abstracts
  • Astrobiology
  • Geobiology
  • Chemical Geology

Martin J. Van Kranendonk collaborates often with several researchers, including:

  • Raphael J. Baumgartner
  • Kathleen A. Campbell
  • Tara Djokic
  • Carsten Münker
  • Bronwyn L. Teece

The main research themes this scientist focuses on involve geological and geochemical analysis, paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, and geology with paleoclimatology research.

Additional research interests extend to earthquake and tectonic studies, planetary science and exploration, high-pressure geophysics and materials, and geochemistry with elemental analysis.

Best Publications

  • Questioning the evidence for Earth's oldest fossils

    Martin D. Brasier;Owen R. Green;Andrew P. Jephcoat;Annette K. Kleppe

  • Rapid emergence of life shown by discovery of 3,700-million-year-old microbial structures

    Allen Phillip Nutman;Allen Phillip Nutman;Vickie C. Bennett;Clark R. L. Friend;Martin J. Van Kranendonk

  • Review: secular tectonic evolution of Archean continental crust: interplay between horizontal and vertical processes in the formation of the Pilbara Craton, Australia

    Martin J. Van Kranendonk;R. Hugh Smithies;Arthur H. Hickman;D.C. Champion

  • Geological and trace element evidence for a marine sedimentary environment of deposition and biogenicity of 3.45 Ga stromatolitic carbonates in the Pilbara Craton, and support for a reducing Archaean ocean

    Martin J. Van Kranendonk;Gregory E. Webb;Balz S. Kamber

  • Volcanic degassing, hydrothermal circulation and the flourishing of early life on Earth: A review of the evidence from c. 3490-3240 Ma rocks of the Pilbara Supergroup, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia

    Martin J. Van Kranendonk

  • A non-marine depositional setting for the northern Fortescue Group, Pilbara Craton, inferred from trace element geochemistry of stromatolitic carbonates

    Robert Bolhar;Martin J. Van Kranendonk

  • Early Archaean Microorganisms Preferred Elemental Sulfur, Not Sulfate

    Pascal Philippot;Mark Van Zuilen;Kevin Lepot;Christophe Thomazo

  • Geology and Tectonic Evolution of the Archean North Pilbara Terrain,Pilbara Craton, Western Australia

    Martin J. Van Kranendonk;Arthur H. Hickman;R. Hugh Smithies;David R. Nelson

  • Earliest signs of life on land preserved in ca. 3.5 Ga hot spring deposits

    Tara Djokic;Tara Djokic;Martin J Van Kranendonk;Martin J Van Kranendonk;Kathleen A Campbell;Malcolm R Walter

  • Critical tests of vertical vs. horizontal tectonic models for the Archaean East Pilbara Granite–Greenstone Terrane, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia

    Martin J. Van Kranendonk;W.J. Collins;Arthur Hickman;Mark J. Pawley

  • Geological setting of Earth's oldest fossils in the ca. 3.5 Ga Dresser Formation, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia

    Martin J. Van Kranendonk;Pascal Philippot;Kevin Lepot;Simon Bodorkos

  • Two types of Archean continental crust: Plume and plate tectonics on early Earth

    Martin J. Van Kranendonk

  • A trace element study of siderite-jasper banded iron formation in the 3.45 Ga Warrawoona Group, Pilbara Craton - Formation from hydrothermal fluids and shallow seawater

    Robert Bolhar;Martin J. Van Kranendonk;Balz S. Kamber

  • Structural characterization of kerogen in 3.4 Ga Archaean cherts from the Pilbara Craton, Western Australia

    Craig P. Marshall;Craig P. Marshall;Gordon D. Love;Gordon D. Love;Colin E. Snape;Andrew C. Hill;Andrew C. Hill

  • Geochemistry of metabasalts and hydrothermal alteration zones associated with c. 3.45 Ga chert and barite deposits: implications for the geological setting of the Warrawoona Group, Pilbara Craton, Australia

    Martin J. Van Kranendonk;Franco Pirajno

  • Chapter 4.1 Paleoarchean Development of a Continental Nucleus: the East Pilbara Terrane of the Pilbara Craton, Western Australia

    Martin J. Van Kranendonk;R. Hugh Smithies;Arthur H. Hickman;David C. Champion

  • Earth's oldest rocks

    Martin Van Kranendonk;R. Hugh Smithies;Vickie C. Bennett

  • Cool greenstone drips and the role of partial convective overturn in Barberton greenstone belt evolution

    Martin J. Van Kranendonk

  • Making it thick: a volcanic plateau origin of Palaeoarchean continental lithosphere of the Pilbara and Kaapvaal cratons

    Martin J. Van Kranendonk;Martin J. Van Kranendonk;R. Hugh Smithies;William L. Griffin;David L. Huston

  • Diverse microstructures from Archaean chert from the Mount Goldsworthy–Mount Grant area, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia: Microfossils, dubiofossils, or pseudofossils?

    Kenichiro Sugitani;Kathleen Grey;Kathleen Grey;Abigail Allwood;Tsutomu Nagaoka

  • Continent formation through time

    Nick M. W. Roberts;Martin J. Van Kranendonk;Stephen Parman;Peter D. Clift

Frequent Co-Authors

Malcolm R. Walter
Malcolm R. Walter University of New South Wales
Christopher L. Kirkland
Christopher L. Kirkland Curtin University
Allen P. Nutman
Allen P. Nutman University of Wollongong
Vickie C. Bennett
Vickie C. Bennett Australian National University
Kenneth H. Williford
Kenneth H. Williford Blue Marble Space Institute of Science
Kathleen A. Campbell
Kathleen A. Campbell University of Auckland
David C. Champion
David C. Champion Geoscience Australia
Clark M. Johnson
Clark M. Johnson University of Wisconsin–Madison
Joachim Reitner
Joachim Reitner University of Göttingen
Clark R.L. Friend
Clark R.L. Friend Oxford Brookes University

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