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88
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298
National Ranking
157

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2003 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Michael A. Arthur is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States and has a multidisciplinary research profile primarily situated within the field of Computer Science. Their work spans various subfields including Information Systems, Paleontology, Education, Library and Information Sciences, and Computer Science Applications.

The main topics covered by their research encompass:

  • Library Collection Development and Digital Resources
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Library Science and Information Literacy
  • Open Education and E-Learning
  • Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
  • Fatty Acid Research and Health
  • Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies

Michael A. Arthur's recent published papers include:

  • Effect of Cocoa Beverage and Dark Chocolate Intake on Lipid Profile in People Living with Normal and Elevated LDL Cholesterol: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, 2023, Dietetics
  • The diagenetic origin and depositional history of the Cherry Valley Member, Middle Devonian Marcellus Formation, 2020, Chemical Geology
  • Late Cenomanian Plenus event in the Western Interior Seaway, 2023, Cretaceous Research
  • Redesigning Technical Services for the 21st Century: A Case Study from the University of Alabama Libraries, 2020, Library Resources and Technical Services
  • Promoting career studies in theory and practice, 2022, Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Michael A. Arthur are:

  • Isaac Amoah
  • Emmanuel Ofori Osei
  • Matthew M. Jones
  • Igor Niezgodzki
  • Daniel E. Horton

The primary venues where Michael A. Arthur has published include:

  • Dietetics
  • Cretaceous Research
  • Chemical Geology
  • Library Resources and Technical Services
  • Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling

Michael A. Arthur's contributions have been recognized through several professional honors. These include being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2007, a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2003, and a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Stable Isotopes of Oxygen and Carbon and their Application to Sedimentologic and Paleoenvironmental Problems

    Thomas F. Anderson;Michael A. Arthur

  • Interpreting carbon-isotope excursions: carbonates and organic matter

    Lee Kump;Michael Allan Arthur

  • Carbon Isotope Fluctuations in Cretaceous Pelagic Limestones: Potential Stratigraphic and Petroleum Exploration Tool

    Peter A. Scholle;Michael A. Arthur

  • CHEMICAL WEATHERING ,A TMOSPHERIC CO 2 , AND CLIMATE

    Lee R. Kump;Susan L. Brantley;Michael A. Arthur

  • MARINE BLACK SHALES: Depositional Mechanisms and Environments of Ancient Deposits

    Michael A. Arthur;Bradley B. Sageman

  • The Cenomanian-Turonian Oceanic Anoxic Event, II. Palaeoceanographic controls on organic-matter production and preservation

    M. A. Arthur;S. O. Schlanger;H. C. Jenkyns

  • Secular Variations in the Pelagic Realm

    Alfred G. Fischer;Michael A. Arthur

  • Geochemical and climatic effects of increased marine organic carbon burial at the Cenomanian/Turonian boundary

    Michael A. Arthur;Walter E. Dean;Lisa M. Pratt

  • The Cenomanian-Turonian Oceanic Anoxic Event, I. Stratigraphy and distribution of organic carbon-rich beds and the marine δ13C excursion

    S. O. Schlanger;M. A. Arthur;H. C. Jenkyns;P. A. Scholle

  • Stratigraphy, Geochemistry, and Paleoceanography of Organic Carbon-Rich Cretaceous Sequences

    M. A. Arthur;H.-J. Brumsack;H. C. Jenkyns;S. O. Schlanger

  • Late Miocene Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations and the Expansion of C4 Grasses

    Mark Pagani;Katherine H. Freeman;Michael A. Arthur

  • Massive release of hydrogen sulfide to the surface ocean and atmosphere during intervals of oceanic anoxia

    Lee R. Kump;Alexander Pavlov;Michael A. Arthur

  • Stable isotopes in sedimentary Geology

    Michael A. Arthur;Thomas F. Anderson;Isaac R. Kaplan;Jan Veizer

  • Miocene evolution of atmospheric carbon dioxide

    Mark Pagani;Mark Pagani;Michael A. Arthur;Katherine H. Freeman

  • Two or four Neoproterozoic glaciations

    Martin J. Kennedy;Martin J. Kennedy;Bruce Runnegar;Anthony R. Prave;K.-H. Hoffmann

  • Cretaceous ' oceanic anoxic events' as causal factors in development of reef- reservoired giant oil fields.

    Michael A. Arthur;Seymour O. Schlanger

  • Variations in the global carbon cycle during the Cretaceous related to climate, volcanism, and changes in atmospheric CO2.

    M.A. Arthur;Walter E. Dean;S.O. Schlanger

  • Early diagenesis of organic matter in Peru continental margin sediments: Phosphorite precipitation

    P.N Froelich;M.A Arthur;W.C Burnett;M Deakin

  • Early Cenozoic decoupling of the global carbon and sulfur cycles

    A. C. Kurtz;L. R. Kump;M. A. Arthur;J. C. Zachos

  • A weathering hypothesis for glaciation at high atmospheric pCO2 during the Late Ordovician

    L.R Kump;M.A Arthur;M.E Patzkowsky;M.T Gibbs

  • Geochemical evidence for suppression of pelagic marine productivity at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary

    James C. Zachos;Michael A. Arthur;Walter E. Dean

Frequent Co-Authors

Walter E. Dean
Walter E. Dean United States Geological Survey
Lee R. Kump
Lee R. Kump Pennsylvania State University
Katherine H. Freeman
Katherine H. Freeman Pennsylvania State University
James C. Zachos
James C. Zachos University of California, Santa Cruz
Bradley B. Sageman
Bradley B. Sageman Northwestern University
Timothy J. Bralower
Timothy J. Bralower Pennsylvania State University
Steven D'Hondt
Steven D'Hondt University of Rhode Island
Eric J. Barron
Eric J. Barron Pennsylvania State University
Tracy D. Frank
Tracy D. Frank University of Connecticut
Mark Pagani
Mark Pagani Yale University

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