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Michael A. Summerfield

Michael A. Summerfield

Michael A. Summerfield 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 Michael A. Summerfield sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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Michael A. Summerfield 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 Michael A. Summerfield sits on this spectrum.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2001 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Michael A. Summerfield is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with focused contributions to subfields including Geophysics and Atmospheric Science.

Summerfield's work centers on several specific topics within their fields of study:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Their publication record features papers concentrated around these topics and subfields. A notable recent paper is titled Plate tectonics and macrogeomorphology, published in 2021 in the Geological Society London Memoirs.

Among publication venues, the Geological Society London Memoirs is a frequent outlet for their work.

  • Geological Society London Memoirs

Michael A. Summerfield does not have frequent listed co-authors documented.

In recognition of contributions to their scientific domain, they were awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2001.

Best Publications

  • Natural controls of fluvial denudation rates in major world drainage basins

    M. A. Summerfield;N. J. Hulton

  • Tectonic geomorphology

    Unknown

  • Global geomorphology: An introduction to the study of landforms

    Unknown

  • Geomorphology and global tectonics

    M. A. Summerfield

  • Differential denudation and flexural isostasy in formation of rifted-margin upwarps

    A. R. Gilchrist;A. R. Gilchrist;M. A. Summerfield

  • Tectonic uplift, threshold hillslopes, and denudation rates in a developing mountain range

    Steven A. Binnie;William M. Phillips;Michael A. Summerfield;L. Keith Fifield

  • Quantifying passive margin denudation and landscape development using a combined fission-track thermochronology and cosmogenic isotope analysis approach

    H.A.P. Cockburn;R.W. Brown;M.A. Summerfield;M.A. Seidl

  • Geomorphological applications of cosmogenic isotope analysis

    Hermione A.P. Cockburn;Michael A. Summerfield

  • Denudational history along a transect across the Drakensberg Escarpment of southern Africa derived from apatite fission track thermochronology

    Roderick W. Brown;Michael A. Summerfield;Andrew J. W. Gleadow

  • Modeling postbreakup landscape development and denudational history across the southeast African (Drakensberg Escarpment) margin

    Pieter A Van der Beek;Michael Summerfield;Jean Braun;Roderick William Brown

  • The evolution of western Scandinavian topography: A review of Neogene uplift versus the ICE (isostasy–climate–erosion) hypothesis

    Søren B. Nielsen;Kerry Gallagher;Callum Leighton;Niels Balling

  • Reply to comment regarding the ICE-hypothesis

    Soren-Bom Nielsen;Kerry Gallagher;D.L. Egholm;O.R. Clausen

  • Morphotectonic evolution of the South Atlantic margins of Africa and South America

    R. W. Brown;K. Gallagher;A. J. W. Gleadow;M Summerfield

  • Silcrete as a palaeoclimatic indicator: evidence from southern Africa

    M.A. Summerfield

  • Denudation rates for the southern Drakensberg escarpment, SE Africa, derived from in-situ-produced cosmogenic 36C1: initial results

    A. Fleming;M. A. Summerfield;J. O. Stone;L. K. Fifield

  • An early cretaceous phase of accelerated erosion on the south-western margin of Africa: Evidence from apatite fission track analysis and the offshore sedimentary record

    Roderick W. Brown;Derek J. Rust;Michael A. Summerfield;Andrew J.W. Gleadow

  • Landscape dissection, isostatic uplift and the morphologic development of orogens

    A. R. Gilchrist;M. A. Summerfield;H. A. P. Cockburn

  • Scale dependence of hypsometric integrals: An analysis of southeast African basins

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  • Long-term rates of denudation in t he Dry Valleys, Transantarctic Mountains, southern Victoria Land, Antarctica bases on in-situ-produced cosmogenic 21Ne.

    M.A. Summerfield;F.M. Stuart;H.A.P. Cockburn;D.E. Sugden

  • Apatite fission track analysis: its potential for the estimation of denudation rates and implications for models of long-term landscape development

    M Summerfield;R. W. Brown;A. J. W. Gleadow

  • Quantifying denudation rates on inselbergs in the central Namib Desert using in situ–produced cosmogenic 10Be and 26Al

    Hermione A. P. Cockburn;Michele A. Seidl;Michael A. Summerfield

  • Landscape development in the Royal Society Range, southern Victoria Land, Antarctica: stability since the mid-Miocene

    David E Sugden;Michael A Summerfield;George H Denton;Thomas I Wilch

  • Geomophology and Global Tectonics

    M Summerfield

Frequent Co-Authors

Roderick Brown
Roderick Brown University of Glasgow
Andrew J.W. Gleadow
Andrew J.W. Gleadow University of Melbourne
David E. Sugden
David E. Sugden King's College London
Kerry Gallagher
Kerry Gallagher University of Rennes
George H. Denton
George H. Denton University of Maine
David R. Marchant
David R. Marchant Boston University
Charlotte Bryant
Charlotte Bryant Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre
Barry P. Kohn
Barry P. Kohn University of Melbourne
David Fink
David Fink Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
Anthony E. Fallick
Anthony E. Fallick University of Glasgow

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