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Michael R. Talbot

Michael R. Talbot

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
53
Citations
10887
World Ranking
2847
National Ranking
36

Michael R. Talbot 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 R. Talbot sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 82 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael R. Talbot 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 R. Talbot sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Michael R. Talbot was affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway. Their research contributions were primarily situated within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, encompassing six publications. Key subfields of study included Earth-Surface Processes, Geophysics, Paleontology, Mechanics of Materials, and Geology.

Their main research topics covered geological formations and processes, earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geophysical studies worldwide, paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, as well as geological and geophysical studies.

Michael R. Talbot's work appeared predominantly in the Journal of Sedimentary Research, with two publications in that venue. Notable recent papers include:

  • The impact of tectonic activity on carbonate density-flow deposition along two sectors of the Apulia Carbonate Platform, 2023, Journal of Sedimentary Research
  • Diagenesis of carbonate density-flow deposits controlled by differential uplift of platform segments: examples from the Cretaceous of the Gargano Promontory, Italy, 2023, Journal of Sedimentary Research

Frequent collaborators in their research included Gunnar Sælen, Luigi Spalluto, Ivar Grunnaleite, Atle Jørgen Hestad Sande, and Niels Bo Jensen.

Best Publications

  • A review of the palaeohydrological interpretation of carbon and oxygen isotopic ratios in primary lacustrine carbonates

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  • Late pleistocene desiccation of Lake Victoria and rapid evolution of cichlid fishes

    Thomas C. Johnson;Christopher A. Scholz;Michael R. Talbot;Kerry Kelts

  • A high resolution palaeoclimatic record for the last 27,500 years in tropical West Africa from the carbon and nitrogen isotopic composition of lacustrine organic matter

    Michael R. Talbot;Truls Johannessen

  • History and timing of human impact on Lake Victoria, East Africa.

    Dirk Verschuren;Thomas C. Johnson;Hedy J. Kling;David N. Edgington

  • East African megadroughts between 135 and 75 thousand years ago and bearing on early-modern human origins

    Christopher A. Scholz;Thomas C. Johnson;Andrew S. Cohen;John W. King

  • The Late Pleistocene - Holocene palaeolimnology of Lake Victoria East Africa, based upon elemental and isotopic analyses of sedimentary organic matter

    Michael R. Talbot;Tine Lærdal

  • Methane-related carbonate cements in pockmarks of the North Sea

    Martin Hovland;Michael R. Talbot;Henning Qvale;Snorre Olaussen

  • Hydrogen index and carbon isotopes of lacustrine organic matter as lake level indicators

    Michael R. Talbot;Daniel A. Livingstone

  • Ecological consequences of early Late Pleistocene megadroughts in tropical Africa.

    Andrew S. Cohen;Jeffery R. Stone;Kristina R.M. Beuning;Lisa E. Park

  • A revised 30,000-year paleoclimatic and paleohydrologic history of Lake Albert, East Africa

    Kristina R.M. Beuning;Michael R. Talbot;Kerry Kelts

  • Nitrogen Isotopes in Palaeolimnology

    Michael R. Talbot

  • Lacustrine Carbonates as Geochemical Archives of Environmental Change and Biotic/Abiotic Interactions

    Kerry Kelts;Michael Talbot

  • Lacustrine Petroleum Source Rocks

    Andrew S. Cohen;A. J. Fleet;K. Kelts;M. Talbot

  • Paleoclimatic variations in West Africa from a record of late Pleistocene and Holocene lake level stands of Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana

    Timothy Michael Shanahan;Jonathan T. Overpeck;C. Winston Wheeler;J. Warren Beck

  • Atlas of Invertebrate MacRofossils

    Gunnar Saelen;Peter Doyle;Michael R. Talbot

  • Primary and diagenetic carbonates in the anoxic sediments of Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana

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  • Lake level and paleoenvironmental history of Lake Tanganyika, Africa, as inferred from late Holocene and modern stromatolites

    Andrew S. Cohen;Michael R. Talbot;Stanley M. Awramik;David L. Dettman

  • The origins of lacustrine oil source rocks: evidence from the lakes of tropical Africa

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  • Abrupt return of the summer monsoon 15,000 years ago: new supporting evidence from the lower White Nile valley and Lake Albert

    Martin Williams;Michael Talbot;Paul Aharon;Yassin Abdl Salaam

  • Paleolimnological Signatures from Carbon and Oxygen Isotopic Ratios in Carbonates, from Organic Carbon-Rich Lacustrine Sediments: Chapter 6

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  • Major bounding surfaces in aeolian sandstones-a climatic model

    M. R. Talbot

  • Contrasting watermass conditions during deposition of the Whitby Mudstone (Lower Jurassic) and Kimmeridge Clay (Upper Jurassic) formations, UK

    G Sælen;R.V Tyson;N Telnæs;M.R Talbot

  • Scientific drilling in the Great Rift Valley: The 2005 Lake Malawi Scientific Drilling Project — An overview of the past 145,000years of climate variability in Southern Hemisphere East Africa

    C. A. Scholz;A. S. Cohen;T. C. Johnson;J. King

  • Consequences of Early Late-Pleistocene Megadroughts in Tropical Africa

    Andrew S Cohen;Jeffery R. Stone;Kristina R M Beuning;Lisa E Park

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas C. Johnson
Thomas C. Johnson University of Massachusetts Amherst
Jean-Jacques Tiercelin
Jean-Jacques Tiercelin Géosciences Rennes
Christopher A. Scholz
Christopher A. Scholz Syracuse University
Andrew S. Cohen
Andrew S. Cohen University of Arizona
Erik T. Brown
Erik T. Brown University of Minnesota
John W. King
John W. King University of Rhode Island
Martin Williams
Martin Williams University of Adelaide
James M. Russell
James M. Russell Brown University
David L. Dettman
David L. Dettman University of Arizona
Hervé Bellon
Hervé Bellon University of Western Brittany

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