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  • 1983 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 1981 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
  • GSA Honorary Fellow Award, The Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • GSA Honorary Fellow Award, The Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Michael W. McElhinny is affiliated with the Australian National University in Australia. Their work in the geosciences has been recognized through multiple fellowships and awards from prominent scientific organizations.

Throughout their career, McElhinny has been honored as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 1983, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 1981, and a Fellow of the Geological Society of America. They also received the Honorary Fellow Award from the Geological Society of America.

While specific details on their recent papers, coauthors, publication venues, book publications, and field or subfield of study are not available, the fellowships and awards referenced suggest significant contributions to the field of geophysics and related geosciences.

Best Publications

  • Classification of the reversal test in palaeomagnetism

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  • The combined analysis of remagnetization circles and direct observations in palaeomagnetism

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  • Paleomagnetic constraints on timing of the Neoproterozoic breakup of Rodinia and the Cambrian formation of Gondwana

    C.Mca. Powell;Zheng-Xiang Li;M.W. Mcelhinny;J.G. Meert

  • Reversals of the Earth's magnetic field and temporal variations of the dynamo families

    P. L. McFadden;R. T. Merrill;M. W. McElhinny;Sunhee Lee

  • Statistical Significance of the Fold Test in Palaeomagnetism

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  • Variations in the Geomagnetic Dipole 1: The Past 50, 000 Years

    M. W. Mcelhinny;W. E. Senanayake

  • Palaeosecular variation over the past 5 Myr based on a new generalized database

    Michael W. McElhinny;Phillip L. McFadden

  • Fragmentation of Asia in the Permian

    M. W. McElhinny;B. J. J. Embleton;X. H. Ma;Z. K. Zhang

  • Paleomagnetism: Continents and Oceans

    Michael W. McElhinny;Phillip L. McFadden

  • Dipole/quadrupole family modeling of paleosecular variation

    P. L. McFadden;R. T. Merrill;M. W. McElhinny

  • The Earth's Magnetic Field: Its History, Origin and Planetary Perspective

    Ronald T. Merrill;M. W. McElhinny

  • Geomagnetic secular variation over the past 5 m.y.

    M. W. McElhinny;R. T. Merrill

  • A reevaluation of the spatial and temporal distribution of sedimentary phosphate deposits in the light of plate tectonics

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  • Paleozoic terranes of eastern Australia and the drift history of Gondwana

    Michael W. McElhinny;Chris McA. Powell;Sergei A. Pisarevsky

  • Mesozoic palaeomagnetic stratigraphy.

    M. W. Mcelhinny;P. J. Burek

  • Iaga Paleomagnetic Databases with access

    Michael W. McElhinny;Jo Lock

  • The time-averaged paleomagnetic field 0–5 Ma

    M. W. McElhinny;P. L. McFadden;R. T. Merrill

  • Anomalies in the time‐averaged paleomagnetic field and their implications for the lower mantle

    Ronald T. Merrill;Michael W. McElhinny

  • Late Precambrian Paleomagnetism of Australia: The Adelaide Geosyncline

    M. O. McWilliams;M. W. McElhinny

  • Evidence of a geomagnetic excursion 30,000 yr BP.

    Michael Barbetti;Michael Mcelhinny

  • Australian palaeomagnetism and the Phanerozoic plate tectonics of eastern Gondwanaland

    M.W. McElhinny;B.J.J. Embleton

  • Precambrian geodynamics — a palaeomagnetic view

    M.W. McElhinny;M.O. McWilliams

  • Variations in the Geomagnetic Dipole 2: Statistical Analysis of VDMs for the Past 5 Million Years

    P. L. Mcfadden;M. W. Mcelhinny

  • A 10 000 yr geomagnetic secular variation record from three Australian maars

    C. E. Barton;M. W. McElhinny

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald T. Merrill
Ronald T. Merrill University of Washington
Ian McDougall
Ian McDougall Australian National University
David J. Stevenson
David J. Stevenson California Institute of Technology
Roger L. Larson
Roger L. Larson University of Rhode Island
Jean-Pierre Pozzi
Jean-Pierre Pozzi École Normale Supérieure
Neil D. Opdyke
Neil D. Opdyke University of Florida
Steven Constable
Steven Constable University of California, San Diego
Stuart Ross Taylor
Stuart Ross Taylor Australian National University
Catherine Constable
Catherine Constable University of California, San Diego
Michael McWilliams
Michael McWilliams Stanford University

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