2026 Millard F. Coffin: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	48	3727	3416	199	185	208	11922

Overview

Millard F. Coffin is affiliated with the University of Tasmania in Australia. Their research spans multiple fields related to earth sciences and engineering, with a strong emphasis on marine and geological studies.

Their main fields of study include:

Earth and Planetary Sciences
Engineering

Within these fields, Coffin has contributed to several subfields, including:

Ocean Engineering
Geophysics
Atmospheric Science
Geology
Ecology

The primary topics covered in Coffin's work concentrate on:

Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Geological and Geochemical Analysis
Geological and Geophysical Studies
Polar Research and Ecology
Drilling and Well Engineering
Oil and Gas Production Techniques

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by Coffin include:

Tectono-Stratigraphic Evolution of the Kerguelen Large Igneous Province: The Conjugate William's Ridge-Broken Ridge Rifted Margins, 2024, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
Deploying a Submarine Seismic Observatory in the Furious Fifties, 2021, Eos
McDonald Islands Phonolitic Lavas: Evidence for Zonation of the Kerguelen Plume, 2024, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
Longest Continually Erupting Large Igneous Province Driven by Plume-ridge Interaction, 2020, Goldschmidt Abstracts
ODP Leg 183, Hole 1140A - Well Logging Data, 2021, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Coffin frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

Hiroo Inokuchi
Sherwood W Wise
Paul Wallace
M. Antretter
John J. Mahoney

Their publications have appeared in a range of venues, with repeated contributions to:

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
Tectonics
Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
Eos

Best Publications

Large igneous provinces: crustal structure, dimensions, and external consequences

Millard F. Coffin;Olav Eldholm

1840
Citations
Large igneous provinces: continental, oceanic, and planetary flood volcanism

John J. Mahoney;Millard F. Coffin

907
Citations
Timing of Hot Spot—Related Volcanism and the Breakup of Madagascar and India

Michael Storey;John J. Mahoney;Andrew D. Saunders;Robert A. Duncan

807
Citations
The development of paleoseaways around Antarctica

Lawrence A Lawver;Lisa M Gahagan;M. F. Coffin

627
Citations
The Separation of Madagascar and Africa

Philip D. Rabinowitz;Millard F. Coffin;David Falvey

609
Citations
Kerguelen Hotspot Magma Output since 130 Ma

M.F. Coffin;Pringle;R.A. Duncan;T.P. Gladczenko

555
Citations
Large Igneous Provinces

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341
Citations
The rise and fall of the Cretaceous Hot Greenhouse climate

Brian T. Huber;Kenneth G. MacLeod;David K. Watkins;Millard F. Coffin;Millard F. Coffin;Millard F. Coffin

321
Citations
Origin and evolution of a submarine large igneous province: the Kerguelen Plateau and Broken Ridge, southern Indian Ocean

F. A. Frey;M. F. Coffin;P. J. Wallace;D. Weis

305
Citations
Reconstruction of Madagascar and Africa: evidence from the Davie Fracture Zone and Western Somali Basin

Millard F. Coffin;Philip D. Rabinowitz

250
Citations
Volcanism and continental break-up: a global compilation of large igneous provinces

Millard F. Coffin;Olav Eldholm

243
Citations
Scratching the surface: estimating dimensions of large igneous provinces

Millard F. Coffin;Olav Eldholm

235
Citations
Contemporaneous massive subaerial volcanism and late cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2

Junichiro Kuroda;Nanako O. Ogawa;Masaharu Tanimizu;Millard F. Coffin

230
Citations
Large Igneous Provinces and Plate Tectonics

Olav Eldholm;Millard F. Coffin

228
Citations
Crustal structure of the Ontong Java Plateau: Modeling of new gravity and existing seismic data

Tadeusz P. Gladczenko;Millard F. Coffin;Olav Eldholm

204
Citations
Impact origin for the greater Ontong Java Plateau

Stephanie Ingle;Millard F. Coffin;Millard F. Coffin

173
Citations
Evolution of the conjugate East African-Madagascan margins and the Western Somali Basin

Millard F. Coffin;Philip D. Rabinowitz

161
Citations
Large Igneous Provinces

Millard F. Coffin;Olav Eldholm

144
Citations
Leg 183 synthesis: Kerguelen plateau-broken ridge-a large igneous province

Frederic Frey;Millard Coffin;Paul Wallace;Dominique Weis

134
Citations
Age and geochemistry of the oceanic Manihiki Plateau, SW Pacific: New evidence for a plume origin

Christian Timm;Kaj Hoernle;Reinhard Werner;Folkmar Hauff

129
Citations
Jurassic to Eocene plate tectonic reconstructions in the Kerguelen Plateau region

Jean-Yves Royer;Millard F. Coffin

122
Citations
Imaging, Mapping and Modelling Continental Lithosphere Extension and Breakup, Geological Society (London) Special Publication 282, eds Karner, G.D., Manatschal, G. & Pinheiro, L.M., 2007, ISBN 978-1-86239-228-1, Hardcover, 482 pp., GBP £ 100.00

Millard F. Coffin

9
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Olav Eldholm University of Bergen

Paul J. Wallace University of Oregon

Kaj Hoernle GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

Joanne M. Whittaker University of Tasmania

Folkmar Hauff GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

Frederick A. Frey MIT

Paul van den Bogaard GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

Robert A. Duncan Oregon State University

John J. Mahoney University of Hawaii at Manoa

Naohiko Ohkouchi Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

External Links

Personal website of Millard F. Coffin

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