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Nicholas Christie-Blick 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 Nicholas Christie-Blick sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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Nicholas Christie-Blick 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 Nicholas Christie-Blick sits on this spectrum.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Nicholas Christie-Blick is affiliated with the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in the United States and contributes extensively to Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Engineering. Their research spans multiple subfields including Ocean Engineering, Geophysics, Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, and Geology.

Their publication record includes notable papers such as:

  • Syn-rift sedimentary response to growth folding along a rift-margin transfer zone: An example from the early Miocene of the Gulf of Suez, Egypt, 2022, Sedimentary Geology
  • A back-arc transtensional origin for the Nanpanjiang basin in the pre-Norian Triassic, with implications for the broader intracontinental development of South China, 2022, Basin Research
  • A subaerial origin for the mid-Ediacaran Johnnie valleys, California and Nevada: Implications for a diachronous onset of the Shuram excursion, 2023, Precambrian Research
  • Biostratigraphically constrained age assessment and paleoenvironments of the early Miocene syn-rift deposits of the Gulf of Suez eastern margin, Egypt, 2024, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
  • Did mid-Ediacaran regional sea-level drawdown trigger extensive allochthonous salt breakout and the incision of kilometre-deep palaeocanyons, Flinders Ranges, South Australia?, 2024, Terra Nova

Their frequent co-authors include James A. Austin, Mitchell Malone, Serge Berné, Mai Kirstine Borre, and George E. Claypool.

They have published in a range of venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Precambrian Research
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Basin Research

Main research topics covered in their work include:

  • Offshore Engineering and Technologies
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Drilling and Well Engineering

Nicholas Christie-Blick's contributions integrate multiple disciplines within Earth Sciences and associated Engineering fields, supporting studies of geological formations, paleoenvironments, and engineering applications related to ocean and drilling technologies.

They have been recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • The Phanerozoic Record of Global Sea-Level Change

    Kenneth G. Miller;Michelle A. Kominz;James V. Browning;James D. Wright

  • Deformation and Basin Formation Along Strike-Slip Faults

    Nicholas Christie-Blick;Kevin T. Biddle

  • Stable isotopic evidence for methane seeps in Neoproterozoic postglacial cap carbonates

    Ganqing Jiang;Martin J. Kennedy;Nicholas Christie-Blick

  • Strike-Slip Deformation, Basin Formation, and Sedimentation

    Kevin T. Biddle;Nicholas Christie-Blick

  • Are Proterozoic cap carbonates and isotopic excursions a record of gas hydrate destabilization following Earth's coldest intervals?

    Martin J. Kennedy;Nicholas Christie-Blick;Linda E. Sohl

  • Carbon Isotope Variability across the Ediacaran Yangtze Platform in South China: Implications for a Large Surface-to-Deep Ocean δ13C Gradient

    Ganqing Jiang;Alan J. Kaufman;Nicholas Christie-Blick;Shihong Zhang

  • Cenozoic global sea level, sequences, and the New Jersey Transect: Results From coastal plain and continental slope drilling

    Kenneth G. Miller;Gregory S. Mountain;James V. Browning;Michelle Kominz

  • Neoproterozoic stratigraphic comparison of the Lesser Himalaya (India) and Yangtze block (south China): Paleogeographic implications

    Ganqing Jiang;Linda E. Sohl;Nicholas Christie-Blick

  • The Ediacaran Period: A New Addition to the Geologic Time Scale

    Andrew H. Knoll;Malcolm R. Walter;Guy M. Narbonne;Nicholas Christie-Blick

  • A New Period for the Geologic Time Scale

    Andrew H. Knoll;Malcolm R. Walter;Guy M. Narbonne;Nicholas Christie-Blick

  • U-Pb sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe ages from the Doushantuo Formation in south China: Constraints on late Neoproterozoic glaciations

    Shihong Zhang;Ganqing Jiang;Junming Zhang;Biao Song

  • Paleomagnetic polarity reversals in Marinoan (ca. 600 Ma) glacial deposits of Australia: Implications for the duration of low-latitude glaciation in Neoproterozoic time

    Linda E. Sohl;Nicholas Christie-Blick;Dennis V. Kent;Dennis V. Kent

  • Stratigraphy, Sedimentary Structures, and Textures of the Late Neoproterozoic Doushantuo Cap Carbonate in South China

    Ganqing Jiang;Martin J. Kennedy;Nicholas Christie-Blick;Huaichun Wu

  • Detrital Zircon Provenance of Mesoproterozoic to Cambrian Arenites in the Western United States and Northwestern Mexico

    John H. Stewart;George E. Gehrels;Andrew P. Barth;Paul K. Link

  • Reconstruction of Tertiary progradation and clinoform development on the New Jersey passive margin by 2-D backstripping

    Michael S Steckler;Gregory S Mountain;Kenneth G Miller;Kenneth G Miller;Nicholas Christie-Blick

  • Middle and Late Proterozoic stratified rocks of the western U.S. Cordillera, Colorado Plateau, and Basin and Range province

    Paul Karl Link;Nicholas Christie-Blick;William J. Devlin;Donald P. Elston

  • Onlap, Offlap, and the Origin of Unconformity-Bounded Depositional Sequences

    Nicholas Christie-Blick

  • Structural Styles, Plate-Tectonic Settings, And Hydrocarbon Traps of Divergent (Transtensional) Wrench Faults

    T. P. Harding;R. C. Vierbuchen;Nicholas Christie-Blick

  • An early Cambrian rift to post-rift transition in the Cordillera of Western North America

    Gerard C. Bond;Nicholas Christie-Blick;Michelle A. Kominz;William J. Devlin

  • Carbon isotopic composition of Neoproterozoic glacial carbonates as a test of paleoceanographic models for snowball Earth phenomena

    Martin J. Kennedy;Nicholas Christie-Blick;Anthony R. Prave

Frequent Co-Authors

James A. Austin
James A. Austin The University of Texas at Austin
Kenneth G. Miller
Kenneth G. Miller Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Gregory S. Mountain
Gregory S. Mountain Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Ganqing Jiang
Ganqing Jiang University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Sidney R. Hemming
Sidney R. Hemming Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Alan J. Kaufman
Alan J. Kaufman University of Maryland, College Park
Malcolm R. Walter
Malcolm R. Walter University of New South Wales
Shihong Zhang
Shihong Zhang China University of Geosciences
Paul E. Olsen
Paul E. Olsen Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Miriam E. Katz
Miriam E. Katz Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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