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Nicholas L. Swanson-Hysell

Nicholas L. Swanson-Hysell

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Earth Science

D-Index
35
Citations
3756
World Ranking
7754
National Ranking
2624

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Hellman Fellow

Overview

Nicholas L. Swanson-Hysell is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on Geophysics. Their research portfolio includes substantial contributions to Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and several other closely related fields.

The scientist's frequent publication venues reflect their active engagement in multiple areas of the geological sciences. These venues include:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Geology
  • Tectonics

Swanson-Hysell's recent papers illustrate a range of topics and research emphases. Key publications include:

  • "Emergence of the Southeast Asian islands as a driver for Neogene cooling," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Rapid emplacement of massive Duluth Complex intrusions within the North American Midcontinent Rift," 2020, Geology
  • "Limited Carbon Cycle Response to Increased Sulfide Weathering Due to Oxygen Feedback," 2021, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "High geomagnetic field intensity recorded by anorthosite xenoliths requires a strongly powered late Mesoproterozoic geodynamo," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "A Consistently High-Latitude South China From 820 to 780 Ma: Implications for Exclusion From Rodinia and the Feasibility of Large-Scale True Polar Wander," 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Collaborative research is a notable aspect of Swanson-Hysell's career. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Francis A. Macdonald
  • Yiming Zhang
  • Eben B. Hodgin
  • Mark D. Schmitz

Their work encompasses multiple subfields within Earth and Planetary Sciences, including:

  • Geophysics
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Paleontology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Geology

Specific research topics addressed by Nicholas L. Swanson-Hysell span a broad spectrum:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping

In 2015, Swanson-Hysell received the Hellman Fellow award, reflecting recognition aligned with their research career trajectory.

Best Publications

  • PmagPy: Software package for paleomagnetic data analysis and a bridge to the Magnetics Information Consortium (MagIC) Database

    L. Tauxe;R. Shaar;R. Shaar;L. Jonestrask;N. L. Swanson-Hysell

  • Arc-continent collisions in the tropics set Earth's climate state.

    Francis A. Macdonald;Nicholas L. Swanson-Hysell;Yuem Park;Lorraine Lisiecki

  • Cryogenian Glaciation and the Onset of Carbon-Isotope Decoupling

    Nicholas L. Swanson-Hysell;Catherine V. Rose;Claire C. Calmet;Galen P. Halverson;Galen P. Halverson

  • Neoproterozoic glacial origin of the Great Unconformity

    C. Brenhin Keller;C. Brenhin Keller;Jon M. Husson;Ross N. Mitchell;William F. Bottke

  • Claypool continued: Extending the isotopic record of sedimentary sulfate

    Peter W. Crockford;Peter W. Crockford;Peter W. Crockford;Marcus Kunzmann;Andrey Bekker;Justin Hayles;Justin Hayles

  • Detrital-zircon geochronology of the eastern Magallanes foreland basin: Implications for Eocene kinematics of the northern Scotia Arc and Drake Passage

    David L. Barbeau;Eduardo B. Olivero;Nicholas L. Swanson-Hysell;Khandaker M. Zahid

  • An Appalachian Amazon? Magnetofossil evidence for the development of a tropical river-like system in the mid-Atlantic United States during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum

    Robert E. Kopp;Dirk Schumann;Timothy D. Raub;David S. Powars

  • Geology of Lonar Crater, India

    Adam C. Maloof;Sarah T. Stewart;Benjamin P. Weiss;Samuel A. Soule

  • Failed rifting and fast drifting: Midcontinent Rift development, Laurentia’s rapid motion and the driver of Grenvillian orogenesis

    Nicholas L. Swanson-Hysell;Jahandar Ramezani;Luke M. Fairchild;Ian R. Rose

  • Emergence of the Southeast Asian islands as a driver for Neogene cooling

    Yuem Park;Pierre Maffre;Yves Goddéris;Francis A. Macdonald

  • Rock magnetism of remagnetized carbonate rocks: another look

    Michael J Jackson;Nicholas L. Swanson-Hysell

  • Stratigraphy and geochronology of the Tambien Group, Ethiopia: Evidence for globally synchronous carbon isotope change in the Neoproterozoic

    Nicholas L. Swanson-Hysell;Adam C. Maloof;Daniel J. Condon;Gawen R.T. Jenkin

  • Tropical weathering of the Taconic orogeny as a driver for Ordovician cooling

    Nicholas L. Swanson-Hysell;Francis A. Macdonald

  • Constraints on Neoproterozoic paleogeography and Paleozoic orogenesis from paleomagnetic records of the Bitter Springs Formation, Amadeus Basin, central Australia

    Nicholas L. Swanson-Hysell;Adam C. Maloof;Joseph L. Kirschvink;David A. D. Evans

  • No asymmetry in geomagnetic reversals recorded by 1.1-billion-year-old Keweenawan basalts

    Nicholas L. Swanson-Hysell;Adam C. Maloof;Benjamin P. Weiss;David A. D. Evans

  • Cryogenian glaciations on the southern tropical paleomargin of Laurentia (NE Svalbard and East Greenland), and a primary origin for the upper Russøya (Islay) carbon isotope excursion

    Paul F. Hoffman;Paul F. Hoffman;Galen P. Halverson;Galen P. Halverson;Eugene W. Domack;Adam C. Maloof

  • No asymmetry in geomagnetic reversals recorded by 1.1-billion-year-old Keweenawan basalts

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  • The end of Midcontinent Rift magmatism and the paleogeography of Laurentia

    Luke M. Fairchild;Nicholas L. Swanson-Hysell;Jahandar Ramezani;Courtney J. Sprain

  • Tropical weathering of the Taconic orogeny as a driver for Ordovician cooling

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  • The arc of the Snowball: U-Pb dates constrain the Islay anomaly and the initiation of the Sturtian glaciation

    Scott MacLennan;Yuem Park;Nicholas Swanson-Hysell;Adam C. Maloof

  • Paleomagnetism of Lonar impact crater, India

    Karin L. Louzada;Benjamin P. Weiss;Adam C. Maloof;Sarah T. Stewart

  • Constraints on the origin and relative timing of the Trezona δ13C anomaly below the end-Cryogenian glaciation

    Catherine V. Rose;Nicholas L. Swanson-Hysell;Jon M. Husson;Laura N. Poppick

Frequent Co-Authors

Adam C. Maloof
Adam C. Maloof Princeton University
Francis A. Macdonald
Francis A. Macdonald University of California, Santa Barbara
Galen P. Halverson
Galen P. Halverson McGill University
Blair Schoene
Blair Schoene Princeton University
Yves Goddéris
Yves Goddéris Paul Sabatier University
Sarah T. Stewart
Sarah T. Stewart University of California, Davis
Mark D. Schmitz
Mark D. Schmitz Boise State University

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