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Nick Mortimer

Nick Mortimer

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
51
Citations
8077
World Ranking
3296
National Ranking
26

Nick Mortimer 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 Nick Mortimer sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 187 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nick Mortimer 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 Nick Mortimer sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Overview

Nick Mortimer is affiliated with GNS Science in New Zealand and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on geophysics and geology. Their research encompasses several related subfields including artificial intelligence applications, paleontology, and atmospheric science.

Mortimer's publication record includes work in both broad and specialized topics. Major topics addressed in their research are geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, geological and geophysical studies, geochemistry and geologic mapping, as well as paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, and geology and paleoclimatology research.

The scientist has contributed to numerous journals, frequently publishing in the New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. Other recurring venues include the Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, Gondwana Research, Lithos, and Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems.

Some of Mortimer's recent papers include:

  • "Intraplate volcanism triggered by bursts in slab flux," 2020, Science Advances
  • "The New Zealand Community Fault Model - version 1.0: an improved geological foundation for seismic hazard modelling," 2023, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
  • "Volcanoes of Zealandia and the Southwest Pacific," 2020, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
  • "New Zealand Fault-Rupture Depth Model v.1.0: A Provisional Estimate of the Maximum Depth of Seismic Rupture on New Zealand's Active Faults," 2023, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • "The Mesozoic terrane boundary beneath the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand, and potential controls on geothermal system characteristics," 2020, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Collaborations feature recurring co-authors including Isabelle Chambefort, Julien Collot, S. Etienne, Pilar Villamor, and Stephen Bannister. These partnerships have resulted in several joint research efforts across a variety of topics related to Mortimer's fields of study.

Nick Mortimer was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2017.

Best Publications

  • New Zealand's Geological Foundations

    N. Mortimer

  • Zealandia: Earth’s Hidden Continent

    Nick Mortimer;Hamish J. Campbell;Andy J. Tulloch;Peter R. King

  • Overview of the Median Batholith, New Zealand: a new interpretation of the geology of the Median Tectonic Zone and adjacent rocks

    N. Mortimer;A.J. Tulloch;R.N. Spark;N.W. Walker

  • Where and why have all the flowers gone? Depletion and turnover in the New Zealand Cenozoic angiosperm flora in relation to palaeogeography and climate

    Daphne E. Lee;William G. Lee;Nick Mortimer

  • High-level stratigraphic scheme for New Zealand rocks

    N Mortimer;Rattenbury;PR King;KJ Bland

  • Age and geochemistry of volcanic rocks from the Hikurangi and Manihiki oceanic Plateaus

    Kaj Hoernle;Kaj Hoernle;Folkmar Hauff;Paul van den Bogaard;Reinhard Werner

  • Metamorphic Discontinuities In Orogenic Belts: Example Of The Garnet–Biotite–Albite Zone In The Otago Schist, New Zealand

    N. Mortimer

  • Lithosphere delamination with foundering of lower crust and mantle caused permanent subsidence of New Caledonia Trough and transient uplift of Lord Howe Rise during Eocene and Oligocene initiation of Tonga‐Kermadec subduction, western Pacific

    Rupert Sutherland;Julien Collot;Yves Lafoy;Graham A. Logan

  • Temporal and geochemical evolution of the Cenozoic intraplate volcanism of Zealandia

    Christian Timm;Kaj Hoernle;Reinhard Werner;Folkmar Hauff

  • Cretaceous felsic volcanism in New Zealand and Lord Howe Rise (Zealandia) as a precursor to final Gondwana break-up

    A. J. Tulloch;J. Ramezani;N. Mortimer;J. Mortensen

  • Basement geology from Three Kings Ridge to West Norfolk Ridge, southwest Pacific Ocean: evidence from petrology, geochemistry and isotopic dating of dredge samples

    N. Mortimer;R.H. Herzer;P.B. Gans;D.L. Parkinson

  • Jurassic tectonic history of the Otago Schist, New Zealand

    Nick Mortimer

  • Origin of the Torlesse Terrane and Coeval Rocks, North Island, New Zealand

    Nick Mortimer

  • Hikurangi Plateau: A Cretaceous large igneous province in the southwest Pacific Ocean

    Nick Mortimer;Dave Parkinson

  • Basement geology of Taranaki and Wanganui Basins, New Zealand

    N. Mortimer;A. J. Tulloch;T. R. Ireland

  • Geology and thermochronometry of the east edge of the Median Batholith (Median Tectonic Zone): a new perspective on Permian to Cretaceous crustal growth of New Zealand

    Nick Mortimer;Phil Gans;Andy Calvert;Nick Walker

  • Geological interpretation of a deep seismic reflection profile across the Eastern Province and Median Batholith, New Zealand: Crustal architecture of an extended Phanerozoic convergent orogen

    N. Mortimer;F. J. Davey;A. Melhuish;J. Yu

  • Geochemical evidence for the position of the Caples-Torlesse boundary in the Otago Schist, New Zealand

    N. Mortimer;B. P. Roser

  • Oligocene–Miocene tectonic evolution of the South Fiji Basin and Northland Plateau, SW Pacific Ocean: Evidence from petrology and dating of dredged rocks

    N. Mortimer;R. H. Herzer;P. B. Gans;C. Laporte-Magoni

  • Textural zones in the Haast Schist—a reappraisal

    I. M. Turnbull;N. Mortimer;D. Craw

  • New Zealand Geological Timescale NZGT 2015/1

    JI Raine;AG Beu;AF Boyes;HJ Campbell

Frequent Co-Authors

Kaj Hoernle
Kaj Hoernle GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Folkmar Hauff
Folkmar Hauff GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Paul van den Bogaard
Paul van den Bogaard GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Maria Seton
Maria Seton University of Sydney
Rupert Sutherland
Rupert Sutherland Victoria University of Wellington
Sebastien Meffre
Sebastien Meffre University of Tasmania
Gideon Rosenbaum
Gideon Rosenbaum University of Queensland
William L. Griffin
William L. Griffin Macquarie University
Simon Williams
Simon Williams University of Sydney
Karsten Gohl
Karsten Gohl Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

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