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Patrick M. Hurley

Patrick M. Hurley

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Earth Science

D-Index
37
Citations
4757
World Ranking
6925
National Ranking
2415

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1962 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 1951 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Patrick M. Hurley was affiliated with MIT in the United States. Their research primarily centered around medicine, with a total of 55 publications across various medical disciplines.

The scientist's work covered several subfields, including:

  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Surgery
  • Rheumatology
  • Radiation
  • Pharmacology

The main topics addressed in their research included:

  • Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
  • Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques
  • Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
  • Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects
  • Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
  • Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty

Frequent publication venues for their work were:

  • Indian Journal of Medical Sciences
  • Medical Dosimetry
  • Brachytherapy
  • Indian Journal of Musculoskeletal Radiology
  • EBioMedicine

Collaborators with whom the scientist frequently published included:

  • Rajesh Botchu
  • Patrick W. McLaughlin
  • Vrinda Narayana
  • Eric Short
  • Dominika E. Nanus

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Patrick M. Hurley were:

  • Synovial tissue from sites of joint pain in knee osteoarthritis patients exhibits a differential phenotype with distinct fibroblast subsets (2021), published in EBioMedicine
  • Impact of Decipher Biopsy testing on clinical outcomes in localized prostate cancer in a prospective statewide collaborative (2021), published in Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases
  • Improving Neurosurgery Education Using Social Media Case-Based Discussions: A Pilot Study (2021), published in World Neurosurgery X
  • COVID-19 pandemic and medical education (2020), published in Indian Journal of Medical Sciences
  • Synovial Tissue from Sites of Joint Pain in Knee Osteoarthritis Patients Exhibits a Differential Phenotype with Distinct Fibroblast Subsets (2021), published in SSRN Electronic Journal

During their career, Patrick M. Hurley was awarded fellowships from notable organizations, including:

  • Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU), 1962
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1951

Best Publications

  • Pre-Drift Continental Nuclei

    Patrick M. Hurley;John R. Rand

  • Test of Continental Drift by Comparison of Radiometric Ages: A pre-drift reconstruction shows matching geologic age provinces in West Africa and Northern Brazil.

    P. M. Hurley;J. R. Rand;W. H. Pinson;H. W. Fairbairn

  • The Isotopic Composition of Strontium in Oceanic and Continental Basalts: Application to the Origin of Igneous Rocks

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  • Radiogenic strontium‐87 model of continent formation

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  • Absolute abundance and distribution of Rb, K and Sr in the earth

    Patrick M Hurley

  • The isotopic composition of strontium in surface water from the North Atlantic Ocean

    G Faure;P.M Hurley;J.L Powell

  • Rubidium-strontium age of the bosumtwi crater area, ghana, compared with the age of the ivory coast tektites.

    C. C. Schnetzler;W. H. Pinson;P. M. Hurley

  • Liberian Age Province (about 2,700 m.y.)and Adjacent Provinces in Liberia and Sierra Leone

    Patrick M. Hurley;G.W. Leo;R.W. White;H.W. Fairbairn

  • Geology and age of the Parguaza rapakivi granite, Venezuela

    Henri E. Gaudette;Vicente Mendoza;Patrick M. Hurley;Harold W. Fairbairn

  • The dependence of K-Ar age on the mineralogy of various particle size ranges in a shale

    J. Hower;P.M. Hurley;W.H. Pinson;H.W. Fairbairn

  • Ancient age of the Middle Marker Horizon, Onverwacht Group, Swaziland Sequence, South Africa

    Patrick M. Hurley;William H. Pinson;Bartholomew Nagy;Thomas M. Teska

  • Correlation of radiometric ages of Nipissing diabase and Huronian metasediments with Proterozoic orogenic events in Ontario

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  • RADIOGENIC ARGON AND STRONTIUM DIFFUSION PARAMETERS IN BIOTITE AT LOW TEMPERATURES OBTAINED FROM ALPINE FAULT UPLIFT IN NEW ZEALAND

    P.M. Hurley;H. Hughes;W.H. Pinson;H.W. Fairbairn

  • RADIATION DAMAGE IN ZIRCON: A POSSIBLE AGE METHOD

    Patrick M Hurley;Harold W Fairbairn

  • KAr age values in pelagic sediments of the North Atlantic

    P.M Hurley;B.C Heezen;W.H Pinson;H.W Fairbairn

  • RbSr isotopic evidence in the origin of potash-rich lavas of Western Italy

    P.M. Hurley;H.W. Fairbairn;W.H. Pinson

  • Total-rock UPb and RbSr systematics in the Imataca Series, Guayana Shield, Venezuela

    C.W. Montgomery;P.M. Hurley

  • A Permian Disturbance of K-Ar Radiometric Ages in New England: Its Occurrence and Cause

    Robert E Zartman;Patrick M Hurley;Harold W Krueger;Bruno J Giletti

  • Evaluation of Rb-Sr Dating Methods Applied to the Matachewan, Abitibi, Mackenzie, and Sudbury Dike Swarms in Canada

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  • Reliability of Glauconite for Age Measurement by K-Ar and Rb-Sr Methods

    Patrick Mason Hurley;Randall F. Cormier;Harold Williams Fairbain;John Hower

  • The problem of inherited radiogenic strontium in sedimentary age determinations

    P.E Whitney;P.M Hurley

  • Rb-Sr age of stony meteorites☆

    W.H Pinson;C.C Schnetzler;E Beiser;H.W Fairbairn

  • Correction to: Absolute abundance and distribution of Rb, K and Sr in the earth

    P.M. Hurley

  • Alpha ionization damage as a cause of low helium ratios

    Patrick M. Hurley

Frequent Co-Authors

Umberto G. Cordani
Umberto G. Cordani Universidade de São Paulo
Stanley R. Hart
Stanley R. Hart Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Koji Kawashita
Koji Kawashita Universidade de São Paulo
Miguel Angelo Stipp Basei
Miguel Angelo Stipp Basei Universidade de São Paulo

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