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Paul Aharon 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 Paul Aharon sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 116 publications — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Paul Aharon 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 Paul Aharon sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Paul Aharon is affiliated with the University of Alabama in the United States and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their research spans several interconnected subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Geochemistry and Petrology, Ecology, and even Artificial Intelligence.

Their work primarily focuses on topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry.

Recent publications by Paul Aharon include:

  • An assessment of foraminiferal species distribution and stable-isotope anomalies at a methane-hydrate mound in the Gulf of Mexico, 2022, Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India
  • Age-dating and assumptions testing of 226Ra and 228Ra decay series applied to barite chimneys and mud volcanoes in deepwater Gulf of Mexico, 2023, Chemical Geology
  • Abiotic and Biotic Processes Controlling Deposition of Calcite and Hydrotalcite Calcretes on Niue Island, Southwest Pacific, 2024, Preprints.org
  • Abiotic and Biotic Processes Controlling Deposition of Calcite and Hydrotalcite Calcretes on Niue Island, Southwest Pacific, 2024, Minerals

They have also been associated with a publication titled "New Geochemical Diagnostic Methods Point to Pumice Rafts as the Most Likely Source for Niue Soils," 2024, Pacific Science, though this paper lists a different primary author.

Paul Aharon frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • N.E. Whitehead
  • Emil Platon
  • Barun K. Sen Gupta
  • Daniel L. Van Gent
  • Baoshun Fu

Their research has appeared in a range of publication venues, underscoring a multidisciplinary approach. Key journals and platforms include:

  • Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India
  • Pacific Science
  • Chemical Geology
  • Preprints.org
  • Minerals

Best Publications

  • Microbial sulfate reduction rates and sulfur and oxygen isotope fractionations at oil and gas seeps in deepwater Gulf of Mexico

    Paul Aharon;Baoshun Fu

  • Hydrocarbon-derived carbonate buildups of the northern Gulf of Mexico continental slope: A review of submersible investigations

    Harry H. Roberts;Paul Aharon

  • Oxygen isotopes, sea level changes and the temperature history of a coral reef environment in New Guinea over the last 105 years

    Paul Aharon;John Chappell

  • Recorders of reef environment histories: stable isotopes in corals, giant clams, and calcareous algae

    Paul Aharon

  • Blake Ridge methane seeps: characterization of a soft-sediment, chemosynthetically based ecosystem

    C.L. Van Dover;P. Aharon;J.M. Bernhard;E. Caylor

  • TIMS U-series dating and stable isotopes of the last interglacial event in Papua New Guinea

    M Stein;G.J Wasserburg;P Aharon;J.H Chen

  • Holocene palaeo-environmental changes, central to north Great Barrier Reef inner zone

    J Chappell;A Chivas;E Wallensky;H. A Polach

  • Chemosynthetic bacterial mats at cold hydrocarbon seeps, Gulf of Mexico continental slope

    Roger Sassen;Harry H. Roberts;Paul Aharon;John Larkin

  • Radiometric dating of submarine hydrocarbon seeps in the Gulf of Mexico

    Paul Aharon;Henry P. Schwarcz;Harry H. Roberts

  • Stable Carbon Isotope Signatures of Sedimentary Carbon in Coastal Wetlands as Indicators of Salinity Regime

    G. L. Chmura;P. Aharon

  • Foraminiferal colonization of hydrocarbon-seep bacterial mats and underlying sediment, Gulf of Mexico slope

    Barun K. Sen Gupta;Emil Platon;Joan M. Bernhard;Paul Aharon

  • Abrupt return of the summer monsoon 15,000 years ago: new supporting evidence from the lower White Nile valley and Lake Albert

    Martin Williams;Michael Talbot;Paul Aharon;Yassin Abdl Salaam

  • Sulfur and oxygen isotopes of coeval sulfate–sulfide in pore fluids of cold seep sediments with sharp redox gradients

    Paul Aharon;Baoshun Fu

  • Meltwater flooding events in the Gulf of Mexico revisited: Implications for rapid climate changes during the last deglaciation

    Paul Aharon

  • The buried Afiq Canyon (eastern Mediterranean, Israel): a case study of a Tertiary submarine canyon exposed in Late Messinian times

    Y. Druckman;B. Buchbinder;G.M. Martinotti;R.Siman Tov

  • Geology and biology of modern and ancient submarine hydrocarbon seeps and vents: An introduction

    Paul Aharon

  • Chronostratigraphic markers in the end-Precambrian carbon isotope record of the Lesser Himalaya

    Paul Aharon;Manfred Schidlowski;Indra B. Singh

  • Recent Hot Brine Dolomitization in the "Solar Lake," Gulf of Elat, Isotopici, Chemical, and Mineralogical Study

    Paul Aharon;Yehoshua Kolodny;Eytan Sass

  • 140,000-yr isotope climatic record from raised coral reefs in New Guinea

    Paul Aharon;Paul Aharon

  • Carbon Cycle and Carbon Isotope Record: Geochemical Impact of Life over 3.8 Ga of Earth History

    Manfred Schidlowski;Paul Aharon

Frequent Co-Authors

Harry H. Roberts
Harry H. Roberts Louisiana State University
Roger Sassen
Roger Sassen Texas A&M University
Manfred Schidlowski
Manfred Schidlowski Max Planck Society
Yehoshua Kolodny
Yehoshua Kolodny Hebrew University of Jerusalem
John Chappell
John Chappell Australian National University
Joan M. Bernhard
Joan M. Bernhard Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Antonio B. Rodriguez
Antonio B. Rodriguez University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Gail L. Chmura
Gail L. Chmura McGill University
Charles R. Fisher
Charles R. Fisher Pennsylvania State University
Walter Michaelis
Walter Michaelis Universität Hamburg

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