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Paul T. Robinson

Paul T. Robinson

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
66
Citations
15374
World Ranking
1322
National Ranking
60

Paul T. Robinson 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 T. Robinson sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 289 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Paul T. Robinson 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 T. Robinson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Paul T. Robinson is affiliated with Dalhousie University in Canada and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans several specialized subfields, including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Ocean Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Materials Chemistry. The primary focus of the scientist's work lies in Geological and Geochemical Analysis, High-pressure geophysics and materials, and earthquake and tectonic studies, among other related areas.

Robinson's recent publications highlight investigations into chromitites, peridotites, and related geological formations. Key papers include:

  • The occurrence, origin, and fate of water in chromitites in ophiolites (2020, American Mineralogist)
  • Trace elements in olivine: Proxies for petrogenesis, mineralization and discrimination of mafic-ultramafic rocks (2021, Lithos)
  • A new model for chromitite formation in ophiolites: Fluid immiscibility (2020, Science China Earth Sciences)
  • Vestiges of early Earth's deep subduction and CHONSP cycle recorded in Archean ophiolitic podiform chromitites (2022, Earth-Science Reviews)
  • Mineralogy and geochemistry of peridotites and chromitites in the Jijal Complex ophiolite along the Main Mantle Thrust (MMT or Indus Suture Zone) North Pakistan (2020, Lithos)

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Ben-Xun Su
  • Yan Xiao
  • Xia Liu
  • Yang Bai
  • Ralph A. Stephen

Robinson's work has been published in several prominent scientific venues with multiple contributions to:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Lithos
  • American Mineralogist
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

The scientist's research topics cover comprehensive geological processes and methods, including:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Oil and Gas Production Techniques

Best Publications

  • Podiform Chromitites in the Luobusa Ophiolite (Southern Tibet): Implications for Melt-Rock Interaction and Chromite Segregation in the Upper Mantle

    Mei-Fu Zhou;Paul T. Robinson;John Malpas;Zijin Li

  • Geochemistry, Petrogenesis and Metallogenesis of the Panzhihua Gabbroic Layered Intrusion and Associated Fe-Ti-V Oxide Deposits, Sichuan Province, SW China

    Mei-Fu Zhou;Paul T. Robinson;C. Michael Lesher;Reid R. Keays

  • The Troodos ophiolitic complex probably formed in a subduction initiation, slab edge setting

    Julian A. Pearce;P. T. Robinson

  • Geochemical and Sr–Nd–Pb–O isotopic compositions of the post-collisional ultrapotassic magmatism in SW Tibet: Petrogenesis and implications for India intra-continental subduction beneath southern Tibet

    Zhidan Zhao;Xuanxue Mo;Yildirim Dilek;Yaoling Niu

  • Ophiolites of the Kunlun Mountains, China and their tectonic implications

    J.-S. Yang;P.T. Robinson;C.-F. Jiang;Z.-Q. Xu

  • REE and PGE Geochemical Constraints on the Formation of Dunites in the Luobusa Ophiolite, Southern Tibet

    Mei-Fu Zhou;Paul T. Robinson;John Malpas;Stephen J. Edwards

  • Diamond- and coesite-bearing chromitites from the Luobusa ophiolite, Tibet

    Jing-Sui Yang;Larissa Dobrzhinetskaya;Wen-Ji Bai;Qing-Song Fang

  • Formation of podiform chromitites by melt/rock interaction in the upper mantle

    M. F. Zhou;P. T. Robinson;W. J. Bai

  • Geochemical constraints on the origin of the Hegenshan Ophiolite, Inner Mongolia, China

    P.T Robinson;Mei-fu Zhou;Xu-Feng Hu;P Reynolds

  • Compositions of chromite, associated minerals, and parental magmas of podiform chromite deposits: The role of slab contamination of asthenospheric melts in suprasubduction zone environments

    Mei-Fu Zhou;Paul T. Robinson;Ben-Xun Su;Ben-Xun Su;Jian-Feng Gao

  • Discovery of an eclogite belt in the Lhasa block, Tibet: A new border for Paleo-Tethys?

    Jingsui Yang;Zhiqin Xu;Zhaoli Li;Xiangzhen Xu

  • Crustal Spreading in Southern California

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  • Origin and tectonic environment of podiform chromite deposits

    Mei-Fu Zhou;Paul T. Robinson

  • Geochemical and geochronological constraints on the origin and emplacement of the Yarlung Zangbo ophiolites, Southern Tibet

    John Malpas;Mei-Fu Zhou;Paul T. Robinson;Peter H. Reynolds

  • Volcanic glass compositions of the Troodos ophiolite, Cyprus

    Paul T. Robinson;William G. Melson;Tim O'Hearn;Hans-Ulrich Schmincke

  • Model for the origin of the Troodos massif, Cyprus, and other mideast ophiolites

    E. M. Moores;Paul T. Robinson;John Malpas;Costas Xenophonotos

  • Late Permian rifting of the South China Craton caused by the Emeishan mantle plume

    Xie-Yan Song;Xie-Yan Song;Mei-Fu Zhou;Zhi-Min Cao;Paul T. Robinson

  • Diamonds, native elements and metal alloys from chromitites of the Ray-Iz ophiolite of the Polar Urals

    Jingsui Yang;Fancong Meng;Xiangzhen Xu;Paul T. Robinson

  • The origin and significance of crustal minerals in ophiolitic chromitites and peridotites

    Paul T. Robinson;Robert B. Trumbull;Axel Schmitt;Jing-Sui Yang

  • Diamonds in Ophiolites

    Jing-Sui Yang;Paul T. Robinson;Yildirim Dilek

  • Ophiolites in Earth History

    Y. Dilek;P. T. Robinson

Frequent Co-Authors

Jingsui Yang
Jingsui Yang Nanjing University
Yildirim Dilek
Yildirim Dilek Miami University
Mei-Fu Zhou
Mei-Fu Zhou Chinese Academy of Sciences
Christopher J. MacLeod
Christopher J. MacLeod Cardiff University
Richard S. Fiske
Richard S. Fiske Smithsonian Institution
J. P. Zheng
J. P. Zheng China University of Geosciences, Wuhan
Zhiqin Xu
Zhiqin Xu Nanjing University
Min Sun
Min Sun University of Hong Kong
Martin F.J. Flower
Martin F.J. Flower University of Illinois at Chicago
Guochun Zhao
Guochun Zhao University of Hong Kong

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