What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Paleontology
- Composite material
- Statistics
His primary areas of investigation include Mineralogy, Fission track dating, Apatite, Anisotropy and Thermochronology.
His work deals with themes such as Tomography, Thermal, Porphyroblast and Closure temperature, which intersect with Mineralogy.
His work on Computed x-ray tomography as part of general Tomography research is often related to High resolution, thus linking different fields of science.
His research in Fission track dating intersects with topics in Neogene, Chronostratigraphy and Paleogene.
His Apatite course of study focuses on Annealing and Kinetics, Accuracy and precision, Experimental data and Crystallography.
His Anisotropy research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Extrapolation, Principal component analysis, Data set and Geometry.
His most cited work include:
- Acquisition, optimization and interpretation of X-ray computed tomographic imagery: applications to the geosciences (1046 citations)
- Forward and Inverse Modeling of Low-Temperature Thermochronometry Data (808 citations)
- Variability of apatite fission-track annealing kinetics: III. Extrapolation to geological time scales (588 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His primary scientific interests are in Mineralogy, Tomography, Apatite, Fission track dating and Paleontology.
His study looks at the relationship between Mineralogy and topics such as Crystallization, which overlap with Metamorphic rock.
His Tomography research integrates issues from X ray computed and Visualization.
His Apatite research includes elements of Thermal, Thermochronology, Annealing and Reproducibility.
Richard A. Ketcham combines Thermochronology and Helium in his research.
In most of his Fission track dating studies, his work intersects topics such as Length measurement.
He most often published in these fields:
- Mineralogy (29.18%)
- Tomography (15.45%)
- Apatite (11.16%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?
- Apatite (11.16%)
- Annealing (6.44%)
- Fission track dating (10.73%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
His primary areas of study are Apatite, Annealing, Fission track dating, Fission and Zircon.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Reproducibility and Analytical chemistry in addition to Apatite.
In Annealing, Richard A. Ketcham works on issues like Length measurement, which are connected to Thermochronology and Statistical model.
The concepts of his Zircon study are interwoven with issues in Shear zone, Lithosphere, Petrology, Mantle and Slip.
As a part of the same scientific study, Richard A. Ketcham usually deals with the Geometry, concentrating on Finite element method and frequently concerns with Mineralogy.
His research in Random walk intersects with topics in Closure temperature and Anisotropy.
Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Fission-Track Annealing: From Geologic Observations to Thermal History Modeling (24 citations)
- Resolving the effects of 2-D versus 3-D grain measurements on apatite (U–Th) ∕ He age data and reproducibility (8 citations)
- Is Low‐Temperature Fission‐Track Annealing in Apatite a Thermally Controlled Process? (6 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Paleontology
- Composite material
- Statistics
Apatite, Fission track dating, Annealing, Reproducibility and Analytical chemistry are his primary areas of study.
His Fission track dating research overlaps with Radiation damage and Fission.
Richard A. Ketcham combines subjects such as Microscope, Volume, Characterization, Radius and Length measurement with his study of Reproducibility.
His Zircon research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Thermal, Computational physics and Scattering.
As part of his studies on Computational physics, Richard A. Ketcham often connects relevant areas like Anisotropy.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Thermal diffusivity, Random walk and Closure temperature.
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