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Richard Alan Spikings

Richard Alan Spikings

Richard Alan Spikings 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 Richard Alan Spikings sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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Richard Alan Spikings 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 Richard Alan Spikings sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Richard Alan Spikings is affiliated with the University of Geneva in Switzerland and focuses their research primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans several subfields, including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Atmospheric Science, Geology, and Paleontology.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of geological and geochemical disciplines. Notable areas include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Among recent published papers, several illustrate the breadth of their research:

  • "Apatite U-Pb Thermochronology: A Review," 2021, Minerals
  • "A revised interpretation of the Chon Aike magmatic province: Active margin origin and implications for the opening of the Weddell Sea," 2021, Lithos
  • "Jurassic to Early Paleogene sedimentation in the Amazon region of Ecuador: Implications for the paleogeographic evolution of northwestern South America," 2021, Global and Planetary Change
  • "U-Pb ID-TIMS reference ages and initial Pb isotope compositions for Durango and Wilberforce apatites," 2021, Chemical Geology
  • "Constraints on the ages of the crystalline basement and Palaeozoic cover exposed in the Cordillera real, Ecuador: 40Ar/39Ar analyses and detrital zircon U/Pb geochronology," 2020, Gondwana Research

Frequent co-authors in their collaborations include:

  • Alexey Ulianov
  • Massimo Chiaradia
  • Daniil V. Popov
  • Cristian Vallejo
  • David Chew

Publication venues where Richard Alan Spikings has regularly contributed include:

  • Chemical Geology
  • Lithos
  • Minerals
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Geosciences

Best Publications

  • Geochronology, geochemistry and tectonic evolution of the Western and Central cordilleras of Colombia

    Diego Villagómez;Richard Spikings;Tomas Magna;Tomas Magna;Andreas Kammer

  • The geological history of northwestern South America: from Pangaea to the early collision of the Caribbean Large Igneous Province (290–75Ma)

    Richard Alan Spikings;Ryan Cochrane;Diego Villagomez;Roelant Van der Lelij

  • How Accurately Can We Date the Duration of Magmatic-Hydrothermal Events in Porphyry Systems?—An Invited Paper

    Massimo Chiaradia;Urs Schaltegger;Richard Spikings;Jörn-Frederik Wotzlaw

  • U-Pb geochronologic evidence for the evolution of the Gondwanan margin of the north-central Andes

    David M. Chew;Urs Schaltegger;Jan Košler;Martin J. Whitehouse

  • Along-strike variations in the thermal and tectonic response of the continental Ecuadorian Andes to the collision with heterogeneous oceanic crust

    R.A Spikings;W Winkler;D Seward;Robert Handler

  • Geochronology and Thermochronology Using Apatite: Time and Temperature, Lower Crust to Surface

    David M. Chew;Richard A. Spikings

  • High temperature (>350°C) thermochronology and mechanisms of Pb loss in apatite

    Ryan Cochrane;Richard Alan Spikings;David Michael Chew;Joern Frederik Wotzlaw

  • Mio–Pliocene adakite generation related to flat subduction in southern Ecuador: the Quimsacocha volcanic center

    Bernardo Beate;Michel Monzier;Richard Spikings;Joseph Cotten

  • Thermochronology and tectonics of the Central and Western Cordilleras of Colombia: Early Cretaceous–Tertiary evolution of the Northern Andes

    Diego Villagómez;Richard Alan Spikings

  • Origin and Cretaceous tectonic history of the coastal Ecuadorian forearc between 1°N and 3°S: Paleomagnetic, radiometric and fossil evidence

    L.D.A. Luzieux;F. Heller;Richard Alan Spikings;C.F. Vallejo

  • The early interaction between the Caribbean plateau and the NW South American Plate

    Cristian Vallejo;Richard Alan Spikings;Leonard Luzieux;Wilfried Winkler

  • Tectonomagmatic evolution of Western Amazonia: Geochemical characterization and zircon U-Pb geochronologic constraints from the Peruvian Eastern Cordilleran granitoids

    Aleksandar Mišković;Richard A. Spikings;David M. Chew;Jan Košler

  • Detrital zircon fingerprint of the Proto-Andes: Evidence for a Neoproterozoic active margin?

    David M. Chew;Tomas Magna;Christopher L. Kirkland;Aleksandar Mišković

  • Permo-Triassic anatexis, continental rifting and the disassembly of western Pangaea

    Ryan Cochrane;Richard Spikings;Axel Gerdes;Axel Gerdes;Alexey Ulianov

  • Rapid transition to long-lived deep crustal magmatic maturation and the formation of giant porphyry-related mineralization (Yanacocha, Peru)

    Massimo Chiaradia;Daniel Merino;Richard Spikings

  • Thermochronology of allochthonous terranes in Ecuador: Unravelling the accretionary and post-accretionary history of the Northern Andes

    Richard Alan Spikings;W. Winkler;R.A. Hughes;R. Handler

  • Palaeozoic to Early Jurassic history of the northwestern corner of Gondwana, and implications for the evolution of the Iapetus, Rheic and Pacific Oceans

    Roelant Van Der Lelij;Richard Alan Spikings;Alexey Ulianov;Massimo Chiaradia

  • Mode and timing of terrane accretion in the forearc of the Andes in Ecuador

    Cristian Vallejo;Wilfried Winkler;Richard A Spikings;Leonard Luzieux

  • Characterisation of Triassic rifting in Peru and implications for the early disassembly of western Pangaea

    Richard Alan Spikings;M.J. Reitsma;F. Boekhout;A. Mišković

  • Application of low-temperature thermochronology to hydrothermal ore deposits: Formation, preservation and exhumation of epithermal gold systems from the Eastern Rhodopes, Bulgaria

    Istvan Marton;Robert Moritz;Richard Alan Spikings

  • How Accurately Can We Date the Duration of Magmatic-Hydrothermal Events in Porphyry Systems?

    Massimo Chiaradia;Urs Schaltegger;Richard Alan Spikings;Joern Frederik Wotzlaw

Frequent Co-Authors

Massimo Chiaradia
Massimo Chiaradia University of Geneva
Urs Schaltegger
Urs Schaltegger University of Geneva
David Chew
David Chew Trinity College Dublin
Robert Moritz
Robert Moritz University of Geneva
Maria Ovtcharova
Maria Ovtcharova University of Geneva
Francisco Hervé
Francisco Hervé Andrés Bello University
Axel Gerdes
Axel Gerdes Goethe University Frankfurt
Lluis Fontboté
Lluis Fontboté University of Geneva
Andrés Mora
Andrés Mora Ecopetrol (Colombia)

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