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Richard G. Fairbanks

Richard G. Fairbanks

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Earth Science

D-Index
83
Citations
41053
World Ranking
413
National Ranking
220

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2001 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Richard G. Fairbanks is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States and has an established record of research primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their scholarly work extensively covers subfields such as Environmental Chemistry, Geophysics, Oceanography, Ocean Engineering, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

The scientist's research involves a focus on multiple specialized topics, including:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Geological Modeling and Analysis

Fairbanks has contributed to a number of papers published mainly between 2020 and afterwards. Recent publications include detailed logging data from the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition 310, presented in these works:

  • IODP Expedition 310, Hole M0009D - Well Logging Data, 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • IODP Expedition 310, Hole M0007A - Well Logging Data, 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • IODP Expedition 310, Hole M0005D - Well Logging Data, 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • IODP Expedition 310, Hole M0017A - Well Logging Data, 2020, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • IODP Expedition 310, Hole M0007A - Well Logging Data, 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

The main publication venues for these contributions are Zenodo, hosted by CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research, with 16 publications, and OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) at La Trobe University, where 4 papers have appeared.

Frequent collaborators include Gilbert Camoin, Yasufumi Iryu, David McInroy, Ryuji Asami, and Hendrik Braaksma, each contributing significantly to multiple joint research efforts.

Richard G. Fairbanks received recognition as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2001.

Best Publications

  • A 17,000-year glacio-eustatic sea level record: influence of glacial melting rates on the Younger Dryas event and deep-ocean circulation

    Richard G. Fairbanks

  • IntCal04 terrestrial radiocarbon age calibration, 0-26 cal kyr BP

    Paula J. Reimer;Mike G.L. Baillie;Edouard Bard;Alex Bayliss

  • Calibration of the C-14 timescale over the past 30,000 years using mass spectrometric U-Th ages from Barbados corals

    Edouard Bard;Edouard Bard;Bruno Hamelin;Bruno Hamelin;Richard G. Fairbanks;Alan Zindler

  • Tertiary oxygen isotope synthesis, sea level history, and continental margin erosion

    Kenneth G. Miller;Richard G. Fairbanks;Gregory S. Mountain

  • Unlocking the Ice House: Oligocene‐Miocene oxygen isotopes, eustasy, and margin erosion

    Kenneth G. Miller;James D. Wright;Richard G. Fairbanks

  • Marine04 marine radiocarbon age calibration, 0-26 cal kyr BP

    Konrad A Hughen;Mike G L Baillie;Edouard Bard;J Warren Beck

  • Deepwater source variations during the last climatic cycle and their impact on the global deepwater circulation

    J. C. Duplessy;N. J. Shackleton;R. G. Fairbanks;L. Labeyrie

  • Global glacial ice volume and Last Glacial Maximum duration from an extended Barbados sea level record

    W.R. Peltier;R.G. Fairbanks

  • U-Th ages obtained by mass spectrometry in corals from Barbados: sea level during the past 130,000 years

    Edouard Bard;Edouard Bard;Bruno Hamelin;Bruno Hamelin;Richard G. Fairbanks

  • Radiocarbon calibration curve spanning 0 to 50,000 years BP based on paired 230 Th/ 234 U/ 238 U and 14 C dates on pristine corals

    Richard G. Fairbanks;Richard G. Fairbanks;Richard A. Mortlock;Tzu-Chien Chiu;Tzu-Chien Chiu;Li Cao;Li Cao

  • Vertical distribution and isotopic fractionation of living planktonic foraminifera from the Panama Basin

    Richard G. Fairbanks;Marc Sverdlove;Rosemary Free;Peter H. Wiebe

  • Tropical Temperature Variations Since 20,000 Years Ago: Modulating Interhemispheric Climate Change

    Thomas P. Guilderson;Richard G. Fairbanks;James L. Rubenstone

  • 230Th-234U and 14C Ages Obtained by Mass Spectrometry on Corals

    Edouard Bard;Maurice Arnold;Richard G. Fairbanks;Bruno Hamelin

  • The marine oxygen isotope record in Pleistocene coral, Barbados, West Indies☆

    Richard G. Fairbanks;R.K. Matthews

  • Origin and Evolution of Water Masses Near the Antarctic continental Margin: Evidence from H218O/H216O Ratios in Seawater

    Stanley S. Jacobs;Richard G. Fairbanks;Yoshio Horibe

  • Recent variability in the southern oscillation: isotopic results from a tarawa atoll coral.

    Julia E. Cole;Richard G. Fairbanks;Glen T. Shen

  • Variability in the deep and intermediate water circulation of the Atlantic Ocean during the past 25,000 years: Northern Hemisphere modulation of the Southern Ocean

    Delia W. Oppo;Richard G. Fairbanks

  • Interaction between the ENSO and the Asian monsoon in a coral record of tropical climate

    C.D. Charles;D.E. Hunter;R.G. Fairbanks

  • Vertical Distribution and Isotopic Composition of Living Planktonic Foraminifera in the Western North Atlantic

    Richard G. Fairbanks;Peter H. Wiebe;Allan W. H. Bé

  • Annual Periodicity of the 18O16O and 13C12C ratios in the coral Montastrea annularis

    Richard G. Fairbanks;Richard E. Dodge

Frequent Co-Authors

Edouard Bard
Edouard Bard Aix-Marseille University
Richard A. Mortlock
Richard A. Mortlock Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Christopher D. Charles
Christopher D. Charles Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Kenneth G. Miller
Kenneth G. Miller Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Delia W Oppo
Delia W Oppo Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Bruno Hamelin
Bruno Hamelin Aix-Marseille University
Thomas P. Guilderson
Thomas P. Guilderson University of California, Santa Cruz
Peter Schlosser
Peter Schlosser Arizona State University
James D. Wright
James D. Wright Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Paula J. Reimer
Paula J. Reimer Queen's University Belfast

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