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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2008 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Robert A. Duncan is affiliated with Oregon State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Medicine and Earth and Planetary Sciences. The scientist's work encompasses subfields including Surgery, Geophysics, Epidemiology, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Atmospheric Science.

Their recent research publications cover diverse topics and venues. Notable papers include:

  • "Petrogenesis of Lava from Christmas Island, Northeast Indian Ocean: Implications for the Nature of Recycled Components in Non-Plume Intraplate Settings" (2022), published in Geosciences
  • "Ultrasound and the Science of Central Venous Catheter Care" (2020), published in Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • "McDonald Islands Phonolitic Lavas: Evidence for Zonation of the Kerguelen Plume" (2024), published in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • "Abdominal cyst of unclear aetiology: gastrointestinal stromal tumour or reactivation of abdominal tuberculosis" (2022), published in BMJ Case Reports
  • "ODP Leg 197, Hole 1203A - Well Logging Data" (2021), published in OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Trevor J. Falloon
  • Damini Saxena
  • J. A. Tarduno
  • David W. Scholl
  • R. Bonaccorsi

Robert A. Duncan's work addresses a range of research topics. These topics include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
  • Archaeology and Ancient Environmental Studies
  • Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis

The scientist has published in a variety of venues, such as:

  • Geosciences
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • BMJ Case Reports
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

In 2008, Robert A. Duncan was recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), an acknowledgment within their professional community.

Best Publications

  • Flood Basalts and Hot-Spot Tracks: Plume Heads and Tails

    Mark A. Richards;Robert A. Duncan;Vincent E. Courtillot

  • Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America and Infectious Diseases Society of America Joint Committee on the Prevention of Antimicrobial Resistance: Guidelines for the Prevention of Antimicrobial Resistance in Hospitals

    David M. Shlaes;Dale N. Gerding;Joseph F. John;William A. Craig

  • Timing of Hot Spot—Related Volcanism and the Breakup of Madagascar and India

    Michael Storey;John J. Mahoney;Andrew D. Saunders;Robert A. Duncan

  • Hotspots, mantle plumes, flood basalts, and true polar wander

    Robert A. Duncan;M. A. Richards

  • The timing and duration of the Karoo igneous event, southern Gondwana

    Robert A. Duncan;P. R. Hooper;J. Rehacek;J. S. Marsh

  • Rapid eruption of the Deccan flood basalts at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary

    R. A. Duncan;D. G. Pyle

  • Kerguelen Hotspot Magma Output since 130 Ma

    M.F. Coffin;Pringle;R.A. Duncan;T.P. Gladczenko

  • Evolution of the Walvis Ridge-Rio Grande Rise Hot Spot System: Implications for African and South American Plate motions over plumes

    John M. O'Connor;Robert A. Duncan

  • Petrology and geochemistry of the Galápagos Islands: Portrait of a pathological mantle plume

    William M. White;Alexander R. McBirney;Robert A. Duncan

  • Plate tectonic evolution of the Caribbean region in the mantle reference frame

    R. A. Duncan;R. B. Hargraves

  • The Emperor Seamounts: Southward Motion of the Hawaiian Hotspot Plume in Earth's Mantle

    John A. Tarduno;Robert A. Duncan;David W. Scholl;Rory D. Cottrell

  • Hotspots in the Southern Oceans — an absolute frame of reference for motion of the Gondwana continents

    R.A. Duncan

  • Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum and the opening of the Northeast Atlantic.

    Michael Storey;Robert A. Duncan;Carl C. Iii. Swisher

  • An oceanic flood basalt province within the Caribbean plate

    C.W. Sinton;R.A. Duncan;M. Storey;J. Lewis

  • Linear volcanism in French Polynesia

    R.A. Duncan;Ian McDougall

  • Geochemistry and Age of the Ontong Java Plateau

    J.J. Mahoney;Michael Storey;R.A. Duncan;K.J. Spencer

  • The Ontong Java Plateau

    Clive R. Neal;John J. Mahoney;Loren W. Kroenke;Robert A. Duncan

  • Origin and evolution of a submarine large igneous province: the Kerguelen Plateau and Broken Ridge, southern Indian Ocean

    F. A. Frey;M. F. Coffin;P. J. Wallace;D. Weis

  • Pacific Plate Motion Recorded by Linear Volcanic Chains

    Robert A. Duncan;David A. Clague

  • Potential links between ocean plateau volcanism and global ocean anoxia at the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary

    C. W. Sinton;R. A. Duncan

  • Age and Geochemistry of Basement and Alkalic Rocks of Malaita and Santa Isabel, Solomon Islands, Southern Margin of Ontong Java Plateau

    M. L. G. Tejada;J. J. Mahoney;R. A. Duncan;M. P. Hawkins

Frequent Co-Authors

John J. Mahoney
John J. Mahoney University of Hawaii at Manoa
Michael Storey
Michael Storey University of Copenhagen
Martin R. Fisk
Martin R. Fisk Oregon State University
William M. White
William M. White Cornell University
David W. Scholl
David W. Scholl United States Geological Survey
Clive R. Neal
Clive R. Neal University of Notre Dame
Adam J.R. Kent
Adam J.R. Kent Oregon State University
John A. Tarduno
John A. Tarduno University of Rochester
Millard F. Coffin
Millard F. Coffin University of Tasmania
Christian Tegner
Christian Tegner Aarhus University

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