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Robert D. Tucker 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 Robert D. Tucker sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 99 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Robert D. Tucker 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 Robert D. Tucker sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Robert D. Tucker is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on several subfields including Geophysics, Paleontology, Geology, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

The main topics covered by their research include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
  • Mineralogy and Gemology Studies

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on geological and mantle processes, magmatism, and resilience to natural hazards. Recent works include:

  • "Olivine melilitites, mantle xenoliths, and xenocrysts of the Takarindiona district: Petrogenesis, magmatic evolution, and the sub-continental lithospheric mantle of east-central Madagascar" (2020), Journal of African Earth Sciences
  • "New insights into the genesis of Neoproterozoic low-δ18O granitoids in the Seychelles: crustal cannibalization within an intra-plate extensional setting" (2020), Science Bulletin
  • "Using Game-based eLearning to Build Resilience to Natural Hazards in the Caribbean" (2022), Tenth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning
  • "THE TRANSITION FROM WITHIN-PLATE TO CONVERGENT MARGIN MAGMATISM IN EAST GONDWANA AT THE DAWN OF THE CRYOGENIAN PERIOD: U-PB, HF AND O ISOTOPE RATIOS IN ZIRCON FROM THE BEMARIVO DOMAIN, NORTH MADAGASCAR" (2020), Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • "OLIVINE MELILITITES, MANTLE XENOLITHS, AND XENOCRYSTS OF THE TAKARINDIONA DISTRICT: PETROGENESIS, MAGMATIC EVOLUTION, AND THE SUB-CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE OF EAST-CENTRAL MADAGASCAR" (2020), Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Frequently collaborating coauthors include:

  • Ivana Rocco
  • Vincenzo Morra
  • Massimo D'Antonio
  • Leone Melluso
  • Jiu-Long Zhou

The most common venues for these publications are:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Journal of African Earth Sciences
  • Science Bulletin
  • Tenth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning

Best Publications

  • Ages of ultrahigh pressure metamorphism and protolith orthogneisses from the eastern Dabie Shan: U/Pb zircon geochronology

    D.B. Rowley;F. Xue;R.D. Tucker;Z.X. Peng

  • The Saghand Region, Central Iran: U-Pb geochronology, petrogenesis and implications for Gondwana Tectonics

    Jahandar Ramezani;Robert D. Tucker

  • New constraints on the ages of Neoproterozoic glaciations in south China

    Chuanming Zhou;Robert Tucker;Shuhai Xiao;Zhanxiong Peng

  • Early Paleozoic chronology: a review in light of new U – Pb zircon ages from Newfoundland and Britain

    R. D. Tucker;W.S. McKerrow

  • The Archean Dongwanzi ophiolite complex, North China craton : 2.505 billion-year-old oceanic crust and mantle

    Timothy M. Kusky;Jiang-Hai Li;Robert D. Tucker

  • New U–Pb zircon ages and the duration and division of Devonian time

    R.D Tucker;D.C Bradley;C.A Ver Straeten;A.G Harris

  • Paleozoic orogens in New England, USA

    Peter Robinson;Robert D. Tucker;Dwight Bradley;Henry N. Berry

  • New U-Pb zircon dates for the Neoproterozoic Ghubrah glaciation and for the top of the Huqf Supergroup, Oman

    Martin Brasier;Gretta McCarron;Robert Tucker;Jonathan Leather

  • U‐Pb Zircon Ages of Granitoid Rocks in the North Dabie Complex, Eastern Dabie Shan, China

    Feng Xue;David B. Rowley;Robert D. Tucker;Zhan X. Peng

  • U-Pb Geochronology and Isotope Geochemistry of the Archean and Proterozoic Rocks of North-Central Madagascar

    R. D. Tucker;L. D. Ashwal;M. J. Handke;M. A. Hamilton

  • Timing of continental building in the Sveconorwegian orogen, SW Scandinavia

    Bernard Bingen;O. Skar;M. Marker;E.M.O Sigmond

  • Evolution of the East African and related orogens, and the assembly of Gondwana

    Timothy M. Kusky;Mohamed Abdelsalam;Robert D. Tucker;Robert J. Stern

  • Slow cooling of deep crustal granulites and Pb-loss in zircon

    Lewis D. Ashwal;Robert D. Tucker;Ernst K. Zinner;Ernst K. Zinner

  • Neoproterozoic continental arc magmatism in west-central Madagascar

    Michael J. Handke;Robert D. Tucker;Lewis D. Ashwal

  • Late Cretaceous India–Madagascar fit and timing of break‐up related magmatism

    T.H. Torsvik;R.D. Tucker;L.D. Ashwal;L.M. Carter

  • U–Pb geochronology of Seychelles granitoids: a Neoproterozoic continental arc fragment

    R.D. Tucker;L.D. Ashwal;T.H. Torsvik

  • Late Cretaceous magmatism in Madagascar: palaeomagnetic evidence for a stationary Marion hotspot

    T.H Torsvik;R.D Tucker;L.D Ashwal;E.A Eide

  • Thrusting and extension in the scandian hinterland, Norway: New U-Pb ages and tectonostratigraphic evidence

    Robert D. Tucker;Peter Robinson;Arne Solli;David G. Gee

  • Uranium-lead zircon and titanite ages from the northern portion of the Western Gneiss Region, south-central Norway

    R.D. Tucker;A. Råheim;T.E. Krogh;F. Corfu

  • Age and setting of the Bronson Hill magmatic arc: a re-evaluation based on U-Pb zircon ages in southern New England

    R. D. Tucker;Peter Robinson

  • Early Paleozoic chronology: a review in light of new U - Pb zircon ages from

    R. D. Tucker;W. S. McKerrow

Frequent Co-Authors

Lewis D. Ashwal
Lewis D. Ashwal University of the Witwatersrand
Dwight C. Bradley
Dwight C. Bradley United States Geological Survey
Timothy M. Kusky
Timothy M. Kusky China University of Geosciences
Trond H. Torsvik
Trond H. Torsvik University of Oslo
Bjørn Jamtveit
Bjørn Jamtveit University of Oslo
Xian-Hua Li
Xian-Hua Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
David B. Rowley
David B. Rowley University of Chicago
Manoj K. Pandit
Manoj K. Pandit University of Rajasthan
Bernard Bingen
Bernard Bingen Université Libre de Bruxelles
T. E. Krogh
T. E. Krogh Royal Ontario Museum

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