2026 Ron H. Vernon: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	60	1890	1704	112	102	171	13385

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Current National Ranking

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Earth Science

1890

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13385

Overview

Ron H. Vernon is affiliated with Macquarie University in Australia and has contributed to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Engineering. Their research spans multiple subfields including Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes, Mechanics of Materials, Atmospheric Science, and Environmental Engineering.

The main topics addressed in their body of work include:

Geological and Geochemical Analysis
Geological formations and processes
Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Earthquake and tectonic studies
CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions

Among their recent publications are:

"Processes in mushes and their role in the differentiation of granitic rocks" (2021, Earth-Science Reviews)
"Ferruginous banding in Sydney sandstone" (2020, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences)
"Fragmentation, flow localization, and mingling in a magma transfer zone" (2025, Lithos)

These papers have appeared in a range of publication venues with the highest number of papers in:

Earth-Science Reviews
Lithos
Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Collaboration has been a component of their research activities, with frequent co-authors including:

Roberto F. Weinberg
Harro Schmeling
Jörn H. Kruhl
I. Zibra
Sanki Biswas

Best Publications

A review of criteria for the identification of magmatic and tectonic foliations in granitoids

Scott R Paterson;Ron H Vernon;Othmar T Tobisch

1056
Citations
Microgranitoid enclaves in granites—globules of hybrid magma quenched in a plutonic environment

R. H. Vernon

738
Citations
High fluid pressures during regional metamorphism and deformation: Implications for mass transport and deformation mechanisms

M. A. Etheridge;V. J. Wall;S. F. Cox;R. H. Vernon

691
Citations
The role of the fluid phase during regional metamorphism and deformation

M. A. Etheridge;V. J. Wall;R. H. Vernon

680
Citations
A Practical Guide to Rock Microstructure

Ron H. Vernon

664
Citations
Shape and microstructure of microgranitoid enclaves: Indicators of magma mingling and flow

R.H. Vernon;M.A. Etheridge;V.J. Wall

393
Citations
Review of Microstructural Evidence of Magmatic and Solid-State Flow

R.H. Vernon

346
Citations
Bursting the bubble of ballooning plutons: A return to nested diapirs emplaced by multiple processes

Scott R. Paterson;Ron H. Vernon

339
Citations
Crystallization and hybridism in microgranitoid enclave magmas: Microstructural evidence

R. H. Vernon

333
Citations
Restite, xenoliths and microgranitoid enclaves in granites

R. H. Vernon

326
Citations
K-feldspar megacrysts in granites — Phenocrysts, not porphyroblasts

R.H. Vernon

298
Citations
A Practical Guide to Rock Microstructure

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231
Citations
Principles of Metamorphic Petrology

R. H. Vernon;G. L. Clarke

212
Citations
Microstructures of High-grade Metamorpbic Rocks at Broken Hill, Australia

R. H. Vernon

195
Citations
Igneous microstructures in migmatites

R. H. Vernon;W. J. Collins

176
Citations
Large volumes of anhydrous pseudotachylyte in the Woodroffe Thrust, eastern Musgrave Ranges, Australia

A. Camacho;R.H. Vernon;J.D. Fitz Gerald

175
Citations
Orogeny associated with anticlockwise P-T-t paths: Evidence from low-P, high-T metamorphic terranes in the Arunta inlier, central Australia

W. J. Collins;R. H. Vernon

155
Citations
Grain-size reduction and foliation development in a deformed granitoid Batholith

R.H. Vernon;V.A. Williams;W.F. D'arcy

143
Citations
Porphyroblast-matrix microstructural relationships in deformed metamorphic rocks

R. H. Vernon

139
Citations
Palaeozoic arc growth, deformation and migration across the Lachlan Fold Belt, southeastern Australia

W.J. Collins;R.H. Vernon

125
Citations
Problems with inferring P–T–t paths in low‐P granulite facies rocks

R. H. Vernon

124
Citations
(Clarke Memorial Lecture, 1983) Restite, xenoliths and microgranitoid enclaves in granites.

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11
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott R. Paterson University of Southern California

William J. Collins University of Reading

Scott E. Johnson University of Maine

Geoffrey L. Clarke University of Sydney

M. A. Etheridge Monash University

John D. Clemens Stellenbosch University

Bruce E. Hobbs Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Trevor H. Green Macquarie University

Marian B. Holness University of Cambridge

Roger Powell University of Melbourne

External Links

Personal website of Ron H. Vernon

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