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D-Index
106
Citations
75140
World Ranking
96
National Ranking
47

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2010 - Geochemistry Fellow Honor, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry
  • 2010 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Scott M. McLennan is affiliated with Stony Brook University in the United States. The scientific focus largely centers on planetary science and exploration, with a significant portion of work involving Mars research.

They have contributed to multiple notable publications, including:

  • Initial results from the InSight mission on Mars, 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • The SuperCam Instrument Suite on the NASA Mars 2020 Rover: Body Unit and Combined System Tests, 2020, Space Science Reviews
  • Thickness and structure of the martian crust from InSight seismic data, 2021, Science
  • Upper mantle structure of Mars from InSight seismic data, 2021, Science
  • Perseverance rover reveals an ancient delta-lake system and flood deposits at Jezero crater, Mars, 2021, Science

The common co-authors frequently publishing alongside include:

  • R. C. Wiens
  • N. Mangold
  • W. B. Banerdt
  • Philippe Lognonné
  • Olivier Beyssac

McLennan's research is published primarily in a group of scientific venues, with multiple papers in these journals and reviews:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • Science
  • Space Science Reviews
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Science Advances

Main fields of study encompass:

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Subfields include:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Geophysics
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Artificial Intelligence

The primary topics explored in their work stretch across various areas, such as:

  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Space Exploration and Technology
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life

Scott M. McLennan's professional recognition includes receipt of the Geochemistry Fellow Honor awarded by the Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry in 2010. The same year, they were also named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).

Best Publications

  • The continental crust: Its composition and evolution

    Stuart Ross Taylor;Scott M. McLennan

  • The geochemical evolution of the continental crust

    Stuart Ross Taylor;Scott M. McLennan

  • Rare earth elements in sedimentary rocks; influence of provenance and sedimentary processes

    S. M. McLennan

  • Geochemical approaches to sedimentation, provenance, and tectonics

    S. M. McLennan;S. Hemming;D. K. McDaniel;G. N. Hanson

  • Relationships between the trace element composition of sedimentary rocks and upper continental crust

    Scott M. McLennan

  • Weathering and Global Denudation

    Scott M. McLennan

  • Geochemical and NdSr isotopic composition of deep-sea turbidites: Crustal evolution and plate tectonic associations

    S.M McLennan;S.R Taylor;M.T McCulloch;J.B Maynard

  • The continental crust : its composition and evolution : an examination of the geochemical record preserved in sedimentary rocks

    Stuart Ross Taylor;Scott Mellin McLennan

  • In situ evidence for an ancient aqueous environment at Meridiani Planum, Mars.

    Steven W. Squyres;John P. Grotzinger;Raymond E. Arvidson;James F. Bell

  • The composition and evolution of the continental crust: rare earth element evidence from sedimentary rocks

    Stuart Ross Taylor;S. M. McLennan

  • Sedimentary Rocks and Crustal Evolution: Tectonic Setting and Secular Trends

    S. M. McLennan;S. R. Taylor

  • A habitable fluvio-lacustrine environment at Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars.

    J. P. Grotzinger;D. Y. Sumner;L. C. Kah;K. Stack

  • Effects of Chemical Weathering and Sorting on the Petrogenesis of Siliciclastic Sediments, with Implications for Provenance Studies

    H. W. Nesbitt;G. M. Young;S. M. McLennan;R. R. Keays

  • Mineralogy of a Mudstone at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars

    D.T. Vaniman;D.L. Bish;D.W. Ming;T.F. Bristow

  • Deposition, exhumation, and paleoclimate of an ancient lake deposit, Gale crater, Mars.

    J.P. Grotzinger;S. Gupta;M. C. Malin;D.M. Rubin

  • Overview of the Spirit Mars Exploration Rover Mission to Gusev Crater: Landing site to Backstay Rock in the Columbia Hills

    R. E. Arvidson;S. W. Squyres;R. C. Anderson;J. F. Bell

  • Geochemistry of loess, continental crustal composition and crustal model ages

    S.R Taylor;S.M McLennan;M.T McCulloch

  • Stratigraphy and sedimentology of a dry to wet eolian depositional system, Burns formation, Meridiani Planum, Mars

    J.P. Grotzinger;R.E. Arvidson;J.F. Bell;W. Calvin

  • The Opportunity Rover's Athena science investigation at Meridiani Planum, Mars.

    S. W. Squyres;R. E. Arvidson;J.F. Bell;J. Brückner

  • Provenance and diagenesis of the evaporite-bearing Burns formation, Meridiani Planum, Mars

    S.M. McLennan;J.F. Bell;W. M. Calvin;P. R. Christensen

Frequent Co-Authors

John P. Grotzinger
John P. Grotzinger California Institute of Technology
James F. Bell
James F. Bell Arizona State University
Raymond E. Arvidson
Raymond E. Arvidson Washington University in St. Louis
Nicholas J. Tosca
Nicholas J. Tosca University of Oxford
Steven W. Squyres
Steven W. Squyres Cornell University
Harry Y. McSween
Harry Y. McSween University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Jeffrey R. Johnson
Jeffrey R. Johnson Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Andrew H. Knoll
Andrew H. Knoll Harvard University
Stuart Ross Taylor
Stuart Ross Taylor Australian National University
Jack D. Farmer
Jack D. Farmer Arizona State University

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