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Simon A. Wilde

Simon A. Wilde

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Earth Science
Australia
2026

Simon A. Wilde 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 Simon A. Wilde sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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Simon A. Wilde 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 Simon A. Wilde sits on this spectrum.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Australia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Australia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Earth Science in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Simon A. Wilde is affiliated with Curtin University in Australia and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research output comprises 231 publications focused on this main discipline, with significant attention to specialized subfields such as Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence applications, Geology, Paleontology, and Mechanics of Materials.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological Studies and Exploration
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis

Simon A. Wilde has published frequently in journals and outlets such as:

  • Precambrian Research
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Lithos
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts
  • Earth-Science Reviews

Recent scholarly articles include:

  • "An andesitic source for Jack Hills zircon supports onset of plate tectonics in the Hadean," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Paired metamorphism in the Neoarchean: A record of accretionary-to-collisional orogenesis in the North China Craton," 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "Early crustal evolution of the Yangtze Block: Constraints from zircon U-Pb-Hf isotope systematics of 3.1-1.9 Ga granitoids in the Cuoke Complex, SW China," 2021, Precambrian Research
  • "Earth's early continental crust formed from wet and oxidizing arc magmas," 2023, Nature
  • "Boninitic blueschists record subduction initiation and subsequent accretion of an arc-forearc in the northeast Proto-Tethys Ocean," 2021, Geology

Their work has involved collaboration with frequent co-authors including:

  • Leonid Shumlyanskyy
  • Monika A. Kusiak
  • Martin J. Whitehouse
  • Jian-Bo Zhou
  • Yusheng Wan

Simon A. Wilde's research encompasses a blend of traditional geosciences and innovative methodologies, shown by the integration of Artificial Intelligence within the realms of Geophysics and Geology, contributing to enhanced analytical and interpretative techniques in these fields.

Best Publications

  • Late Archean to Paleoproterozoic evolution of the North China Craton: key issues revisited

    Guochun Zhao;Min Sun;Simon A. Wilde;Li Sanzhong

  • Archean blocks and their boundaries in the North China Craton: lithological, geochemical, structural and P–T path constraints and tectonic evolution

    Guochun Zhao;Simon A. Wilde;Peter A. Cawood;Min Sun

  • Geochronology of the Phanerozoic granitoids in northeastern China

    Fu-Yuan Wu;De-You Sun;Wen-Chun Ge;Yan-Bin Zhang

  • Evidence from detrital zircons for the existence of continental crust and oceans on the Earth 4.4 Gyr ago.

    Simon A. Wilde;John W. Valley;William H. Peck;William H. Peck;Colin M. Graham

  • Review of global 2.1-1.8 Ga orogens: implications for a pre-Rodinia supercontinent

    Guochun Zhao;Guochun Zhao;Peter A Cawood;Simon A Wilde;Min Sun

  • A-type granites in northeastern China: age and geochemical constraints on their petrogenesis

    Fu-yuan Wu;De-you Sun;Huimin Li;Bor-ming Jahn

  • Nature and significance of the Early Cretaceous giant igneous event in eastern China

    Fu-Yuan Wu;Fu-Yuan Wu;Jing-Qian Lin;Simon A. Wilde;Xiao'Ou Zhang

  • A Paleo-Mesoproterozoic supercontinent: assembly, growth and breakup

    Guochun Zhao;Min Sun;Simon A. Wilde;Sanzhong Li

  • Amalgamation of the North China Craton: Key issues and discussion

    Guochun Zhao;Peter A. Cawood;Sanzhong Li;Simon A. Wilde

  • Phanerozoic crustal growth: U–Pb and Sr–Nd isotopic evidence from the granites in northeastern China

    Fu-yuan Wu;Bor-ming Jahn;Simon Wilde;De-you Sun

  • Reassessment of continental growth during the accretionary history of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt

    A. Kröner;V. Kovach;E. Belousova;E. Hegner

  • Highly fractionated I-type granites in NE China (I): geochronology and petrogenesis

    Fu-yuan Wu;Fu-yuan Wu;Bor-ming Jahn;Simon A Wilde;Ching-Hua Lo

  • Metamorphism of basement rocks in the Central Zone of the North China Craton: implications for Paleoproterozoic tectonic evolution

    Guochun Zhao;Guochun Zhao;Peter A. Cawood;Simon A. Wilde;Min Sun

  • Two contrasting paleozoic magmatic belts in northern Inner Mongolia, China: petrogenesis and tectonic implications

    Bin Chen;Bin Chen;Bor-ming Jahn;S Wilde;Bei Xu

  • Constraints on the timing of uplift of the Yanshan Fold and Thrust Belt, North China

    Jin-Hui Yang;Fu-Yuan Wu;Ji-An Shao;Simon A. Wilde

  • SHRIMP U–Pb zircon geochronology of Palaeoproterozoic metasedimentary rocks in the North China Craton: Evidence for a major Late Palaeoproterozoic tectonothermal event

    Yusheng Wan;Biao Song;Dunyi Liu;Simon A Wilde

  • Thermal evolution of Archean basement rocks from the eastern part of the North China craton and its bearing on tectonic setting

    Guochun Zhao;S. A. Wilde;P. A. Cawood;Liangzhao Lu

  • Age and evolution of a late Archean to Paleoproterozoic upper to lower crustal section in the Wutaishan/Hengshan/Fuping terrain of northern China

    A. Kröner;S.A. Wilde;J.H. Li;K.Y. Wang

  • A hybrid origin for the Qianshan A-type granite, northeast China: Geochemical and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopic evidence

    Jin Hui Yang;Fu Yuan Wu;Sun Lin Chung;Simon A. Wilde

  • Tracing magma mixing in granite genesis: in situ U–Pb dating and Hf-isotope analysis of zircons

    Jin Hui Yang;Fu Yuan Wu;Simon A. Wilde;Lie Wen Xie

  • Destruction of the North China Craton in the Mesozoic

    Fu-Yuan Wu;Jin-Hui Yang;Yi-Gang Xu;Simon A. Wilde

Frequent Co-Authors

Guochun Zhao
Guochun Zhao University of Hong Kong
Fu-Yuan Wu
Fu-Yuan Wu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Min Sun
Min Sun University of Hong Kong
Jin-Hui Yang
Jin-Hui Yang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xuan-Ce Wang
Xuan-Ce Wang Yunnan University
Jian-Bo Zhou
Jian-Bo Zhou Jilin University
John W. Valley
John W. Valley University of Wisconsin–Madison
Aaron J. Cavosie
Aaron J. Cavosie Curtin University
Peter A. Cawood
Peter A. Cawood Monash University
Alexander A. Nemchin
Alexander A. Nemchin Curtin University

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