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Walter Álvarez

University of California, Berkeley ORCID

191

Works

11,638

Citations

49

h-index

95

i10-index

Research Topics

Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geology and Paleoclimatology Research earthquake and tectonic studies

Affiliations

Planetary Science Institute1996–2024

Jet Propulsion Laboratory2002–2002

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory1981–1985

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory1972–1978

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign2002–2002

Top Works

Extraterrestrial Cause for the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction

Luis W. Alvarez,Walter Álvarez,et al.

19803,951 citations

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Astro and Planetary Science

Coeval <sup>40</sup> Ar/ <sup>39</sup> Ar Ages of 65.0 Million Years Ago from Chicxulub Crater Melt Rock and Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary Tektites

Carl C. Swisher,José Manuel Grajales-Nishimura,et al.

1992352 citations

Fragmentation of the Alpine orogenic belt by microplate dispersal

Walter Álvarez,T. Cocozza,et al.

1974329 citations

Rotation of the Corsica–Sardinia Microplate

Walter Álvarez

1972257 citations

Comet showers as a cause of mass extinctions

Piet Hut,Walter Álvarez,et al.

1987241 citations

Upper Cretaceous–Paleocene magnetic stratigraphy at Gubbio, Italy V. Type section for the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene geomagnetic reversal time scale

Walter Álvarez,Michael A. Arthur,et al.

1977240 citations

One hundred million years of geomagnetic polarity history

William Lowrie,Walter Álvarez

1981234 citations

Evidence from crater ages for periodic impacts on the Earth

Walter Álvarez,Richard A. Muller

1984228 citations

Triggering of the largest Deccan eruptions by the Chicxulub impact

Mark A. Richards,Walter Álvarez,et al.

2015204 citations