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Joseph L. Kirschvink

California Institute of Technology ORCID

370

Works

26,031

Citations

80

h-index

183

i10-index

Research Topics

Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Affiliations

New Mexico State University1992–1992

Pasadena City College1985–1985

Tokyo Institute of Technology2012–2024

Australian National University1978–1992

California Institute of Technology1982–2026

Top Works

The least-squares line and plane and the analysis of palaeomagnetic data

Joseph L. Kirschvink

19805,423 citations

Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects

Geological and Geochemical Analysis

Zircon U-Pb ages for the Early Cambrian time-scale

W. Compston,Ian S. Williams,et al.

19921,127 citations

The Proterozoic Biosphere

J. William Schopf,J. William Schopf,et al.

1992861 citations

Late Proterozoic low-latitude global glaciation: the snowball Earth

Joseph L. Kirschvink

1992613 citations

Magnetite biomineralization in the human brain.

Joseph L. Kirschvink,Atsuko Kobayashi-Kirschvink,et al.

1992613 citations

The Paleoproterozoic snowball Earth: A climate disaster triggered by the evolution of oxygenic photosynthesis

Robert E. Kopp,Joseph L. Kirschvink,et al.

2005561 citations

Paleoproterozoic snowball Earth: Extreme climatic and geochemical global change and its biological consequences

Joseph L. Kirschvink,Eric Gaidos,et al.

2000437 citations

Biogenic magnetite as a basis for magnetic field detection in animals

Joseph L. Kirschvink,James L. Gould

1981411 citations

Magnetite-based magnetoreception

Joseph L. Kirschvink

2001409 citations