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Kenneth W.W. Sims

University of Wyoming ORCID

234

Works

4,975

Citations

40

h-index

82

i10-index

Research Topics

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

Affiliations

University of Wyoming2009–2025

Los Alamos National Laboratory1988–2002

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory2015–2015

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory2015–2015

University of South Carolina2015–2015

Top Works

Re-evaluating the 238U-salinity relationship in seawater: Implications for the 238U–234Th disequilibrium method

S.A. Owens,Ken O. Buesseler,et al.

2011246 citations

Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping

High-pressure geophysics and materials

Chemical and isotopic constraints on the generation and transport of magma beneath the East Pacific Rise

Kenneth W.W. Sims,Steven J. Goldstein,et al.

2002212 citations

Porosity of the melting zone and variations in the solid mantle upwelling rate beneath Hawaii: inferences from 238U-230Th-226Ra and 235U-231Pa disequilibria

Kenneth W.W. Sims,Donald J. DePaolo,et al.

1999182 citations

The terrestrial uranium isotope cycle

Morten B. Andersen,Tim Elliott,et al.

2015178 citations

Inferences about mantle magma sources from incompatible element concentration ratios in oceanic basalts

Kenneth W.W. Sims,Donald J. DePaolo

1997159 citations

An Inter‐Laboratory Assessment of the Thorium Isotopic Composition of Synthetic and Rock Reference Materials

Kenneth W.W. Sims,James B. Gill,et al.

2008155 citations

Halogens and trace metal emissions from the ongoing 2008 summit eruption of Kīlauea volcano, Hawai`i

Tamsin A. Mather,M.L.I. Witt,et al.

2011149 citations

Dust outpaces bedrock in nutrient supply to montane forest ecosystems

S. Aciego,C. S. Riebe,et al.

2017146 citations

The depletion of tungsten in the bulk silicate earth: Constraints on core formation

H. E. Newsom,Kenneth W.W. Sims,et al.

1996134 citations