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Francis A. Macdonald | Researchclopedia

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Francis A. Macdonald

Planetary Science Institute ORCID

334

Works

11,252

Citations

58

h-index

124

i10-index

Research Topics

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Geological and Geochemical Analysis

Affiliations

Dartmouth College2021–2021

GNS Science2015–2015

California Institute of Technology2000–2004

University of Iowa2021–2021

University of Wisconsin–Green Bay2021–2021

Top Works

Snowball Earth climate dynamics and Cryogenian geology-geobiology

Paul F. Hoffman,Dorian S. Abbot,et al.

2017698 citations

Geological Studies and Exploration

Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Statistical analysis of iron geochemical data suggests limited late Proterozoic oxygenation

Erik A. Sperling,Charles J. Wolock,et al.

2015614 citations

Calibrating the Cryogenian

Francis A. Macdonald,Mark D. Schmitz,et al.

2010584 citations

Authigenic Carbonate and the History of the Global Carbon Cycle

Daniel P. Schrag,John A. Higgins,et al.

2013513 citations

A Cryogenian chronology: Two long-lasting synchronous Neoproterozoic glaciations

Alan D. Rooney,Justin V. Strauss,et al.

2015451 citations

Dodging snowballs: Geochronology of the Gaskiers glaciation and the first appearance of the Ediacaran biota

Judy P. Pu,Samuel A. Bowring,et al.

2016352 citations

Continental flood basalt weathering as a trigger for Neoproterozoic Snowball Earth

Grant M. Cox,Galen P. Halverson,et al.

2016271 citations

Re-Os geochronology and coupled Os-Sr isotope constraints on the Sturtian snowball Earth

Alan D. Rooney,Francis A. Macdonald,et al.

2013267 citations

Arc-continent collisions in the tropics set Earth’s climate state

Francis A. Macdonald,Nicholas L. Swanson‐Hysell,et al.

2019263 citations