Francis A. Macdonald

About Francis A. Macdonald

Francis A. Macdonald, With an exceptional h-index of 53 and a recent h-index of 43 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of California, Santa Barbara, specializes in the field of Geology.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Does zircon geochemistry record global sediment subduction?

High-precision U-Pb geochronology links magmatism in the Southwestern Laurentia large igneous province and Midcontinent Rift

The role of Southeast Asian Island topography on Indo‐Pacific climate and silicate weathering

New age constraints on the break-up of Rodinia and amalgamation of southwestern Gondwana from the Choquequirao Formation in southwestern Peru

Crustal eduction and slab-failure magmatism in an Orosirian (2.05–1.80 Ga) postcollisional cratonic foredeep: geochronology of Seton volcanics and Compton laccoliths, Tu Cho …

The rise of New Guinea and the fall of Neogene global temperatures

Grinding through the Ediacaran-Cambrian Transition

The Franklin Large Igneous Province and Snowball Earth initiation

Francis A. Macdonald Information

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Citations(all)

9480

Citations(since 2020)

5912

Cited By

5795

hIndex(all)

53

hIndex(since 2020)

43

i10Index(all)

113

i10Index(since 2020)

101

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Francis A. Macdonald Skills & Research Interests

Geology

Top articles of Francis A. Macdonald

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Does zircon geochemistry record global sediment subduction?

Geology

Kurt E Sundell

Francis A Macdonald

Stephen J Puetz

2024/2/2

High-precision U-Pb geochronology links magmatism in the Southwestern Laurentia large igneous province and Midcontinent Rift

Geology

MT Mohr

MD Schmitz

NL Swanson-Hysell

KE Karlstrom

FA Macdonald

...

2024/1/9

The role of Southeast Asian Island topography on Indo‐Pacific climate and silicate weathering

Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology

John CH Chiang

Pierre Maffre

Nicholas L Swanson‐Hysell

Francis A Macdonald

2024/3

New age constraints on the break-up of Rodinia and amalgamation of southwestern Gondwana from the Choquequirao Formation in southwestern Peru

Eben Blake Hodgin

Victor Carlotto

Francis A Macdonald

Mark D Schmitz

James L Crowley

2023/10/4

Crustal eduction and slab-failure magmatism in an Orosirian (2.05–1.80 Ga) postcollisional cratonic foredeep: geochronology of Seton volcanics and Compton laccoliths, Tu Cho …

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Paul F Hoffman

Francis A Macdonald

Samuel A Bowring

Jahandar Ramezani

Robert Buchwaldt

...

2023/5/1

The rise of New Guinea and the fall of Neogene global temperatures

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Peter E Martin

Francis A Macdonald

Nadine McQuarrie

Rebecca M Flowers

Pierre JY Maffre

2023/10/3

Grinding through the Ediacaran-Cambrian Transition

EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts

Catherine Rose

Tony Prave

Iona Baillie

Marjorie Cantine

Simone Kasemann

...

2023/5

The Franklin Large Igneous Province and Snowball Earth initiation

Elements

Francis A Macdonald

Nicholas L Swanson-Hysell

2023/10/1

Tonian basins record rifting of Kalahari from Rodinia and no evidence of a pre-Sturtian Kaigas glaciation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Judy P Pu

Francis A Macdonald

Emily F Smith

Jahandar Ramezani

Nicholas Swanson-Hysell

2023/12/15

Neoproterozoic of laurentia

Francis A Macdonald

W Adolph Yonkee

Rebecca M Flowers

Nicholas L Swanson-Hysell

2023/1/23

Ediacaran-Ordovician tectonic and geodynamic drivers of Great Unconformity exhumation on the southern Canadian Shield

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Barra A Peak

Rebecca M Flowers

Francis A Macdonald

2023/10/1

Multiple sustained increases in atmospheric oxygen and marine productivity through the Neoproterozoic and Paleozoic Eras

Richard Stockey

Devon Cole

Una Farrell

Heda Agić

Thomas Boag

...

2023/11/14

Phanerozoic flooding of North America and the Great Unconformity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Adrian R Tasistro-Hart

Francis A Macdonald

2023/9/12

Timing and tempo of organic carbon burial in the Monterey Formation of the Santa Barbara Basin and relationships with Miocene climate

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Eliel SC Anttila

Francis A Macdonald

Dawid Szymanowski

Blair Schoene

Andrew Kylander-Clark

...

2023/10/15

Deglacial volcanism and reoxygenation in the aftermath of the Sturtian Snowball Earth

Science Advances

Menghan Li

Yilun Xu

Lilin Sun

Jiubin Chen

Ke Zhang

...

2023/9/6

Global and local drivers of the Ediacaran Shuram carbon isotope excursion

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

James F Busch

Eben B Hodgin

Anne-Sofie C Ahm

Jon M Husson

Francis A Macdonald

...

2022/2/1

The potential influence of mountain belts on Ediacaran-Cambrian ecosystems of western Gondwana

2022 Goldschmidt Conference

Fabricio Caxito

Erik A Sperling

Francis MacDonald

Gabriel Uhlein

Peter A Cawood

...

2022/7/11

A Review of Mid-Miocene Oxygen Isotope Stratigraphy in Deep-Sea Cores

Bethany Hobart

Lorraine E Lisiecki

Yuxin Zhou

Francis A Macdonald

2022/12

Petrography and Geochemistry of the Intrusive Rocks at the Diorite-Hosted Regnault Au Mineralization

Minerals

Lucie Mathieu

Francis MacDonald

2022/1/23

A reevaluation of the tectonic history of the Dashwoods terrane using in situ and isotope-dilution U-Pb geochronology, western Newfoundland

Eben B Hodgin

Francis A Macdonald

Paul Karabinos

James L Crowley

Douglas N Reusch

2022/5/19

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