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Alan Bruce Thompson

Alan Bruce Thompson

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Earth Science

D-Index
60
Citations
17183
World Ranking
1857
National Ranking
50

Overview

Alan Bruce Thompson is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland. Their research work spans primarily within the fields of Medicine and Veterinary science, with a particular focus on infectious diseases and small animals.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Animal health and immunology
  • Amoebic infections and treatments
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology

Thompson has contributed to publications in the venue Applied Animal Science, where their work has appeared at least once.

One recent publication by Thompson is titled Efficacy of ultrasonography to detect liver abscesses in cattle, published in 2025 in Applied Animal Science.

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • T. L. Perkins
  • T.E. Lawrence
  • Raghavendra G. Amachawadi
  • T. G. Nagaraja
  • Paul R. Broadway

The combination of fields and topics linked to Thompson's work indicates active engagement with both clinical and veterinary infectious diseases, especially those affecting animal health and related immunological responses.

Best Publications

  • Pressure-Temperature-Time Paths of Regional Metamorphism I. Heat Transfer during the Evolution of Regions of Thickened Continental Crust

    Philip C. England;Alan Bruce Thompson

  • Partial melting of subducting oceanic crust

    Simon M. Peacock;Tracy Rushmer;Alan Bruce Thompson

  • Mineral reactions in pelitic rocks; I, Prediction of P-T-X(Fe-Mg) phase relations

    A. B. Thompson

  • Fluid-absent (dehydration) melting of biotite in metapelites in the early stages of crustal anatexis

    Nicole Le Breton;Alan Bruce Thompson

  • Pressure—Temperature—Time Paths of Regional Metamorphism II. Their Inference and Interpretation using Mineral Assemblages in Metamorphic Rocks

    Alan Bruce Thompson;Philip C. England

  • Dehydration melting of pelitic rocks and the generation of H 2 O-undersaturated granitic liquids

    Alan Bruce Thompson

  • Water in the Earth's upper mantle

    Alan Bruce Thompson

  • Phase transitions and mantle discontinuities

    Raymond Jeanloz;Alan B. Thompson

  • Garnet composition and zoning in the determination of temperature and pressure of metamorphism, central Massachusetts

    R. J. Tracy;P. Robinson;A. B. Thompson

  • Experimental melting of biotite + plagioclase + quartz ± muscovite assemblages and implications for crustal melting

    Véronique Gardien;Alan Bruce Thompson;Djordje Grujic;Peter Ulmer

  • Melting of the continental crust: Some thermal and petrological constraints on anatexis in continental collision zones and other tectonic settings

    Alan Bruce Thompson;James A. D. Connolly

  • Preservation of Garnet Growth Zoning and the Duration of Prograde Metamorphism

    Mark J. Caddick;Jiří Konopásek;Alan B. Thompson;Alan B. Thompson

  • Some thermal and tectonic models for crustal melting in continental collision zones

    Philip C. England;Alan Thompson

  • The water–basalt system at 4 to 6 GPa: Phase relations and second critical endpoint in a K-free eclogite at 700 to 1400 °C

    R. Kessel;P. Ulmer;Thomas Pettke;M.W. Schmidt

  • Model systems for anatexis of pelitic rocks

    Alan Bruce Thompson;John R. Algor

  • Epidote in calcalkaline magmas; an experimental study of stability, phase relationships, and the role of epidote in magmatic evolution

    Max W. Schmidt;Andalan B. Thompson

  • High pressure fluids in the system MgO–SiO2–H2O under upper mantle conditions

    R. Stalder;P. Ulmer;A. B. Thompson;D. Günther

  • Subsolidus and Partial Melting Reactions in the Quartz-excess CaO+MgO+Al2O3+SiO2+H2O System under Water-excess and Water-deficient Conditions to 10 kb: Some Implications for the Origin of Peraluminous Melts from Mafic Rocks

    David John Ellis;Alan Bruce Thompson

  • The Liquid Line of Descent of Anhydrous, Mantle-Derived, Tholeiitic Liquids by Fractional and Equilibrium Crystallization--an Experimental Study at 1{middle dot}0 GPa

    Samuel Villiger;Peter Ulmer;Othmar Müntener;Alan Bruce Thompson

  • Melting of Biotite + Plagioclase + Quartz Gneisses: the Role of H2O in the Stability of Amphibole

    Véronique Gardien;Alan Bruce Thompson;Peter Ulmer

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Ulmer
Peter Ulmer ETH Zurich
Karel Schulmann
Karel Schulmann University of Strasbourg
Philip England
Philip England University of Oxford
David J. Ellis
David J. Ellis Australian National University
Pavla Štípská
Pavla Štípská University of Strasbourg
Thomas Pettke
Thomas Pettke University of Bern
Martin Casey
Martin Casey University of Leeds
Max W. Schmidt
Max W. Schmidt ETH Zurich

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