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  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Alan G. Whittington is a researcher affiliated with The University of Texas at San Antonio in the United States. Their scholarly work spans various aspects of earth and planetary sciences, with a particular focus on geophysics, planetary science, atmospheric science, materials chemistry, and geochemistry and petrology.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within this domain, their subfields cover:

  • Geophysics
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Geochemistry and Petrology

Whittington's research touches on multiple core topics such as:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Material Dynamics and Properties
  • Mineralogy and Gemology Studies

The researcher has contributed extensively to the scientific literature, with prominent papers including:

  • "Rheology of Crystallizing basaltic lavas from Nyiragongo and Nyamuragira volcanoes, D.R.C." (2020) published in Volcanica
  • "The fold illusion: The origins and implications of ogives on silicic lavas" (2020) published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "Lower Cost Lunar Bricks: Energetics of Melting and Sintering Lunar Regolith Simulants" (2022) published in New Space
  • "Rheology of a KREEP analog magma: Experimental results applied to dike ascent through the lunar crust" (2020) published in Planetary and Space Science
  • "Direct nanoscale observations of degassing-induced crystallisation in felsic magmas" (2022) published in Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Whittington include:

  • Brenna Halverson
  • J. E. Hammer
  • Lauren Schwartz
  • A. Sehlke
  • Aaron A. Morrison

Their research has appeared repeatedly in venues such as:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Volcanica
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Whittington has been recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Kinematic evolution of the Araçuaí-West Congo orogen in Brazil and Africa: Nutcracker tectonics during the Neoproterozoic assembly of Gondwana

    Fernando F. Alkmim;Stephen Marshak;Antônio Carlos Pedrosa-Soares;Guilherme Gravina Peres

  • Temperature-dependent thermal diffusivity of the Earth’s crust and implications for magmatism

    Alan G. Whittington;Anne M. Hofmeister;Peter I. Nabelek

  • The viscosity of hydrous phonolites and trachytes

    Alan Whittington;Alan Whittington;Pascal Richet;Yannick Linard;François Holtz

  • Strain heating as a mechanism for partial melting and ultrahigh temperature metamorphism in convergent orogens: Implications of temperature-dependent thermal diffusivity and rheology

    Peter I. Nabelek;Alan G. Whittington;Anne M. Hofmeister

  • Water and the viscosity of depolymerized aluminosilicate melts

    Alan Whittington;Pascal Richet;Francois Holtz

  • The role of H2O in rapid emplacement and crystallization of granite pegmatites: resolving the paradox of large crystals in highly undercooled melts

    Peter I. Nabelek;Alan G. Whittington;Mona Liza C. Sirbescu

  • The influence of temperature-dependent thermal diffusivity on the conductive cooling rates of plutons and temperature-time paths in contact aureoles

    Peter I. Nabelek;Anne M. Hofmeister;Alan G. Whittington

  • Water and the density of silicate glasses

    Pascal Richet;Alan Whittington;François Holtz;Harald Behrens

  • Coal metamorphism by igneous intrusion in the Raton Basin, CO and NM: Implications for generation of volatiles

    Jennifer R. Cooper;John C. Crelling;Susan M. Rimmer;Alan G. Whittington

  • Temperature-dependent thermal diffusivity of the Earth's crust and implications for magmatism

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  • Lithostratigraphic correlations in the western Himalaya—An isotopic approach

    Alan Whittington;Gavin Foster;Nigel Harris;Derek Vance

  • Gas-driven filter pressing in magmas: Insights into in-situ melt segregation from crystal mushes

    Mattia Pistone;Mattia Pistone;Fabio Arzilli;Fabio Arzilli;Katherine J. Dobson;Benoît Cordonnier

  • Dynamics of Strombolian explosions: Inferences from field and laboratory studies of erupted bombs from Stromboli volcano

    Lucia Gurioli;Lucia Gurioli;Lucia Gurioli;L. Colo;A.J. Bollasina;Andrew J.L. Harris;Andrew J.L. Harris;Andrew J.L. Harris

  • The viscosity of hydrous dacitic liquids: implications for the rheology of evolving silicic magmas

    Alan G. Whittington;Bridget M. Hellwig;Harald Behrens;Bastian Joachim

  • Extensional collapse in the Neoproterozoic Araçuaí orogen, eastern Brazil : a setting for reactivation of asymmetric crenulation cleavage.

    Stephen Marshak;Fernando F. Alkmim;Alan Whittington;Antônio Carlos Pedrosa-Soares

  • Transport properties of high albite crystals, near-endmember feldspar and pyroxene glasses, and their melts to high temperature

    Anne M. Hofmeister;Alan G. Whittington;Maik Pertermann

  • Textural and rheological evolution of basalt flowing down a lava channel

    Bénédicte Robert;Bénédicte Robert;Bénédicte Robert;Andrew J.L. Harris;Lucia Gurioli;Etienne Médard

  • Structural characterization of water-bearing silicate and aluminosilicate glasses by high-resolution solid-state NMR

    Eric Robert;Alan Whittington;Franck Fayon;Michel Pichavant

  • Pahoehoe to `a`a transition of Hawaiian lavas: an experimental study

    Alexander Sehlke;Alan Whittington;Bénédicte Robert;Andrew J.L. Harris

  • Experimental crystallization of undercooled felsic liquids: Generation of pegmatitic texture

    Mona Liza C. Sirbescu;Christian Schmidt;Ilya V. Veksler;Alan G. Whittington

  • Thermal diffusivity of rhyolitic glasses and melts: effects of temperature, crystals and dissolved water

    William L. Romine;William L. Romine;Alan G. Whittington;Peter I. Nabelek;Anne M. Hofmeister

  • EXHUMATION OVERRATED AT NANGA PARBAT, NORTHERN PAKISTAN

    Alan G. Whittington

Frequent Co-Authors

Pascal Richet
Pascal Richet Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Peter I. Nabelek
Peter I. Nabelek University of Missouri
Andrew J. L. Harris
Andrew J. L. Harris University of Clermont Auvergne
Lucia Gurioli
Lucia Gurioli University of Clermont Auvergne
Harald Behrens
Harald Behrens University of Hannover
Karl L. Mitchell
Karl L. Mitchell California Institute of Technology
Nigel Harris
Nigel Harris The Open University
James D. Schiffbauer
James D. Schiffbauer University of Missouri
Francois Holtz
Francois Holtz University of Hannover
Gavin L. Foster
Gavin L. Foster University of Southampton

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