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Alastair H. F. Robertson

Alastair H. F. Robertson

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Earth Science

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86
Citations
23200
World Ranking
366
National Ranking
36

Overview

Alastair H. F. Robertson is a researcher affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their academic work spans multiple disciplines within Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Engineering, with a strong emphasis on geophysical and ocean engineering studies.

Their research covers several key subfields including:

  • Geophysics
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Paleontology
  • Artificial Intelligence

Within these areas, Robertson has contributed to topics such as:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Robertson include:

  • "Late Palaeozoic-Neogene sedimentary and tectonic development of the Tauride continent and adjacent Tethyan ocean basins in eastern Turkey: New data and integrated interpretation," 2021, published in Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
  • "Role of Late Cretaceous volcanic-sedimentary melanges, specifically the Aladağ melange, E Turkey, in the rift-drift-subduction-accretion-emplacement history of the Tethyan Inner Tauride ocean," 2021, International Geology Review
  • "Palaeozoic-Early Mesozoic transition from Palaeotethys to Neotethys: Synthesis of data and interpretations from the northern periphery of Gondwana (central and western Anatolia, Aegean, Balkans and Sicily)," 2022, Earth-Science Reviews
  • "User's guide to the interpretation of sandstones using whole-rock chemical data, exemplified by sandstones from Triassic to Miocene passive and active margin settings from the Southern Neotethys in Cyprus," 2020, Sedimentary Geology

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Philippe Huchon
  • Brian Taylor
  • Adam Klaus
  • Charles K. Brooks
  • Bernard Célérier

Robertson's work is published in a variety of venues with notable frequent publications in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Sedimentary Geology
  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • International Geology Review

Best Publications

  • Introduction: aspects of the geological evolution of the Eastern Mediterranean

    A. H. F. Robertson;J. E. Dixon

  • Overview of the genesis and emplacement of Mesozoic ophiolites in the Eastern Mediterranean Tethyan region

    Alastair H.F Robertson

  • The geological evolution of the eastern Mediterranean

    J. E. Dixon;A. H. F. Robertson

  • ODP Leg 107 in the Tyrrhenian Sea: Insights into passive margin and back-arc basin evolution

    Kim Kastens;Jean Mascle;Christian Auroux;Enrico Bonatti

  • Palaeogeographic and palaeotectonic evolution of the Eastern Mediterranean Neotethys

    A.H.F. Robertson;P.D. Clift;P.J. Degnan;G. Jones

  • Mesozoic-Tertiary tectonic evolution of the easternmost Mediterranean area: integration of marine and land evidence.

    Alastair H F Robertson

  • Mesozoic-Tertiary Tectonic-Sedimentary Evolution of a South Tethyan Oceanic Basin and its Margins in Southern Turkey

    Alastair H. F. Robertson

  • Mesozoic–Tertiary tectonic evolution of Albania in its regional Eastern Mediterranean context

    Alastair Robertson;Minella Shallo

  • Alternative tectonic models for the Late Palaeozoic-Early Tertiary development of Tethys in the Eastern Mediterranean region

    A. H. F. Robertson;J. E. Dixon;S. Brown;A. Collins

  • Processes of Late Cretaceous to Late Miocene episodic thrust-sheet translation in the Lycian Taurides, SW Turkey

    Allan S Collins;Alastair H F Robertson

  • The Geology and tectonics of the Oman region

    A. H. F. Robertson;M. P. Searle;Alison C Ries

  • Tectono-stratigraphy and evolution of the Mesozoic Pindos ophiolite and related units, northwestern Greece

    Gregory Jones;Alastair H. F. Robertson

  • Overview of the Palaeozoic–Neogene evolution of Neotethys in the Eastern Mediterranean region (southern Turkey, Cyprus, Syria)

    Alastair H. F. Robertson;Osman Parlak;Timur Ustaömer

  • Development of concepts concerning the genesis and emplacement of Tethyan ophiolites in the Eastern Mediterranean and Oman regions

    Alastair Robertson

  • Lycian melange, southwestern Turkey: An emplaced Late Cretaceous accretionary complex

    Alan S. Collins;Alastair H. F. Robertson

  • Tectonic significance of the Eratosthenes Seamount: a continental fragment in the process of collision with a subduction zone in the eastern Mediterranean (Ocean Drilling Program Leg 160)

    Alastair H.F Robertson

  • The northern Oman Tethyan continental margin: stratigraphy, structure, concepts and controversies

    A. H. F. Robertson;M. P. Searle

  • Neotectonic intersection of the Aegean and Cyprus tectonic arcs: extensional and strike-slip faulting in the Isparta Angle, SW Turkey

    Clare Glover;Alastair Robertson

  • The transition from a passive margin to an Upper Cretaceous foreland basin related to ophiolite emplacement in the Oman Mountains

    Alastair Robertson

  • Overview of ophiolites and related units in the Late Palaeozoic–Early Cenozoic magmatic and tectonic development of Tethys in the northern part of the Balkan region

    Alastair Robertson;Stevan Karamata;Kristina Šarić

  • The Berit transect of the Tauride thrust belt, S Turkey: Late Cretaceous–Early Cenozoic accretionary/collisional processes related to closure of the Southern Neotethys

    Alastair H.F. Robertson;Timur Ustaömer;Osman Parlak;Ulvi Can Ünlügenç

Frequent Co-Authors

Timur Ustaömer
Timur Ustaömer Istanbul University
Osman Parlak
Osman Parlak Cukurova University
Kay-Christian Emeis
Kay-Christian Emeis Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research
Alan S. Collins
Alan S. Collins University of Adelaide
Steffen Kutterolf
Steffen Kutterolf Kiel University
Axel Gerdes
Axel Gerdes Goethe University Frankfurt
Gail L. Christeson
Gail L. Christeson The University of Texas at Austin
John W. Shervais
John W. Shervais Utah State University
William W. Sager
William W. Sager University of Houston
Dick Kroon
Dick Kroon University of Edinburgh

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