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

Overview

Andrew T. Calvert is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with particular attention to Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, and Geology. Their work spans a range of topics including Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Geological and Geophysical Studies, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies.

Calvert has contributed to multiple publication venues, most frequently in:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • USGS professional paper
  • Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • Geosphere
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin

Their recent papers include:

  • "Interpreting and reporting 40Ar/39Ar geochronologic data," 2020, Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • "A high resolution 40Ar/39Ar lava chronology and edifice construction history for Tongariro volcano, New Zealand," 2020, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • "Eruptive history of northern Harrat Rahat-Volume, timing, and composition of volcanism over the past 1.2 million years," 2023, USGS professional paper
  • "Mantle origin and crustal differentiation of basalts and hawaiites of northern Harrat Rahat, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia," 2023, USGS professional paper
  • "Detailed 40Ar/39Ar Geochronology of the Loyalty and Three Kings Ridges Clarifies the Extent and Sequential Development of Eocene to Miocene Southwest Pacific Remnant Volcanic Arcs," 2022, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Calvert include:

  • Drew T. Downs
  • T. W. Sisson
  • Mark E. Stelten
  • Duane E. Champion
  • Robert L. Christiansen

Calvert's research is situated within fields that examine geological and geophysical processes, integrating methods in geochronology and volcanic history. Their work has been disseminated via scientific societies and USGS professional papers, reflecting investigatory trends in volcanic chronology, mantle origins, and crustal differentiation.

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

Best Publications

  • Tectonics of the Qinling (Central China): tectonostratigraphy, geochronology, and deformation history

    Lothar Ratschbacher;Bradley R. Hacker;Andrew Calvert;Laura E. Webb

  • Exhumation of ultrahigh-pressure continental crust in east central China: Late Triassic-Early Jurassic tectonic unroofing

    Bradley R. Hacker;Lothar Ratschbacher;Laura Webb;Michael O. McWilliams

  • New constraints on the pyroclastic eruptive history of the Campanian volcanic Plain (Italy)

    B. De Vivo;G. Rolandi;P. B. Gans;A. Calvert

  • Normal faulting in central Tibet since at least 13.5 Myr ago

    Peter M. Blisniuk;Bradley R. Hacker;Johannes Glodny;Lothar Ratschbacher

  • Exhumation of the ultrahigh‐pressure continental crust in east central China: Cretaceous and Cenozoic unroofing and the Tan‐Lu fault

    Lothar Ratschbacher;Bradley R. Hacker;Laura E. Webb;Michael McWilliams

  • Evolution of the Kangmar Dome, southern Tibet: Structural, petrologic, and thermochronologic constraints

    Jeffrey Lee;Bradley R. Hacker;William S. Dinklage;Yu Wang

  • Interpreting and reporting 40Ar/39Ar geochronologic data

    Allen J. Schaen;Brian R. Jicha;Kip V. Hodges;Pieter Vermeesch

  • Age of the Lava Creek supereruption and magma chamber assembly at Yellowstone based on 40Ar/39Ar and U-Pb dating of sanidine and zircon crystals

    Naomi E. Matthews;Jorge A. Vazquez;Andrew T. Calvert

  • Geology and thermochronometry of the east edge of the Median Batholith (Median Tectonic Zone): a new perspective on Permian to Cretaceous crustal growth of New Zealand

    Nick Mortimer;Phil Gans;Andy Calvert;Nick Walker

  • Oligocene–Miocene tectonic evolution of the South Fiji Basin and Northland Plateau, SW Pacific Ocean: Evidence from petrology and dating of dredged rocks

    N. Mortimer;R. H. Herzer;P. B. Gans;C. Laporte-Magoni

  • Volcanic history and 40Ar/39Ar and 14C geochronology of Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal

    Andrew T. Calvert;Richard B. Moore;John P. McGeehin;Antonio M. Rodrigues da Silva

  • Ultrarapid exhumation of ultrahigh-pressure diamond-bearing metasedimentary rocks of the Kokchetav Massif, Kazakhstan?

    Bradley R. Hacker;Andrew Calvert;R.Y. Zhang;W.Gary Ernst

  • Mechanisms and timescales of generating eruptible rhyolitic magmas at Yellowstone caldera from zircon and sanidine geochronology and geochemistry

    Mark E. Stelten;Mark E. Stelten;Kari M. Cooper;Jorge A. Vazquez;Andrew T. Calvert

  • Cretaceous to Recent extension in the Bering Strait region, Alaska

    Trevor A. Dumitru;Elizabeth L. Miller;Paul B. O'Sullivan;Jeffrey M. Amato

  • Formation and exhumation of blueschists and eclogites from NE Oman: new perspectives from Rb–Sr and 40Ar/39Ar dating

    A. K. El‐Shazly;M. Bröcker;B. Hacker;A. Calvert

  • Eruptive history of Neapolitan volcanoes: constraints from 40Ar–39Ar dating

    Claudio Scarpati;Annamaria Perrotta;Simone Lepore;Andrew Calvert

  • 40 Ar/ 39 Ar dating of tuff vents in the Campi Flegrei caldera (southern Italy): toward a new chronostratigraphic reconstruction of the Holocene volcanic activity

    L. Fedele;D. D. Insinga;A. T. Calvert;V. Morra

  • The Pleistocene Eruptive History of Mount St. Helens, Washington, from 300,000 to 12,800 Years Before Present

    Michael A. Clynne;Andrew T. Calvert;Edward W. Wolfe;Russell C. Evarts

  • High-precision 40 Ar/ 39 Ar dating of Quaternary basalts from Auckland Volcanic Field, New Zealand, with implications for eruption rates and paleomagnetic correlations

    Graham S. Leonard;Andrew T. Calvert;Jenni L. Hopkins;Colin J.N. Wilson

  • A high-resolution 40Ar/39Ar lava chronology and edifice construction history for Ruapehu volcano, New Zealand

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  • A pulse of mid-Pleistocene rift volcanism in Ethiopia at the dawn of modern humans.

    William Hutchison;Raffaella Fusillo;David M. Pyle;Tamsin A. Mather

  • Argon geochronology of Kilauea's early submarine history

    Andrew T. Calvert;Marvin A. Lanphere

  • A multiple-approach radiometric age estimate for the Rotoiti and Earthquake Flat eruptions, New Zealand, with implications for the MIS 4/3 boundary

    C.J.N. Wilson;D.A. Rhoades;M. A. Lanphere;A.T. Calvert

  • Paleomagnetic results from the Snake River Plain: Contribution to the time-averaged field global database

    Lisa Tauxe;Casey Luskin;Peter A. Selkin;Phillip Gans

  • Lava-ice interaction on a large composite volcano: a case study from Ruapehu, New Zealand

    C. E. Conway;D. B. Townsend;G. S. Leonard;C. J. N. Wilson

Frequent Co-Authors

Duane E. Champion
Duane E. Champion United States Geological Survey
Wes Hildreth
Wes Hildreth United States Geological Survey
Michael A. Clynne
Michael A. Clynne United States Geological Survey
Marvin A. Lanphere
Marvin A. Lanphere United States Geological Survey
Colin J.N. Wilson
Colin J.N. Wilson Victoria University of Wellington
Vincenzo Morra
Vincenzo Morra University of Naples Federico II
Thomas W. Sisson
Thomas W. Sisson United States Geological Survey
Robert J. Fleck
Robert J. Fleck United States Geological Survey
John A. Gamble
John A. Gamble Victoria University of Wellington

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