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Ben A. van der Pluijm is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research is situated primarily within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on subfields such as Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Artificial Intelligence, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Geology.

The scientist's work covers multiple topics including Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological Modeling and Analysis, Advanced Computational Techniques and Applications, Seismic Waves and Analysis, and Seismology and Earthquake Studies.

Ben A. van der Pluijm has contributed to various publication venues, notably:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Tectonics
  • Science
  • Earth and Space Science
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

Recent research outputs include:

  • "Global quieting of high-frequency seismic noise due to COVID-19 pandemic lockdown measures" (2020, Science)
  • "Fault Gouge Dating in the Spanish Pyrenees: Fault Ages, Thrust Propagation Sequence, Wall-Rock Provenance, and Thermal Constraints" (2022, Tectonics)
  • "Deconstructing Tectonics: Ten Animated Explorations" (2020, Earth and Space Science)
  • "Locally Derived, Meteoric Fluid Infiltration Was Responsible for Widespread Late Paleozoic Illite Authigenesis in the Appalachian Basin" (2020, Tectonics)
  • "Focusing Fluids in Faults: Evidence From Stable Isotopic Studies of Dated Clay-Rich Fault Gouge of the Alberta Rockies" (2021, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems)

The research collaboration network of Ben A. van der Pluijm includes frequent co-authors such as Stephen Marshak, Austin Boles, Erin Lynch, Samuel H Haines, and Christopher R. Scotese.

Best Publications

  • Earth Structure: An Introduction to Structural Geology and Tectonics

    Ben A. Van der Pluijm;Stephen Marshak

  • Evolution of magnetic fabrics during incipient deformation of mudrocks (Pyrenees, northern Spain)

    Josep M. Parés;Ben A. van der Pluijm;Jaume Dinarès-Turell

  • Global quieting of high-frequency seismic noise due to COVID-19 pandemic lockdown measures.

    Thomas Lecocq;Stephen P. Hicks;Koen Van Noten;Kasper van Wijk

  • Direct dating of Eocene reverse faulting in northeastern Tibet using Ar-dating of fault clays and low-temperature thermochronometry

    Alison R. Duvall;Marin K. Clark;Ben A. van der Pluijm;Chuanyou Li

  • The dating of shallow faults in the Earth's crust

    Ben A. van der Pluijm;Chris M. Hall;Peter J. Vrolijk;David R. Pevear

  • INFLUENCE OF MECHANICAL COMPACTION AND CLAY MINERAL DIAGENESIS ON THE MICROFABRIC AND PORE-SCALE PROPERTIES OF DEEP-WATER GULF OF MEXICO MUDSTONES

    Andrew C. Aplin;Ingo F. Matenaar;Douglas K. McCarty;Ben A. van der Pluijm

  • Ordovician paleogeography and the evolution of the Iapetus ocean

    Conall Mac Niocaill;Ben A. Van der Pluijm;Rob Van der Voo

  • Evaluating magnetic lineations (AMS) in deformed rocks

    Josep M. Parés;Ben A. van der Pluijm

  • Paleogeography of the Amazon craton at 1.2 Ga: early Grenvillian collision with the Llano segment of Laurentia

    Eric Tohver;B.A. van der Pluijm;R. Van der Voo;G. Rizzotto

  • U-Pb geochronology of the Grenville Orogen of Ontario and New York: constraints on ancient crustal tectonics

    Klaus Mezger;Klaus Mezger;E. J. Essene;B. A. van der Pluijm;A. N. Halliday

  • Neocrystallization, fabrics and age of clay minerals from an exposure of the Moab Fault, Utah

    John G. Solum;Ben A. van der Pluijm;Donald R. Peacor

  • Mineralogical characterization of protolith and fault rocks from the SAFOD Main Hole

    John G. Solum;Stephen H. Hickman;David A. Lockner;Diane E. Moore

  • Separation of paramagnetic and ferrimagnetic susceptibilities using low temperature magnetic susceptibilities and comparison with high field methods

    Carl Richter;Ben A. van der Pluijm

  • Shear zones in clay-rich fault gouge: A laboratory study of fabric development and evolution

    Samuel H. Haines;Bryan Kaproth;Chris Marone;Demian Saffer

  • Nanocoatings of clay and creep of the San Andreas fault at Parkfield, California

    A.M. Schleicher;B.A. van der Pluijm;L.N. Warr

  • Oroclinal bending and evidence against the Pangea megashear: The Cantabria-Asturias arc (northern Spain)

    Arlo B. Weil;Rob Van der Voo;Ben A. van der Pluijm

  • Clay quantification and Ar–Ar dating of synthetic and natural gouge: Application to the Miocene Sierra Mazatán detachment fault, Sonora, Mexico

    Samuel H. Haines;Ben A. van der Pluijm

  • Significance of the Nova Brasilândia metasedimentary belt in western Brazil: Redefining the Mesoproterozoic boundary of the Amazon craton

    Eric Tohver;Eric Tohver;Ben van der Pluijm;Klaus Mezger;Eric Essene

  • Paleostress in Cratonic North America: Implications for Deformation of Continental Interiors

    Ben A. van der Pluijm;Ben A. van der Pluijm;John P. Craddock;John P. Craddock;Brita R. Graham;Brita R. Graham;John H. Harris;John H. Harris

  • Composite magnetic anisotropy fabrics: experiments, numerical models and implications for the quantification of rock fabrics

    Bernard A. Housen;Carl Richter;Ben A. van der Pluijm

Frequent Co-Authors

Rob Van der Voo
Rob Van der Voo University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
David K. Rea
David K. Rea University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Donald R. Peacor
Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Laurence N. Warr
Laurence N. Warr University of Greifswald
Eric J. Essene
Eric J. Essene University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Chris M. Hall
Chris M. Hall University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Chris Marone
Chris Marone Pennsylvania State University
Andreas Mulch
Andreas Mulch Goethe University Frankfurt
Andrew C. Aplin
Andrew C. Aplin Durham University
Guy Brasseur
Guy Brasseur Max Planck Society

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