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Overview

Bradley D. Ritts is affiliated with the University of Idaho in the United States. Their research spans several fields within Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Engineering, with primary focus on subfields including Paleontology, Geophysics, and Mechanics of Materials.

Their work involves multiple main topics of study:

  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis

Throughout their career, Bradley D. Ritts has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, such as:

  • Justin Edward Tully
  • Cari L. Johnson
  • Stephan A. Graham
  • Tim Cope
  • G. Bada

These recurring collaborations suggest ongoing partnerships in their research endeavors within their specialized domains.

Although there is no record of recent individual papers with full titles or publication venues, the diverse array of topics and consistent co-authorship indicate active engagement in interdisciplinary scientific research.

Best Publications

  • Mesozoic contractional deformation in the middle of the Asian tectonic collage: the intraplate Western Ordos fold–thrust belt, China

    Brian J Darby;Bradley D Ritts

  • Cenozoic multiple-phase tectonic evolution of the northern Tibetan Plateau: Constraints from sedimentary records from Qaidam basin, Hexi Corridor, and Subei basin, northwest China

    Guangsheng Zhuang;Jeremy K Hourigan;Bradley D Ritts;Malinda Louise Kent-Corson

  • Magnitude of post–Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) displacement on the central Altyn Tagh fault system, northwest China

    Bradley D. Ritts;Ulderico Biffi

  • Initiation and Long-Term Slip History of the Altyn Tagh Fault

    Yongjun Yue;Bradley D. Ritts;Stephan A. Graham

  • From sea level to high elevation in 15 million years: Uplift history of the northern Tibetan Plateau margin in the Altun Shan

    Bradley D. Ritts;Yongjun Yue;Stephan A. Graham;Edward R. Sobel

  • Upper Oligocene lacustrine source rocks and petroleum systems of the northern Qaidam basin, northwest China

    Andrew D. Hanson;Bradley D. Ritts;David Zinniker;J. Michael Moldowan

  • Evidence of Miocene crustal shortening in the North Qilian Shan from Cenozoic stratigraphy of the western Hexi Corridor, Gansu Province, China

    Paul M. Bovet;Bradley D. Ritts;George Gehrels;A. Oscar Abbink

  • Stable isotopic constraints on the tectonic, topographic, and climatic evolution of the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau

    Malinda Louise Kent-Corson;Bradley D Ritts;Guangsheng Zhuang;Paul M Bovet

  • Slowing extrusion tectonics: lowered estimate of post-Early Miocene slip rate for the Altyn Tagh fault

    Yongjun Yue;Bradley D. Ritts;Stephan A. Graham;Joseph L. Wooden

  • Late Paleozoic Sedimentation on the Northern Margin of the North China Block: Implications for Regional Tectonics and Climate Change

    Tim Cope;Bradley D. Ritts;Brian J. Darby;Andrea Fildani

  • Jurassic to Cenozoic exhumation history of the Altyn Tagh range, northwest China, constrained by 40Ar/39Ar and apatite fission track thermochronology

    Edward R. Sobel;Nicolas Arnaud;Marc Jolivet;Bradley D. Ritts

  • Sedimentary record of Triassic intraplate extension in North China: evidence from the nonmarine NW Ordos Basin, Helan Shan and Zhuozi Shan

    Bradley D. Ritts;Andrew D. Hanson;Brian J. Darby;Lynde Nanson

  • Oligocene‐Miocene Tectonics and Sedimentation along the Altyn Tagh Fault, Northern Tibetan Plateau: Analysis of the Xorkol, Subei, and Aksay Basins

    Bradley D. Ritts;Yongjun Yue;Stephan A. Graham

  • Lower-Middle Jurassic Nonmarine Source Rocks and Petroleum Systems of the Northern Qaidam Basin, Northwest China

    Bradley D. Ritts;Andrew D. Hanson;David Zinniker;J. Michael Moldowan

  • Stable isotope records of Cenozoic climate and topography, Tibetan plateau and Tarim basin

    Stephan A. Graham;C. Page Chamberlain;Yongjun Yue;Bradley D. Ritts

  • Isotopic constraints on intensified aridity in Central Asia around 12Ma

    Guangsheng Zhuang;Guangsheng Zhuang;Jeremy K. Hourigan;Paul L. Koch;Bradley D. Ritts

  • Understanding the geologic evolution of Northern Tibetan Plateau with multiple thermochronometers

    Guangsheng Zhuang;Samuel A. Johnstone;Samuel A. Johnstone;Jeremy Hourigan;Bradley Ritts

  • Early Jurassic extensional basin formation in the Daqing Shan segment of the Yinshan belt, northern North China Block, Inner Mongolia

    Bradley D Ritts;Brian J Darby;Tim Cope

  • Organic geochemistry of oil and source rock strata of the Ordos Basin, north-central China

    Andrew D. Hanson;Bradley D. Ritts;J. Michael Moldowan

  • Did the Altyn Tagh fault extend beyond the Tibetan Plateau

    Brian J. Darby;Bradley D. Ritts;Yongjun Yue;Qingren Meng

  • Detrital zircon provenance evidence for large-scale extrusion along the Altyn Tagh fault

    Yongjun Yue;Stephan A. Graham;Bradley D. Ritts;Joseph L. Wooden

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephan A. Graham
Stephan A. Graham Stanford University
Edward R. Sobel
Edward R. Sobel University of Potsdam
J. Michael Moldowan
J. Michael Moldowan Stanford University
Joseph L. Wooden
Joseph L. Wooden Stanford University
C. Page Chamberlain
C. Page Chamberlain Stanford University
George E. Gehrels
George E. Gehrels University of Arizona
Nicolas Arnaud
Nicolas Arnaud University of Montpellier
Maurice Brunel
Maurice Brunel University of Montpellier
Robert S. Coe
Robert S. Coe University of California, Santa Cruz
Andreas Mulch
Andreas Mulch Goethe University Frankfurt

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