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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2004 - Young Scientist Award (Donath Medal), The Geological Society of America

Overview

Brian K. Horton is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant number of publications contributing to this field. The main subfields of study include Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, and Paleontology.

The scientist's research spans various key topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America, Geological formations and processes, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and High-pressure geophysics and materials.

Brian K. Horton's recent papers include:

  • Temperature Control on Silicate Weathering Intensity and Evolution of the Neogene East Asian Summer Monsoon, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Sediment provenance of pre- and post-collisional Cretaceous-Paleogene strata from the frontal Himalaya of northwest India, 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Neogene Retroarc Foreland Basin Evolution, Sediment Provenance, and Magmatism in Response to Flat Slab Subduction, Western Argentina, 2020, Tectonics
  • The role of flat slab subduction, ridge subduction, and tectonic inheritance in Andean deformation, 2022, Geology
  • Jurassic to Early Paleogene sedimentation in the Amazon region of Ecuador: Implications for the paleogeographic evolution of northwestern South America, 2021, Global and Planetary Change

Their frequent coauthors include Tomas N. Capaldi, Facundo Fuentes, Daniel F. Stöckli, Chelsea Mackaman-Lofland, and Richard A. Ketcham.

Brian K. Horton's work has been published in several venues, with notable frequency in:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Tectonics
  • Gondwana Research
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Journal of South American Earth Sciences

They were awarded the Young Scientist Award (Donath Medal) by The Geological Society of America in 2004.

Best Publications

  • U-Pb zircon geochronology of late Neoproterozoic–Early Cambrian granitoids in Iran: Implications for paleogeography, magmatism, and exhumation history of Iranian basement

    Jamshid Hassanzadeh;Jamshid Hassanzadeh;Daniel F. Stockli;Brian K. Horton;Brian K. Horton;Gary J. Axen;Gary J. Axen

  • Modern and ancient fluvial megafans in the foreland basin system of the central Andes, southern Bolivia: implications for drainage network evolution in fold- thrust belts

    Brian K Horton;P. G. Decelles

  • Detrital zircon provenance of Neoproterozoic to Cenozoic deposits in Iran: Implications for chronostratigraphy and collisional tectonics

    Brian K Horton;Brian K Horton;J. Hassanzadeh;J. Hassanzadeh;Daniel Stockli;G. J. Axen;G. J. Axen

  • Continental arc volcanism as the principal driver of icehouse-greenhouse variability

    N. Ryan McKenzie;N. Ryan McKenzie;N. Ryan McKenzie;Brian K. Horton;Shannon E. Loomis;Daniel F. Stockli

  • Structural evolution of the Yushu-Nangqian region and its relationship to syncollisional igneous activity, east-central Tibet

    Matthew S. Spurlin;An Yin;Brian K. Horton;Jiangyu Zhou

  • The modern foreland basin system adjacent to the Central Andes

    Brian K. Horton;Peter G. DeCelles

  • Sedimentary record of Andean mountain building

    Brian K. Horton

  • Lithospheric evolution of the Andean fold-thrust belt, Bolivia, and the origin of the central Andean plateau

    Nadine McQuarrie;Nadine McQuarrie;Brian K. Horton;George Zandt;Susan Beck

  • Early to middle Tertiary foreland basin development and the history of Andean crustal shortening in Bolivia

    Peter G. DeCelles;Brian K. Horton

  • Tectonic Regimes of the Central and Southern Andes: Responses to Variations in Plate Coupling During Subduction

    Brian K. Horton

  • Paleocene-Eocene syncontractional sedimentation in narrow, lacustrine-dominated basins of east-central Tibet

    Brian K. Horton;An Yin;Matthew S. Spurlin;Jiangyu Zhou

  • Mesozoic-Cenozoic evolution of the Xining-Minhe and Dangchang basins, northeastern Tibetan Plateau: Magnetostratigraphic and biostratigraphic results

    B. K. Horton;Guillaume Dupont-Nivet;J. Zhou;G. L. Waanders

  • Revised age of proximal deposits in the Zagros foreland basin and implications for Cenozoic evolution of the High Zagros

    Mohammad D. Fakhari;Gary J. Axen;Gary J. Axen;Brian K. Horton;Brian K. Horton;Jamshid Hassanzadeh;Jamshid Hassanzadeh

  • Paleogene clockwise tectonic rotation of the Xining‐Lanzhou region, northeastern Tibetan Plateau

    Guillaume Dupont-Nivet;B. K. Horton;Robert F. Butler;J. Wang

  • Cenozoic foreland basin system in the central Andes of northwestern Argentina: Implications for Andean geodynamics and modes of deformation

    P. G. Decelles;B. Carrapa;Brian K Horton;G. E. Gehrels

  • Sheetflow fluvial processes in a rapidly subsiding basin, Altiplano plateau, Bolivia

    Brian A. Hampton;Brian K. Horton

  • Paleogene synorogenic sedimentation in the Altiplano plateau and implications for initial mountain building in the central Andes

    Brian K Horton;B. A. Hampton;G. L. Waanders

  • Migration of Cenozoic deformation in the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia interpreted from fission track results and structural relationships: Implications for petroleum systems

    Andrés Mora;Brian K. Horton;Andrés Mesa;Jorge Rubiano

  • Linking sedimentation in the northern Andes to basement configuration, Mesozoic extension, and Cenozoic shortening: Evidence from detrital zircon U-Pb ages, Eastern Cordillera, Colombia

    Brian K. Horton;Joel E. Saylor;Junsheng Nie;Andrés Mora

  • Erosional control on the geometry and kinematics of thrust belt development in the central Andes

    Brian K. Horton

  • Integrated provenance analysis of a convergent retroarc foreland system: U-Pb ages, heavy minerals, Nd isotopes, and sandstone compositions of the Middle Magdalena Valley basin, northern Andes, Colombia

    Junsheng Nie;Junsheng Nie;Brian K. Horton;Joel E. Saylor;Andrés Mora

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel F. Stockli
Daniel F. Stockli The University of Texas at Austin
Joel E. Saylor
Joel E. Saylor University of British Columbia
Andrés Mora
Andrés Mora Ecopetrol (Colombia)
Junsheng Nie
Junsheng Nie Lanzhou University
Mauricio Parra
Mauricio Parra Universidade de São Paulo
Gary J. Axen
Gary J. Axen New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Carmala N. Garzione
Carmala N. Garzione University of Arizona
Peter G. DeCelles
Peter G. DeCelles University of Arizona
Jamshid Hassanzadeh
Jamshid Hassanzadeh California Institute of Technology
Marty Grove
Marty Grove Stanford University

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