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Carmala N. Garzione

Carmala N. Garzione

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Earth Science

D-Index
56
Citations
13019
World Ranking
2386
National Ranking
998

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Young Scientist Award (Donath Medal), The Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Carmala N. Garzione is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research predominantly focuses on Geology and Paleoclimatology, with significant contributions to Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geological formations and processes, and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils. Additional areas of study include earthquake and tectonic studies, Geological and Geophysical Studies, and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis.

Their work is published frequently in well-known venues, including:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Nature Communications
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin

Garzione's recent papers examine significant geological mechanisms and processes such as the uplift and growth of the Tibetan Plateau. Select publications include:

  • Timing and mechanisms of Tibetan Plateau uplift (2022), Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Pulsed rise and growth of the Tibetan Plateau to its northern margin since ca. 30 Ma (2022), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Alpine permafrost could account for a quarter of thawed carbon based on Plio-Pleistocene paleoclimate analogue (2022), Nature Communications
  • Cenozoic paleoelevation history of the Lunpola Basin in Central Tibet: New evidence from volcanic glass hydrogen isotopes and a critical review (2022), Earth-Science Reviews
  • Upward and outward growth of north-central Tibet: Mechanisms that build high-elevation, low-relief plateaus (2023), Science Advances

Collaboration is evident in Garzione's work, with frequent co-authors including Lin Li, Paul Kapp, Junsheng Nie, Jay Quade, and Federico Moreno. The collaborations suggest a network spanning various subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Paleontology, Earth-Surface Processes, and Geology.

Garzione has contributed extensively to the subfields of Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Paleontology, Earth-Surface Processes, and Geology, illustrating a broad yet detailed expertise within Earth and Planetary Sciences.

Their recognition within the scientific community includes receiving the Young Scientist Award (Donath Medal) from The Geological Society of America in 2007 and being named a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Rise of the Andes.

    Carmala N. Garzione;Gregory Dean Hoke;Julie C. Libarkin;Saunia Withers

  • Timing and mechanisms of Tibetan Plateau uplift

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  • Stratigraphy, structure, and tectonic evolution of the Himalayan fold-thrust belt in western Nepal

    Peter G. DeCelles;Delores M. Robinson;Jay Quade;T. P. Ojha

  • The growth of northeastern Tibet and its relevance to large‐scale continental geodynamics: A review of recent studies

    Dao Yang Yuan;Wei Peng Ge;Zhen Wei Chen;Chuan You Li

  • Flexural subsidence by 29 Ma on the NE edge of Tibet from the magnetostratigraphy of Linxia Basin, China

    Xiaomin Fang;Carmala Garzione;Rob Van der Voo;Jijun Li

  • Rapid late Miocene rise of the Bolivian Altiplano: Evidence for removal of mantle lithosphere

    Carmala N. Garzione;Carmala N. Garzione;Peter Molnar;Julie C. Libarkin;Bruce J. MacFadden

  • Rapid Uplift of the Altiplano Revealed Through 13C-18O Bonds in Paleosol Carbonates

    Prosenjit Ghosh;Prosenjit Ghosh;Carmala N. Garzione;Carmala N. Garzione;John M. Eiler;John M. Eiler

  • Predicting paleoelevation of Tibet and the Himalaya from δ18O vs. altitude gradients in meteoric water across the Nepal Himalaya

    Carmala N Garzione;Jay Quade;Peter G DeCelles;Nathan B English

  • Stable Isotope-Based Paleoaltimetry

    David B. Rowley;Carmala N. Garzione

  • High times on the Tibetan Plateau: Paleoelevation of the Thakkhola graben, Nepal

    Carmala N. Garzione;David L. Dettman;Jay Quade;Peter G. DeCelles

  • The kinematic evolution of the Nepalese Himalaya interpreted from Nd isotopes

    Delores M. Robinson;Peter G. DeCelles;P.Jonathan Patchett;Carmala N. Garzione

  • Uplift-driven climate change at 12 Ma: a long δ18O record from the NE margin of the Tibetan plateau

    David L. Dettman;Xiaomin Fang;Carmala N. Garzione;Jijun Li

  • Paleoelevation Reconstruction using Pedogenic Carbonates

    Jay Quade;Carmala Garzione;John Eiler

  • Qaidam Basin and northern Tibetan Plateau as dust sources for the Chinese Loess Plateau and paleoclimatic implications

    Alex Pullen;Paul Kapp;Andrew T. McCallister;Hong Chang

  • Stable isotopes of modern water across the Himalaya and eastern Tibetan Plateau: Implications for estimates of paleoelevation and paleoclimate

    John Bershaw;Sandra M. Penny;Carmala N. Garzione

  • Stable isotopes reveal high southeast Tibetan Plateau margin since the Paleogene

    Gregory D. Hoke;Jing Liu-Zeng;Michael T. Hren;Gregory K. Wissink

  • Kinematic model for the Main Central thrust in Nepal

    D.M. Robinson;P.G. DeCelles;C.N. Garzione;O.N. Pearson

  • Rapid incision of the Mekong River in the middle Miocene linked to monsoonal precipitation

    Junsheng Nie;Gregory Ruetenik;Kerry Gallagher;Gregory Hoke

  • Tectonic Evolution of the Central Andean Plateau and Implications for the Growth of Plateaus

    Carmala N. Garzione;Nadine McQuarrie;Nicholas D. Perez;Nicholas D. Perez;Todd A. Ehlers

  • 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

  • East-west extension and Miocene environmental change in the southern Tibetan plateau: Thakkhola graben, central Nepal

    Carmala N. Garzione;Peter G. DeCelles;Damian G. Hodkinson;Tank P. Ojha

  • Stable isotope evidence for topographic growth and basin segmentation: Implications for the evolution of the NE Tibetan Plateau

    Brian G. Hough;Carmala N. Garzione;Zhicai Wang;Richard O. Lease

Frequent Co-Authors

Junsheng Nie
Junsheng Nie Lanzhou University
Alex Pullen
Alex Pullen Clemson University
Gregory D. Hoke
Gregory D. Hoke Syracuse University
Peter G. DeCelles
Peter G. DeCelles University of Arizona
John M. Eiler
John M. Eiler California Institute of Technology
Brian K. Horton
Brian K. Horton The University of Texas at Austin
Peter Molnar
Peter Molnar University of Colorado Boulder
Jay Quade
Jay Quade University of Arizona
Bruce J. MacFadden
Bruce J. MacFadden University of Florida
Marc Jolivet
Marc Jolivet University of Rennes

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