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Christopher J.L. Wilson

Christopher J.L. Wilson

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Earth Science

D-Index
59
Citations
9546
World Ranking
2102
National Ranking
120

Overview

Christopher J.L. Wilson is affiliated with Monash University in Australia. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on psychology, earth and planetary sciences, and social sciences. Within these broader fields, Wilson's work addresses subfields such as geophysics, experimental and cognitive psychology, artificial intelligence, education, and sociology and political science.

Their research topics include geological and geochemical analysis, geochemistry and geologic mapping, cognitive abilities and testing, child development and digital technology, the impact of technology on adolescents, education achievement and giftedness, and educational and psychological assessments.

Wilson has contributed to recent publications including:

  • Structural evolution of the orogenic gold deposits in central Victoria, Australia: The role of regional stress change and the tectonic regime (2020, Ore Geology Reviews)
  • The cross-cultural generalizability of cognitive ability measures: A systematic literature review (2023, Intelligence)
  • Cross-National Generalizability of WISC-V and CHC Broad Ability Constructs across France, Spain, and the US (2023, Journal of Intelligence)

In addition, Wilson has been associated with works published in journals such as Journal of Children and Media and Frontiers in Psychology, although these particular publications were authored by frequent co-author David Skvarc. The major venues in which Wilson has published include:

  • Ore Geology Reviews
  • Journal of Children and Media
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Intelligence
  • Journal of Intelligence

Among Wilson's frequent collaborators are Linda K. Byrne, Nicki Joshua, Stephen C. Bowden, Lawrence G. Weiss, and David Skvarc. This network reflects interdisciplinary connections across psychology, education, and earth sciences.

Wilson's research contributions cover both fundamental and applied aspects of cognitive testing and geological sciences. The cognitive psychology work notably examines the generalizability of cognitive ability measures across cultures and the interplay of technology usage with child development and academic performance. Simultaneously, Wilson's geological research investigates tectonic processes and geochemical mapping relevant to orogenic gold deposits and regional stress regimes.

Best Publications

  • Did the Transgondwanan Supermountain trigger the explosive radiation of animals on Earth

    Richard James Squire;Ian H Campbell;Charlotte M Allen;Christopher John L Wilson

  • Emplacement of the Longmen Shan Thrust-Nappe Belt along the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau

    She Fa Chen;Christopher J.L. Wilson

  • Differential exhumation in response to episodic thrusting along the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau

    Dennis Arne;Brenton Worley;Christopher Wilson;She Fa Chen

  • Early Paleozoic tectonism within the East Antarctic craton: The final suture between east and west Gondwana?

    Steven D. Boger;Colin J Wilson;Christopher Fanning

  • Mesozoic plutons of the Yidun Arc, SW China: U/Pb geochronology and Hf isotopic signature

    Anthony Reid;Christopher J.L. Wilson;Lui Shun;Norman Pearson

  • Structural evidence for the Permo-Triassic tectonic evolution of the Yidun Arc, eastern Tibetan Plateau

    Anthony J. Reid;Christopher J.L. Wilson;Shun Liu

  • Active faulting and block movement associated with large earthquakes in the Min Shan and Longmen Mountains, northeastern Tibetan Plateau

    She Fa Chen;C. J. L. Wilson;Qi Dong Deng;Xiao Lin Zhao

  • Indosinian deformation of the Songpan Garzê Fold Belt, northeast Tibetan Plateau

    Mathew J. Harrowfield;Christopher J.L. Wilson

  • Tectonic transition from the Songpan‐Garzê Fold Belt to the Sichuan Basin, south‐western China

    She Fa Chen;Christopher J. L. Wilson;Brenton A. Worley

  • Tectonic evolution of the NE margin of the Tibetan Plateau; evidence from the central Longmen Mountains, Sichuan Province, China

    P.H.G.M Dirks;P.H.G.M Dirks;C.J.L Wilson;S Chen;Z.L Luo

  • Palaeoproterozoic regional-scale non-coaxial deformation: an example from eastern Eyre Peninsula, South Australia

    J.J. Vassallo;C.J.L. Wilson

  • Partial melting during tectonic exhumation of a granulite terrane: an example from the Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica

    C. J. Carson;R. Powell;C. J. L. Wilson;P. H. G. M. Dirks

  • Deformation partitioning and foliation reactivation during transpressional orogenesis, an example from the Central Longmen Shan, China

    Brenton A. Worley;Christopher J.L. Wilson

  • Denudational response to surface uplift in east Tibet: Evidence from apatite fission-track thermochronology

    Christopher J.L. Wilson;Andrew P. Fowler

  • The application of an automated fabric analyzer system to the textural evolution of folded ice layers in shear zones

    Christopher J. L. Wilson;David S. Russell-Head;Hadi M. Sim

  • Tectonic significance of the Lambert graben, East Antarctica: Reconstructing the Gondwanan rift

    Mat Harrowfield;Guy R. Holdgate;Christopher J.L. Wilson;Stephen McLoughlin

  • Evaluating quartz crystallographic preferred orientations and the role of deformation partitioning using EBSD and fabric analyser techniques

    Mark Peternell;Pavlína Hasalová;Christopher J.L. Wilson;Sandra Piazolo

  • (Th+U)-Pb monazite ages from Al-Mg-rich metapelites, Rauer Group, east Antarctica

    D. E. Kelsey;R. Powell;C. J. L. Wilson;D. A. Steele

  • U-Th-Pb detrital zircon geochronology from the southern Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica - Defining the Archaean to Neoproterozoic Ruker Province

    G Phillips;Christopher J.L. Wilson;Ian Campbell;Charlotte M Allen

  • Timing of the progress granite, Larsemann hills: Additional evidence for early Palaeozoic orogenesis within the east Antarctic Shield and implications for Gondwana assembly

    C. J. Carson;C. M. Fanning;C. J. L. Wilson

Frequent Co-Authors

Virgil Percec
Virgil Percec University of Pennsylvania
Daniela A. Wilson
Daniela A. Wilson Radboud University
Brad M. Rosen
Brad M. Rosen University of Pennsylvania
Chris W. Hughes
Chris W. Hughes University of Liverpool
Imran Chaudhri
Imran Chaudhri Humane Inc.
Sandra Piazolo
Sandra Piazolo University of Leeds
Richard G. Williams
Richard G. Williams University of Liverpool
David Phillips
David Phillips University of Melbourne
Jonathan P. Ive
Jonathan P. Ive Royal College of Art
Paul H.G.M. Dirks
Paul H.G.M. Dirks James Cook University

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