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Overview

Deborah R. Hutchinson is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research spans several fields within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on Clinical Psychology, Geology, Geophysics, General Health Professions, and Mechanics of Materials.

Their work covers a range of main topics, including:

  • Health, psychology, and well-being
  • Geological Studies and Exploration
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Psychiatric care and mental health services
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies

Hutchinson's research has been published in a variety of scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Geological Society London Memoirs
  • The Journal of Science and Medicine
  • Marine Geology
  • British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing

Their recent papers include:

  • The Role of Premagmatic Rifting in Shaping a Volcanic Continental Margin: An Example From the Eastern North American Margin (2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth)
  • Canada Basin Tectono-Sedimentary Element, Arctic Ocean (2023, Geological Society London Memoirs)
  • The Microbiome and Neurotransmitter Activity (2022, The Journal of Science and Medicine)
  • Changes in sediment source areas to the Amerasia Basin, Arctic Ocean, over the past 5.5 million years based on radiogenic isotopes (Sr, Nd, Pb) of detritus from ferromanganese crusts (2020, Marine Geology)
  • Symptoms of dementia or post-traumatic stress disorder? Under-recognised behaviours in veterans with dementia (2021, British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing)

Hutchinson has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Lucy Chamberlain
  • Karen Harrison Dening
  • Guy Lang
  • Uri S. ten Brink
  • Gregory S. Mountain

Best Publications

  • Seismic velocities for hydrate-bearing sediments using weighted equation

    M.W. Lee;D.R. Hutchinson;T.S. Collett;William P. Dillon

  • Depositional and tectonic framework of the rift basins of Lake Baikal from multichannel seismic data

    D.R. Hutchinson;A.J. Golmshtok;L.P. Zonenshain;T.C. Moore

  • The North American Midcontinent Rift beneath Lake Superior from Glimpce seismic reflection profiling

    W. F. Cannon;Alan G. Green;D. R. Hutchinson;Myung Lee

  • Elevated gas hydrate saturation within silt and silty clay sediments in the Shenhu area, South China Sea

    Xiujuan Wang;Deborah R. Hutchinson;Shiguo Wu;Shengxiong Yang

  • U.S. Atlantic continental margin; Structural and tectonic framework

    Kim D. Klitgord;Deborah R. Hutchinson;Hans Schouten

  • Crustal structure of the Grenville front and adjacent terranes

    A. G. Green;B. Milkereit;A. Davidson;C. Spencer

  • Keweenaw hot spot: Geophysical evidence for a 1.1 Ga mantle plume beneath the Midcontinent Rift System

    D. R. Hutchinson;R. S. White;W. F. Cannon;K. J. Schulz

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  • Crustal structure of the Midcontinent rift system: Results from GLIMPCE deep seismic reflection profiles

    J. C. Behrend;A. G. Green;W. F. Cannon;D. R. Hutchinson

  • Method of estimating the amount of in situ gas hydrates in deep marine sediments

    M.W. Lee;D.R. Hutchinson;William P. Dillon;J.J. Miller

  • Seismic structure of the U.S. Mid-Atlantic continental margin

    W. Steven Holbrook;G. M. Purdy;R. E. Sheridan;L. Glover

  • Origin and Extent of Fresh Paleowaters on the Atlantic Continental Shelf, USA

    Denis Cohen;Mark Person;Peng Wang;Carl W. Gable

  • Stratigraphic and structural evolution of the Selenga Delta Accommodation Zone, Lake Baikal Rift, Siberia

    C. A. Scholz;D. R. Hutchinson

  • Deep Structure and Evolution of the Carolina Trough

    D.R. Hutchinson;J.A. Grow;Kim D. Klitgord;B. A. Swift

  • Evidence for faulting related to dissociation of gas hydrate and release of methane off the southeastern United States

    William P. Dillon;W. W. Danforth;D.R. Hutchinson;R.M. Drury

  • Assessing sulfate reduction and methane cycling in a high salinity pore water system in the northern Gulf of Mexico

    John W. Pohlman;Carolyn D. Ruppel;Deborah R. Hutchinson;R. Downer

  • GLIMPCE Seismic reflection evidence of deep-crustal and upper-mantle intrusions and magmatic underplating associated with the Midcontinent Rift system of North America

    John C. Behrendt;D.R. Hutchinson;M. Lee;C.R. Thornber

  • Crustal structure beneath the southern Appalachians: Nonuniqueness of gravity modeling

    Deborah R. Hutchinson;John A. Grow;Kim D. Klitgord

  • Rift basins of the Long Island platform

    D. R. Hutchinson;K. D. Klitgord;R. S. Detrick

  • U.S. Geological Survey deep seismic reflection profile across the Gulf of Maine

    Deborah R. Hutchinson;Kim D. Klitgord;Myung W. Lee;Anne M. Trehu

  • Gas and gas hydrate distribution around seafloor seeps in Mississippi Canyon, Northern Gulf of Mexico, using multi-resolution seismic imagery

    Warren T. Wood;Patrick E. Hart;Deborah R. Hutchinson;Nader Dutta

Frequent Co-Authors

Myung W. Lee
Myung W. Lee United States Geological Survey
Alan G. Green
Alan G. Green ETH Zurich
Bernd Milkereit
Bernd Milkereit University of Toronto
Kim D. Klitgord
Kim D. Klitgord United States Geological Survey
William F. Cannon
William F. Cannon United States Geological Survey
Carolyn D. Ruppel
Carolyn D. Ruppel United States Geological Survey
Larry A. Mayer
Larry A. Mayer University of New Hampshire
Timothy S. Collett
Timothy S. Collett United States Geological Survey
Brandon Dugan
Brandon Dugan Colorado School of Mines
Christopher A. Scholz
Christopher A. Scholz Syracuse University

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