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Derek J. Thorkelson

Derek J. Thorkelson

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Earth Science

D-Index
31
Citations
4898
World Ranking
8858
National Ranking
448

Overview

Derek J. Thorkelson is affiliated with Simon Fraser University in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in several subfields including Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology, Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, and Mechanics of Materials.

Their work encompasses key topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, High-pressure Geophysics and Materials, earthquake and tectonic studies, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, and Mineralogy and Gemology Studies.

Thorkelson has contributed to numerous publications, often collaborating with coauthors such as E. Schmidtke, Daniel Gibson, Peter Luffi, Kirsti P.R. Medig, and Elizabeth C. Turner.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
  • The Canadian Mineralogist

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Derek J. Thorkelson include:

  • Mesoproterozoic basins (Yukon, Canada) in the evolution of supercontinent Columbia, 2023, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
  • Pressure-Temperature-Fluid Constraints for the Formation of the Halo-Shakiso Emerald Deposit, Southern Ethiopia: Fluid Inclusion and Stable Isotope Studies, 2022, The Canadian Mineralogist
  • PRELIMINARY CRUSTAL THICKNESS ESTIMATES FROM CHEMICAL MOHOMETRY ACROSS THE CHALLIS-KAMLOOPS MAGMATIC BELT IN SOUTHEASTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA AND NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON STATE, 2022, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • NEW CONSTRAINTS FROM THE CHALLIS-KAMLOOPS GROUP ON CRUSTAL EVOLUTION DURING EARLY EOCENE EXTENSION IN SOUTHEASTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA AND NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON, 2024, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • UPDATE ON AN OVERVIEW OF RIDGE-TRENCH INTERACTIONS IN MODERN AND ANCIENT SETTINGS, 2024, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Best Publications

  • Subduction of diverging plates and the principles of slab window formation

    Derek J. Thorkelson

  • Partial melting of slab window margins: genesis of adakitic and non-adakitic magmas

    Derek J. Thorkelson;Katrin Breitsprecher

  • Cordilleran slab windows

    Derek J. Thorkelson;Richard P. Taylor

  • Cenozoic to Recent plate configurations in the Pacific Basin: Ridge subduction and slab window magmatism in western North America

    J.K. Madsen;D.J. Thorkelson;R.M. Friedman;D.D. Marshall

  • Neogene kinematic history of Nazca–Antarctic–Phoenix slab windows beneath Patagonia and the Antarctic Peninsula

    Katrin Breitsprecher;Derek J. Thorkelson

  • Cocos-Nazca slab window beneath Central America

    Stephen T. Johnston;Derek J. Thorkelson

  • Pan-Continental River System Draining Grenville Orogen Recorded by U-Pb and Sm-Nd Geochronology of Neoproterozoic Quartzarenites and Mudrocks, Northwestern Canada

    R. H. Rainbird;V. J. McNicoll;R. J. Thériault;L. M. Heaman

  • Introduction: An overview of ridge-trench interactions in modern and ancient settings

    Virginia B. Sisson;Terry L. Pavlis;Sarah M. Roeske;Derek J. Thorkelson

  • Large (1000 to 4000 km) northward movements of tectonic domains in the northern Cordillera, 83 to 45 Ma

    E. Irving;P. J. Wynne;D. J. Thorkelson;P. Schiarizza

  • Geochemical confirmation of the Kula-Farallon slab window beneath the Pacific Northwest in Eocene time

    K. Breitsprecher;D.J. Thorkelson;W.G. Groome;J. Dostal

  • Mantle flow through the Northern Cordilleran slab window revealed by volcanic geochemistry

    Derek J. Thorkelson;Julianne K. Madsen;Christa L. Sluggett

  • Early Proterozoic magmatism in Yukon, Canada: constraints on the evolution of northwestern Laurentia

    Derek J. Thorkelson;James K. Mortensen;Robert A. Creaser;Garry J. Davidson

  • Early and Middle Proterozoic evolution of Yukon, Canada

    Derek J. Thorkelson;J. Grant Abbott;James K. Mortensen;Robert A. Creaser

  • Early Mesoproterozoic intrusive breccias in Yukon, Canada: the role of hydrothermal systems in reconstructions of North America and Australia

    Derek J Thorkelson;James K Mortensen;Garry J Davidson;Robert A Creaser

  • The three-dimensional thermo-mechanical signature of ridge subduction and slab window migration

    Wesley G. Groome;Derek J. Thorkelson

  • Eocene granitoids of northern Turkey: Polybaric magmatism in an evolving arc–slab window system

    Yener Eyuboglu;Francis O. Dudas;Derek Thorkelson;Di-Cheng Zhu

  • Eocene adakitic volcanism in southern British Columbia: Remelting of arc basalt above a slab window

    Ryan B. Ickert;Derek J. Thorkelson;Daniel D. Marshall;Thomas D. Ullrich

  • Geology and mineral occurrences of the Slats Creek, Fairchild Lake and "Dolores Creek" areas, Wernecke Mountains (106D/16, 106C/13, 106C/14), Yukon Territory

    Derek J. Thorkelson

  • Paleomagnetism of the Spences Bridge Group and northward displacement of the Intermontane Belt, British Columbia: A second look

    E. Irving;D. J. Thorkelson;P. M. Wheadon;R. J. Enkin

  • A Review of Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposits, with Focus on the Wernecke Breccias, Yukon, Canada, as an Example of a Non-Magmatic End Member and Implications for IOCG Genesis and Classification

    J.A. Hunt;J.A. Hunt;T. Baker;D.J. Thorkelson

  • Early Proterozoic magmatism in Yukon, Canada: constraints on the evolution of northwestern

    Derek J. Thorkelson;James K. Mortensen;Robert A. Creaser;Garry J. Davidson

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert H. Rainbird
Robert H. Rainbird Geological Survey of Canada
James K. Mortensen
James K. Mortensen University of British Columbia
Timothy R. Baker
Timothy R. Baker University of Leeds
James L. Crowley
James L. Crowley Boise State University
William J. Davis
William J. Davis Geological Survey of Canada
E. Irving
E. Irving Australian National University
David A. Foster
David A. Foster University of Florida
Paul W. Layer
Paul W. Layer University of Alaska Fairbanks
Robert A. Creaser
Robert A. Creaser University of Alberta
M. Santosh
M. Santosh China University of Geosciences

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