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Overview

Diane Seward is affiliated with Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focused expertise in Geophysics, Geology, Atmospheric Science, Mechanics of Materials, and Oceanography.

Their research contributions span several main topics including:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis

Notable recent publications demonstrate a range of studies within geosciences, including:

  • "Cenozoic Dynamic Topography of Madagascar," 2021, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • "Cenozoic thermal evolution of the Central Rhodope Metamorphic Complex (Southern Bulgaria)," 2020, International Journal of Earth Sciences
  • "The petrology, geochronology and tectono-magmatic setting of igneous rocks in the Suckling-Dayman metamorphic core complex, Papua New Guinea," 2020, Gondwana Research
  • "Timing and rates of morpho-tectonic events in a segment of the Central and Western cordilleras of Colombia revealed through low-temperature thermochronology," 2020, Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • "Dating of young (<1 Ma) tephras: Using U-Pb (zircon) and (U-Th[-Sm])/He (zircon, apatite, magnetite) chronometers to unravel the eruption age of a tephra in the Woodlark Rift of Papua New Guinea," 2020, Terra Nova

Frequent collaborators include researchers such as:

  • Daniel F. Stöckli
  • Jürgen Österle
  • Timothy A. Little
  • Alexandre Kounov
  • Jean-Pierre Burg

Their work has been published in several scientific venues, with recurring contributions to:

  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • International Journal of Earth Sciences
  • Gondwana Research
  • Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • Terra Nova

Best Publications

  • Mesozoic and Cenozoic tectonics of the northern edge of the Tibetan plateau: fission-track constraints

    Marc Jolivet;Maurice Brunel;Diane Seward;Zhiqin Xu

  • Worldwide acceleration of mountain erosion under a cooling climate

    Frédéric Herman;Diane Seward;Pierre G. Valla;Andrew Carter

  • The Namche Barwa syntaxis: evidence for exhumation related to compressional crustal folding

    Jean-Pierre Burg;Peter Nievergelt;Felix Oberli;Diane Seward

  • Extraordinary denudation in the Sichuan Basin: Insights from low- temperature thermochronology adjacent to the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau

    N. J. Richardson;N. J. Richardson;A. L. Densmore;A. L. Densmore;D. Seward;A. Fowler

  • Along-strike variations in the thermal and tectonic response of the continental Ecuadorian Andes to the collision with heterogeneous oceanic crust

    R.A Spikings;W Winkler;D Seward;Robert Handler

  • Exhumation during crustal folding in the Namche-Barwa syntaxis

    Jean-Pierre Burg;Philippe Davy;Peter Nievergelt;Felix Oberli

  • Neogene stratigraphy and Andean geodynamics of southern Ecuador

    Dominik Hungerbühler;Michael Steinmann;Wilfried Winkler;Diane Seward

  • Neogene extension and volcanism in the Kunlun Fault Zone, northern Tibet: New constraints on the age of the Kunlun Fault

    M. Jolivet;M. Brunel;D. Seward;Z. Xu

  • Exhumation in a convergent orogen: the western Tauern window

    Bernhard Fiigenschuh;Diane Seward;Neil Mancktelow

  • Long and complex thermal history of the Song Chay metamorphic dome (Northern Vietnam) by multi-system geochronology

    Francoise Roger;Philippe Hervé Leloup;Marc Jolivet;Robin Lacassin

  • Neogene kinematics of the central and western Alps: Evidence from fission-track dating

    Diane Seward;Neil S. Mancktelow

  • Growth of the Namche Barwa Syntaxis and associated evolution of the Tsangpo Gorge: Constraints from structural and thermochronological data

    Diane Seward;Jean-Pierre Burg

  • Dynamic effects of aseismic ridge subduction: numerical modelling

    Taras V. Gerya;Taras V. Gerya;David Fossati;Curdin Cantieni;Diane Seward

  • Late Oligocene‐Neogene evolution of Europe‐Adria collision: New structural and geochronological evidence from the Giudicarie fault system (Italian Eastern Alps)

    Giulio Viola;Neil S. Mancktelow;Diane Seward

  • Basement geology from Three Kings Ridge to West Norfolk Ridge, southwest Pacific Ocean: evidence from petrology, geochemistry and isotopic dating of dredge samples

    N. Mortimer;R.H. Herzer;P.B. Gans;D.L. Parkinson

  • Did incision of the Three Gorges begin in the Eocene

    N.J. Richardson;A.L. Densmore;D. Seward;M. Wipf

  • Detrital thermochronology – a new perspective on hinterland tectonics, an example from the Andean Amazon Basin, Ecuador

    G. M. H. Ruiz;D. Seward;W. Winkler

  • The DAV and Periadriatic fault systems in the Eastern Alps south of the Tauern window

    Neil S. Mancktelow;Daniel F. Stöckli;Balz Grollimund;Wolfgang Müller

  • Neogene tectonic evolution and exhumation of the southern Ecuadorian Andes: a combined stratigraphy and fission-track approach

    Michael Steinmann;Dominik Hungerbühler;Diane Seward;Wilfried Winkler

  • α-Emitting mineral inclusions in apatite, their effect on (U-Th)/He ages, and how to reduce it

    Pieter Vermeesch;Diane Seward;Christopher Latkoczy;Martin Wipf

  • Rb/Sr record of fluid-rock interaction in eclogites: The Marun-Keu complex, Polar Urals, Russia

    Johannes Glodny;Håkon Austrheim;José F Molina;Anatolij I Rusin

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy A. Little
Timothy A. Little Victoria University of Wellington
Frédéric Herman
Frédéric Herman University of Lausanne
Barry P. Kohn
Barry P. Kohn University of Melbourne
Daniel F. Stockli
Daniel F. Stockli The University of Texas at Austin
Guido Schreurs
Guido Schreurs University of Bern
Andrew Carter
Andrew Carter Birkbeck, University of London
Laura M. Wallace
Laura M. Wallace The University of Texas at Austin
Edward R. Sobel
Edward R. Sobel University of Potsdam

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