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Edward R. Sobel

Edward R. Sobel

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Earth Science

D-Index
51
Citations
10980
World Ranking
3182
National Ranking
210

Overview

Edward R. Sobel is affiliated with the University of Potsdam in Germany and has an extensive publication record primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans multiple interconnected subfields including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Atmospheric Science, Geology, and Earth-Surface Processes.

Their scholarly work focuses on several main topics:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America
  • Geological formations and processes
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials

Frequently publishing in renowned venues, Sobel has appeared notably in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Tectonics, Basin Research, Geological Society of America Bulletin, and Lithosphere. These journals reflect the breadth and focus of their research interests.

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Cenozoic Exhumation of the Ailaoshan-Red River Shear Zone: New Insights From Low-Temperature Thermochronology" (2020, Tectonics)
  • "The Case for Tectonic Control on Erosional Exhumation on the Tropical Northern Andes Based on Thermochronology Data" (2021, Tectonics)
  • "The Timing of Collision Between Asia and the West Burma Terrane, and the Development of the Indo-Burman Ranges" (2022, Tectonics)
  • "The Carboniferous Arc of the North Pamir" (2021, Lithosphere)
  • "Interpreting and reporting fission-track chronological data" (2024, Geological Society of America Bulletin)

Collaborative work features frequent co-authorship with several researchers, notably Johannes Glodny, S. Zapata, Maurício Parra, Cecilia del Papa, and Peter van der Beek. Their repeated collaborations indicate a sustained engagement in topics related to tectonics, geochronology, and structural geology.

Best Publications

  • Sedimentary record and climatic implications of recurrent deformation in the Tian Shan: Evidence from Mesozoic strata of the north Tarim, south Junggar, and Turpan basins, northwest China

    Marc S. Hendrix;Stephan A. Graham;Alan R. Carroll;Edward R. Sobel

  • Thrusting and exhumation around the margins of the western Tarim basin during the India‐Asia collision

    Edward R. Sobel;Trevor A. Dumitru

  • Tectonics and Climate of the Southern Central Andes

    M.R. Strecker;R.N. Alonso;B. Bookhagen;B. Carrapa

  • Late Oligocene–Early Miocene initiation of shortening in the Southwestern Chinese Tian Shan: Implications for Neogene shortening rate variations

    Edward R. Sobel;Jie Chen;Richard V. Heermance

  • Climatic control on rapid exhumation along the Southern Himalayan Front

    Rasmus C. Thiede;Bodo Bookhagen;J.Ramón Arrowsmith;Edward R. Sobel

  • Uplift, exhumation, and deformation in the Chinese Tian Shan

    Trevor A. Dumitru;Da Zhou;Edmund Z. Chang;Stephan A. Graham

  • Formation of internally drained contractional basins by aridity-limited bedrock incision

    Edward R. Sobel;George E. Hilley;Manfred R. Strecker

  • A POSSIBLE MIDDLE PALEOZOIC SUTURE IN THE ALTYN TAGH, NW CHINA

    Edward R. Sobel;Nicolas Arnaud

  • Climatic forcing of asymmetric orogenic evolution in the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia

    Andrés Mora;Mauricio Parra;Manfred R. Strecker;Edward R. Sobel

  • Magnetochronology of the Upper Cenozoic strata in the Southwestern Chinese Tian Shan: rates of Pleistocene folding and thrusting

    Jie Chen;D.W. Burbank;K.M. Scharer;E. Sobel

  • Episodic orogenic front migration in the northern Andes: Constraints from low‐temperature thermochronology in the Eastern Cordillera, Colombia

    Mauricio Parra;Andres Mora;Andres Mora;Edward R. Sobel;Manfred R. Strecker

  • Basin analysis of the Jurassic–Lower Cretaceous southwest Tarim basin, northwest China

    Edward R. Sobel

  • Uplift, exhumation and precipitation: tectonic and climatic control of Late Cenozoic landscape evolution in the northern Sierras Pampeanas, Argentina

    Edward R. Sobel;Manfred R. Strecker

  • From sea level to high elevation in 15 million years: Uplift history of the northern Tibetan Plateau margin in the Altun Shan

    Bradley D. Ritts;Yongjun Yue;Stephan A. Graham;Edward R. Sobel

  • Late Miocene-Pliocene deceleration of dextral slip between Pamir and Tarim: Implications for Pamir orogenesis

    Edward R. Sobel;Lindsay M. Schoenbohm;Jie Chen;Rasmus Thiede

  • Oceanic-style subduction controls late Cenozoic deformation of the Northern Pamir orogen

    Edward R. Sobel;Jie Chen;Lindsay M. Schoenbohm;Rasmus Thiede

  • Exhumation of basement‐cored uplifts: Example of the Kyrgyz Range quantified with apatite fission track thermochronology

    Edward R. Sobel;Michael Oskin;Douglas Burbank;Alexander Mikolaichuk

  • Orogenic wedge advance in the northern Andes: Evidence from the Oligocene-Miocene sedimentary record of the Medina Basin, Eastern Cordillera, Colombia

    Mauricio Parra;Andres Mora;Carlos A. Jaramillo;Manfred R. Strecker

  • Jurassic to Cenozoic exhumation history of the Altyn Tagh range, northwest China, constrained by 40Ar/39Ar and apatite fission track thermochronology

    Edward R. Sobel;Nicolas Arnaud;Marc Jolivet;Bradley D. Ritts

  • Dome formation and extension in the Tethyan Himalaya, Leo Pargil, northwest India

    Rasmus Christoph Thiede;J. Ramón Arrowsmith;Bodo Bookhagen;Michael O. McWilliams

Frequent Co-Authors

Manfred R. Strecker
Manfred R. Strecker University of Potsdam
Lindsay M. Schoenbohm
Lindsay M. Schoenbohm University of Toronto
Daniel F. Stockli
Daniel F. Stockli The University of Texas at Austin
Johannes Glodny
Johannes Glodny University of Potsdam
Barbara Carrapa
Barbara Carrapa University of Arizona
Mauricio Parra
Mauricio Parra Universidade de São Paulo
Bodo Bookhagen
Bodo Bookhagen University of Potsdam
Andrés Mora
Andrés Mora Ecopetrol (Colombia)
Ian L. Millar
Ian L. Millar British Geological Survey
George E. Hilley
George E. Hilley Stanford University

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