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Eric Tohver is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil. Their research primarily spans the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on geophysics, molecular biology, paleontology, artificial intelligence, and atmospheric science as subfields. The scientist's work addresses several main topics including geological and geochemical analysis, geomagnetism and paleomagnetism studies, paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, earthquake and tectonic studies, geochemistry and geologic mapping, geology and paleoclimatology research, and geochemistry and elemental analysis.

Eric Tohver has published extensively in various academic journals. Frequent venues for their publications include:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Precambrian Research
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Tectonics
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Their recent published papers demonstrate a range of themes related to paleomagnetic data, geochronology, and tectonic evolution. Notable papers include:

  • "Magnetic Fabric and Geochronology of a Cambrian "Isotropic" Pluton in the Neoproterozoic Araçuaí Orogen" (2020, Tectonics)
  • "Cryptic excess argon in metamorphic biotite: Anomalously old 40Ar/39Ar plateau dates tested with Rb/Sr thermochronology and Ar diffusion modelling" (2021, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta)
  • "Constraining the Cambrian drift of Gondwana with new paleomagnetic data from post-collisional plutons of the Araçuaí orogen, SE Brazil" (2021, Precambrian Research)
  • "New high-quality paleomagnetic data from the Borborema Province (NE Brazil): Refinement of the APW path of Gondwana in the Early Cambrian" (2021, Precambrian Research)
  • "Zircon U-Pb geochronology and Nd-Pb isotope geochemistry of Blue Ridge basement in the eastern Great Smoky Mountains, U.S.A.: Implications for the Proterozoic tectonic evolution of the southeastern Laurentian margin" (2020, American Journal of Science)

Frequent collaborators in Eric Tohver's research include:

  • David P. Moecher
  • Scott D. Samson
  • Filipe Altoé Temporim
  • Ricardo I.F. Trindade
  • Felicia R. Harris

Best Publications

  • Phanerozoic polar wander, palaeogeography and dynamics

    Trond H. Torsvik;Rob Van der Voo;Rob Van der Voo;Ulla Preeden;Conall Mac Niocaill

  • Paleomagnetic record of Africa and South America for the 1200-500 Ma interval, and evaluation of Rodinia and Gondwana assemblies

    Eric Tohver;Manoel S. D’Agrella-Filho;Ricardo I.F. Trindade

  • Triassic collision in the Paleo-Tethys Ocean constrained by volcanic activity in SW China

    Jian-Wei Zi;Jian-Wei Zi;Peter A. Cawood;Peter A. Cawood;Wei-Ming Fan;Yue-Jun Wang

  • A new appraisal of sri lankan bb zircon as a reference material for LA-ICP-MS U-Pb geochronology and Lu-Hf isotope tracing.

    Maristella M. Santos;Cristiano Lana;Ricardo Scholz;Ian Buick

  • Paleogeography of the Amazon craton at 1.2 Ga: early Grenvillian collision with the Llano segment of Laurentia

    Eric Tohver;B.A. van der Pluijm;R. Van der Voo;G. Rizzotto

  • A pressure-temperature phase diagram for zircon at extreme conditions

    Nicholas E. Timms;Nicholas E. Timms;Timmons M. Erickson;Timmons M. Erickson;Mark A. Pearce;Aaron J. Cavosie;Aaron J. Cavosie;Aaron J. Cavosie

  • Generation of Early Indosinian enriched mantle-derived granitoid pluton in the Sanjiang Orogen (SW China) in response to closure of the Paleo-Tethys

    Jian-Wei Zi;Peter A. Cawood;Wei-Ming Fan;Eric Tohver

  • Late Permian-Triassic magmatic evolution in the Jinshajiang orogenic belt, SW China and implications for orogenic processes following closure of the Paleo-Tethys

    Jian Wei Zi;Jian Wei Zi;Peter A. Cawood;Peter A. Cawood;Wei Ming Fan;Eric Tohver

  • Significance of the Nova Brasilândia metasedimentary belt in western Brazil: Redefining the Mesoproterozoic boundary of the Amazon craton

    Eric Tohver;Eric Tohver;Ben van der Pluijm;Klaus Mezger;Eric Essene

  • Terrane transfer during the Grenville orogeny: tracing the Amazonian ancestry of southern Appalachian basement through Pb and Nd isotopes

    E. Tohver;J.S. Bettencourt;R. Tosdal;Klaus Mezger

  • Closing the Clymene ocean and bending a Brasiliano belt: Evidence for the Cambrian formation of Gondwana, southeast Amazon craton

    E. Tohver;R.I.F. Trindade;J.G. Solum;C.M. Hall

  • Closure of the Clymene Ocean and formation of West Gondwana in the Cambrian: Evidence from the Sierras Australes of the southernmost Rio de la Plata craton, Argentina

    Eric Tohver;P. A. Cawood;P. A. Cawood;E. A. Rossello;Fred Jourdan

  • Contrasting rift and subduction-related plagiogranites in the Jinshajiang ophiolitic mélange, southwest China, and implications for the Paleo-Tethys

    Jian Wei Zi;Jian Wei Zi;Peter A. Cawood;Peter A. Cawood;Wei Ming Fan;Yue jun Wang

  • Restored transect across the exhumed Grenville orogen of Laurentia and Amazonia, with implications for crustal architecture

    Eric Tohver;Wilson Teixeira;Ben van der Pluijm;Mauro Cesar Geraldes

  • Upper Permian magnetic stratigraphy of the lower Beaufort Group, Karoo Basin

    L. Lanci;Eric Tohver;A.E. Wilson;S.S. Flint

  • Geochronological constraints on the age of a Permo–Triassic impact event: U–Pb and 40Ar/39Ar results for the 40 km Araguainha structure of central Brazil

    Eric Tohver;C Lana;P. A. Cawood;P. A. Cawood;I R Fletcher

  • Direct dating of paleomagnetic results from Precambrian sediments in the Amazon craton: Evidence for Grenvillian emplacement of exotic crust in SE Appalachians of North America

    Manoel S. D'Agrella-Filho;Eric Tohver;João O.S. Santos;Sten-Åke Elming

  • The timing of the Cape Orogeny: New 40Ar/39Ar age constraints on deformation and cooling of the Cape Fold Belt, South Africa

    Jeroen Hansma;Eric Tohver;Christoph Schrank;Fred Jourdan

  • The South American ancestry of the North Patagonian Massif: geochronological evidence for an autochthonous origin?

    Augusto E. Rapalini;Mónica López de Luchi;Eric Tohver;Peter A. Cawood;Peter A. Cawood

  • Architectural Styles and Sedimentology of the Fluvial Lower Beaufort Group, Karoo Basin, South Africa

    Andrew Wilson;Stephen Flint;Tobias Payenberg;Eric Tohver

  • Zircons from the Acraman impact melt rock (South Australia): Shock metamorphism, U–Pb and 40Ar/39Ar systematics, and implications for the isotopic dating of impact events

    Martin Schmieder;Martin Schmieder;Eric Tohver;F. Jourdan;Steven Denyszyn

Frequent Co-Authors

Ricardo I.F. Trindade
Ricardo I.F. Trindade Universidade de São Paulo
Peter A. Cawood
Peter A. Cawood Monash University
Fred Jourdan
Fred Jourdan Curtin University
Sergei Pisarevsky
Sergei Pisarevsky Curtin University
Cristiano Lana
Cristiano Lana Stellenbosch University
Manoel S. D’Agrella-Filho
Manoel S. D’Agrella-Filho Universidade de São Paulo
Wilson Teixeira
Wilson Teixeira Universidade de São Paulo
Sten-åke Elming
Sten-åke Elming Luleå University of Technology
Aaron J. Cavosie
Aaron J. Cavosie Curtin University
Christopher L. Kirkland
Christopher L. Kirkland Curtin University

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