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George A. Thompson

George A. Thompson

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Earth Science

D-Index
38
Citations
5572
World Ranking
6483
National Ranking
2299

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Penrose Medal, The Geological Society of America
  • 1992 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1967 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 1963 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1957 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

George A. Thompson was affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Over the course of their career, they contributed to the scientific community through various research activities and academic involvement.

Thompson received several recognitions throughout their career, including being awarded the Penrose Medal by The Geological Society of America in 2008. Earlier, they were elected a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1992. Their professional standing was also reflected in fellowships granted by notable organizations: they became a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 1967, a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1963, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1957.

Though specific details about their publications, including recent papers, co-authors, main fields of study, and subfields were not recorded, Thompson's academic influence is implicit through their longstanding association with Stanford University and the honors received during their lifetime.

George A. Thompson is deceased.

Best Publications

  • Cainozoic Evolution of the State of Stress and Style of Tectonism of the Basin and Range Province of the Western United States

    Mary Lou Zoback;R. E. Anderson;G. A. Thompson

  • Basin and Range rifting in northern Nevada: Clues from a mid-Miocene rift and its subsequent offsets

    Mary Lou Zoback;George A. Thompson

  • Regional geophysics of the Colorado Plateau

    George A. Thompson;Mary Lou Zoback

  • Implications of selected subsurface data on the structural form and evolution of some basins in the northern Basin and Range province, Nevada and Utah

    R. Ernest Anderson;Mary Lou Zoback;George A. Thompson

  • The northern Nevada rift: Regional tectono-magmatic relations and middle Miocene stress direction

    Mary Lou Zoback;Edwin H. McKEE;Richard J. Blakely;George A. Thompson

  • The seismic reflection character of the continental mohorovicic discontinuity

    Laura D. Hale;George A. Thompson

  • Does magmatism influence low-angle normal faulting?

    Thomas E. Parsons;George A. Thompson

  • Seismic imaging of extended crust with emphasis on the western United States

    Jill McCARTHY;George A. Thompson

  • OVERVIEW: Late Cenozoic tectonics of the central and southern Coast Ranges of California

    Benjamin M. Page;Robert G. Coleman;George A. Thompson

  • The role of magma overpressure in suppressing earthquakes and topography: worldwide examples.

    Tom Parsons;George A. Thompson

  • Mantle plume influence on the Neogene uplift and extension of the U.S. western Cordillera

    Tom Parsons;George A. Thompson;Norman H. Sleep

  • Thermal model of continental lithosphere

    S. Thomas Crough;George A. Thompson

  • The Nature of the Mohorovicic Discontinuity

    Craig M. Jarchow;George A. Thompson

  • Large-scale variation in lithospheric structure along and across the Kenya rift

    C. Prodehl;J. Mechie;W. Kaminski;K. Fuchs

  • Host rock rheology controls on the emplacement of tabular intrusions: Implications for underplating of extending crust

    Tom Parsons;Norman H. Sleep;George A. Thompson

  • Oceanic ridges and transform faults: Their intersection angles and resistance to plate motion

    Arthur H. Lachenbruch;George A. Thompson

  • Geometry of Cenozoic extensional faulting: Dixie Valley, Nevada

    David A. Okaya;George A. Thompson

  • Rate and Direction of Spreading in Dixie Valley, Basin and Range Province, Nevada

    George A. Thompson;Dennis B. Burke

  • Relic magma chamber structures preserved within the Mesozoic North Atlantic crust

    Jill McCARTHY;Jill McCARTHY;John C. Mutter;Janet L. Morton;Norman H. Sleep

  • Crustal structure from pacific basin to central Nevada

    George A. Thompson;Manik Talwani

  • Seismic imaging of extended crust with emphasis on the western United States: Discussion and reply

    Ernest C. Hauser;Jill McCARTHY;George A. Thompson

Frequent Co-Authors

Tom Parsons
Tom Parsons United States Geological Survey
Mary Lou Zoback
Mary Lou Zoback Stanford University
Walter D. Mooney
Walter D. Mooney United States Geological Survey
Karl Fuchs
Karl Fuchs Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Lawrence W. Braile
Lawrence W. Braile Purdue University West Lafayette
Norman H. Sleep
Norman H. Sleep Stanford University
Paul M. Davis
Paul M. Davis University of California, Los Angeles
C. Prodehl
C. Prodehl Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Kevin Burke
Kevin Burke University of Houston
Robert G. Coleman
Robert G. Coleman Stanford University

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