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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2015 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2010 - Arthur L. Day Medal, The Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

George E. Gehrels is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant number of publications in related subfields including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Atmospheric Science, Geology, and Paleontology.

The scientist's work covers multiple main topics, such as:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological Studies and Exploration
  • Geological formations and processes

George E. Gehrels has published numerous papers, including:

  • "Rapid U-Pb Geochronology by Laser Ablation Multi-Collector ICP-MS" (2020) in Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research
  • "U-Pb zircon geochronology and depositional age models for the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation (Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, USA): Implications for Late Triassic paleoecological and paleoenvironmental change" (2020) in Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • "Linking titanite U-Pb dates to coupled deformation and dissolution-reprecipitation" (2022) in Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • "Resolving mid- to upper-crustal exhumation through apatite petrochronology and thermochronology" (2021) in Chemical Geology
  • "'Taters versus Sliders: Evidence for a Long-Lived History of Strike-Slip Displacement along the Canadian Arctic Transform System (CATS)" (2021) in GSA Today

The scientist has also contributed to book publications, notably with the Geological Society of America, including:

  • "Structural and Thermal Evolution of the Himalayan Thrust Belt in Midwestern Nepal" (2020)
  • "Structural Analysis and Chronologic Constraints on Progressive Deformation within the Rincon Mountains, Arizona: Implications for Development of Metamorphic Core Complexes" (2023)

Frequent co-authors in George E. Gehrels's research include:

  • Kurt E. Sundell
  • Sarah George
  • Bárbara Carrapa
  • Gilby Jepson
  • Joel E. Saylor

Research outputs have appeared primarily in venues such as:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Geosphere
  • Tectonics
  • Lithosphere
  • Chemical Geology

Awards received by George E. Gehrels include:

  • Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2015
  • Arthur L. Day Medal, The Geological Society of America, 2010
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Best Publications

  • Use of U–Pb ages of detrital zircons to infer maximum depositional ages of strata: A test against a Colorado Plateau Mesozoic database

    William R. Dickinson;George E. Gehrels

  • Enhanced precision, accuracy, efficiency, and spatial resolution of U-Pb ages by laser ablation-multicollector-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry

    George E. Gehrels;Victor A. Valencia;Joaquin Ruiz

  • Geological records of the Lhasa-Qiangtang and Indo-Asian collisions in the Nima area of central Tibet

    Paul Kapp;Peter G. DeCelles;George E. Gehrels;Matthew Heizler

  • Community‐Derived Standards for LA‐ICP‐MS U‐(Th‐)Pb Geochronology – Uncertainty Propagation, Age Interpretation and Data Reporting

    Matthew S. A. Horstwood;Jan Košler;George Gehrels;Simon E. Jackson

  • Detrital zircon geochronology of pre-Tertiary strata in the Tibetan-Himalayan orogen

    G. Gehrels;P. Kapp;P. DeCelles;A. Pullen

  • Mesozoic tectonic evolution of the Yanshan fold and thrust belt, with emphasis on Hebei and Liaoning provinces, northern China

    Gregory A. Davis;Zheng Yadong;Wang Cong;Brian J. Darby

  • Detrital Zircon U-Pb Geochronology Applied to Tectonics

    George Gehrels

  • Tectonic implications of U-Pb zircon ages of the himalayan orogenic belt in nepal

    P. G. DeCelles;G. E. Gehrels;J. Quade;B. LaReau

  • Detrital Zircon U-Pb Geochronology: Current Methods and New Opportunities

    George Gehrels

  • Triassic continental subduction in central Tibet and Mediterranean-style closure of the Paleo-Tethys Ocean

    Alex Pullen;Paul Kapp;George E. Gehrels;Jeff D. Vervoort

  • Detrital Zircon Geochronology by Laser-Ablation Multicollector ICPMS at the Arizona LaserChron Center

    George Gehrels;Victor Valencia;Alex Pullen

  • Neogene foreland basin deposits, erosional unroofing, and the kinematic history of the Himalayan fold-thrust belt, western Nepal

    P. G. DeCelles;G. E. Gehrels;J. Quade;T. P. Ojha

  • Cenozoic tectonic evolution of Qaidam basin and its surrounding regions (Part 1): The southern Qilian Shan-Nan Shan thrust belt and northern Qaidam basin

    An Yin;Yu Qi Dang;Li Cun Wang;Wu Ming Jiang

  • U-Pb ages of detrital zircons from Permian and Jurassic eolian sandstones of the Colorado Plateau, USA: Paleogeographic implications

    William R Dickinson;George E Gehrels

  • Tibetan basement rocks near Amdo reveal "missing" Mesozoic tectonism along the Bangong suture, central Tibet

    Jerome H. Guynn;Paul Kapp;Alex Pullen;Matthew Heizler

  • Paleocene-Eocene foreland basin evolution in the Himalaya of southern Tibet and Nepal: Implications for the age of initial India-Asia collision

    P. G. DeCelles;P. Kapp;G. E. Gehrels;L. Ding

  • Constraints on early Earth differentiation from hafnium and neodymium isotopes

    J. D. Vervoort;P. J. Patchett;G. E. Gehrels;A. P. Nutman

  • Detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotope geochemistry of Paleozoic and Triassic passive margin strata of western North America

    George Gehrels;Mark Pecha

  • Detrital-zircon geochronology of the northeastern Tibetan plateau

    George E. Gehrels;An Yin;Xiao Feng Wang

  • Routine low‐damage apatite U‐Pb dating using laser ablation–multicollector–ICPMS

    Stuart N. Thomson;George E. Gehrels;Joaquin Ruiz;Robert Buchwaldt

  • Detrital geochronology and geochemistry of Cretaceous-Early Miocene strata of Nepal: implications for timing and diachroneity of initial Himalayan orogenesis

    P. G. DeCelles;G. E. Gehrels;Y. Najman;A. J. Martin

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter G. DeCelles
Peter G. DeCelles University of Arizona
Mihai N. Ducea
Mihai N. Ducea University of Arizona
Paul Kapp
Paul Kapp University of Arizona
William R. Dickinson
William R. Dickinson University of Arizona
Joaquin Ruiz
Joaquin Ruiz University of Arizona
Barbara Carrapa
Barbara Carrapa University of Arizona
William C. McClelland
William C. McClelland University of Iowa
Victor A. Valencia
Victor A. Valencia Washington State University
Alex Pullen
Alex Pullen Clemson University
Karl E. Karlstrom
Karl E. Karlstrom University of New Mexico

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