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James K. Mortensen is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada and works primarily within the broad fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Computer Science. Their research encompasses several specialized subfields including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Geochemistry and Petrology, Atmospheric Science, and Geology.

The scientist's work focuses extensively on geochemical and geologic mapping, geological and geochemical analysis, and geochemistry and elemental analysis. Mortensen has also contributed to research on geology and paleoclimatology, earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, and broader geological studies and exploration.

Recent publications by Mortensen include the following:

  • Concepts and revised models for Phanerozoic orogenic gold deposits, 2021, Geological Society London Special Publications
  • The Unacknowledged Consensus: a genealogy of political security, 2020, ANU Open Research (Australian National University)

Other papers co-authored by or related to the scientific network include:

  • A New Approach to Characterizing Deposit Type Using Mineral Inclusion Assemblages in Gold Particles, 2021, Economic Geology
  • Stratigraphy and U-Pb Zircon-Titanite Geochronology of the Aley Carbonatite Complex, Northeastern British Columbia: Evidence for Antler-Aged Orogenesis in the Foreland Belt of the Canadian Cordillera, 2020, Geoscience Canada
  • Late Devonian syenitic intrusion from southeastern Alaska: Petrogenesis, tectonic implications, and rare metal metallogeny, 2021, Lithos

Mortensen frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Richard M. Friedman, J. Dostál, Susan M. Karl, Paul W. Layer, and Arthur B. Ford. These co-authors appear regularly across Mortensen's research contributions.

Publications by Mortensen and their collaborators appear in journals and venues such as:

  • Economic Geology
  • Geoscience Canada
  • Geological Society London Special Publications
  • Lithos
  • ANU Open Research (Australian National University)

Best Publications

  • Intrusion-related gold deposits associated with tungsten-tin provinces

    J. F. H. Thompson;R. H. Sillitoe;T. Baker;J. R. Lang

  • AN EXPLORATION MODEL FOR Intrusion-Related Gold Systems

    James R. Lang;Tim Baker;Craig J. R. Hart;James K. Mortensen

  • Pre‐Mid‐Mesozoic tectonic evolution of the Yukon‐Tanana Terrane, Yukon and Alaska

    J. K. Mortensen

  • A U–Pb and 40Ar/39Ar time scale for the Jurassic

    J. Pálfy;P.L. Smith;J.K. Mortensen

  • UPb zircon geochronology of Archaean felsic units in the Marble Bar region, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia

    R.I. Thorpe;A.H. Hickman;D.W. Davis;J.K. Mortensen

  • U–Pb zircon age constraint for late Neoproterozoic rifting and initiation of the lower Paleozoic passive margin of western Laurentia

    Maurice Colpron;James M. Logan;James K. Mortensen

  • Tectonic evolution of the Northern Volcanic Zone, Abitibi belt, Quebec

    E. H. Chown;Réal Daigneault;Wulf Mueller;J. K. Mortensen

  • Timing the end-Triassic mass extinction: First on land, then in the sea?

    József Pálfy;James K. Mortensen;Elizabeth S. Carter;Paul L. Smith

  • Paleomagnetism and U-Pb geochronology of diabase dyke swarms of Minto block, Superior Province, Quebec, Canada

    Kenneth L Buchan;James K Mortensen;Kenneth D Card;John A Percival

  • Cretaceous felsic volcanism in New Zealand and Lord Howe Rise (Zealandia) as a precursor to final Gondwana break-up

    A. J. Tulloch;J. Ramezani;N. Mortimer;J. Mortensen

  • Northeast-trending Early Proterozoic dykes of southern Superior Province: multiple episodes of emplacement recognized from integrated paleomagnetism and U–Pb geochronology

    K. L. Buchan;J. K. Mortensen;K. D. Card

  • Minto block, Superior province: Missing link in deciphering assembly of the craton at 2.7 Ga

    J. A. Percival;R. A. Stern;T. Skulski;K. D. Card

  • Tectonic escape of a crustal fragment during the closure of the Rheic Ocean: U–Pb detrital zircon data from the Late Palaeozoic Pulo do Lobo and South Portuguese zones, southern Iberia

    James A. Braid;J. Brendan Murphy;Cecilio Quesada;Jim Mortensen

  • The timing and provenance record of the Late Permian Klondike orogeny in northwestern Canada and arc-continent collision along western North America

    Luke P. Beranek;Luke P. Beranek;James K. Mortensen

  • Magmatic and Hydrothermal Chronology of the Giant Río Blanco Porphyry Copper Deposit, Central Chile: Implications of an Integrated U-Pb and 40Ar/39Ar Database

    Katja Deckart;Alan H. Clark;Aguilar A. Celso;Vargas R. Ricardo

  • JURASSIC U-Pb AND Re-Os AGES FOR THE NEWLY DISCOVERED XIETONGMEN Cu-Au PORPHYRY DISTRICT, TIBET, PRC: IMPLICATIONS FOR METALLOGENIC EPOCHS IN THE SOUTHERN GANGDESE BELT

    Reza Tafti;James K. Mortensen;James R. Lang;Mark Rebagliati

  • U–Pb geochronology of the eastern Abitibi Subprovince. Part 1: Chibougamau–Matagami–Joutel region

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  • Giant granulite terranes of northeastern Superior Province: the Ashuanipi complex and Minto block

    J. A. Percival;J. K. Mortensen;R. A. Stern;K. D. Card

  • Paleomagnetism, U–Pb geochronology, and geochemistry of Marathon dykes, Superior Province, and comparison with the Fort Frances swarm

    Kenneth L. Buchan;Henry C. Halls;James K. Mortensen

  • U-Pb geochronology of the eastern Abitibi Subprovince. Part 2: Noranda - Kirkland Lake area

    Unknown

  • Magmatic relationships and ages of Caribbean Island arc tholeiites, boninites and related felsic rocks, Dominican Republic

    J. Escuder Viruete;A. Díaz de Neira;P.P. Hernáiz Huerta;J. Monthel

  • Age and Paleotectonic Setting of Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposits in the Guerrero Terrane of Central Mexico: Constraints from U-Pb Age and Pb Isotope Studies

    James K. Mortensen;Brian V. Hall;Thomas Bissig;Richard M. Friedman

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard M. Friedman
Richard M. Friedman University of British Columbia
Robert A. Creaser
Robert A. Creaser University of Alberta
Derek J. Thorkelson
Derek J. Thorkelson Simon Fraser University
John A. Percival
John A. Percival Geological Survey of Canada
Richard M. Tosdal
Richard M. Tosdal University of British Columbia
Sandra M. Barr
Sandra M. Barr Acadia University
John N. Aleinikoff
John N. Aleinikoff United States Geological Survey
Paul W. Layer
Paul W. Layer University of Alaska Fairbanks
Michael J. Orchard
Michael J. Orchard Geological Survey of Canada
Kenneth L. Buchan
Kenneth L. Buchan Geological Survey of Canada

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