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James M. Mattinson was affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Throughout their academic career, they contributed to the scientific community until their passing.

There are no recorded recent papers attributed to James M. Mattinson, and no data is available regarding their frequent co-authors or common publication venues. Information about their main fields of study, subfields, and primary research topics is also not documented.

Similarly, there is no information about any book publications or awards received by James M. Mattinson during their career.

While specific details about their research contributions are not provided, James M. Mattinson's association with a major academic institution indicates a scholarly presence within the research community during their active years.

Best Publications

  • Zircon U–Pb chemical abrasion (“CA-TIMS”) method: Combined annealing and multi-step partial dissolution analysis for improved precision and accuracy of zircon ages

    James M. Mattinson

  • Analysis of the relative decay constants of 235U and 238U by multi-step CA-TIMS measurements of closed-system natural zircon samples

    James M. Mattinson

  • A study of complex discordance in zircons using step-wise dissolution techniques

    James M. Mattinson

  • Lamprophyre dike intrusion and the age of the Alpine fault, New Zealand

    A. F. Cooper;B. A. Barreiro;D.L. Kimbrough;J. M. Mattinson

  • Uranium‐lead zircon ages from the Median Tectonic Zone, New Zealand

    D. L. Kimbrough;A.J. Tulloch;D. S. Coombs;C. A. Landis

  • Age, origin, and thermal histories of some plutonic rocks from the Salinian block of California

    James M. Mattinson

  • Slow exhumation of UHP terranes: Titanite and rutile ages of the Western Gneiss Region, Norway

    A.R.C. Kylander-Clark;B.R. Hacker;J.M. Mattinson

  • UPb ages of zircons: A basic examination of error propagation

    James M. Mattinson

  • (U-Th)/(He-Pb) double dating of detrital zircons

    Peter Reiners;Ian Campbell;Stefan Nicolescu;Charlotte M Allen

  • Zircon geochronology and ca. 400 Ma exhumation of Norwegian ultrahigh-pressure rocks: An ion microprobe and chemical abrasion study

    D.B. Root;B.R. Hacker;J.M. Mattinson;J.L. Wooden

  • Geochronology of high-pressure-low-temperature Franciscan metabasites: A new approach using the U-Pb system

    James M. Mattinson

  • Western Fiordland orthogneiss: Early Cretaceous arc magmatism and granulite facies metamorphism, New Zealand

    J. M. Mattinson;D. L. Kimbrough;J. Y. Bradshaw

  • Magmatic development of an intra-oceanic arc: High-precision U-Pb zircon and whole-rock isotopic analyses from the accreted Talkeetna arc, south-central Alaska

    Matthew Rioux;Bradley Hacker;James Mattinson;Peter Kelemen

  • Uranium-lead ages from the Dun Mountain ophiolite belt and Brook Street terrane, South Island, New Zealand

    David L. Kimbrough;James M. Mattinson;Douglas S. Coombs;Charles A. Landis

  • California Coast Range ophiolite: Composite Middle and Late Jurassic oceanic lithosphere

    Clifford A Hopson;James M Mattinson;Emile A Pessagno;Bruce P Luyendyk

  • U-Pb reverse discordance in zircons: The role of fine-scale oscillatory zoning and sub-micron transport of Pb

    James M. Mattinson;Cinda M. Graubard;David L Parkinson;William C. McClelland

  • View of an intact oceanic arc, from surficial to mesozonal levels: Cretaceous Alisitos arc, Baja California

    Cathy Busby;Benjamin Fackler Adams;James Mattinson;Stephen Deoreo

  • Ages of Zircons from the Northern Cascade Mountains, Washington

    James M Mattinson

  • Exhumation of high-pressure rocks beneath the Solund Basin, Western Gneiss Region of Norway

    B. R. Hacker;T. B. Andersen;D. B. Root;L. Mehl

  • Intermediate to felsic middle crust in the accreted Talkeetna arc, the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island, Alaska: An analogue for low-velocity middle crust in modern arcs

    Matthew Rioux;Matthew Rioux;James Mattinson;Bradley R. Hacker;Peter B. Kelemen

  • Rapid conversion of an oceanic spreading center to a subduction zone inferred from high-precision geochronology.

    Timothy E. Keenan;John Encarnación;Robert Buchwaldt;Dan Fernandez

Frequent Co-Authors

Bradley R. Hacker
Bradley R. Hacker University of California, Santa Barbara
David L. Kimbrough
David L. Kimbrough San Diego State University
George E. Gehrels
George E. Gehrels University of Arizona
Joseph L. Wooden
Joseph L. Wooden Stanford University
William C. McClelland
William C. McClelland University of Iowa
Marty Grove
Marty Grove Stanford University
Douglas S. Coombs
Douglas S. Coombs University of Otago
Torgeir B. Andersen
Torgeir B. Andersen University of Oslo
J. Douglas Walker
J. Douglas Walker University of Kansas
Scott G Johnston
Scott G Johnston Southern Cross University

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