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Jonathan C. Aitchison

Jonathan C. Aitchison

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Earth Science

D-Index
62
Citations
12421
World Ranking
1703
National Ranking
107

Overview

Jonathan C. Aitchison is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia, contributing extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans various specialized subfields including Geophysics, Paleontology, Artificial Intelligence, Atmospheric Science, and Geology. The breadth of their work encompasses topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, High-pressure Geophysics and Materials, earthquake and tectonic studies, and Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis.

Jonathan C. Aitchison has frequently collaborated with several researchers including Renjie Zhou, Zhen Yan, Changlei Fu, Solomon Buckman, and Wenjiao Xiao. These partnerships have contributed to a significant number of joint publications advancing the understanding of geological sciences.

The scientist's publications have appeared in a range of academic venues, with repeated contributions to specific journals and platforms such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
  • Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition
  • Journal of Paleontology
  • Tectonics

Recent notable papers authored by Jonathan C. Aitchison include:

  • Multiple subduction processes of the Proto-Tethyan Ocean: Implication from Cambrian intrusions along the North Qilian suture zone (2020, Gondwana Research)
  • Cenozoic moisture fluctuations on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau and association with global climatic conditions (2020, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences)
  • Revisiting growth and decline of late Quaternary mega-lakes across the south-central Tibetan Plateau (2020, Quaternary Science Reviews)
  • Short-lived intra-oceanic arc-trench system in the North Qaidam belt (NW China) reveals complex evolution of the Proto-Tethyan Ocean (2021, Geological Society of America Bulletin)
  • Redrawing Wallace's Line based on the fauna of Christmas Island, eastern Indian Ocean (2020, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society)

Best Publications

  • When and where did India and Asia collide

    Jonathan C Aitchison;Jason R Ali;Aileen M Davis

  • Gondwana to Asia: plate tectonics, paleogeography and the biological connectivity of the Indian sub-continent from the Middle Jurassic through latest Eocene (166-35 Ma)

    Jason R. Ali;Jonathan C. Aitchison

  • Remnants of a Cretaceous intra-oceanic subduction system within the Yarlung-Zangbo suture (southern Tibet)

    Jonathan C. Aitchison;Badengzhu;Aileen M. Davis;Jianbing B. Liu

  • Tectonic accretion and underplating of mafic terranes in the Late Eocene intraoceanic fore-arc of New Caledonia (Southwest Pacific) : geodynamic implications

    Dominique Cluzel;Jonathan C Aitchison;Christian Picard

  • Eocene arc-continent collision in New Caledonia and implications for regional southwest Pacific tectonic evolution

    J. C. Aitchison;G. L. Clarke;S. Meffre;D. Cluzel

  • The Zedong terrane: a Late Jurassic intra-oceanic magmatic arc within the Yarlung–Tsangpo suture zone, southeastern Tibet

    Isabella R.C McDermid;Jonathan C Aitchison;Aileen M Davis;T.Mark Harrison

  • Aspects of the Tectonic Evolution of China

    J. Malpas;C. J. N. Fletcher;J. R. Ali;J. C. Aitchison

  • Tectonic evolution of Palaeozoic terranes in West Junggar, Xinjiang, NW China

    Solomon Buckman;Jonathan C. Aitchison

  • Detrital zircon U-Pb ages along the Yarlung-Tsangpo suture zone, Tibet: Implications for oblique convergence and collision between India and Asia

    Jonathan C. Aitchison;Xiaoping Xia;Alan T. Baxter;Jason R. Ali

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  • Radiolarian age constraints on Mesotethyan ocean evolution, and their implications for development of the Bangong-Nujiang suture, Tibet

    Alan T. Baxter;Jonathan C. Aitchison;Sergey V. Zyabrev

  • Eclogites and Blueschists of the Pam Peninsula, NE New Caledonia: a Reappraisal

    G.L. Clarke;J.C. Aitchison;D. Cluzel

  • Hualong Complex, South Qilian terrane: U–Pb and Lu–Hf constraints on Neoproterozoic micro-continental fragments accreted to the northern Proto-Tethyan margin

    Zhen Yan;Jonathan Aitchison;Changlei Fu;Xianqing Guo

  • Bacterial community composition in thermophilic microbial mats from five hot springs in central Tibet

    Maggie C. Y. Lau;Jonathan C. Aitchison;Stephen B. Pointing

  • Geochemistry and geochronology of the amphibolite blocks in ophiolitic mélanges along Bangong-Nujiang suture, central Tibet

    Wei-Liang Wang;Jonathan C. Aitchison;Ching-Hua Lo;Qing-Gao Zeng

  • Precise radiolarian age constraints on the timing of ophiolite generation and sedimentation in the Dazhuqu terrane, Yarlung–Tsangpo suture zone, Tibet

    Sergey V. Ziabrev;Jonathan C. Aitchison;Alexandra V. Abrajevitch;Badengzhu

  • Exploring the combined role of eustasy and oceanic island thermal subsidence in shaping biodiversity on the Galápagos

    Jason R. Ali;Jonathan C. Aitchison

  • New constraints on the India–Asia collision: the Lower Miocene Gangrinboche conglomerates, Yarlung Tsangpo suture zone, SE Tibet

    Jonathan C. Aitchison;Aileen M. Davis;Badengzhu;Hui Luo;Hui Luo

  • Geochemical evolution and tectonic significance of boninites and tholeiites from the Koh ophiolite, New Caledonia

    Sébastien Meffre;Jonathan C. Aitchison;Anthony J. Crawford

  • Bainang Terrane, Yarlung-Tsangpo suture, southern Tibet (Xizang, China): a record of intra-Neotethyan subduction-accretion processes preserved on the roof of the world

    Sergey V. Ziabrev;Sergey V. Ziabrev;Jonathan C. Aitchison;Alexandra V. Abrajevitch;Alexandra V. Abrajevitch;Badengzhu

  • Melt/mantle interaction and melt evolution in the Sartohay high-Al chromite deposits of the Dalabute ophiolite (NW China)

    M.-F. Zhou;P.T. Robinson;P.T. Robinson;J. Malpas;J. Aitchison

  • Reply to comment by Eduardo Garzanti on "When and where did India and Asia collide?"

    Jonathan C. Aitchison;Jason R. Ali;Aileen M. Davis

Frequent Co-Authors

Jason R. Ali
Jason R. Ali Museum of Zoology, Senckenberg Dresden
Geoffrey L. Clarke
Geoffrey L. Clarke University of Sydney
Dominique Cluzel
Dominique Cluzel University of New Caledonia
Trevor Ireland
Trevor Ireland University of Queensland
Sebastien Meffre
Sebastien Meffre University of Tasmania
Yongqiang Zong
Yongqiang Zong University of Hong Kong
Michael P. Searle
Michael P. Searle University of Oxford
Stephen B. Pointing
Stephen B. Pointing National University of Singapore
Quentin Crowley
Quentin Crowley Trinity College Dublin
Edward R. Sobel
Edward R. Sobel University of Potsdam

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