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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Kip V. Hodges is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular emphasis on Geophysics and Atmospheric Science. Their research spans multiple subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geology, and Artificial Intelligence as applied within earth sciences.

Hodges' recent published papers reflect a diverse range of topics and have appeared in notable scientific journals. These include:

  • Interpreting and reporting 40Ar/39Ar geochronologic data, 2020, Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Climate controls on erosion in tectonically active landscapes, 2020, Science Advances
  • Out of sequence faulting in the backbone range, Taiwan: Implications for thickening and exhumation processes, 2022, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Mapping radiation damage zoning in zircon using Raman spectroscopy: Implications for zircon chronology, 2020, Chemical Geology
  • Helium diffusion in zircon: Effects of anisotropy and radiation damage revealed by laser depth profiling, 2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

The scientist has frequently published in several high-profile venues such as:

  • Science
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Science Advances
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin

Collaboration plays an important role in Hodges' work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Sacha Vignieri
  • Matthijs C. van Soest
  • Phil Szuromi
  • Brent Grocholski
  • Marc S. Lavine

The main research topics covered by Hodges' work are:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Planetary Science and Exploration

Recognition in the form of awards includes being named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2009 and receiving fellowship from the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Tectonics of the Himalaya and southern Tibet from two perspectives

    K. V. Hodges

  • The South Tibetan Detachment System, Himalayan Orogen: Extension Contemporaneous With and Parallel to Shortening in a Collisional Mountain Belt

    Burrell C. Burchfiel;Chen Zhiliang;Kip V. Hodges;Liu Yuping

  • Geothermometry, geobarometry and the Al2SiO5 triple point at Mt. Moosilauke, New Hampshire

    K. V. Hodges;Frank S. Spear

  • Evidence for Tibetan plateau uplift before 14 Myr ago from a new minimum age for east–west extension

    Margaret Coleman;Kip Hodges

  • Correlation of Himalayan exhumation rates and Asian monsoon intensity

    Peter D. Clift;Kip V. Hodges;David Heslop;Robyn Hannigan

  • Late Cenozoic evolution of the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau: Inferences from 40Ar/39Ar and (U‐Th)/He thermochronology

    Eric Kirby;Eric Kirby;Peter W. Reiners;Peter W. Reiners;Michael A. Krol;Kelin X. Whipple

  • Two-phase growth of high topography in eastern Tibet during the Cenozoic

    E. Wang;E. Kirby;E. Kirby;Kevin P. Furlong;M. van Soest

  • Tectonic evolution of the central Annapurna Range, Nepalese Himalayas

    K. V. Hodges;R. R. Parrish;R. R. Parrish;M. P. Searle

  • Pre-Pliocene Extension around the Gulf of California and the transfer of Baja California to the Pacific Plate

    J. M. Stock;K. V. Hodges

  • Has focused denudation sustained active thrusting at the Himalayan topographic front

    Cameron W. Wobus;Kip V. Hodges;Kelin X. Whipple

  • Error estimation and empirical geothermobarometry for pelitic systems.

    K. V. Hodges;P. D. Crowley

  • Shisha Pangma leucogranite, south Tibetan Himalaya: Field relations, geochemistry, age, origin, and emplacement

    M. P. Searle;R. R. Parrish;R. R. Parrish;R. R. Parrish;K. V. Hodges;K. V. Hodges;A. Hurford;A. Hurford

  • Simultaneous miocene extension and shortening in the himalayan orogen.

    K. V. Hodges;R. R. Parrish;T. B. Housh;D. R. Lux

  • Active out-of-sequence thrust faulting in the central Nepalese Himalaya

    Cameron Wobus;Arjun Heimsath;Kelin Whipple;Kip Hodges

  • Tectonometamorphic evolution of the Himalayan metamorphic core between the Annapurna and Dhaulagiri, central Nepal

    J.‐C. Vannay;K. V. Hodges

  • Quaternary deformation, river steepening, and heavy precipitation at the front of the Higher Himalayan ranges

    Kip V Hodges;Cameron Wobus;Katharine Ruhl;Taylor Schildgen

  • Crustal thickening leading to exhumation of the Himalayan Metamorphic core of central Nepal: Insight from U‐Pb Geochronology and 40Ar/39Ar Thermochronology

    Laurent Godin;Randall R. Parrish;Richard L. Brown;Kip V. Hodges

  • Southward extrusion of Tibetan crust and its effect on Himalayan tectonics

    K. V. Hodges;J. M. Hurtado;K. X. Whipple

  • Regional incision of the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau

    William Ouimet;Kelin Whipple;Leigh Royden;Peter Reiners

  • P-T paths from garnet zoning: A new technique for deciphering tectonic processes in crystalline terranes

    F. S. Spear;J. Selverstone;D. Hickmott;P. Crowley

  • Interpreting and reporting 40Ar/39Ar geochronologic data

    Allen J. Schaen;Brian R. Jicha;Kip V. Hodges;Pieter Vermeesch

Frequent Co-Authors

Kelin X. Whipple
Kelin X. Whipple Arizona State University
Gordon R. Osinski
Gordon R. Osinski University of Western Ontario
Christian Koeberl
Christian Koeberl University of Vienna
Brian P. Wernicke
Brian P. Wernicke California Institute of Technology
Todd A. Ehlers
Todd A. Ehlers University of Glasgow
Paul R. Renne
Paul R. Renne Berkeley Geochronology Center
Randall R. Parrish
Randall R. Parrish University of Portsmouth

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