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Lawrence W. Snee is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research spans several areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences, specifically emphasizing geophysics, atmospheric science, and earth-surface processes.

The scientist's recent research contributions include a publication focused on the stratigraphy and geological history of the East Pisco Basin in south-central Peru. The paper titled The Miocene stratigraphy of the Laberinto area (Río Ica Valley) and its bearing on the geological history of the East Pisco Basin (south-central Peru) was published in 2021 in the Journal of South American Earth Sciences.

Key areas of research that Lawrence W. Snee has contributed to include:

  • Geological and tectonic studies in Latin America
  • Geology and paleoclimatology research
  • Geological formations and processes

Their work has appeared primarily in the Journal of South American Earth Sciences, indicating a focus on Earth science issues relevant to the Latin American region.

Lawrence collaborates with several scholars in related fields. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Thomas J. DeVries
  • John A. Barron
  • Mario Urbina-Schmitt
  • Diana Ochoa
  • Raúl Esperante

The integration of geophysical methods with geological and climatic studies is a significant aspect of their research approach, reflecting interdisciplinary engagement within earth system sciences. This multidisciplinary scope ties into both foundational and applied aspects of geological research relevant to continental and regional studies.

Best Publications

  • A brief Oligocene period of flood volcanism in Yemen: implications for the duration and rate of continental flood volcanism at the Afro-Arabian triple junction

    Joel Baker;Lawrence Snee;Martin Menzies

  • Thermochronology of economic mineral deposits; dating the stages of mineralization at Panasqueira, Portugal, by high-precision 40 / 39 Ar age spectrum techniques on muscovite

    Lawrence W. Snee;John F. Sutter;William C. Kelly

  • Gold deposits of the northern margin of the North China Craton: multiple late Paleozoic–Mesozoic mineralizing events

    Craig J. R. Hart;Richard J. Goldfarb;Yumin Qiu;Lawrence W. Snee

  • Geology and timing of mineralization at the Cangshang gold deposit, north-western Jiaodong Peninsula, China

    Xiao'ou Zhang;Peter A. Cawood;Simon A. Wilde;Ruqi Liu

  • Link between ridge subduction and gold mineralization in southern Alaska

    Peter J. Haeussler;Dwight C. Bradley;Richard Goldfarb;Lawrence W. Snee

  • Mapping Advanced Argillic Alteration at Cuprite, Nevada, Using Imaging Spectroscopy

    Gregg A. Swayze;Roger N. Clark;Alexander F.H. Goetz;K. Eric Livo

  • Rapid dewatering of the crust deduced from ages of mesothermal gold deposits

    R. J. Goldfarb;L. W. Snee;L. D. Miller;R. J. Newberry

  • Thermochronology of the Cornubian batholith in southwest England: Implications for pluton emplacement and protracted hydrothermal mineralization

    John T. Chesley;A. N. Halliday;L. W. Snee;Klaus Mezger;Klaus Mezger

  • Age constraints on Jerritt Canyon and other carlin-type gold deposits in the Western United States; relationship to mid-Tertiary extension and magmatism

    A. H. Hofstra;L. W. Snee;R. O. Rye;H. W. Folger

  • Age constraints on Tarkwaian palaeoplacer and lode-gold formation in the Tarkwa-Damang district, SW Ghana

    Jon-Philippe Pigois;David I. Groves;Ian R. Fletcher;Neal J. McNaughton

  • Closing the ocean between the Precordillera terrane and Chilenia: Early Devonian ophiolite emplacement and deformation in the southwest Precordillera

    J. Steven Davis;Sarah M. Roeske;William C. McClelland;Lawrence W. Snee

  • Dating of major normal fault systems using thermochronology: An example from the Raft River detachment, Basin and Range, western United States

    Michael L. Wells;Lawrence W. Snee;Ann E. Blythe

  • 40Ar/39Ar Age of Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary Tektites from Haiti

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  • Paleoproterozoic high-sulfidation mineralization in the Tapajós gold province, Amazonian Craton, Brazil: geology, mineralogy, alunite argon age, and stable-isotope constraints

    Caetano Juliani;Robert O. Rye;Carmen M.D. Nunes;Lawrence W. Snee

  • Gold Deposits in Metamorphic Rocks of Alaska

    Richard J. Goldfarb;Lance D. Miller;David L. Leach;Lawrence W. Snee

  • Geochemical and geochronological constraints on the genesis of Au-Te deposits at Cripple Creek, Colorado

    Karen D. Kelley;Samuel B. Romberger;David W. Beaty;Jeffrey A. Pontius

  • Broad Synchroneity of Three Gold Mineralization Styles in the Kalgoorlie Gold Field: SHRIMP, U-Pb, and 40Ar/39Ar Geochronological Evidence

    Noreen M. Vielreicher;David I. Groves;Lawrence W. Snee;Ian R. Fletcher

  • 40Ar/39Ar thermochronologic constraints on the tectonothermal evolution of the Northern East Humboldt range metamorphic core complex, Nevada

    Allen J. McGrew;Lawrence W. Snee

  • Dextral-slip reactivation of an arc-forearc boundary during Late Cretaceous-early Eocene oblique convergence in the northern Cordillera

    Sarah M. Roeske;Lawrence W. Snee;Terry L. Pavlis

  • The 40Ar/39Ar ages and tectonic setting of the middle Eocene northeast Nevada volcanic field

    William E. Brooks;Charles H. Thorman;Lawrence W. Snee

  • Geochronological Constraints on Pre-, Syn-, and Postmineralization Events at the World-Class Cleo Gold Deposit, Eastern Goldfields Province, Western Australia

    S. M. Brown;I. R. Fletcher;H. J. Stein;L. W. Snee

Frequent Co-Authors

John W. Geissman
John W. Geissman The University of Texas at Dallas
Richard J. Goldfarb
Richard J. Goldfarb China University of Geosciences
Terry L. Pavlis
Terry L. Pavlis The University of Texas at El Paso
Holly J. Stein
Holly J. Stein University of Oslo
Richard L. Reynolds
Richard L. Reynolds United States Geological Survey
Charles W. Naeser
Charles W. Naeser United States Geological Survey
Peter J. Haeussler
Peter J. Haeussler United States Geological Survey
David L. Leach
David L. Leach Colorado School of Mines
Dwight C. Bradley
Dwight C. Bradley United States Geological Survey
David I. Groves
David I. Groves University of Western Australia

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