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  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Nadine McQuarrie is a researcher affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their primary field of study is Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on Geophysics, as well as contributions to Artificial Intelligence, Control and Systems Engineering, Atmospheric Science, and Geology. Their scholarly work encompasses geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, and research related to geochemistry, geologic mapping, geology, and paleoclimatology.

The scientist has been published frequently in several academic venues. Notable venues include:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Tectonics
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Basin Research
  • Geosphere

Nadine McQuarrie's recent research contributions cover various aspects of tectonic and exhumation processes, particularly in the Himalayan and Andean regions. Selected papers include:

  • Constraining Central Himalayan (Nepal) Fault Geometry Through Integrated Thermochronology and Thermokinematic Modeling, 2020, Tectonics
  • Determining the tempo of exhumation in the eastern Himalaya: Part 1. Geometry, kinematics and predicted cooling ages, 2021, Basin Research
  • Testing erosional and kinematic drivers of exhumation in the central Himalaya, 2023, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Exhumation and incision of the eastern Central Andes, southern Peru: Low-temperature thermochronology observations, 2023, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • The rise of New Guinea and the fall of Neogene global temperatures, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The scientist collaborates regularly with other researchers in their field. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Todd A. Ehlers
  • Delores M. Robinson
  • Mary Braza
  • S. Ghoshal
  • Sarah Falkowski

The research topics frequently addressed by Nadine McQuarrie are:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide

The scientist has been recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America, reflecting a formal acknowledgment by peers in the geological sciences community.

Best Publications

  • Detrital zircon geochronology of pre-Tertiary strata in the Tibetan-Himalayan orogen

    G. Gehrels;P. Kapp;P. DeCelles;A. Pullen

  • Greater India Basin hypothesis and a two-stage Cenozoic collision between India and Asia

    Douwe J. J. van Hinsbergen;Peter C. Lippert;Guillaume Dupont-Nivet;Nadine McQuarrie

  • Cenozoic evolution of Neotethys and implications for the causes of plate motions

    N. McQuarrie;J. M. Stock;C. Verdel;B. P. Wernicke

  • Crustal scale geometry of the Zagros fold–thrust belt, Iran

    Nadine McQuarrie

  • Retrodeforming the Arabia-Eurasia collision zone: Age of collision versus magnitude of continental subduction

    Nadine McQuarrie;Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen

  • An animated tectonic reconstruction of southwestern North America since 36 Ma

    Nadine McQuarrie;Brian P. Wernicke

  • Preliminary stratigraphic and structural architecture of Bhutan: Implications for the along strike architecture of the Himalayan system

    Nadine McQuarrie;Delores Robinson;Sean Long;Tobgay Tobgay

  • Two-stage subduction history under North America inferred from multiple-frequency tomography

    Karin Sigloch;Karin Sigloch;Nadine McQuarrie;Guust Nolet;Guust Nolet

  • Lithospheric evolution of the Andean fold-thrust belt, Bolivia, and the origin of the central Andean plateau

    Nadine McQuarrie;Nadine McQuarrie;Brian K. Horton;George Zandt;Susan Beck

  • The kinematic history of the central Andean fold-thrust belt, Bolivia: Implications for building a high plateau

    Nadine McQuarrie

  • Geometry and crustal shortening of the Himalayan fold-thrust belt, eastern and central Bhutan

    Sean Long;Nadine McQuarrie;Tobgay Tobgay;Djordje Grujic

  • Tectonic Evolution of the Central Andean Plateau and Implications for the Growth of Plateaus

    Carmala N. Garzione;Nadine McQuarrie;Nicholas D. Perez;Nicholas D. Perez;Todd A. Ehlers

  • Raising the Colorado Plateau

    Nadine McQuarrie;Clement G. Chase

  • Geometry and structural evolution of the central Andean backthrust belt, Bolivia

    Nadine McQuarrie;Peter DeCelles

  • Tectonostratigraphy of the Lesser Himalaya of Bhutan: Implications for the along-strike stratigraphic continuity of the northern Indian margin

    Sean Long;Nadine McQuarrie;Tobgay Tobgay;Catherine Rose

  • Geometric, kinematic, and erosional history of the central Andean Plateau, Bolivia (15–17°S)

    Nadine McQuarrie;Jason B. Barnes;Todd A. Ehlers

  • Stable isotope evidence for multiple pulses of rapid surface uplift in the Central Andes, Bolivia

    Andrew Leier;Nadine McQuarrie;Carmala Garzione;John Eiler

  • Documenting basin scale, geometry and provenance through detrital geochemical data: Lessons from the Neoproterozoic to Ordovician Lesser, Greater, and Tethyan Himalayan strata of Bhutan

    N. McQuarrie;S.P. Long;T. Tobgay;J.N. Nesbit

  • The age and rate of displacement along the Main Central Thrust in the western Bhutan Himalaya

    Tobgay Tobgay;Nadine McQuarrie;Sean Long;Matthew J. Kohn

  • Thermochronometer record of central Andean Plateau growth, Bolivia (19.5°S)

    J. B. Barnes;T. A. Ehlers;N. McQuarrie;P. B. O'Sullivan

Frequent Co-Authors

Todd A. Ehlers
Todd A. Ehlers University of Glasgow
Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen
Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen Utrecht University
Mihai N. Ducea
Mihai N. Ducea University of Arizona
George E. Gehrels
George E. Gehrels University of Arizona
George Zandt
George Zandt University of Arizona
Susan L. Beck
Susan L. Beck University of Arizona
Brian K. Horton
Brian K. Horton The University of Texas at Austin
Wim Spakman
Wim Spakman Utrecht University
Peter W. Reiners
Peter W. Reiners University of Arizona

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