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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Nathan A. Niemi is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States and conducts research primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their body of work includes 64 publications in this main field, with notable contributions in several subfields including Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, Artificial Intelligence, and Ecology.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics, including:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Landslides and related hazards

Niemi's recent papers demonstrate a focus on tectonic processes and geological dating methods. Some of the recent publications include:

  • "Combination of Δ47 and U-Pb dating in tectonic calcite veins unravel the last pulses related to the Pyrenean Shortening (Spain)" (2020) published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "The Cenozoic Evolution of Crustal Shortening and Left-Lateral Shear in the Central East Kunlun Shan: Implications for the Uplift History of the Tibetan Plateau" (2020) published in Tectonics
  • "Evolution of the Greater Caucasus Basement and Formation of the Main Caucasus Thrust, Georgia" (2020) published in Tectonics
  • "Sedimentary response to a collision orogeny recorded in detrital zircon provenance of Greater Caucasus foreland basin sediments" (2020) published in Basin Research
  • "Persistence of Grenvillian dominance in Laurentian detrital zircon age systematics explained by sedimentary recycling: Evidence from detrital zircon double dating and detrital monazite textures and geochronology" (2020) published in Geology

Frequent publication venues for Niemi include:

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

Collaborations are a significant aspect of Niemi's work. Frequent co-authors include Marin K. Clark, Nikolas Midttun, Brice Lacroix, Eric Cowgill, and Dimitrios Zekkos, reflecting continual cooperative research efforts.

Niemi has also contributed to book publications, with a notable work titled Edenville and Sanford Dam Failures published by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2021.

Recognition for Niemi's contributions includes election as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2019 and Fellowship of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Contemporary strain rates in the northern Basin and Range province from GPS data

    R. A. Bennett;B. P. Wernicke;N. A. Niemi;A. M. Friedrich

  • Comparison of geodetic and geologic data from the Wasatch region, Utah, and implications for the spectral character of Earth deformation at periods of 10 to 10 million years

    Anke M. Friedrich;Brian P. Wernicke;Nathan A. Niemi;Richard A. Bennett

  • Effects of bedrock landslides on cosmogenically determined erosion rates

    Nathan A. Niemi;Nathan A. Niemi;Michael Oskin;Douglas W. Burbank;Arjun M. Heimsath

  • Community Fault Model (CFM) for Southern California

    Andreas Plesch;John H. Shaw;Christine Benson;William A. Bryant

  • Dynamics of Plate Boundary Fault Systems from Basin and Range Geodetic Network (BARGEN) and Geologic Data

    Brian Wernicke;Anke M. Friedrich;Nathan A. Niemi;Richard A. Bennett

  • Rapid Pliocene exhumation of the central Greater Caucasus constrained by low‐temperature thermochronometry

    Boris Avdeev;Nathan A. Niemi

  • Relict basin closure and crustal shortening budgets during continental collision: An example from Caucasus sediment provenance

    Eric Cowgill;Adam M. Forte;Adam M. Forte;Nathan Niemi;Boris Avdeev;Boris Avdeev

  • Eocene to late Oligocene history of crustal shortening within the Hoh Xil Basin and implications for the uplift history of the northern Tibetan Plateau

    Lydia M. Staisch;Nathan A. Niemi;Marin K. Clark;Hong Chang

  • Long-term continental deformation associated with transpressive plate motion: The San Andreas fault

    James A. Spotila;Nathan Niemi;Robert Brady;Martha House

  • Application and evaluation of a rapid response earthquake-triggered landslide model to the 25 April 2015 Mw 7.8 Gorkha earthquake, Nepal

    Sean F. Gallen;Marin K. Clark;Jonathan W. Godt;Kevin Roback

  • A Cretaceous-Eocene depositional age for the Fenghuoshan Group, Hoh Xil Basin: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the northern Tibet Plateau

    Lydia M. Staisch;Nathan A. Niemi;Chang Hong;Marin K. Clark

  • BARGEN continuous GPS data across the eastern Basin and Range province, and implications for fault system dynamics

    Nathan A. Niemi;Brian P. Wernicke;Anke M. Friedrich;Anke M. Friedrich;Mark Simons

  • Characterization of site‐specific GPS errors using a short‐baseline network of braced monuments at Yucca Mountain, southern Nevada

    Emma M. Hill;James L. Davis;Pedro Elósegui;Brian P. Wernicke

  • Paleoelevation estimates for the northern and central proto–Basin and Range from carbonate clumped isotope thermometry

    Alex R. Lechler;Alex R. Lechler;Nathan A. Niemi;Michael T. Hren;Michael T. Hren;Kyger C. Lohmann

  • Controls on the Spatial Variability of Modern Meteoric 18O: Empirical Constraints from the Western U.S. and East Asia and Implications for Stable Isotope Studies

    Alex R. Lechler;Nathan A. Niemi

  • Stateline fault system: A new component of the Miocene-Quaternary Eastern California shear zone

    Bernard Guest;Nathan Niemi;Brian Wernicke

  • Subducted, detached, and torn slabs beneath the Greater Caucasus

    Tea Mumladze;Adam M. Forte;Eric S. Cowgill;Charles C. Trexler

  • Controls on the Erosion and Geomorphic Evolution of the San Bernardino and San Gabriel Mountains, Southern California

    James A. Spotila;Martha A. House;Ann E. Blythe;Nathan A. Niemi;Nathan A. Niemi

  • Tectonic implications of a dense continuous GPS velocity field at Yucca Mountain, Nevada

    Brian Wernicke;James L. Davis;Richard A. Bennett;Richard A. Bennett;James E. Normandeau

  • Active megadetachment beneath the western United States

    Brian Wernicke;James L. Davis;Nathan A. Niemi;Peter Luffi;Peter Luffi

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian P. Wernicke
Brian P. Wernicke California Institute of Technology
Eric Cowgill
Eric Cowgill University of California, Davis
Marin K. Clark
Marin K. Clark University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
James L. Davis
James L. Davis Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Richard A. Bennett
Richard A. Bennett University of Arizona
Michael E. Oskin
Michael E. Oskin University of California, Davis
John W. Geissman
John W. Geissman The University of Texas at Dallas
James A. Spotila
James A. Spotila Virginia Tech
Hong Chang
Hong Chang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Pamela D. Kempton
Pamela D. Kempton Kansas State University

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