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Paul G. Fitzgerald

Paul G. Fitzgerald

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Earth Science

D-Index
44
Citations
7605
World Ranking
4704
National Ranking
1796

Overview

Paul G. Fitzgerald is affiliated with Syracuse University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on several subfields including Geophysics, Molecular Biology, Atmospheric Science, Biomedical Engineering, and Geology.

Fitzgerald's scholarly output covers a range of topics, notably:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America
  • Optical Coherence Tomography Applications
  • Connexins and Lens Biology
  • Retinal Development and Disorders

Their recent publications demonstrate interdisciplinary collaboration and a combination of geological and biomedical approaches. Notable papers include:

  • Measurement of Diurnal Variation in Rod Outer Segment Length In Vivo in Mice With the OCT Optoretinogram, 2020, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
  • The Case for Tectonic Control on Erosional Exhumation on the Tropical Northern Andes Based on Thermochronology Data, 2021, Tectonics
  • Detrital Thermochronology Reveals Major Middle Miocene Exhumation of the Eastern Flank of the Andes That Predates the Pampean Flat Slab (33°-33.5°S), 2020, Tectonics
  • Helium diffusion systematics inferred from continuous ramped heating analysis of Transantarctic Mountains apatites showing age overdispersion, 2021, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Aged Nrf2-Null Mice Develop All Major Types of Age-Related Cataracts, 2021, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Frequent collaborators in their work include Nicolás Pérez-Consuegra, Gregory D. Hoke, Jeffrey A. Benowitz, Jacob Rosenthal, and Andrés Mora. This network suggests cross-disciplinary research spanning geological and biomedical sciences.

Fitzgerald's work appears regularly in specialized scientific venues, primarily:

  • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
  • Tectonics
  • Geology
  • Experimental Eye Research
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Uplift history and structure of the Transantarctic Mountains: new evidence from fission track dating of basement apatites in the Dry Valleys area, southern Victoria Land

    A.J.W. Gleadow;P.G. Fitzgerald;P.G. Fitzgerald

  • Uplift and denudation of the central Alaska Range: A case study in the use of apatite fission track thermochronology to determine absolute uplift parameters

    Paul G. Fitzgerald;Rasoul B. Sorkhabi;Thomas F. Redfield;Edmund Stump

  • Interpretation of (U–Th)/He single grain ages from slowly cooled crustal terranes: A case study from the Transantarctic Mountains of southern Victoria Land

    P.G. Fitzgerald;S.L. Baldwin;L.E. Webb;P.B O'Sullivan

  • Tectonics of the New Guinea Region

    Suzanne L. Baldwin;Paul G. Fitzgerald;Laura E. Webb

  • The Transantarctic Mountains of southern Victoria Land: The application of apatite fission track analysis to a rift shoulder uplift

    Paul G. Fitzgerald

  • Asymmetric exhumation across the Pyrenean orogen: implications for the tectonic evolution of a collisional orogen

    P.G Fitzgerald;J.A Muñoz;P.J Coney;S.L Baldwin

  • Pliocene eclogite exhumation at plate tectonic rates in eastern Papua New Guinea

    Suzanne L. Baldwin;Brian D. Monteleone;Laura E. Webb;Paul G. Fitzgerald

  • Asymmetric extension associated with uplift and subsidence in the Transantarctic Mountains and Ross Embayment

    Paul G. Fitzgerald;Paul G. Fitzgerald;Michael Sandiford;Peter J. Barrett;Andrew J.W. Gleadow

  • Natural age dispersion arising from the analysis of broken crystals. Part I: Theoretical basis and implications for the apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronometer

    Roderick W. Brown;Romain Beucher;Steven Roper;Cristina Persano

  • Fission-track geochronology, tectonics and structure of the transantarctic mountains in Northern Victoria land, antarctica

    Paul G. Fitzgerald;Andrew J.W. Gleadow

  • Diapiric exhumation of Earth's youngest (UHP) eclogites in the gneiss domes of the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua New Guinea

    T.A. Little;B.R. Hacker;S.M. Gordon;S.M. Gordon;S.L. Baldwin

  • Thermochronologic constraints on post-Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the central Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica

    Paul G. Fitzgerald

  • Miocene crustal extension and uplift in southeastern Nevada: Constraints from fission track analysis

    P. G. Fitzgerald;J. E. Fryxell;B. P. Wernicke

  • Denudation of metamorphic core complexes and the reconstruction of the transition zone, West central Arizona: Constraints from apatite fission track thermochronology

    David A. Foster;Andrew J. W. Gleadow;Stephen J. Reynolds;Paul G. Fitzgerald

  • Cretaceous and Cenozoic episodic denudation of the Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica : New constraints from apatite fission track thermochronology in the Scott Glacier region

    Paul G. Fitzgerald;Edmund Stump

  • Thermochronology of a convergent orogen: Constraints on the timing of thrust faulting and subsequent exhumation of the Maladeta Pluton in the Central Pyrenean Axial Zone

    James R. Metcalf;Paul G. Fitzgerald;Suzanne L. Baldwin;Josep Anton Muñoz

  • New approaches in fission track geochronology as a tectonic tool: Examples from the transantarctic mountains

    Paul G. Fitzgerald;Andrew J.W. Gleadow

  • Contrasting styles of (U)HP rock exhumation along the Cenozoic Adria-Europe plate boundary (Western Alps, Calabria, Corsica)

    Marco G. Malusà;Claudio Faccenna;Suzanne L. Baldwin;Paul G. Fitzgerald

  • Late cenozoic uplift of denali and its relation to relative plate motion and fault morphology.

    Paul G. Fitzgerald;Edmund Stump;Thomas F. Redfield

  • Fission-Track Thermochronology and its Application to Geology

    Marco G. Malusà;Paul G. Fitzgerald

Frequent Co-Authors

Suzanne L. Baldwin
Suzanne L. Baldwin Syracuse University
Marco G. Malusà
Marco G. Malusà University of Milano-Bicocca
Andrew J.W. Gleadow
Andrew J.W. Gleadow University of Melbourne
Kenneth D. Ridgway
Kenneth D. Ridgway Purdue University West Lafayette
Josep Anton Muñoz
Josep Anton Muñoz University of Barcelona
Gregory D. Hoke
Gregory D. Hoke Syracuse University
Paul B. O'Sullivan
Paul B. O'Sullivan Syracuse University
Lluís Cabrera
Lluís Cabrera University of Barcelona
Timothy A. Little
Timothy A. Little Victoria University of Wellington
Paul W. Layer
Paul W. Layer University of Alaska Fairbanks

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