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  • 2008 - Young Scientist Award (Donath Medal), The Geological Society of America

Overview

Paul Kapp is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States, with a primary research focus within Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work encompasses various subfields, notably Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, Earth-Surface Processes, and Artificial Intelligence.

The research topics addressed by Paul Kapp include Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, and Geological and Geophysical Studies.

Paul Kapp has published extensively across multiple venues. Frequent publication venues include Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Geophysical Research Letters, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, and Tectonics.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Paul Kapp include:

  • Timing and mechanisms of Tibetan Plateau uplift, 2022, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Jurassic to Neogene Quantitative Crustal Thickness Estimates in Southern Tibet, 2021, GSA Today
  • Exhumation history of the north-central Shanxi Rift, North China, revealed by low-temperature thermochronology, 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Resetting Southern Tibet: The serious challenge of obtaining primary records of Paleoaltimetry, 2020, Global and Planetary Change
  • Regional Exhumation and Tectonic History of the Shanxi Rift and Taihangshan, North China, 2021, Tectonics

Among frequent co-authors are Jay Quade, Peter G. DeCelles, John He, Alex Pullen, and Bárbara Carrapa, indicating collaborative efforts across several researchers in related fields of study.

Paul Kapp was recognized with the Young Scientist Award (Donath Medal) by The Geological Society of America in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Geological records of the Lhasa-Qiangtang and Indo-Asian collisions in the Nima area of central Tibet

    Paul Kapp;Peter G. DeCelles;George E. Gehrels;Matthew Heizler

  • Cretaceous-Tertiary shortening, basin development, and volcanism in central Tibet

    Paul Kapp;An Yin;T. Mark Harrison;Lin Ding

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

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

  • Paleocene–Eocene record of ophiolite obduction and initial India‐Asia collision, south central Tibet

    Lin Ding;Paul Kapp;Xiaoqiao Wan

  • Cenozoic Volcanism in Tibet: Evidence for a Transition from Oceanic to Continental Subduction

    Lin Ding;Paul Kapp;Dalai Zhong;Wanming Deng

  • Cyclicity in Cordilleran orogenic systems

    Peter G. DeCelles;Mihai N. Ducea;Paul Kapp;George Zandt

  • Timing and mechanisms of Tibetan Plateau uplift

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  • Mesozoic─Cenozoic geological evolution of the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen and working tectonic hypotheses

    Paul Kapp;Peter G. DeCelles

  • Mesozoic and Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Shiquanhe area of western Tibet

    Paul Kapp;Paul Kapp;Michael A. Murphy;Michael A. Murphy;An Yin;T. Mark Harrison;T. Mark Harrison

  • Triassic continental subduction in central Tibet and Mediterranean-style closure of the Paleo-Tethys Ocean

    Alex Pullen;Paul Kapp;George E. Gehrels;Jeff D. Vervoort

  • Tectonic evolution of the early Mesozoic blueschist-bearing Qiangtang metamorphic belt, central Tibet

    Paul Kapp;Paul Kapp;An Yin;Craig E. Manning;T. Mark Harrison;T. Mark Harrison

  • Neogene foreland basin deposits, erosional unroofing, and the kinematic history of the Himalayan fold-thrust belt, western Nepal

    P. G. DeCelles;G. E. Gehrels;J. Quade;T. P. Ojha

  • Tibetan basement rocks near Amdo reveal "missing" Mesozoic tectonism along the Bangong suture, central Tibet

    Jerome H. Guynn;Paul Kapp;Alex Pullen;Matthew Heizler

  • Paleocene-Eocene foreland basin evolution in the Himalaya of southern Tibet and Nepal: Implications for the age of initial India-Asia collision

    P. G. DeCelles;P. Kapp;G. E. Gehrels;L. Ding

  • Cenozoic structural and metamorphic evolution of the eastern Himalayan syntaxis (Namche Barwa)

    Lin Ding;Dalai Zhong;An Yin;Paul Kapp

  • Blueschist-bearing metamorphic core complexes in the Qiangtang block reveal deep crustal structure of northern Tibet

    Paul Kapp;An Yin;Craig E. Manning;Mike Murphy

  • High and dry in central Tibet during the Late Oligocene

    Peter G. DeCelles;Jay Quade;Paul Kapp;Majie Fan

  • Conjugate strike-slip faulting along the Bangong-Nujiang suture zone accommodates coeval east-west extension and north-south shortening in the interior of the Tibetan Plateau

    Michael Halford Taylor;An Yin;Fredrick J. Ryerson;Paul Kapp;Paul Kapp

  • Restoration of Cenozoic deformation in Asia and the size of Greater India

    Douwe J. J. van Hinsbergen;Douwe J. J. van Hinsbergen;Paul Kapp;Guillaume Dupont-Nivet;Guillaume Dupont-Nivet;Guillaume Dupont-Nivet;Peter C. Lippert;Peter C. Lippert

  • Late Cretaceous to middle Tertiary basin evolution in the central Tibetan Plateau: Changing environments in response to tectonic partitioning, aridification, and regional elevation gain

    P.G. DeCelles;P. Kapp;L. Ding;G.E. Gehrels

  • Metamorphic rocks in central Tibet: Lateral variations and implications for crustal structure

    Alex Pullen;Paul Kapp;George E. Gehrels;Lin Ding

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter G. DeCelles
Peter G. DeCelles University of Arizona
Lin Ding
Lin Ding Chinese Academy of Sciences
George E. Gehrels
George E. Gehrels University of Arizona
Alex Pullen
Alex Pullen Clemson University
Mihai N. Ducea
Mihai N. Ducea University of Arizona
Guillaume Dupont-Nivet
Guillaume Dupont-Nivet University of Rennes
Barbara Carrapa
Barbara Carrapa University of Arizona
Jay Quade
Jay Quade University of Arizona
An Yin
An Yin University of California, Los Angeles
Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen
Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen Utrecht University

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