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  • 1980 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Robert G. Coleman was affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily focused on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with notable contributions in several subfields including Paleontology, Biotechnology, Geophysics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Oceanography.

The scientist's work covered a diverse range of main topics, encompassing:

  • Marine Sponges and Natural Products
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis

Their research was published in a variety of venues, including:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Papers in Palaeontology
  • Royal Society Open Science
  • American Journal of Science
  • Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • Benthic pterobranchs from the Cambrian (Drumian) Marjum Konservat-Lagerstätte of Utah (2024) - Papers in Palaeontology
  • A new sponge from the Marjum Formation of Utah documents the Cambrian origin of the hexactinellid body plan (2024) - Royal Society Open Science
  • New Idria serpentinite protrusion, Diablo Range, California: From upper mantle to the surface (2022) - American Journal of Science
  • THE MID-CAMBRIAN MARJUM SOFT-BODIED BIOTA - A FOSSIL TREASURE TROVE IN THE WEST DESERT OF UTAH (2023) - Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • NEW REMARKABLE METAZOANS FROM THE MIDDLE CAMBRIAN (DRUMIAN) MARJUM KONSERVAT-LAGERSTÄTTE OF UTAH, USA (2024) - Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

The scientist collaborated frequently with several colleagues in their field. Notable co-authors included Rudy Lerosey-Aubril, Robert R. Gaines, Jacob Skabelund, Javier Ortega-Hernández, and Lucas Del Mouro.

Throughout their career, Robert G. Coleman was recognized by the broader scientific community, becoming a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1980.

Best Publications

  • Continental growth of northwest China

    Robert G. Coleman

  • Eclogites and Eclogites: Their Differences and Similarities

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  • An outline of the plate tectonics of China

    Zh. M. Zhang;J. G. Liou;R. G. Coleman

  • H2-rich fluids from serpentinization: Geochemical and biotic implications

    N. H. Sleep;A. Meibom;Th. Fridriksson;R. G. Coleman

  • Tectonic setting for ophiolite obduction in Oman.

    Robert G. Coleman

  • Examination of the deep levels of an island arc: Evidence from the Tonsina Ultramafic‐Mafic Assemblage, Tonsina, Alaska

    Susan M. DeBari;R. G. Coleman

  • Plate tectonic emplacement of upper mantle peridotites along continental edges

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  • Solid Earth and Planets

    R. G. Coleman;Z. E. Peterman

  • Ophiolite Genesis and Evolution of the Oceanic Lithosphere

    Tj. Peters;A. Nicolas;R. G. Coleman

  • Tectonic evolution of the West Junggar Region, Xinjiang, China

    Y. Feng;R. G. Coleman;G. Tilton;X. Xiao

  • Ultrahigh Pressure Metamorphism: List of contributors

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  • Cross Section Through the Peridotite in the Samail Ophiolite

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  • Geologic section through the Samail Ophiolite and associated rocks along a Muscat‐Ibra Transect, southeastern Oman Mountains

    C. A. Hopson;R. G. Coleman;R. T. Gregory;J. S. Pallister

  • Distribution and Age of High-Grade Blueschists, Associated Eclogites, and Amphibolites from Oregon and California

    R.G Coleman;M.A Lanphere

  • Chromium Geochemistry of Serpentine Soils

    Christopher Oze;Scott Fendorf;Dennis K. Bird;Robert G. Coleman

  • O18/O16 Ratios of Coexisting Minerals in Glaucophane-Bearing Metamorphic Rocks

    Hugh P Taylor;Robert G Coleman

  • Metamorphic evolution of diamond‐bearing and associated rocks from the Kokchetav Massif, northern Kazakhstan

    R. Y. Zhang;J. G. Liou;W. G. Ernst;R. G. Coleman

  • Petrologic and Geophysical Nature of Serpentinites

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  • Geotectonic evolution of diamondiferous paragneisses, Kokchetav Complex, northern Kazakhstan: The geologic enigma of ultrahigh‐pressure crustal rocks within a Paleozoic foldbelt

    N. L. Dobretsov;N. V. Sobolev;V. S. Shatsky;R. G. Coleman

  • Isotopic studies bearing on the tectonics of the West Junggar Region, Xinjiang, China

    S.-T. Kwon;G. R. Tilton;R. G. Coleman;Y. Feng

  • OVERVIEW: Late Cenozoic tectonics of the central and southern Coast Ranges of California

    Benjamin M. Page;Robert G. Coleman;George A. Thompson

  • Magma systems related to the Red Sea opening

    Robert G Coleman;Anne Vaughn McGuire

  • Geochronology of the Arabian Shield, western Saudi Arabia: K-Ar results

    Robert J. Fleck;R. G. Coleman;H. R. Cornwall;W.R. Greenwood

  • Blueschists in major suture zones of China

    J. G. Liou;Xiaomin Wang;R. G. Coleman;Zh. M. Zhang

  • Re–Os isotopic evidence for long-lived heterogeneity and equilibration processes in the Earth's upper mantle

    Anders Meibom;Norman H. Sleep;C. Page Chamberlain;Robert G. Coleman

Frequent Co-Authors

Juhn G. Liou
Juhn G. Liou Stanford University
Norman H. Sleep
Norman H. Sleep Stanford University
Anders Meibom
Anders Meibom École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Robert Frei
Robert Frei University of Copenhagen
W. G. Ernst
W. G. Ernst Stanford University
Tatsuki Tsujimori
Tatsuki Tsujimori Tohoku University
Vladislav S. Shatsky
Vladislav S. Shatsky Russian Academy of Sciences
Joseph L. Wooden
Joseph L. Wooden Stanford University
Walter D. Mooney
Walter D. Mooney United States Geological Survey
Dennis K. Bird
Dennis K. Bird Stanford University

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