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Overview

Robert J. Fleck is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research work spans multiple interdisciplinary areas, combining geological, geochemical, and atmospheric studies.

Their recent scientific publications include:

  • "Geochronologic, isotopic, and geochemical data from pre-Cretaceous plutonic rocks in the Lane Mountain area, San Bernardino County, California" (2021), published in Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World
  • "Nineteenth-century women and physics across the pond" (2023), published in Physics Today
  • "A REMARKABLE FOSSIL FAUNULE FROM THE BASAL WILSON GROVE FORMATION (LATE MIOCENE), SONOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA" (2020), published in Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • "TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS OF PERMIAN-TRIASSIC, LATE JURASSIC, AND LATE CRETACEOUS PLUTONIC ROCKS THAT INTRUDE THE EL PASO TERRANE IN THE LANE MOUNTAIN AREA, CENTRAL MOJAVE DESERT, CALIFORNIA" (2022), published in Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • "GEOLOGY OF THE TANNER BUTTE AND WAHTUM LAKE 7.5' QUADRANGLES, COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE, OREGON" (2024), published in Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Frequent coauthors in Fleck's collaborations include:

  • Howard J. Brown
  • J. A. Vazquez
  • Paul Stone
  • M. Robinson Cecil
  • J. Fitzpatrick

The venues where Fleck has published most often are:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Physics Today
  • Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World
  • AASV Annual Meeting

Fleck's work broadly intersects several subfields of study, including:

  • Geophysics
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Anthropology
  • Water Science and Technology

The researcher addresses various topics across their publications, covering:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Archaeology and Natural History
  • Water Quality and Resources Studies
  • Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
  • Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology

Best Publications

  • Interpretation of discordant 40Ar/39Ar age-spectra of mesozoic tholeiites from antarctica

    Robert J Fleck;John F Sutter;David H Elliot

  • Episodic caldera volcanism in the Miocene southwestern Nevada volcanic field: Revised stratigraphic framework, 40Ar/39Ar geochronology, and implications for magmatism and extension

    David A. Sawyer;R. J. Fleck;M. A. Lanphere;R. G. Warren

  • Late Proterozoic Cratonization in Southwestern Saudi Arabia

    W. R. Greenwood;D. G. Hadley;R. E. Anderson;R. J. Fleck

  • Fallout tuffs of Trapper Creek, Idaho—A record of Miocene explosive volcanism in the Snake River Plain volcanic province

    Michael E. Perkins;William P. Nash;Francis H. Brown;Robert J. Fleck

  • Strontium and oxygen isotopic variations in Mesozoic and Tertiary plutons of central Idaho

    R. J. Fleck;R. E. Criss

  • Rubidium-strontium geochronology and plate-tectonic evolution of the southern part of the Arabian Shield

    Robert J. Fleck;W.R. Greenwood;D.G. Hadley;R.E. Anderson

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

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

  • Implications of the northwestwardly younger age of the volcanic rocks of west-central California

    Kenneth F. Fox;Robert J. Fleck;Garniss H. Curtis;Charles E. Meyer

  • Geologic Setting and Genesis of the Mule Canyon Low-Sulfidation Epithermal Gold-Silver Deposit, North-Central Nevada

    David A. John;Albert H. Hofstra;Robert J. Fleck;Jon E. Brummer

  • Geology of the Spring Mountains, Nevada

    B. C. Burchfiel;R. J. Fleck;D. T. Secor;R. R. Vincelette

  • Rapid middle Miocene extension and unroofing of the southern Ruby Mountains, Nevada

    Joseph P. Colgan;Keith A. Howard;Robert J. Fleck;Joseph L. Wooden

  • An evaluation of the zircon method of isotopic dating in the Southern Arabian Craton

    J. A. Cooper;J. S. Stacey;D. G. Stoeser;R. J. Fleck

  • Thermal evolution and exhumation of deep-level batholithic exposures, southernmost Sierra Nevada, California

    J. Saleeby;K.A. Farley;R.W. Kistler;R.J. Fleck

  • Origin, extent, and thickness of Quaternary geologic units in the Willamette Valley, Oregon

    Jim E. O'Connor;Andrei M. Sarna-Wojcicki;Karl C. Wozniak;Danial J. Polette

  • The Pleistocene Eruptive History of Mount St. Helens, Washington, from 300,000 to 12,800 Years Before Present

    Michael A. Clynne;Andrew T. Calvert;Edward W. Wolfe;Russell C. Evarts

  • Age of structural differentiation between the Colorado Plateaus and Basin and Range provinces in southwestern Utah

    Peter D. Rowley;John J. Anderson;Paul L. Williams;Robert J. Fleck

  • Age of initial oceanic magmatism in the Late Proterozoic Arabian Shield

    A. Kröner;J. S. Pallister;R. J. Fleck

  • Age and character of basaltic rocks of the Yucca Mountain region, southern Nevada

    R. J. Fleck;Brent Turrin;D. A. Sawyer;D. A. Sawyer;R. G. Warren

  • AGE AND EVOLUTION OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE ARABIAN SHIELD

    Robert J. Fleck;William R. Greenwood;Donald G. Hadley;R. Ernest Anderson

  • Thermal history of sedimentary basins: Methods and case histories

    Robert J. Fleck

  • Age and evolution of the southern part of the Arabian Shield

    R.J. Fleck;W.R. Greenwood;D.G. Hadley;R.E. Anderson

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrei M. Sarna-Wojcicki
Andrei M. Sarna-Wojcicki United States Geological Survey
Andrew T. Calvert
Andrew T. Calvert United States Geological Survey
Robert E. Criss
Robert E. Criss Washington University in St. Louis
Marvin A. Lanphere
Marvin A. Lanphere United States Geological Survey
Joseph L. Wooden
Joseph L. Wooden Stanford University
Richard J. Blakely
Richard J. Blakely United States Geological Survey
Alan L. Deino
Alan L. Deino Berkeley Geochronology Center
Brian Cousens
Brian Cousens Carleton University
Duane E. Champion
Duane E. Champion United States Geological Survey
Christopher D. Henry
Christopher D. Henry University of Nevada Reno

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