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Overview

Robert J. Pankhurst is affiliated with the British Geological Survey in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences with a notable contribution to related fields such as Geophysics and Paleontology. Additionally, they have engaged in interdisciplinary work involving Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence.

Their scientific output covers main research topics including:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America

Robert J. Pankhurst has published extensively in several key venues, including:

  • Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • Geological Magazine
  • Lithos
  • Precambrian Research
  • Earth-Science Reviews

Their recent papers illustrate a geographic and thematic focus on South American geology and tectonics:

  • "A review of Devonian-Carboniferous magmatism in the central region of Argentina, pre-Andean margin of SW Gondwana" (2021, Earth-Science Reviews)
  • "The Devonian accretionary orogen of the North Patagonian cordillera" (2021, Gondwana Research)
  • "The Continental Crust of Northeastern Patagonia" (2020, Ameghiniana)
  • "O-H-Sr-Nd isotope constraints on the origin of the Famatinian magmatic arc, NW Argentina" (2020, Geological Magazine)
  • "The Rinconada phase: A regional tectono-metamorphic event of Silurian age in the pre-Andean basement of Argentina" (2021, Journal of South American Earth Sciences)

Throughout their career, Robert J. Pankhurst has collaborated frequently with several researchers, highlighting a network of partnerships that support their scientific contributions. Notable co-authors include:

  • Edgardo G. Baldo
  • Carlos W. Rapela
  • César Casquet
  • Sebastián O. Verdecchia
  • Carlos D. Ramacciotti

The diverse range of publications and co-authorship within subjects such as geological mapping, tectonic studies, and geochemical analyses reflect a multidisciplinary approach to understanding Earth's structure and history, particularly in relation to the geology of South America. Their work covers both field-based geological investigations and isotope geochemistry to explore the evolution of continental crust and orogenic processes.

Best Publications

  • Episodic Silicic Volcanism in Patagonia and the Antarctic Peninsula: Chronology of Magmatism Associated with the Break-up of Gondwana

    R. J. Pankhurst;T. R. Riley;C. M. Fanning;S. P. Kelley

  • Late Cretaceous and early Miocene Andean-type plutonic activity in northern Makran and Central Iran

    F. Berberian;I. D. Muir;R. J. Pankhurst;M. Berberian

  • Gondwanide continental collision and the origin of Patagonia

    Robert J Pankhurst;Carlos W Rapela;Christopher Fanning;M. Marquez

  • The Río de la Plata craton and the assembly of SW Gondwana

    Carlos W Rapela;Robert J Pankhurst;Cesar Casquet;Christopher Fanning

  • The Pampean Orogeny of the southern proto-Andes: Cambrian continental collision in the Sierras de Cordoba

    C. W. Rapela;R. J. Pankhurst;C. Casquet;E. Baldo

  • A geochemical study of island-arc and back-arc tholeiites from the Scotia Sea

    C.J. Hawkesworth;R.K. O'Nions;R.J. Pankhurst;P.J. Hamilton

  • The Chon Aike province of Patagonia and related rocks in West Antarctica: A silicic large igneous province

    R.J Pankhurst;P.T Leat;P Sruoga;C.W Rapela

  • The Famatinian magmatic arc in the central Sierras Pampeanas: an Early to Mid-Ordovician continental arc on the Gondwana margin

    R. J. Pankhurst;C. W. Rapela;J. Saavedra;E. Baldo

  • Early Archaean Age for the Isua Iron Formation, West Greenland

    S. Moorbath;R. K. O'nions;R. J. Pankhurst

  • The South Patagonian batholith: 150 my of granite magmatism on a plate margin

    Francisco Herve;Robert J Pankhurst;Christopher Fanning;Mauricio Calderon

  • The geology of the South Shetland Islands: VI. Stratigraphy, geochemistry and evolution

    J.L. Smellie;Robert Pankhurst;M.R.A. Thomson;R.E.S. Davies

  • Mesozoic-Cenozoic evolution of the North Patagonian Batholith in Aysen, southern Chile

    R. J. Pankhurst;S. D. Weaver;F. Hervé;P. Larrondo

  • Age and origin of coeval TTG, I- and S-type granites in the Famatinian belt of NW Argentina

    Robert Pankhurst;C.W. Rapela;C.M. Fanning

  • Origins of Large Volume Rhyolitic Volcanism in the Antarctic Peninsula and Patagonia by Crustal Melting

    Teal R. Riley;Philip T. Leat;Robert J. Pankhurst;Chris Harris

  • Early evolution of the Proto-Andean margin of South America

    C. W. Rapela;R. J. Pankhurst;C. Casquet;E. Baldo

  • A geochemical study of magmatism associated with the initial stages of back-arc spreading

    Stephen D. Weaver;Stephen D. Weaver;Andrew D. Saunders;Robert J. Pankhurst;John Tarney

  • Further Rubidium-Strontium Age Determinations on the Very Early Precambrian Rocks of the Godthaab District, West Greenland

    S. Moorbath;R. K. O'nions;R. J. Pankhurst;N. H. Gale

  • The Proto-Andean Margin of Gondwana

    R. Pankhurst

  • Production of Jurassic rhyolite by anatexis of the lower crust of Patagonia

    R.J. Pankhurst;C.R. Rapela

  • Isotopic dating of very early Precambrian amphibolite facies gneisses from the Godthaab district, West Greenland

    L.P. Black;N.H. Gale;S. Moorbath

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlos W. Rapela
Carlos W. Rapela National University of La Plata
Carmen Galindo
Carmen Galindo Complutense University of Madrid
Edgardo G. Baldo
Edgardo G. Baldo National University of Córdoba
César Casquet
César Casquet Complutense University of Madrid
Christopher Fanning
Christopher Fanning Australian National University
Francisco Hervé
Francisco Hervé Andrés Bello University
Ian L. Millar
Ian L. Millar British Geological Survey
Stephen Moorbath
Stephen Moorbath University of Oxford
Bryan C. Storey
Bryan C. Storey University of Canterbury
Alan P. M. Vaughan
Alan P. M. Vaughan Macquarie University

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