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Robert N. Thompson

Robert N. Thompson

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Earth Science

D-Index
40
Citations
6383
World Ranking
5806
National Ranking
616

Overview

Robert N. Thompson is affiliated with Durham University in the United Kingdom. Their primary research contributions are within the field of Medicine, with specific focus on subfields such as Rehabilitation, Hematology, Rheumatology, Epidemiology, and Genetics.

Their work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Musculoskeletal Disorders and Rehabilitation
  • Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
  • Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes

Among the recent research papers associated with Robert N. Thompson are:

  • "Recommendations for rheumatology ultrasound training and practice in the UK," 2020, published in Lara D. Veeken
  • "Estimation of end-of-outbreak probabilities in the presence of delayed and incomplete case reporting," 2024, published in arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "Challenges in modeling the emergence of novel pathogens," 2024, published by UNC Libraries
  • "Improved inference of time-varying reproduction numbers during infectious disease outbreaks," 2024, published by UNC Libraries
  • "269 Use of Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography to Reduce Length of Stay in Patients With Moderate Risk Chest Pain," 2025, published in Annals of Emergency Medicine

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Robert N. Thompson include:

  • Jonathan A. Polonsky
  • Justin Lessler
  • Ismaël Atchia
  • Andrew K. Brown
  • Sarang Chitale

The most common venues for publishing their work are:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Lara D. Veeken
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Annals of Emergency Medicine

Best Publications

  • The Late Cretaceous Impact of the Trindade Mantle Plume: Evidence from Large-volume, Mafic, Potassic Magmatism in SE Brazil

    S. A. Gibson;R. N. Thompson;O. H. Leonardos;A. P. Dickin

  • Transient high temperatures in mantle plume heads inferred from magnesian olivines in Phanerozoic picrites

    R. N. Thompson;S. A. Gibson

  • Asthenospheric and lower-lithospheric mantle contributions to continental extensional magmatism: An example from the British Tertiary Province

    R.N. Thompson;M.A. Morrison

  • Subcontinental mantle plumes, hotspots and pre-existing thinspots

    R. N. Thompson;Sally A. Gibson

  • Migrating Cretaceous-Eocene Magmatismin the Serra do Mar Alkaline Province,SE Brazil: Melts from the Deflected Trindade Mantle Plume?

    R. N. Thompson;S. A. Gibson;J. G. Mitchell;A. P. Dickin

  • High-Ti and low-Ti mafic potassic magmas: Key to plume-lithosphere interactions and continental flood-basalt genesis

    S.A. Gibson;R.N. Thompson;A.P. Dickin;O.H. Leonardos

  • Potassic volcanic rocks in NE China: Geochemical constraints on mantle source and magma genesis

    Ming Zhang;Paul Suddaby;Robert N. Thompson;Matthew F. Thirlwall

  • Timescales and mechanisms of plume-lithosphere interactions: 40AR/39AR geochronology and geochemistry of alkaline igneous rocks from the Parana-Etendeka large igneous province

    S.A. Gibson;R.N. Thompson;J.A. Day

  • CONTAMINATION OF INDIAN-OCEAN ASTHENOSPHERE BY THE KERGUELEN-HEARD MANTLE PLUME

    M. Storey;Ad D. Saunders;J. Tarney;Il L. Gibson

  • Ferropicrites: geochemical evidence for Fe-rich streaks in upwelling mantle plumes

    S.A. Gibson;R.N. Thompson;A.P. Dickin

  • Rapid eruption of Skye lavas inferred from precise U-Pb and Ar-Ar dating of the Rum and Cuillin plutonic complexes

    M. A. Hamilton;D. G. Pearson;R. N. Thompson;S. P. Kelley

  • Late Cretaceous rift-related upwelling and melting of the Trindade starting mantle plume head beneath western Brazil

    S. A. Gibson;R. N. Thompson;R. K. Weska;A. P. Dickin

  • Strongly potassic mafic magmas from lithospheric mantle sources during continental extension and heating: evidence from Miocene minettes of northwest Colorado, U.S.A.

    R.N. Thompson;P.T. Leat;A.P. Dickin;M.A. Morrison

  • Early cretaceous basalt and picrite dykes of the Southern Etendeka Region, NW Namibia : windows into the role of the Tristan Mantle Plume in Paraná–Etendeka magmatism.

    R. N. Thompson;S. A. Gibson;A. P. Dickin;P. M. Smith

  • Geochemical evidence for plume—mantle interactions beneath Kerguelen and Heard Islands, Indian Ocean

    M. Storey;Ad D. Saunders;J. Tarney;P. Leat

  • Melt-generation processes associated with the Tristan mantle plume: Constraints on the origin of EM-1

    S.A. Gibson;R.N. Thompson;J.A. Day;S.E. Humphris

  • The limited extent of plume-lithosphere interactions during continental flood-basalt genesis: geochemical evidence from Cretaceous magmatism in southern Brazil

    S. A. Gibson;R. N. Thompson;O. H. Leonardos;A. P. Dickin

  • Compositionally-Diverse Miocene—Recent Rift-Related Magmatism in Northwest Colorado: Partial Melting, and Mixing of Mafic Magmas from 3 Different Asthenospheric and Lithospheric Mantle Sources

    P. T. Leat;R. N. Thompson;M. A. Morrison;G. L. Hendry

  • Phlogopite and tetra-ferriphlogopite from Brazilian carbonatite complexes: petrogenetic constraints and implications for mineral-chemistry systematics

    J.A Brod;J.C Gaspar;D.P de Araújo;S.A Gibson

  • Ultrapotassic Magmas along the Flanks of the Oligo-Miocene Rio Grande Rift, USA: Monitors of the Zone of Lithospheric Mantle Extension and Thinning Beneath a Continental Rift

    S. A. Gibson;R. N. Thompson;P. T. Leat;M. A. Morrison

  • Crustal assimilation during turbulent magma ascent (ATA); new isotopic evidence from the Mull Tertiary lava succession, N. W. Scotland

    Andrew C. Kerr;Pamela D. Kempton;Robert N. Thompson

Frequent Co-Authors

Sally A. Gibson
Sally A. Gibson University of Cambridge
Alan P. Dickin
Alan P. Dickin McMaster University
Philip T. Leat
Philip T. Leat British Antarctic Survey
Martin Menzies
Martin Menzies Royal Holloway University of London
Michael Storey
Michael Storey University of Copenhagen
Matthew F. Thirlwall
Matthew F. Thirlwall Royal Holloway University of London
D.G. Pearson
D.G. Pearson University of Alberta
John Tarney
John Tarney University of Leicester
Chris J. Ottley
Chris J. Ottley Durham University
Andrew Craig Kerr
Andrew Craig Kerr Cardiff University

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