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Robert P. Wintsch

Robert P. Wintsch

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Earth Science

D-Index
31
Citations
3991
World Ranking
8923
National Ranking
2897

Overview

Robert P. Wintsch is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States and specializes primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research encompasses multiple subfields, including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Geology, Mechanics of Materials, and Atmospheric Science.

Over their career, Wintsch has contributed to a range of topics, with notable focus areas including:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological Studies and Exploration
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials

Their recent publications demonstrate active engagement with both regional geological concerns and broader tectonic questions. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Age and tectonic setting of the Quinebaug-Marlboro belt and implications for the history of Ganderian crustal fragments in southeastern New England, USA," 2021, Geosphere
  • "Deformation-induced graphitization and muscovite recrystallization in a ductile fault zone," 2024, Journal of Metamorphic Geology
  • "Drowned in granite - retrieving the tectono-metamorphic history of the Janub metamorphic complex, the northernmost part of the Arabian-Nubian Shield," 2022, Precambrian Research
  • "Bulk Composition of Fast-Spreading Oceanic Crust: Insights from the Lower Cumulates of the East Pacific Rise and from Cocos-Nazca Rift Basalts, Hess Deep," 2021, Journal of Petrology
  • "Deformation by Pressure Solution and Grain Boundary Sliding in a Retrograde Shear Zone in Southern New England, USA," 2024, American Journal of Science

Wintsch has published extensively in various venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • American Journal of Science
  • Geosphere
  • Journal of Metamorphic Geology
  • Precambrian Research

Their collaborations include repeated work with several co-authors, reflecting ongoing research partnerships. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Ryan J. McAleer
  • Phillip G Resor
  • Ryan Deasy
  • Rebekah Kennedy
  • Bryan Wathen

Best Publications

  • Fluid-rock reaction weakening of fault zones

    R. P. Wintsch;R. Christoffersen;A. K. Kronenberg

  • Evidence for deformation‐induced K‐feldspar replacement by myrmekite

    C. Simpson;R. P. Wintsch

  • D/H isotope ratios of kerogen, bitumen, oil, and water in hydrous pyrolysis of source rocks containing kerogen types I, II, IIS, and III

    Arndt Schimmelmann;Michael D. Lewan;Robert P. Wintsch

  • U–Pb geochronology of zircon and polygenetic titanite from the Glastonbury Complex, Connecticut, USA: an integrated SEM, EMPA, TIMS, and SHRIMP study

    John N Aleinikoff;Robert P Wintsch;C.Mark Fanning;Michael J Dorais

  • Ages and origins of rocks of the Killingworth dome, south-central Connecticut: Implications for the tectonic evolution of southern New England

    John N. Aleinikoff;R P Wintsch;Richard P. Tollo;Daniel M. Unruh

  • Dissolution and replacement creep: a significant deformation mechanism in mid-crustal rocks

    R.P Wintsch;Keewook Yi;Keewook Yi

  • Experimental controls on D/H and 13C/12C ratios of kerogen, bitumen and oil during hydrous pyrolysis

    Arndt Schimmelmann;Jean-Paul Boudou;Michael D. Lewan;Robert P. Wintsch

  • Primitive layered gabbros from fast-spreading lower oceanic crust

    Kathryn M. Gillis;Jonathan E. Snow;Adam Klaus;Natsue Abe

  • The effect of dislocation density on the aqueous solubility of quartz and some geologic implications: A theoretical approach

    Robert P. Wintsch;Jeremy Dunning

  • Differential Mobility of Elements in Burial Diagenesis of Siliciclastic Rocks

    Robert P. Wintsch;Cindy M. Kvale

  • Contrasting P-T-t paths: Thermochronologic evidence for a Late Paleozoic final assembly of the Avalon Composite Terrane in the New England Appalachians

    R. P. Wintsch;J.F. Sutter;Michael J. Kunk;John N. Aleinikoff

  • Chlorite-illite/muscovite interlayered and interstratified crystals: A TEM/STEM study

    Jung Hoo Lee;Donald R. Peacor;Daniel D. Lewis;Robert P. Wintsch

  • Identification of the scales of differential element mobility in a ductile fault zone

    G. M. Dipple;R. P. Wintsch;M. S. Andrews

  • Oscillating brittle and viscous behavior through the earthquake cycle in the Red River Shear Zone: Monitoring flips between reaction and textural softening and hardening

    Robert P. Wintsch;Meng Wan Yeh

  • Evidence for syntectonic crystallization for the mudstone to slate transition at Lehigh Gap, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.*

    Jung Hoo Lee;Jung Hoo Lee;Donald R Peacor;Daniel D Lewis;Robert P Wintsch

  • Heterogeneous Deformation, Foliation Development, and Metamorphic Processes in a Polyphase Mylonite

    R. J. Knipe;R. P. Wintsch

  • The Possible Effects of Deformation on Chemical Processes in Metamorphic Fault Zones

    R. P. Wintsch

  • FOLIATION DEVELOPMENT AND REACTION SOFTENING BY DISSOLUTION AND PRECIPITATION IN THE TRANSFORMATION OF GRANODIORITE TO ORTHOGNEISS, GLASTONBURY COMPLEX, CONNECTICUT, U.S.A.

    Robert P. Wintsch;John N. Aleinikoff;Keewook Yi

  • Open-system, constant-volume development of slaty cleavage, and strain-induced replacement reactions in the Martinsburg Formation, Lehigh Gap, Pennsylvania

    R. P. Wintsch;C. M. Kvale;H. J. Kisch

  • Early Cretaceous Normal Faulting in Southern New England: Evidence from Apatite and Zircon Fission‐Track Ages

    Mary K. Roden‐Tice;Robert P. Wintsch

  • P-T-t paths and differential Alleghanian loading and uplift of the Bronson Hill terrane, South Central New England

    R. P. Wintsch;Michael J. Kunk;J.L. Boyd;J. N. Aleinikoff

  • Growth of a zoned plagioclase porphyroblast in a mylonite

    Robert P. Wintsch;Robert J. Knipe

Frequent Co-Authors

Georges Ceuleneer
Georges Ceuleneer Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Trevor J. Falloon
Trevor J. Falloon University of Tasmania
John N. Aleinikoff
John N. Aleinikoff United States Geological Survey
Marguerite Godard
Marguerite Godard University of Montpellier
Jonathan E. Snow
Jonathan E. Snow Louisiana State University
Barbara E. John
Barbara E. John University of Wyoming
Michael J. Cheadle
Michael J. Cheadle University of Wyoming
David L. Bish
David L. Bish Indiana University
Benoit Ildefonse
Benoit Ildefonse University of Montpellier
Xian-Hua Li
Xian-Hua Li Chinese Academy of Sciences

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