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Sanghoon Kwon

Sanghoon Kwon

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Earth Science

D-Index
32
Citations
2981
World Ranking
8796
National Ranking
13

Overview

Sanghoon Kwon is affiliated with Yonsei University in South Korea and has a significant body of work in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on Geophysics.

Their research encompasses several subfields including:

  • Geophysics
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Paleontology
  • Geochemistry and Petrology

Main topics covered by their research include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Sanghoon Kwon include:

  • "Neoarchean suprasubduction zone ophiolite discovered from the Miyun Complex: Implications for Archean-Paleoproterozoic Wilson cycle in the North China Craton" (2020, Precambrian Research)
  • "The Middle Permian to Triassic tectono-magmatic system in the southern Korean Peninsula" (2020, Gondwana Research)
  • "Global type area charnockites in southern India revisited: Implications for Earth's oldest supercontinent" (2021, Gondwana Research)
  • "High Ba-Sr adakitic charnockite suite from the Nagercoil Block, southern India: Vestiges of Paleoproterozoic arc and implications for Columbia to Gondwana" (2020, Geoscience Frontiers)
  • "Mantle heterogeneity and crust-mantle interaction in the Singhbhum craton, India: New evidence from 3340 Ma komatiites" (2020, Lithos)

Frequent collaborators in Sanghoon Kwon's research include:

  • M. Santosh
  • Yirang Jang
  • Vinod O. Samuel
  • Seung-Ik Park
  • Sung Won Kim

The scientist's work is commonly published in several venues, highlighting their active presence in the field. These key publication venues are:

  • Gondwana Research
  • Precambrian Research
  • Lithos
  • Geological Journal
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Evidence for Permo-Triassic collision in Far East Asia: The Korean collisional orogen

    Sanghoon Kwon;K. Sajeev;Gautam Mitra;Youngdo Park

  • Pretectonic and posttectonic emplacements of the granitoids in the south central Okchon belt, South Korea: Implications for the timing of strike-slip shearing and thrusting

    Jin Han Ree;Sang Hoon Kwon;Youngdo Park;Sung Tack Kwon

  • SHRIMP zircon geochronology, and geochemical characteristics of metaplutonic rocks from the south western Gyeonggi Block, Korea: Implications for Paleoproterozoic to Mesozoic tectonic links between the Korean Peninsula and eastern China

    Sung Won Kim;Ian S. Williams;Sanghoon Kwon;Chang Whan Oh

  • Geotectonic framework of Permo-Triassic magmatism within the Korean Peninsula

    Sung Won Kim;Sanghoon Kwon;Hee Jae Koh;Keewook Yi

  • A Neoarchean dismembered ophiolite complex from southern India: Geochemical and geochronological constraints on its suprasubduction origin

    T. Yellappa;M. Santosh;T.R.K. Chetty;Sanghoon Kwon

  • SHRIMP U–Pb dating and geochemistry of the Cretaceous plutonic rocks in the Korean Peninsula: A new tectonic model of the Cretaceous Korean Peninsula

    Sung Won Kim;Sanghoon Kwon;Seung Ik Park;Changyeol Lee

  • Discovery of Miocene adakitic dacite from the Eastern Pontides Belt (NE Turkey) and a revised geodynamic model for the late Cenozoic evolution of the Eastern Mediterranean region

    Yener Eyuboglu;M. Santosh;M. Santosh;Keewook Yi;Osman Bektaş

  • Characteristics of Jurassic Continental Arc Magmatism in South Korea: Tectonic Implications

    Weon Seo Kee;Sung Won Kim;Youn Joong Jeong;Sanghoon Kwon

  • A Paleozoic subduction complex in Korea: SHRIMP zircon U–Pb ages and tectonic implications

    Sung Won Kim;Sanghoon Kwon;M. Santosh;Ian S. Williams

  • High P-T granulite relicts from the Imjingang belt, South Korea: Tectonic significance

    K. Sajeev;Jaehoon Jeong;Sanghoon Kwon;Weon Seo Kee

  • Neoproterozoic plutonic rocks from the western Gyeonggi massif, South Korea: Implications for the amalgamation and break-up of the Rodinia supercontinent

    Sung Won Kim;Weon Seo Kee;Seung Ryeol Lee;M. Santosh

  • Characteristics of the Early Cretaceous Igneous Activity in the Korean Peninsula and Tectonic Implications

    Sung Won Kim;Sanghoon Kwon;In Chang Ryu;Youn Joong Jeong

  • Arc magmatism in the Yeongnam massif, Korean Peninsula: Imprints of Columbia and Rodinia supercontinents

    Sung Won Kim;Sanghoon Kwon;Keewook Yi;M. Santosh

  • Geochronological constraints on multiple deformations of the Honam Shear Zone, South Korea and its tectonic implication

    Sung Won Kim;Sanghoon Kwon;In Chang Ryu

  • Backarc mafic–ultramafic magmatism in Northeastern Vietnam and its regional tectonic significance

    Ngo Xuan Thanh;Tran Thanh Hai;Nguyen Hoang;Vu Quang Lan

  • Forearc serpentinite mélange from the Hongseong suture, South Korea

    Sung Won Kim;M. Santosh;Nari Park;Sanghoon Kwon

  • Petrogenesis and U-Pb zircon chronology of adakitic porphyries within the Kop ultramafic massif (Eastern Pontides Orogenic Belt, NE Turkey)

    Yener Eyuboglu;Francis O. Dudas;M. Santosh;Keewook Yi

  • Geochronological and geochemical implications of Early to Middle Jurassic continental adakitic arc magmatism in the Korean Peninsula

    Sung Won Kim;Sanghoon Kwon;Kyoungtae Ko;Keewook Yi

  • Geometry and kinematics of the Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalaya, India: Implications for the evolution of the Himalayan fold-thrust belt

    Kathakali Bhattacharyya;Gautam Mitra;Sanghoon Kwon

  • Paleozoic tectonics of the southwestern Gyeonggi massif, South Korea: Insights from geochemistry, chromian-spinel chemistry and SHRIMP U–Pb geochronology

    Seung Ik Park;Sung Won Kim;Sanghoon Kwon;Ngo Xuan Thanh;Ngo Xuan Thanh

  • Tracking Paleozoic evolution of the South Korean Peninsula from detrital zircon records: Implications for the tectonic history of East Asia

    Sung Won Kim;Seung Ik Park;Yirang Jang;Sanghoon Kwon

Frequent Co-Authors

M. Santosh
M. Santosh China University of Geosciences
Sung Won Kim
Sung Won Kim Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources
Gautam Mitra
Gautam Mitra University of Rochester
Toshiaki Tsunogae
Toshiaki Tsunogae University of Tsukuba
Keewook Yi
Keewook Yi Korea Basic Science Institute
Daniel E. Harlov
Daniel E. Harlov Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Tetsumaru Itaya
Tetsumaru Itaya Okayama University of Science
Eunji Lee
Eunji Lee Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
Ian S. Williams
Ian S. Williams Australian National University
Seok Ju Kang
Seok Ju Kang Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology

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