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Scott D. Samson is affiliated with Syracuse University in the United States and works primarily in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research encompasses a range of subfields, notably Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence applications in geosciences, Geochemistry and Petrology, Paleontology, and Earth-Surface Processes. The main topics of their work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, earthquake and tectonic studies, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, and Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide.

Samson has contributed to multiple research papers, with recent publications including:

  • Episodic magmatism during the growth of a Neoproterozoic oceanic arc (Anti-Atlas, Morocco) (2020), published in Precambrian Research
  • Persistence of Grenvillian dominance in Laurentian detrital zircon age systematics explained by sedimentary recycling: Evidence from detrital zircon double dating and detrital monazite textures and geochronology (2020), Geology
  • Zircon U-Pb geochronology and Nd-Pb isotope geochemistry of Blue Ridge basement in the eastern Great Smoky Mountains, U.S.A.: Implications for the Proterozoic tectonic evolution of the southeastern Laurentian margin (2020), American Journal of Science
  • The critical role of recycling of post-Grenvillian, Neoproterozoic sediments for Phanerozoic Laurentian clastic systems: evidence from detrital-zircon and -monazite geochronology and textures (2023), Journal of Sedimentary Research
  • Timing of Grenville magmatism in the southern Blue Ridge, North Carolina, USA: New in situ zircon U-Pb geochronology and implications for timing of Rodinian orogenesis in eastern Laurentia (2021), Precambrian Research

Frequent publication venues for Samson's work include:

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

They have collaborated with several researchers multiple times. Frequent coauthors include:

  • David P. Moecher
  • E. Tohver
  • J. Ryan Thigpen
  • Steven K. Mittwede
  • Steven C. Zotto

Their research broadly contributes to understanding geological processes, particularly through techniques such as zircon U-Pb geochronology and isotope geochemistry, which provide insights into tectonic evolution and sedimentary recycling in specific geological regions such as the Laurentian margin and the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Best Publications

  • Calibration of the interlaboratory 40Ar-39Ar dating standard, MMhb-1

    S. D. Samson;E. C. Alexander

  • Differential zircon fertility of source terranes and natural bias in the detrital zircon record: Implications for sedimentary provenance analysis

    David P. Moecher;Scott D. Samson

  • Calibration of the interlaboratory 40Ar39Ar dating standard, MMhb-1

    Scott D. Samson;E.Calvin Alexander

  • Yadong cross structure and South Tibetan Detachment in the east central Himalaya (89°-90°E)

    Changde Wu;K. D. Nelson;Greg Wortman;Scott D. Samson

  • Taconian orogeny in the New England Appalachians: Collision between Laurentia and the Shelburne Falls arc

    Paul Karabinos;Scott D. Samson;J. Christopher Hepburn;Heather M. Stoll

  • Evidence from neodymium isotopes for mantle contributions to phanerozoic crustal genesis in the Canadian cordillera

    Scott D. Samson;William C. McClelland;P. Jonathan Patchett;George E. Gehrels

  • Synthetic zircon doped with hafnium and rare earth elements: A reference material for in situ hafnium isotope analysis

    Christopher M. Fisher;John M. Hanchar;Scott D. Samson;Bruno Dhuime

  • Evidence for an earliest Oligocene ice sheet on the Antarctic Peninsula

    Linda C. Ivany;Stefaan Van Simaeys;Eugene W. Domack;Scott D. Samson

  • Geochronological, geochemical, and Nd–Hf isotopic constraints on the origin of Neoproterozoic plagiogranites in the Tasriwine ophiolite, Anti-Atlas orogen, Morocco

    S.D. Samson;J.D. Inglis;R.S. D’Lemos;H. Admou

  • Warm, not super-hot, temperatures in the early Eocene subtropics

    Caitlin R. Keating-Bitonti;Linda C. Ivany;Hagit P. Affek;Peter Douglas

  • A newly discovered orogenic event in Morocco: Neoproterozic ages for supposed Eburnean basement of the Bou Azzer inlier, Anti-Atlas Mountains

    R.S. D’Lemos;J.D. Inglis;S.D. Samson

  • A reconsideration of Pan African orogenic cycle in the Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco

    Kevin Hefferan;Abderrahmane Soulaimani;Scott D. Samson;Hassan Admou

  • Detrital zircon evidence of Laurentian crustal dominance in the lower Pennsylvanian deposits of the Alleghanian clastic wedge in eastern North America

    Thomas P. Becker;William A. Thomas;Scott D. Samson;George E. Gehrels

  • Detrital zircon evidence of a recycled orogenic foreland provenance for Alleghanian clastic-wedge sandstones

    William A. Thomas;Thomas P. Becker;Scott D. Samson;Michael A. Hamilton

  • New constraint on the division of Cambrian time

    Clark E. Isachsen;Samuel A. Bowring;Ed Landing;Scott D. Samson

  • Likeness among detrital zircon populations—An approach to the comparison of age frequency data in time and space

    Aaron M. Satkoski;Bruce H. Wilkinson;Jack Hietpas;Scott D. Samson

  • A precise U–Pb zircon age for the Bleïda granodiorite, Anti-Atlas, Morocco: implications for the timing of deformation and terrane assembly in the eastern Anti-Atlas

    J.D. Inglis;J.S. MacLean;S.D. Samson;R.S. D’Lemos

  • Neoproterozoic palaeogeography of the Cadomia and Avalon terranes: constraints from detrital zircon U–Pb ages

    Scott D. Samson;Richard S. D'Lemos;Brent V. Miller;Brent V. Miller;Michael A. Hamilton;Michael A. Hamilton

  • Recovering tectonic events from the sedimentary record: Detrital monazite plays in high fidelity

    Jack Hietpas;Scott Samson;David Moecher;Axel K. Schmitt

  • Ancient continental margin assemblage in the northern Coast Mountains, southeast Alaska and northwest Canada

    George E. Gehrels;William C. McClelland;Scott D. Samson;P. Jonathan Patchett

  • Geology of the western flank of the Coast Mountains between Cape Fanshaw and Taku Inlet, southeastern Alaska

    George E. Gehrels;William C. McClelland;Scott D. Samson;P. Jonathan Patchett

Frequent Co-Authors

George E. Gehrels
George E. Gehrels University of Arizona
P. Jonathan Patchett
P. Jonathan Patchett University of Arizona
William C. McClelland
William C. McClelland University of Iowa
Michael A. Hamilton
Michael A. Hamilton University of Toronto
Sandra M. Barr
Sandra M. Barr Acadia University
Linda C. Ivany
Linda C. Ivany Syracuse University
Calvin F. Miller
Calvin F. Miller Vanderbilt University
Paul A. Mueller
Paul A. Mueller University of Florida
Janne Blichert-Toft
Janne Blichert-Toft École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Donald I. Siegel
Donald I. Siegel Syracuse University

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