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  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Scott R. Paterson is a researcher affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their work focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in subfields such as Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Mechanics of Materials, Geology, and Earth-Surface Processes.

Their research covers a broad range of topics including Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering, and Conservation Techniques and Studies.

Paterson has authored numerous papers, with recent notable publications including:

  • The causes of continental arc flare ups and drivers of episodic magmatic activity in Cordilleran orogenic systems, 2021, Lithos
  • Erupted zircon record of continental crust formation during mantle driven arc flare-ups, 2020, Geology
  • The role of crustal thickness on magma composition in arcs: An example from the pre-Andean, South American Cordillera, 2022, Gondwana Research
  • Detrital zircon provenance and depositional links of Mesozoic Sierra Nevada intra-arc strata, 2021, Geosphere
  • Schlieren-Bound Magmatic Structures Record Crystal Flow-Sorting in Dynamic Upper-Crustal Magma-Mush Chambers, 2020, Frontiers in Earth Science

Frequent coauthors in Paterson's body of work include Snir Attia, Katie Ardill, Valbone Memeti, Vali Memeti, and Pablo H. Alasino.

The primary venues publishing Paterson's research are:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Geosphere
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Lithos
  • Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Scott R. Paterson has been recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • A review of criteria for the identification of magmatic and tectonic foliations in granitoids

    Scott R Paterson;Ron H Vernon;Othmar T Tobisch

  • Interpreting magmatic fabric patterns in plutons

    Scott R Paterson;T.Kenneth Fowler;Keegan L Schmidt;Aaron S Yoshinobu

  • Quantifying crustal thickness over time in magmatic arcs.

    Lucia Profeta;Mihai N. Ducea;Mihai N. Ducea;James B. Chapman;Scott R. Paterson

  • Arc magmatic tempos: Gathering the evidence

    Scott R. Paterson;Mihai N. Ducea

  • Bursting the bubble of ballooning plutons: A return to nested diapirs emplaced by multiple processes

    Scott R. Paterson;Ron H. Vernon

  • Re-examining pluton emplacement processes

    Scott R. Paterson;T.Kenneth Fowler

  • Rates of processes in magmatic arcs : implications for the timing and nature of pluton emplacement and wall rock deformation

    Scott R. Paterson;Othmar T. Tobisch

  • Magma addition and flux calculations of incrementally constructed magma chambers in continental margin arcs: Combined field, geochronologic, and thermal modeling studies

    Scott R. Paterson;David Okaya;Valbone Memeti;Rita Economos

  • High-Volume Magmatic Events in Subduction Systems

    Mihai N. Ducea;Mihai N. Ducea;Scott R. Paterson;Peter G. DeCelles

  • Analysis and interpretation of composite foliations in areas of progressive deformation

    Othmar T Tobisch;Scott R Paterson

  • In defense of magmatic diapirs

    Robert B Miller;Scott R Paterson

  • Using pluton ages to date regional deformations: Problems with commonly used criteria

    Scott R. Paterson;Othmar T. Tobisch

  • Magmatic lobes as “snapshots” of magma chamber growth and evolution in large, composite batholiths: An example from the Tuolumne intrusion, Sierra Nevada, California

    Valbone Memeti;Scott Paterson;Jennifer Matzel;Roland Mundil

  • The transition from magmatic to high-temperature solid-state deformation: implications from the Mount Stuart batholith, Washington

    Robert B. Miller;Scott R. Paterson

  • The rise and fall of continental arcs: Interplays between magmatism, uplift, weathering, and climate

    Cin-Ty A. Lee;Sally Thurner;Scott Paterson;Wenrong Cao

  • Pluton emplacement in arcs: a crustal-scale exchange process

    Scott R. Paterson;T. Kenneth Fowler;Robert B. Miller

  • Construction of mid-crustal sheeted plutons: Examples from the North Cascades, Washington

    Robert B. Miller;Scott R. Paterson

  • Four magmatic fabrics in the Tuolumne batholith, central Sierra Nevada, California (USA): Implications for interpreting fabric patterns in plutons and evolution of magma chambers in the upper crust

    Jiří Žák;Scott R. Paterson;Valbone Memeti

  • Characteristics of internal contacts in the Tuolumne Batholith, central Sierra Nevada, California (USA): Implications for episodic emplacement and physical processes in a continental arc magma chamber

    Jiří Žák;Scott R. Paterson

  • How late are K-feldspar megacrysts in granites?

    R.H. Vernon;R.H. Vernon;S.R. Paterson

  • Repeated, multiscale, magmatic erosion and recycling in an upper-crustal pluton: Implications for magma chamber dynamics and magma volume estimates

    Scott Paterson;Valbone Memeti;Roland Mundil;Jiří Žák

Frequent Co-Authors

Ron H. Vernon
Ron H. Vernon Macquarie University
Roland Mundil
Roland Mundil Berkeley Geochronology Center
Mihai N. Ducea
Mihai N. Ducea University of Arizona
Scott E. Johnson
Scott E. Johnson University of Maine
Keith Putirka
Keith Putirka California State University, Fresno
Donna L. Whitney
Donna L. Whitney University of Minnesota
Joseph L. Wooden
Joseph L. Wooden Stanford University
Carmen Galindo
Carmen Galindo Complutense University of Madrid
George E. Gehrels
George E. Gehrels University of Arizona
Jason B. Saleeby
Jason B. Saleeby California Institute of Technology

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