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Sean P.S. Gulick is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in related areas of Physics and Astronomy.

The scientist has published extensively in subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, and Earth-Surface Processes. Their work covers multiple topics central to understanding geological and planetary phenomena.

Main research topics include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques

Sean P.S. Gulick has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Christopher M. Lowery
  • Philippe Claeys
  • Toshiya Kanamatsu
  • Michael B. Underwood
  • Gaku Kimura

Their work is widely disseminated through a range of publication venues, among which the most prominent are:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Marine Geology
  • Geology
  • Nature Communications

Recent notable publications by Sean P.S. Gulick include:

  • "Globally distributed iridium layer preserved within the Chicxulub impact structure," 2021, Science Advances
  • "Probing the hydrothermal system of the Chicxulub impact crater," 2020, Science Advances
  • "A steeply-inclined trajectory for the Chicxulub impact," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Organic matter from the Chicxulub crater exacerbated the K-Pg impact winter," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Microbial life in the nascent Chicxulub crater," 2020, Geology

The research contributions of Sean P.S. Gulick significantly engage with impact cratering processes, planetary geology, and the environmental effects of extraterrestrial impacts. This is reflected in their focus on the Chicxulub impact structure and related planetary science phenomena.

Best Publications

  • The Chicxulub Asteroid Impact and Mass Extinction at the Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary

    Peter Schulte;Laia Alegret;Ignacio Arenillas;José A. Arz

  • Structural and seismic stratigraphic framework of the NanTroSEIZE Stage 1 transect

    G.F. Moore;J.-O. Park;N.L. Bangs;S.P. Gulick

  • The formation of peak rings in large impact craters

    Joanna V. Morgan;Sean P.S. Gulick;Timothy Bralower;Elise Chenot

  • Seabed characterization on the New Jersey middle and outer shelf: correlatability and spatial variability of seafloor sediment properties

    John A. Goff;Barbara J. Kraft;Larry A. Mayer;Steven G. Schock

  • Importance of pre-impact crustal structure for the asymmetry of the Chicxulub impact crater

    Sean P. S. Gulick;Penny J. Barton;Gail L. Christeson;Joanna V. Morgan

  • Crustal structure of the Yakutat terrane and the evolution of subduction and collision in southern Alaska

    Lindsay L. Worthington;Lindsay L. Worthington;Harm J. A. Van Avendonk;Sean P. S. Gulick;Gail L. Christeson

  • The Yakutat terrane: Dramatic change in crustal thickness across the Transition fault, Alaska

    Gail L. Christeson;Sean P.S. Gulick;Harm J.A. van Avendonk;Lindsay L. Worthington

  • Quaternary tectonic response to intensified glacial erosion in an orogenic wedge

    Aaron L. Berger;Sean P. S. Gulick;James A. Spotila;Phaedra Upton

  • Evolution of the Nankai Trough décollement from the trench into the seismogenic zone: Inferences from three-dimensional seismic reflection imaging

    Nathan L. Bangs;Thomas H. Shipley;Sean P.S. Gulick;Gregory F. Moore

  • Seamount subduction erosion in the Nankai Trough and its potential impact on the seismogenic zone

    Nathan L.B. Bangs;Sean P.S. Gulick;Thomas H. Shipley

  • Broad, weak regions of the Nankai Megathrust and implications for shallow coseismic slip

    Nathan L Bangs;G. F. Moore;G. F. Moore;Sean S Gulick;E. M. Pangborn

  • Rapid recovery of life at ground zero of the end-Cretaceous mass extinction

    Christopher M. Lowery;Timothy J. Bralower;Jeremy D. Owens;Francisco J. Rodríguez-Tovar

  • The First Day of the Cenozoic

    Sean P.S. Gulick;Timothy J. Bralower;Jens Ormö;Brendon Hall

  • The 2015 landslide and tsunami in Taan Fiord, Alaska

    Bretwood Higman;Dan H. Shugar;Colin P. Stark;Göran Ekström

  • Dynamic modeling suggests terrace zone asymmetry in the Chicxulub crater is caused by target heterogeneity

    Gareth S. Collins;Joanna Morgan;Penny Barton;Gail L. Christeson

  • Initiation and long-term instability of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet

    Sean P. S. Gulick;Amelia E. Shevenell;Aleksandr Montelli;Rodrigo Fernandez

  • Seismic Facies of Incised-Valley Fills, New Jersey Continental Shelf: Implications for Erosion and Preservation Processes Acting During Latest Pleistocene–Holocene Transgression

    Sylvia Nordfjord;John A Goff;James A Austin;Sean S Gulick

  • Globally distributed iridium layer preserved within the Chicxulub impact structure.

    Steven Goderis;Honami Sato;Honami Sato;Ludovic Ferrière;Birger Schmitz

  • Geophysical Characterization of the Chicxulub Impact Crater

    S.P.S. Gulick;G.L. Christeson;P.J. Barton;R.A.F. Grieve

  • Mid-Pleistocene climate transition drives net mass loss from rapidly uplifting St. Elias Mountains, Alaska

    Sean P. S. Gulick;John M. Jaeger;Alan C. Mix;Hirofumi Asahi

  • Geophysical insights into the Transition fault debate: Propagating strike slip in response to stalling Yakutat block subduction in the Gulf of Alaska

    Sean P.S. Gulick;Lindsay A. Lowe;Terry L. Pavlis;James V. Gardner

  • Contrasting Décollement and Prism Properties over the Sumatra 2004–2005 Earthquake Rupture Boundary

    Simon M. Dean;Lisa C. McNeill;Timothy J. Henstock;Jonathan M. Bull

Frequent Co-Authors

Joanna Morgan
Joanna Morgan Imperial College London
Gail L. Christeson
Gail L. Christeson The University of Texas at Austin
David A. Kring
David A. Kring Lunar and Planetary Institute
Terry L. Pavlis
Terry L. Pavlis The University of Texas at El Paso
Ulrich Riller
Ulrich Riller Universität Hamburg
Timothy J. Bralower
Timothy J. Bralower Pennsylvania State University
John A. Goff
John A. Goff The University of Texas at Austin
Gareth S. Collins
Gareth S. Collins Imperial College London
Alan C. Mix
Alan C. Mix Oregon State University
Marco J. L. Coolen
Marco J. L. Coolen Curtin University

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