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Sorena S. Sorensen is affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution in the United States. Their research spans multiple subfields including geophysics, artificial intelligence, and biomaterials. The scientist's work primarily focuses on geological and geochemical analysis, geochemistry and geologic mapping, and the study of clay minerals and soil interactions.

Their recent publications demonstrate engagement with diverse scientific topics. Notable papers include:

  • Issue Information, published in 2023 in Allergy
  • Serpentinites of the Guatemala Suture Zone: Varieties, Origin, and Compositional Modification, published in 2025 in American Journal of Science

Sorensen has frequently collaborated with several coauthors, contributing to interdisciplinary research efforts. These collaborators include:

  • Carina Venter
  • R.W. Frei
  • Giulia Carla Immacolata Spolidoro
  • Yohannes Tesfaye Amera
  • Mohd Shaiful Aziz Rashid Ali

The scientist's work has been published in recognized venues such as Allergy and the American Journal of Science. Both journals indicate an involvement with research that crosses between materials science, earth sciences, and health-related studies.

Sorensen's topics of work cover:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Clay minerals and soil interactions

In terms of subfields, their research intersects with:

  • Geophysics
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Biomaterials

Best Publications

  • Allanite and Other REE-Rich Epidote-Group Minerals

    Reto Gieré;Sorena S. Sorensen

  • Jade (Nephrite and Jadeitite) and Serpentinite: Metasomatic Connections

    G. E. Harlow;S. S. Sorensen

  • Very-low-temperature record of the subduction process: A review of worldwide lawsonite eclogites

    Tatsuki Tsujimori;Virginia B. Sisson;Juhn G. Liou;George E. Harlow

  • Enrichment of trace elements in garnet amphibolites from a paleo-subduction zone: Catalina Schist, southern California

    Sorena S. Sorensen;J.N. Grossman

  • Phengite-hosted LILE Enrichment in Eclogite and Related Rocks: Implications for Fluid-Mediated Mass Transfer in Subduction Zones and Arc Magma Genesis

    Sorena S. Sorensen;Jeffrey N. Grossman;Michael R. Perfit

  • Metasomatism and partial melting in a subduction complex Catalina Schist, southern California

    Sorena S. Sorensen;Mark D. Barton

  • Two high-pressure–low-temperature serpentinite-matrix mélange belts, Motagua fault zone, Guatemala: A record of Aptian and Maastrichtian collisions

    George E. Harlow;Sidney R. Hemming;Hans G. Avé Lallemant;Virginia B. Sisson

  • Petrology of amphibolite-facies mafic and ultramafic rocks from the Catalina Schist, southern California: metasomatism and migmatization in a subduction zone metamorphic setting

    S.S. Sorensen

  • Lithium isotopes as a tracer of fluids in a subduction zone mélange: Franciscan Complex, CA

    Sarah C. Penniston-Dorland;Sorena S. Sorensen;Richard D. Ash;Supriya V. Khadke

  • Th-Pb ion-microprobe dating of allanite

    Elizabeth Jacqueline Catlos;Sorena S. Sorensen;T. Mark Harrison

  • Jadeitites and Plate Tectonics

    George E. Harlow;Tatsuki Tsujimori;Sorena S. Sorensen

  • The origin of jadeitite-forming subduction-zone fluids: CL-guided SIMS oxygen-isotope and trace-element evidence

    Sorena Sorensen;George E. Harlow;Douglas Rumble

  • Primary fluids in low-temperature eclogites: evidence from two subduction complexes (Dominican Republic, and California, USA)

    M. J. Giaramita;S. S. Sorensen

  • Lithium and its isotopes as tracers of subduction zone fluids and metasomatic processes: Evidence from the Catalina Schist, California, USA

    Sarah C. Penniston-Dorland;Gray E. Bebout;Philip A.E. Pogge von Strandmann;Tim Elliott

  • Petrologic characterization of Guatemalan lawsonite eclogite: Eclogitization of subducted oceanic crust in a cold subduction zone

    Tatsuki Tsujimori;Virginia B. Sisson;Juhn G. Liou;George E. Harlow

  • Lithium isotopes in Guatemalan and Franciscan HP–LT rocks: Insights into the role of sediment-derived fluids during subduction

    Kyla K. Simons;George E. Harlow;Hannes K. Brueckner;Hannes K. Brueckner;Steven L. Goldstein

  • Metamorphic reworking of a high pressure–low temperature mélange along the Motagua fault, Guatemala: A record of Neocomian and Maastrichtian transpressional tectonics

    Hannes K. Brueckner;Hannes K. Brueckner;Hannes K. Brueckner;Hans G. Avé Lallemant;Virginia B. Sisson;George E. Harlow

  • Convergent margin terranes and associated regions : a tribute to W.G. Ernst

    Mark Cloos;W. D. Carlson;M. C. Gilbert;J. G. Liou

  • Accessory minerals and subduction zone metasomatism: a geochemical comparison of two mélanges (Washington and California, U.S.A.)

    Sorena S. Sorensen;Jeffrey N. Grossman

  • Jadeitite from Guatemala: new observations and distinctions among multiple occurrences

    G.E. Harlow;V.B. Sisson;S.S. Sorensen

  • Petrologic and geochemical comparison of the blueschist and greenschist units of the Catalina Schist terrane, southern California

    Sorena Svea Sorensen

Frequent Co-Authors

George E. Harlow
George E. Harlow American Museum of Natural History
Jeffrey N. Grossman
Jeffrey N. Grossman United States Geological Survey
Tatsuki Tsujimori
Tatsuki Tsujimori Tohoku University
Mark D. Barton
Mark D. Barton University of Arizona
Juhn G. Liou
Juhn G. Liou Stanford University
Hannes K. Brueckner
Hannes K. Brueckner Columbia University
Richard S. Fiske
Richard S. Fiske Smithsonian Institution
Steven L. Goldstein
Steven L. Goldstein Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Tim Elliott
Tim Elliott University of Bristol
Reto Gieré
Reto Gieré University of Pennsylvania

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