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Stuart N. Thomson publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stuart N. Thomson sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 185 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Stuart N. Thomson D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stuart N. Thomson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Stuart N. Thomson is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States, focusing on Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans several domains within this broad field, with a particular emphasis on geophysics, atmospheric science, artificial intelligence, geology, and ecology as subfields of study.

The primary topics of their scientific work include geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, geology and paleoclimatology research, geochemistry and geologic mapping, high-pressure geophysics and materials, geological studies and exploration, and cryospheric studies and observations.

Thomson has published extensively, with 93 publications related to Earth and Planetary Sciences. Major venues for their work include:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Tectonophysics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Tectonics
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Thomson demonstrate involvement in tectonic and erosion processes, plate dynamics, and exhumation studies. Notable publications include:

  • "Regional Exhumation and Tectonic History of the Shanxi Rift and Taihangshan, North China" (2021, Tectonics)
  • "Rapid erosion of the central Transantarctic Mountains at the Eocene-Oligocene transition: Evidence from skewed (U-Th)/He date distributions near Beardmore Glacier" (2021, Earth and Planetary Science Letters)
  • "Breaking plates: Creation of the East Anatolian fault, the Anatolian plate, and a tectonic escape system" (2023, Geology)
  • "Episodic Long-Term Exhumation of the Tianshan Orogenic Belt: New Insights From Multiple Low-Temperature Thermochronometers" (2023, Tectonics)
  • "Late Miocene Exhumation of the Western Cordillera, Ecuador, Driven by Increased Coupling Between the Subducting Carnegie Ridge and the South American Continent" (2022, Tectonics)

Thomson frequently collaborates with a group of researchers, including Kathy Licht, Sidney R. Hemming, Jiyuan Yin, James Marschalek, and Wenjiao Xiao. These co-authors have contributed to multiple publications together, indicating ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Routine low‐damage apatite U‐Pb dating using laser ablation–multicollector–ICPMS

    Stuart N. Thomson;George E. Gehrels;Joaquin Ruiz;Robert Buchwaldt

  • The Hellenic Subduction System: High-Pressure Metamorphism, Exhumation, Normal Faulting, and Large-Scale Extension

    Uwe Ring;Johannes Glodny;Thomas Will;Stuart Thomson

  • Glaciation as a destructive and constructive control on mountain building

    Stuart N. Thomson;Stuart N. Thomson;Mark T. Brandon;Jonathan H. Tomkin;Peter W. Reiners

  • Late Cenozoic geomorphic and tectonic evolution of the Patagonian Andes between latitudes 42°S and 46°S: An appraisal based on fission-track results from the transpressional intra-arc Liquiñe-Ofqui fault zone

    Stuart N. Thomson

  • Thermochronology of the high-pressure metamorphic rocks of Crete, Greece: Implications for the speed of tectonic processes

    Stuart N. Thomson;Bernhard Stöckhert;Manfred R. Brix

  • Mesozoic-Cenozoic denudation history of the Patagonian Andes (southern Chile) and its correlation to different subduction processes

    Stuart N. Thomson;Francisco Hervé;Bernhard Stöckhert

  • What caused the denudation of the Menderes Massif: Review of crustal evolution, lithosphere structure, and dynamic topography in southwest Turkey

    Klaus Gessner;Luis A. Gallardo;Vanessa Markwitz;Uwe Ring

  • Early exhumation of high‐pressure rocks in extrusion wedges: Cycladic blueschist unit in the eastern Aegean, Greece, and Turkey

    Uwe Ring;Thomas Will;Johannes Glodny;Christine Kumerics

  • Time markers for the evolution and exhumation history of a Late Palaeozoic paired metamorphic belt in North-Central Chile (34°-35°30′S)

    Arne P. Willner;Stuart N. Thomson;Stuart N. Thomson;Alfred Kröner;Jo Anne Wartho

  • Thermochronologic evaluation of postcollision extension in the Anatolide orogen, western Turkey

    Stuart N. Thomson;Uwe Ring

  • Fission track analysis of the crystalline basement rocks of the calabrian arc, southern italy: evidence of oligo-miocene late-orogenic extension and erosion

    Stuart N. Thomson

  • The geodynamics of collision of a microplate (Chilenia) in Devonian times deduced by the pressure–temperature–time evolution within part of a collisional belt (Guarguaraz Complex, W-Argentina)

    Arne P. Willner;Arne P. Willner;Axel Gerdes;Hans-Joachim Massonne;Alexander Schmidt

  • Continental underthrusting and obduction during the Cretaceous closure of the Rocas Verdes rift basin, Cordillera Darwin, Patagonian Andes

    Keith Klepeis;Paul Betka;Paul Betka;Geoffrey Clarke;Mark Fanning

  • Thermobarometric data from a fossil zircon partial annealing zone in high pressure–low temperature rocks of eastern and central Crete, Greece

    Manfred R. Brix;Bernhard Stöckhert;Eberhard Seidel;Thomas Theye

  • Miocene high-pressure metamorphic rocks of Crete, Greece: rapid exhumation by buoyant escape

    Stuart N. Thomson;Bernhard Stöckhert;Manfred R. Brix

  • Postmagmatic cooling and late Cenozoic denudation of the North Patagonian Batholith in the Los Lagos region of Chile, 41°−42°15′S

    A. C. Adriasola;S. N. Thomson;M. R. Brix;F. Hervé

  • New time constraints for the age of metamorphism at the ancestral Pacific Gondwana margin of southern Chile (42-52°S)

    Stuart N. Thomson;Francisco Hervé

  • An Oligocene extrusion wedge of blueschist-facies nappes on Evia, Aegean Sea, Greece: implications for the early exhumation of high-pressure rocks

    Uwe Ring;Johannes Glodny;Thomas Will;Stuart Thomson

  • Late Eocene Uplift of the Al Hajar Mountains, Oman, Supported by Stratigraphy and Low-Temperature Thermochronology

    Reuben J. Hansman;Uwe Ring;Stuart N. Thomson;Bas den Brok

  • Fast extension but little exhumation: the Vari detachment in the Cyclades, Greece

    Uwe Ring;Stuart N. Thomson;Michael Bröcker

  • Thermochronologic evidence for orogen-parallel variability in wedge kinematics during extending convergent orogenesis of the northern Apennines, Italy

    Stuart N. Thomson;Mark T. Brandon;Peter W. Reiners;Massimiliano Zattin

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter W. Reiners
Peter W. Reiners University of Arizona
Uwe Ring
Uwe Ring Stockholm University
Sidney R. Hemming
Sidney R. Hemming Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
George E. Gehrels
George E. Gehrels University of Arizona
Arne P. Willner
Arne P. Willner Ruhr University Bochum
Massimiliano Zattin
Massimiliano Zattin University of Padua
Johannes Glodny
Johannes Glodny University of Potsdam
Francisco Hervé
Francisco Hervé Andrés Bello University
Leonardo Seeber
Leonardo Seeber Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Donna L. Whitney
Donna L. Whitney University of Minnesota

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