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Tim P. Dooley is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the domain of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on geophysics, Earth-surface processes, atmospheric science, mechanics of materials, and environmental chemistry.

Their scholarly output includes significant work in several subfields, frequently addressing geological formations and processes, earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geophysical studies worldwide, geology and paleoclimatology research, seismic imaging and inversion techniques, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, and geological and geochemical analysis.

Tim P. Dooley has authored and contributed to multiple papers. Notable recent publications include:

  • "What model material to use? A Review on rock analogs for structural geology and tectonics," 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Extension and inversion of salt-bearing rift systems," 2020, Solid Earth
  • "The Role of Salt Tectonics in the Energy Transition: An Overview and Future Challenges," 2023, Tektonika
  • "Deformation styles related to intraplate strike-slip fault systems of the Saharan-Tunisian Southern Atlas (North Africa): New kinematic models," 2020, Journal of Structural Geology
  • "An alternative model for the role of salt depositional configuration and preexisting salt structures in the evolution of the Southern Pyrenees, Spain," 2021, Journal of Structural Geology

Their frequent co-authors include Michael R. Hudec, Gillian Apps, Juan I. Soto, Jacqueline E. Reber, and Oliver B. Duffy. This highlights collaboration across studies related to structural geology and tectonics.

Tim P. Dooley's work has been published across a selection of journals, with repeated contributions to the Journal of Structural Geology, Interpretation, Tektonika, Earth-Science Reviews, and Solid Earth.

Best Publications

  • Analogue modelling of intraplate strike-slip tectonics: A review and new experimental results

    Tim P. Dooley;Guido Schreurs

  • Analog Modeling of Pull-Apart Basins

    Tim Dooley;Ken McClay

  • 4D analogue modelling of transtensional pull-apart basins

    Jonathan E. Wu;Ken McClay;Paul Whitehouse;Tim P Dooley

  • 4-D evolution of rift systems: Insights from scaled physical models

    K. R. McClay;T. Dooley;P. Whitehouse;M. Mills

  • 3D evolution of fold and thrust belts formed by oblique convergence

    K. R. McClay;P. S. Whitehouse;Tim P Dooley;M. Richards

  • Analogue models of pull-apart basins

    Ken McClay;Tim Dooley

  • Deep-water polygonal fault systems as terrestrial analogs for large-scale Martian polygonal terrains

    Lorena Moscardelli;Tim Dooley;Dallas Dunlap;Martin Jackson

  • Inflation and deflation of deeply buried salt stocks during lateral shortening

    Tim P. Dooley;Martin P.A. Jackson;Michael R. Hudec

  • Quantifying the origin and geometry of circular sag structures in northern Fort Worth Basin, Texas: Paleocave collapse, pull-apart fault systems, or hydrothermal alteration?

    Angela McDonnell;Robert G Loucks;Tim P Dooley

  • The salt mine : a digital atlas of salt tectonics

    Michael R. Hudec;Martin P. A. Jackson;Nancy Cottington;Bruno C. Vendeville

  • Strain partitioning in gravity-driven shortening of a thick, multilayered evaporite sequence

    Joe Cartwright;Martin Jackson;Tim Dooley;Simon Higgins

  • Analog modeling of progradational delta systems

    K. R. McClay;Tim P Dooley;G. Lewis

  • Tectonic Evolution of the Sanga Sanga Block, Mahakam Delta, Kalimantan, Indonesia

    Ken McClay;Tim P Dooley;Angus Ferguson;Josep Poblet

  • Structural evolution of salt-influenced fold-and-thrust belts: A synthesis and new insights from basins containing isolated salt diapirs

    Oliver B. Duffy;Tim P. Dooley;Michael R. Hudec;Martin P. A. Jackson

  • Salt tectonics above complex basement extensional fault systems: results from analogue modelling

    Tim P Dooley;Tim P Dooley;K. R. Mcclay;M. Hempton;D. Smit

  • What model material to use? A Review on rock analogs for structural geology and tectonics

    Jacqueline E. Reber;Michele L. Cooke;Tim P. Dooley

  • Initiation and growth of salt-based thrust belts on passive margins: results from physical models

    Tim P. Dooley;Martin P. A. Jackson;Michael R. Hudec

  • 3D analogue models of variable displacement extensional faults: applications to the Revfallet Fault system, offshore mid-Norway

    Tim P Dooley;K. R. McClay;R. Pascoe

  • 4D evolution of segmented strike-slip fault systems: applications to NW Europe

    T. Dooley;K. McCLAY;M. Bonora

  • Coeval extension and shortening above and below salt canopies on an uplifted, continental margin: Application to the northern Gulf of Mexico

    Tim P. Dooley;Martin P. A. Jackson;Michael R. Hudec

  • The effects of base-salt relief on salt flow and suprasalt deformation patterns — Part 1: Flow across simple steps in the base of salt

    Tim P. Dooley;Michael R. Hudec;Dan Carruthers;Martin P. A. Jackson

  • Enigmatic structures within salt walls of the Santos Basin—Part 2: Mechanical explanation from physical modelling

    Tim P. Dooley;Martin P.A. Jackson;Christopher A.-L. Jackson;Michael R. Hudec

  • Breakout of squeezed stocks: dispersal of roof fragments, source of extrusive salt and interaction with regional thrust faults

    Tim P Dooley;Martin P Jackson;Michael R Hudec

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin P. A. Jackson
Martin P. A. Jackson The University of Texas at Austin
Michael R. Hudec
Michael R. Hudec The University of Texas at Austin
Ken McClay
Ken McClay Royal Holloway University of London
Christopher A.-L. Jackson
Christopher A.-L. Jackson Imperial College London
Ruud Weijermars
Ruud Weijermars King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Giacomo Corti
Giacomo Corti National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Alan R. Gillespie
Alan R. Gillespie University of Washington
John B. Adams
John B. Adams University of Washington
Richard Gloaguen
Richard Gloaguen Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
David R. Montgomery
David R. Montgomery University of Washington

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