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Overview

Timothy Byrne is affiliated with the University of Connecticut in the United States, specializing in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. The scientist's research spans multiple subfields, including Geophysics, Environmental Chemistry, Ocean Engineering, Geology, and Mechanics of Materials.

Their recent publications demonstrate active engagement in geological and tectonic studies, with a focus on methane hydrates, seismic imaging, and reservoir engineering. Notable topics within their body of work include:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies

Frequent publication venues reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their research, with contributions found in:

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

The scientist has coauthored numerous papers with several collaborators, including:

  • Toshiya Kanamatsu
  • Michael B. Underwood
  • Gaku Kimura
  • Jonathan C. Lewis
  • Masataka Kinoshita

Among the recent papers are:

  • A new interpretation of the metamorphic core in the Taiwan orogen: A regional-scale, left-lateral shear zone that accommodated highly oblique plate convergence in the Plio-Pleistocene (2022), published in Tectonophysics
  • Out of sequence faulting in the backbone range, Taiwan: Implications for thickening and exhumation processes (2022), published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Rapid topographic growth of the Taiwan orogen since ~1.3-1.5 Ma (2023), published in Science Advances
  • The Chimei Submarine Canyon and Fan: A Record of Taiwan Arc-Continent Collision on the Rapidly Deforming Overriding Plate (2020), published in Tectonics
  • Pre-hospital ECPR in an Australian metropolitan setting: a single-arm feasibility assessment-The CPR, pre-hospital ECPR and early reperfusion (CHEER3) study (2023), published in Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Best Publications

  • Structural evolution of underthrusted sediments, Kodiak Islands, Alaska

    Donald Fisher;Tim Byrne

  • Paleogene evolution of the Kodiak Islands, Alaska: Consequences of ridge‐trench interaction in a more southerly latitude

    J. Casey Moore;Tim Byrne;Peter W. Plumley;Mary Reid

  • Thickening of fault zones: A mechanism of melange formation in accreting sediments

    J. Casey Moore;Tim Byrne

  • Sediment deformation and hydrogeology of the Nankai Trough accretionary prism: Synthesis of shipboard results of ODP Leg 131

    A. Taira;I. Hill;J. Firth;U. Berner

  • Evidence for a weak and overpressured décollement beneath sediment‐dominated accretionary prisms

    Tim Byrne;Don Fisher

  • Early deformation in melange terranes of the Ghost Rocks Formation, Kodiak Islands, Alaska

    Tim Byrne

  • Late Paleocene demise of the Kula-Pacific spreading center

    Tim Byrne

  • The deep crustal structure of the Mojave Desert, California, from Cocorp seismic reflection data

    M. J. Cheadle;B. L. Czuchra;T. Byrne;C. J. Ando

  • The character and distribution of mineralized fractures in the Kodiak Formation, Alaska: Implications for fluid flow in an underthrust sequence

    Donald Fisher;Tim Byrne

  • Paleomagnetism of the Paleocene Ghost Rocks Formation, Prince William Terrane, Alaska

    Peter W. Plumley;Robert S. Coe;Tim Byrne

  • Arc–Continent Collision: The Making of an Orogen

    Dennis Brown;P.D. Ryan;Juan Carlos Afonso;D. Boutelier

  • The arc-continent collision in taiwan

    T. Byrne;Y. C. Chan;Ruey-Juin Rau;C. Y. Lu

  • Present-day principal horizontal stress orientations in the Kumano forearc basin of the southwest Japan subduction zone determined from IODP NanTroSEIZE drilling Site C0009

    Weiren Lin;Mai-Linh Doan;J Casey Moore;Lisa McNeill

  • Anelastic strain recovery reveals extension across SW Japan subduction zone

    Timothy B. Byrne;Weiren Lin;Akito Tsutsumi;Yuhji Yamamoto

  • Pleistocene onset of rapid, punctuated exhumation in the eastern Central Range of the Taiwan orogenic belt

    Wei Hao Hsu;Timothy B. Byrne;William Ouimet;Yuan Hsi Lee

  • How fast is the denudation of the Taiwan mountain belt? Perspectives from in situ cosmogenic 10Be

    Florence Derrieux;Lionel L. Siame;Lionel L. Siame;Lionel L. Siame;Didier L. Bourlès;Rou-Fei Chen;Rou-Fei Chen

  • Deformation paths in the shallow levels of an accretionary prism: The Eocene Shimanto belt of southwest Japan

    Lee Ditullio;Tim Byrne

  • Landward vergence in accretionary prisms: The role of the backstop and thermal history

    Tim Byrne;Jim Hibbard

  • Kinematic analysis of the Taiwan Slate Belt

    Kennen S. Tillman;Timothy B. Byrne

  • Simultaneous mountain building in the Taiwan orogenic belt

    Yuan Hsi Lee;Tim Byrne;Wei Hau Wang;Wei Lo

  • Adsorptive removal of sulfate from acid mine drainage by polypyrrole modified activated carbons: Effects of polypyrrole deposition protocols and activated carbon source.

    Siqi Hong;Siqi Hong;Fred S. Cannon;Pin Hou;Tim Byrne

  • Deformation at the toe of an active accretionary prism: synopsis of results from ODP Leg 131, Nankai, SW Japan

    A.J Maltman;T Byrne;D.E Karig;S Lallemant

  • Strain variations in an ancient accretionary complex: Implications for forearc evolution

    Donald M. Fisher;Tim Byrne

  • Eocene underplating along the Kodiak Shelf, Alaska: Implications and regional correlations

    Tim Byrne

Frequent Co-Authors

Demian M. Saffer
Demian M. Saffer The University of Texas at Austin
Weiren Lin
Weiren Lin Kyoto University
Asahiko Taira
Asahiko Taira Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Peter B. Flemings
Peter B. Flemings The University of Texas at Austin
Takatoshi Ito
Takatoshi Ito Columbia University
Michael B. Underwood
Michael B. Underwood New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Juichiro Ashi
Juichiro Ashi University of Tokyo
Donald M. Fisher
Donald M. Fisher Pennsylvania State University
Gaku Kimura
Gaku Kimura Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Masataka Kinoshita
Masataka Kinoshita University of Tokyo

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