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  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Timothy F. Lawton is a researcher affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their work is predominantly situated within the Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence applications in geoscience, Paleontology, Earth-Surface Processes, and Atmospheric Science. Over their career, they have contributed extensively to topics including Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological formations and processes, and earthquake and tectonic studies.

Lawton has published research in several notable academic outlets. Frequent publication venues include: Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Geosphere, Basin Research, Geological Society of America Bulletin, and Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology.

They have authored papers such as:

  • Late Paleozoic (Late Mississippian-Middle Permian) sediment provenance and dispersal in western equatorial Pangea, 2021, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Transition from Late Jurassic rifting to middle Cretaceous dynamic foreland, southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, 2020, Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Orogen proximal sedimentation in the Permian foreland basin, 2020, Geosphere
  • Reconstructing source-to-sink systems from detrital zircon core and rim ages, 2022, Geology
  • Tectonic controls on the evolution of mixed carbonate-siliciclastic systems: Insights from the late Palaeozoic Ouachita-Marathon Foreland, United States, 2021, Basin Research

Lawton's collaborations include frequent co-authors such as Daniel F. Stöckli, María Isabel Sierra-Rojas, Edgar Juárez-Arriaga, Luigi Solari, and Katherine A. Giles.

In addition to journal articles, Lawton has contributed to book publications, including a work published by Springer International Publishing titled La Popa Basin, Nuevo León and Coahuila, Mexico in 2021.

The researcher has been recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America. Their research intersects multiple subfields and disciplines, demonstrating a broad approach to studying geological processes, tectonic evolution, sediment provenance, and paleoclimatic conditions.

Best Publications

  • Carboniferous to Cretaceous assembly and fragmentation of Mexico

    William R. Dickinson;Timothy F. Lawton

  • Patterns and Timing of Synorogenic Sedimentation in Upper Cretaceous Rocks of Central and Northeast Utah

    T. D. Fouch;T. F. Lawton;D. J. Nichols;W. B. Cashion

  • Time of initial thrusting in the Sevier orogenic belt, Idaho-Wyoming and Utah

    P. L. Heller;S. S. Bowdler;H. P. Chambers;J. C. Coogan

  • Near-salt deformation in La Popa basin, Mexico, and the northern Gulf of Mexico: A general model for passive diapirism

    Mark G. Rowan;Timothy F. Lawton;Katherine A. Giles;Robert A. Ratliff

  • The Cretaceous-Paleogene Mexican orogen: Structure, basin development, magmatism and tectonics

    Elisa Fitz-Díaz;Timothy F. Lawton;Edgar Juárez-Arriaga;Gabriel Chávez-Cabello

  • Halokinetic sequence stratigraphy adjacent to the El Papalote diapir, northeastern Mexico

    Katherine A. Giles;Timothy F. Lawton

  • Thrust timing, growth of structural culminations, and synorogenic sedimentation in the type Sevier orogenic belt, western United States

    Peter G. DeCelles;Timothy F. Lawton;Gautam Mitra

  • Estimation of source area, river paleo-discharge, paleoslope, and sediment budgets of linked deep-time depositional systems and implications for hydrocarbon potential

    Janok P. Bhattacharya;Peter Copeland;Timothy F. Lawton;John Holbrook

  • Tectonic Setting of Mesozoic Sedimentary Basins, Rocky Mountain Region, United States

    Timothy F. Lawton

  • Location, location, location: The variable lifespan of the Laramide orogeny

    Peter Copeland;Claire A. Currie;Timothy F. Lawton;Michael A. Murphy

  • Sequential intercontinental suturing as the ultimate control for Pennsylvanian Ancestral Rocky Mountains deformation

    William R. Dickinson;Timothy F. Lawton

  • Arc abandonment as a cause for passive continental rifting: Comparison of the Jurassic Mexican Borderland rift and the Cenozoic Rio Grande rift

    Timothy F. Lawton;Nancy J. McMillan

  • Tectonic setting and sandstone petrofacies of the Bisbee basin(USA–Mexico)

    William R Dickinson;Timothy F Lawton

  • Sandstone Detrital Modes, Central Utah Foreland Region: Stratigraphic Record of Cretaceous-Paleogene Tectonic Evolution

    William R. Dickinson;Timothy F. Lawton;Kerry F. Inman

  • Provenance of Upper Cretaceous–Paleogene sandstones in the foreland basin system of the Sierra Madre Oriental, northeastern Mexico, and its bearing on fluvial dispersal systems of the Mexican Laramide Province

    Timothy F. Lawton;Ira A. Bradford;Francisco J. Vega;George E. Gehrels

  • Recycling detrital zircons: A case study from the Cretaceous Bisbee Group of southern Arizona

    William R. Dickinson;Timothy F. Lawton;George E. Gehrels

  • Style and Timing of Frontal Structures, Thrust Belt, Central Utah

    Timothy F. Lawton

  • Integrating Sandstone Petrology and Nonmarine Sequence Stratigraphy: Application to the Late Cretaceous Fluvial Systems of Southwestern Utah, U.S.A.

    Timothy F. Lawton;S. L. Pollock;R. A. J. Robinson

  • Stratigraphy and origin of the La Popa Basin, Nuevo León and Coahuila, Mexico

    Timothy F. Lawton;Katherine A. Giles;Francisco J. Vega;Carmen Rosales-Domínguez

  • Influence of inherited taper on structural variability and conglomerate distribution, Cordilleran fold and thrust belt, western United States

    Timothy F. Lawton;Steven E. Boyer;James G. Schmitt

  • Mesozoic sedimentary and tectonic history of north-central Mexico

    Claudio Bartolini;James Lee Wilson;Timothy Frost Lawton

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark G. Rowan
Mark G. Rowan University of Colorado Boulder
William R. Dickinson
William R. Dickinson University of Arizona
George E. Gehrels
George E. Gehrels University of Arizona
Luigi Augusto Solari
Luigi Augusto Solari National Autonomous University of Mexico
Peter Copeland
Peter Copeland University of Houston
Daniel F. Stockli
Daniel F. Stockli The University of Texas at Austin
Gautam Mitra
Gautam Mitra University of Rochester
Spencer G. Lucas
Spencer G. Lucas New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
Peter G. DeCelles
Peter G. DeCelles University of Arizona
Douglas W. Burbank
Douglas W. Burbank University of California, Santa Barbara

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