Yale University - Department of Geology and Geophysics













Stuart Thomson
Associate Research Scientist

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Office: KGL306
Phone: (203) 436-4050
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Research Interests:
Low temperature thermochronology. Investigating problems in regional tectonics, structural geology and tectonic geomorphology. Understanding interactions between tectonics, climate and erosion. Examining the sedimentary record of orogeny.

Selected Publication(s):
Reiners, P.W., Thomson, S.N., McPhillips, D., Donelick, R.A. & Roering, J.J. (2007). Wildfire thermochronology and the fate and transport of apatite in soil, colluvium, and fluvial environments. Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface, 112, doi:10.1029/2007JF000759.


Thomson, S.N., Ring U. (2006). Thermochronologic evaluation of post-collision extension in the Anatolide Orogen, western Turkey. Tectonics, 25, TC3005, doi: 10.1029/2005TC001833.


Adriasola, A., Thomson, S.N., Brix, M.R. & Stockhert, B. (2006). Postmagmatic Cooling and Late Cenozoic Denudation of the North Patagonian Batholith in the Los Lagos Region of Chile, 41-42S. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 95, p. 504-528, doi: 10.1007/s00531-005-0027-9.



Thomson, S.N. (2002). Late Cenozoic geomorphic and tectonic evolution of the Patagonian Andes between latitudes 42S and 46S: an appraisal based on fission-track results from the transpressional intra-arc Liquiñe-Ofqui fault zone. Geological Society of America, Bulletin, 114, p. 1159-1173


Thomson, S.N., Herv%C3%A9, F. & Stockhert, B. (2001). The Mesozoic-Cenozoic denudation history of the southern Chilean Andes and its correlation to different subduction processes. Tectonics, 20 (No. 5), p. 693-711.