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  1. ID-TIMS U-Pb Zircon Ages and Petrogenesis of Granitoid Magmas in Central Madagascar: Geodynamic Perspectives

    Article • Geosciences, November 2025, MDPI AG

    Prof Tim Kusky

  2. Late Cenozoic river reorganization related to tectonic extrusion formed the modern drainage system in southeastern Tibet

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, September 2025, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Kai Cao, Prof Tim Kusky

  3. InSAR-Informed 3D Glacier Dynamics and Multi-Phase Simulation for Quantifying Cascading GLOF Risks in the Southeastern Tibetan Plateau

    Article • August 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  4. Subduction transference drove the Mesozoic convergence of microcontinents from Gondwana to Asia

    Article • Communications Earth & Environment, June 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  5. How Do Passive Margins Convert to Active Margins?

    Article • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, May 2025, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Prof Tim Kusky

  6. How do passive margins convert to active margins?

    Article • April 2025, Wiley

    Prof Tim Kusky

  7. Earth's Deep‐Time Geodynamic Evolution Recorded by Hafnium Isotope Perturbations

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, April 2025, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Prof Tim Kusky

  8. High-Resolution (Centimeter-Scale) Drone Mapping of Surface Ruptures from the February 6, 2023 Earthquake Sequence in Eastern Türkiye

    Article • March 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Prof Tim Kusky

  9. Mantle metasomatism facilitates the formation of continental crust and metal enrichment

    Article • March 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Prof Tim Kusky

  10. North China Archean dome-and-basin structures; arc plutons, superimposed folds, or sagduction?

    Article • March 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Prof Tim Kusky

  11. The Mesoarchean Mulgandinnah shear zone, Pilbara Craton: the world’s oldest arc-slicing transform fault

    Article • March 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Prof Tim Kusky

  12. The coexistence of Neoarchean SSZ and MOR ophiolitic mélanges in the North China Craton: dynamics of an Archean paleo-subduction zone

    Article • March 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Prof Tim Kusky

  13. The February 8, 2025, Swan Islands (Caribbean Sea) Earthquake: Lessons for Geohazards on Transform Plate and Micro-Plate Boundaries

    Article • Journal of Earth Science, February 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  14. Disturbed metamorphic gradient indicates major plate tectonic thrust faulting 2.5 billion years ago.

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, February 2025, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  15. Neoarchean orogenic belt evolution in the northeast North China Craton: Implications for the reconstruction of early Earth’s microplates

    Article • Precambrian Research, February 2025, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  16. Perspectives on the M7.1 2025 Southern Tibetan Plateau (Xizang) Earthquake

    Article • Journal of Earth Science, January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  17. On the use of displaced river terraces to characterize active tectonics of the Zagros orogenic belt, SW Iran

    Article • Results in Earth Sciences, December 2024, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  18. Lower mantle minerals in Oman ophiolitic chromitite trace its deep origin

    Article • November 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  19. Cenozoic intracontinental tectonics of Mongolia and its climate effects: A synthesized review

    Article • Earth-Science Reviews, November 2024, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  20. Early terrestrial and lunar anorthosites: Comparative geochemistry and evolutionary processes

    Article • Geoscience Frontiers, November 2024, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  21. Crustal melting and continent uplift by mafic underplating at convergent boundaries

    Article • Nature Communications, October 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  22. Growth of the Central Orogenic Belt, North China Craton through accretion of different Neoarchean arc terranes: Perspective from the Linshan complex

    Article • Precambrian Research, September 2024, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  23. Is the Mesoarchean Mulgandinnah shear zone, Pilbara Craton, the world's oldest arc-slicing transform fault?

    Article • Geology, July 2024, Geological Society of America

    Prof Tim Kusky

  24. Partitioning Anatolian Kinematics into Tectonic Escape and Slab Rollback Dominated Domains

    Article • Journal of Earth Science, April 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  25. Fault rupture mapping of the February 6, 2023 earthquake sequence, eastern Türkiye

    Article • March 2024, Copernicus GmbH

    Prof Tim Kusky

  26. Genesis of Archean to Paleoproterozoic banded iron formations in the North China Craton: Geological and paleoenvironmental implications

    Article • Earth-Science Reviews, March 2024, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  27. Geochemistry of Archean anorthosite-bearing layered intrusions

    Article • Earth-Science Reviews, February 2024, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  28. Surface deformations of the 6 February 2023 earthquake sequence, eastern Türkiye

    Article • Science, January 2024, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Prof Tim Kusky

  29. To the transition zone and back: Records from diopside exsolution lamellae in chromite from Archean ophiolitic podiform chromitites

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, January 2024, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  30. Lithospheric thickness records tectonic evolution by controlling metamorphic conditions

    Article • Science Advances, December 2023, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Prof Tim Kusky

  31. Changes in orogenic style and surface environment recorded in Paleoproterozoic foreland successions

    Article • Nature Communications, December 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Tim E Johnson, Prof Tim Kusky

  32. A paradigm shift in Precambrian research driven by big data

    Article • Precambrian Research, December 2023, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  33. Discovery, geological setting and mineralization of the Shuvuutai molybdenum deposit, central-southern Mongolia

    Article • Ore Geology Reviews, November 2023, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  34. Petrogenesis of early Cretaceous granites in Mufushan complex, northeastern Hunan Province: Insights on middle-late Mesozoic tectonic evolution of eastern South China

    Article • Lithos, November 2023, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  35. Slab breakoff diorite porphyries derived from two cratons in a continental subduction zone, Sulu orogen, China

    Article • Geological Society of America Bulletin, October 2023, Geological Society of America

    Prof Tim Kusky

  36. Head-to-tail plume shrinking contributes to the Hawaiian-Emperor Bend and plume zonation

    Article • October 2023, Research Square

    Prof Tim Kusky

  37. Metamorphic constraints on Archean tectonics

    Article • Precambrian Research, October 2023, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  38. Classification and nomenclature of volcanic rocks using immobile elements: A novel approach based on big data analysis

    Article • Lithos, October 2023, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  39. Plate Tectonics: The Stabilizer of Earth’s Habitability

    Article • Journal of Earth Science, September 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  40. Petrogenesis of late Jurassic Mufushan high-Mg diorites and late Mesozoic tectonic evolution of the eastern South China Block

    Article • Gondwana Research, September 2023, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  41. Two Paleoproterozoic tectono‐thermal events in the Central Orogenic belt, North China craton, determined from EPMA Th–U–Pb monazite geochronology of the Zanhuang massif

    Article • Terra Nova, August 2023, Wiley

    Prof Tim Kusky

  42. Sr-Nd-Ca isotopic variations of Cenozoic calc-alkaline and alkaline volcanic rocks above a slab tear in Western Anatolia, Turkey

    Article • Geological Society of America Bulletin, June 2023, Geological Society of America

    Prof Tim Kusky

  43. Hadean tectonics: Insights from machine learning

    Article • Geology, May 2023, Geological Society of America

    Prof Tim Kusky

  44. Evidence for marine sedimentary rocks in Utopia Planitia: Zhurong rover observations

    Article • National Science Review, May 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof Tim Kusky

  45. Structural and thermal evolution of an Archean fold/thrust nappe belt based on quantitative structural profile

    Article • May 2023, Copernicus GmbH

    Prof Tim Kusky

  46. Lithosphere tearing and foundering during continental subduction: Insights from Oligocene−Miocene magmatism in southern Tibet

    Article • Geological Society of America Bulletin, May 2023, Geological Society of America

    Prof Tim Kusky

  47. Neoarchean SSZ and MOR ultra-/high-pressure ophiolitic mélanges of the Eastern Hebei Complex, North China Craton: Dynamics of an Archean paleo-subduction zone

    Article • Earth-Science Reviews, May 2023, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  48. Alpine-style tectonic nappe stacking in an Archean suture zone: Quantitative structural profile places constraints on orogenic architecture

    Article • Gondwana Research, May 2023, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  49. Spatio-temporal analysis of big data sets of detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotope data: Tests of tectonic models for the Precambrian evolution of the North China Craton

    Article • Earth-Science Reviews, April 2023, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  50. Twin Earthquakes Devastate Southeast Türkiye and Syria: First Report from the Epicenters

    Article • Journal of Earth Science, March 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  51. Genesis and source affinities of heterogeneous ultramafic rocks in the North Kongling Complex, Yangtze craton: Architecture of a Paleoproterozoic accretionary orogen

    Article • Geological Society of America Bulletin, March 2023, Geological Society of America

    Prof Tim Kusky

  52. The tempo of back-arc basin evolution: Insights from the early Paleozoic Proto-Tethyan North Qilian orogenic belt, northeastern Tibet

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, February 2023, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  53. A Paradigm Shift: North China Craton's North Margin Orogen Is the Collisional Suture With the Columbia Supercontinent

    Article • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, January 2023, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Prof Tim Kusky

  54. Temporal variations in the incompatible trace element systematics of Archean TTGs: Implications for crustal growth and tectonic processes in the early Earth

    Article • Earth-Science Reviews, January 2023, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  55. North China’s Archean Central Orogenic Belt: An Ophiolitic Mélange-Bearing Witness to Late Archean Oceanic Crust Production and Destruction

    Article • January 2023, European Association of Geochemistry

    Prof Tim Kusky

  56. Passive margins in accreting Archaean archipelagos signal continental stability promoting early atmospheric oxygen rise

    Article • Nature Communications, December 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  57. A paradigm shift: North China Craton's North Margin Orogen is the collisional suture with the Columbia Supercontinent

    Article • December 2022, Wiley

    Prof Tim Kusky

  58. Coexisting divergent and convergent plate boundary assemblages indicate plate tectonics in the Neoarchean

    Article • Nature Communications, October 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Tim E Johnson, Prof Tim Kusky

  59. Comparative orotomy of the Archean Superior and Phanerozoic Altaid orogenic systems

    Article • National Science Review, October 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof Tim Kusky

  60. Has Axial Spin Decline Affected Earth’s Geologic and Tectonic History?

    Article • Journal of Earth Science, October 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  61. Ultrahigh-pressure peridotites record Neoarchean collisional tectonics

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, October 2022, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  62. Accretion of the cratonic mantle lithosphere via massive regional relamination

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, September 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Zhensheng Wang, Prof Tim Kusky

  63. Morphodynamic development of the Terkhiin Tsagaan Lake Depression, Central Mongolia: Implications for the relationships of Faulting, Volcanic Activity, and Lake Depression Formation

    Article • Journal of Mountain Science, September 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  64. Test of P-wave receiver functions for a seismic velocity and gravity model across the Baikal Rift Zone

    Article • Geophysical Journal International, August 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof Tim Kusky

  65. Reply to Zou et al.: Neoarchean eclogite-facies oceanic crust in the North China Craton

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, August 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Prof Tim Kusky

  66. Growth of continental crust in intra-oceanic and continental-margin arc systems: Analogs for Archean systems

    Article • Science China Earth Sciences, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  67. ASTER Analysis for Locating REE-Bearing Granites in Arid Regions: Example from the Arabian Shield

    Article • Journal of Earth Science, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  68. New SIMS zircon U-Pb ages and oxygen isotope data for ophiolite nappes in the Eastern Desert of Egypt: Implications for Gondwana assembly

    Article • Gondwana Research, May 2022, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  69. Advanced land imager superiority in lithological classification utilizing machine learning algorithms

    Article • Arabian Journal of Geosciences, May 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  70. Ophiolites and ocean plate stratigraphy (OPS) preserved across the Central Mongolian Microcontinent: A new mega-archive of data for the tectonic evolution of the Paleo-Asian Ocean

    Article • Gondwana Research, May 2022, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  71. Archean eclogite-facies oceanic crust indicates modern-style plate tectonics

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Prof Tim Kusky

  72. Vestiges of early Earth’s deep subduction and CHONSP cycle recorded in Archean ophiolitic podiform chromitites

    Article • Earth-Science Reviews, April 2022, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  73. Long-lasting viscous drainage of eclogites from the cratonic lithospheric mantle after Archean subduction stacking

    Article • Geology, February 2022, Geological Society of America

    Prof Tim Kusky

  74. Giant sheath-folded nappe stack demonstrates extreme subhorizontal shear strain in an Archean orogen

    Article • Geology, February 2022, Geological Society of America

    Prof Tim Kusky

  75. Déjà vu: Might Future Eruptions of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai Volcano be a Repeat of the Devastating Eruption of Santorini, Greece (1650 BC)?

    Article • Journal of Earth Science, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  76. Supplemental Material: Giant sheath-folded nappe stack demonstrates extreme subhorizontal shear strain in an Archean orogen

    Article • January 2022, Geological Society of America

    Prof Tim Kusky

  77. Supplemental Material: Giant sheath-folded nappe stack demonstrates extreme subhorizontal shear strain in an Archean orogen

    Article • January 2022, Geological Society of America

    Prof Tim Kusky

  78. Boninitic blueschists record subduction initiation and subsequent accretion of an arc–forearc in the northeast Proto-Tethys Ocean

    Article • Geology, January 2022, Geological Society of America

    Dr Tim E Johnson, Prof Tim Kusky

  79. Neoproterozoic metavolcanic suites in the Micangshan terrane and their implications for the tectonic evolution of the NW Yangtze block, South China

    Article • Precambrian Research, January 2022, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  80. Temporal variations in the incompatible trace element systematics of Archean volcanic rocks: Implications for tectonic processes in the early Earth

    Article • Precambrian Research, January 2022, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  81. Density and viscosity changes between depleted and primordial mantle at ∼1000 km depth influence plume upwelling behavior

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, December 2021, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  82. DEEP Neoarchean Subduction Indicated by Ultra‐high Pressure TiO2 (II) Inclusion in Ophiolitic Podiform Chromitite Block in Mélange, Central (Taihang) Orogenic Belt, North China

    Article • Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition, November 2021, Wiley

    Prof Tim Kusky

  83. Alpine-style nappes thrust over ancient North China continental margin demonstrate large Archean horizontal plate motions

    Article • Nature Communications, October 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  84. From subduction initiation to hot subduction: Life of a Neoarchean subduction zone from the Dengfeng Greenstone Belt, North China Craton

    Article • Geological Society of America Bulletin, September 2021, Geological Society of America

    Prof Tim Kusky

  85. Archean dome-and-basin style structures form during growth and death of intraoceanic and continental margin arcs in accretionary orogens

    Article • Earth-Science Reviews, September 2021, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  86. Neoproterozoic tectonics of the Jiangnan orogen: The magmatic record of continental growth by arc and slab-failure magmatism from 1000 to 780 Ma

    Article • Precambrian Research, August 2021, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  87. Ultra-high pressure inclusion in Archean ophiolitic podiform chromitite in mélange block suggests deep subduction on early Earth

    Article • Precambrian Research, August 2021, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  88. Podiform chromitite genesis in an Archean juvenile forearc setting: The 2.55 Ga Zunhua chromitites, North China Craton

    Article • Lithos, August 2021, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  89. Neoarchean to Paleoproterozoic tectonothermal evolution of the North China Craton: Constraints from geological mapping and Th-U-Pb geochronology of zircon, titanite and monazite in Zanhuang Massif

    Article • Precambrian Research, July 2021, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  90. Mesozoic compressional to extensional tectonics in the Central East Iranian Microcontinent: evidence from the Boneh Shurow metamorphic core complex

    Article • Journal of the Geological Society, May 2021, Geological Society

    Prof Tim Kusky

  91. Extreme sulfur isotope fractionation of hydrothermal auriferous pyrites from the SW fringe of the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand: Implications for epithermal gold exploration

    Article • Results in Geochemistry, April 2021, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  92. Depression morphology of Bayan Lake, Zavkhan province, Western Mongolia: implications for the origin of lake depression in Mongolia

    Article • Physical Geography, March 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Tim Kusky

  93. Greece and Turkey Shaken by African tectonic retreat

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  94. Unusual Mw 7.0 Extensional Aegean Earthquake Related to African Slab Rollback and Formation of Extensional Plate Boundary in Anatolia 

    Article • March 2021, Copernicus GmbH

    Prof Tim Kusky

  95. Life cycle of an Archean subduction zone from initiation to arc–polarity reversal: Insights from the Zunhua ophiolitic mélange, North China Craton 

    Article • March 2021, Copernicus GmbH

    Prof Tim Kusky

  96. Onset of plate tectonics by the Eoarchean

    Article • Precambrian Research, January 2021, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  97. Early Mesozoic magmatism and tectonic evolution of the Qinling Orogen: Implications for oblique continental collision

    Article • Gondwana Research, December 2020, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  98. Mantle degassing related to changing redox and thermal conditions during the Precambrian supercontinent cycle

    Article • Precambrian Research, November 2020, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  99. From subduction initiation to arc–polarity reversal: Life cycle of an Archean subduction zone from the Zunhua ophiolitic mélange, North China Craton

    Article • Precambrian Research, November 2020, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  100. Mélanges through time: Life cycle of the world's largest Archean mélange compared with Mesozoic and Paleozoic subduction-accretion-collision mélanges

    Article • Earth-Science Reviews, October 2020, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  101. Neoarchean seafloor hydrothermal metamorphism of basalts in the Zanhuang ophiolitic mélange, North China Craton

    Article • Precambrian Research, September 2020, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  102. Paired metamorphism in the Neoarchean: A record of accretionary-to-collisional orogenesis in the North China Craton

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, August 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Tim E Johnson, Prof Tim Kusky

  103. A Baltic heritage in Scotland: Basement terrane transfer during the Grenvillian orogeny

    Article • Geology, July 2020, Geological Society of America

    Prof Tim Kusky, Dr Tim E Johnson

  104. A Neoarchean arc-backarc pair in the Linshan Massif, southern North China Craton

    Article • Precambrian Research, June 2020, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  105. Crustal structures of the Anatolian Plate from receiver function analysis

    Article • March 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Prof Tim Kusky

  106. Plate tectonics in relation to mantle temperatures and metamorphic properties

    Article • Science China Earth Sciences, March 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  107. 板块构造与地幔温度和变质属性之间的关系

    Article • SCIENTIA SINICA Terrae, March 2020, Science China Press., Co. Ltd.

    Prof Tim Kusky

  108. Structural anatomy of the early Paleozoic Laohushan ophiolite and subduction complex: Implications for accretionary tectonics of the Proto-Tethyan North Qilian orogenic belt, northeastern Tibet

    Article • Geological Society of America Bulletin, March 2020, Geological Society of America

    Prof Tim Kusky

  109. Documentation of the Sirjan Orocline in the southeast Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone, Iran

    Article • Journal of Mountain Science, March 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  110. Accretionary tectonics, deep structures and metallogeny of southern Altaids

    Article • Geological Journal, March 2020, Wiley

    Prof Tim Kusky

  111. The Early Palaeozoic mega‐thrusting of the Gondwana‐derived Altay–Lake zone in western Mongolia: Implications for the development of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt and Paleo‐Asian Ocean evolution

    Article • Geological Journal, February 2020, Wiley

    Prof Tim Kusky

  112. Identification of the Neoarchean Jianping pyroxenite-mélange in the Central Orogenic Belt, North China Craton: A fore-arc accretional assemblage

    Article • Precambrian Research, January 2020, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  113. Age and genesis of the Neoarchean Algoma-type banded iron formations from the Dengfeng greenstone belt, southern North China Craton: Geochronological, geochemical and Sm–Nd isotopic constraints

    Article • Precambrian Research, October 2019, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  114. Petrogenesis and geochronology of Paleoproterozoic magmatic rocks in the Kongling complex: Evidence for a collisional orogenic event in the Yangtze craton

    Article • Lithos, October 2019, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  115. Coulomb stress change pattern and aftershock distributions associated with a blind low-angle megathrust fault, Nepalese Himalaya

    Article • Tectonophysics, September 2019, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  116. Geochemistry of middle-late Mesozoic mafic intrusions in the eastern North China Craton: New insights on lithospheric thinning and decratonization

    Article • Gondwana Research, September 2019, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  117. Rapid cooling history of a Neotethyan ophiolite: Evidence for contemporaneous subduction initiation and metamorphic sole formation

    Article • Geological Society of America Bulletin, May 2019, Geological Society of America

    Prof Tim Kusky

  118. Geology of a Neoarchean suture: Evidence from the Zunhua ophiolitic mélange of the Eastern Hebei Province, North China Craton

    Article • Geological Society of America Bulletin, April 2019, Geological Society of America

    Prof Tim Kusky

  119. No plate tectonic shutdown in the early Paleoproterozoic: Constraints from the ca. 2.4 Ga granitoids in the Quanji Massif, NW China

    Article • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, April 2019, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  120. The importance of a weak mid-lithospheric layer on the evolution of the cratonic lithosphere

    Article • Earth-Science Reviews, March 2019, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  121. Geological Evidence for the Operation of Plate Tectonics throughout the Archean: Records from Archean Paleo-Plate Boundaries

    Article • Journal of Earth Science, December 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  122. Origin and tectonic implications of an Early Paleozoic (460–440 Ma) subduction-accretion shear zone in the northwestern Yunkai Domain, South China

    Article • Lithos, December 2018, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  123. Early Paleozoic collision-related magmatism in the eastern North Qilian orogen, northern Tibet: A linkage between accretionary and collisional orogenesis

    Article • Geological Society of America Bulletin, November 2018, Geological Society of America

    Prof Tim Kusky

  124. Structural relationships and kinematics of the Neoarchean Dengfeng forearc and accretionary complexes, southern North China craton

    Article • Geological Society of America Bulletin, November 2018, Geological Society of America

    Prof Tim Kusky

  125. Zircon and Monazite Ages Constraints on Devonian Magmatism and Granulite-Facies Metamorphism in the Southern Qaidam Block: Implications for Evolution of Proto- and Paleo-Tethys in East Asia

    Article • Journal of Earth Science, October 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  126. Tectonic uplift of marine terraces in Oman

    Article • Quaternary Research, August 2018, Cambridge University Press

    daniel moraetis, Prof Tim Kusky

  127. On the Role of Lower Crust and Midlithosphere Discontinuity for Cratonic Lithosphere Delamination and Recycling

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, May 2018, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Prof Tim Kusky

  128. A Middle Permian Ophiolitic Mélange Belt in the Solonker Suture Zone, Western Inner Mongolia, China: Implications for the Evolution of the Paleo-Asian Ocean

    Article • Tectonics, May 2018, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Prof Tim Kusky, wenxiao zhou, Bo Huang

  129. A ca.2.1 Ga Andean-type margin built on metasomatized lithosphere in the northern Yangtze craton, China: Evidence from high-Mg basalts and andesites

    Article • Precambrian Research, May 2018, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  130. Corrigendum to “Geochemistry and geochronology of mylonitic metasedimentary rocks associated with the Proterozoic Miaowan Ophiolite Complex, Yangtze craton, China: Implications for geodynamic events” [Precambr. Res. 279 (2016) 37–56]

    Article • Precambrian Research, March 2018, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  131. Magmatic record of Neoarchean arc-polarity reversal from the Dengfeng segment of the Central Orogenic Belt, North China Craton

    Article • Precambrian Research, February 2018, Elsevier

    Bo Huang, Prof Tim Kusky

  132. Paleoproterozoic assembly of the North and South Tarim terranes: New insights from deep seismic profiles and Precambrian granite cores

    Article • Precambrian Research, February 2018, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  133. Petrogenesis and Geotectonic Significance of Early-Neoproterzoic Olivine-Gabbro within the Yangtze Craton: Constrains from the Mineral Composition, U-Pb Age and Hf Isotopes of Zircons

    Article • Journal of Earth Science, February 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  134. Sedimentary provenance in response to Carboniferous arc-basin evolution of East Junggar and North Tianshan belts in the southwestern Central Asian Orogenic Belt

    Article • Tectonophysics, January 2018, Elsevier

    Bo Huang, Prof Tim Kusky

  135. Water transportation ability of flat-lying slabs in the mantle transition zone and implications for craton destruction

    Article • Tectonophysics, January 2018, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  136. Comments on “Paleoproterozoic arc-continent collision in the North China Craton: Evidence from the Zanhuang Complex” by Li et al. (2016), Precambrian Research 286: 281–305

    Article • Precambrian Research, January 2018, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  137. New Study Explains How Continents Leave Their Roots Behind

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, September 2017, Wiley

    Prof Tim Kusky

  138. High-Cr chromites from the Late Proterozoic Miaowan Ophiolite Complex, South China: Implications for its tectonic environment of formation

    Article • Lithos, September 2017, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  139. Comments to “Paleoproterozoic meta-carbonates from the Central segment of the Trans-North China Orogen: Zircon U-Pb geochronology, geochemistry, and carbon and oxygen isotopes” by Tang et al., 2016, Precambrian Research 284: 14–29

    Article • Precambrian Research, June 2017, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  140. A Paleoproterozoic ophiolitic mélange, Yangtze craton, South China: Evidence for Paleoproterozoic suturing and microcontinent amalgamation

    Article • Precambrian Research, May 2017, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  141. Tectonic mélange records the Silurian–Devonian subduction-metamorphic process of the southern Dunhuang terrane, southernmost Central Asian Orogenic Belt

    Article • Geology, March 2017, Geological Society of America

    Prof Tim Kusky

  142. On the role of incompetent strata in the structural evolution of the Zagros Fold-Thrust Belt, Dezful Embayment, Iran

    Article • Marine and Petroleum Geology, March 2017, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  143. Neoproterozoic IAT intrusion into Mesoproterozoic MOR Miaowan Ophiolite, Yangtze Craton: Evidence for evolving tectonic settings

    Article • Precambrian Research, February 2017, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  144. Lithospheric density structure beneath the Tarim basin and surroundings, northwestern China, from the joint inversion of gravity and topography

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, February 2017, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  145. Petrogenesis and geochemistry of circa 2.5 Ga granitoids in the Zanhuang Massif: Implications for magmatic source and Neoarchean metamorphism of the North China Craton

    Article • Lithos, January 2017, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  146. Geomorphometric evidence of an active pop-up structure along the sabzpushan fault zone, Zagros mountains, SW Iran

    Article • Journal of Earth Science, December 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  147. Tertiary and quaternary marine terraces and planation surfaces of northern Oman: Interaction of flexural bulge migration associated with the Arabian-Eurasian collision and eustatic sea level changes

    Article • Journal of Earth Science, December 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  148. Lithosphere thinning induced by slab penetration into a hydrous mantle transition zone

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, November 2016, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Prof Tim Kusky

  149. Dynamic cause of marginal lithospheric thinning and implications for craton destruction: a comparison of the North China, Superior, and Yilgarn cratons

    Article • Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, November 2016, Canadian Science Publishing

    Prof Tim Kusky

  150. Lithological, structural, and geochemical characteristics of the Mesoarchean Târtoq greenstone belt, southern West Greenland, and the Chugach – Prince William accretionary complex, southern Alaska: evidence for uniformitarian plate-tectonic processes

    Article • Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, November 2016, Canadian Science Publishing

    Prof Tim Kusky

  151. Review of Lithospheric Destruction in the North China, North Atlantic, and Tanzanian Cratons

    Article • The Journal of Geology, November 2016, University of Chicago Press

    Prof Tim Kusky

  152. Insights into the tectonic evolution of the North China Craton through comparative tectonic analysis: A record of outward growth of Precambrian continents

    Article • Earth-Science Reviews, November 2016, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  153. Dyke Swarms: Keys to Paleogeographic Reconstructions, Preface for IDC7 2016

    Article • Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition, October 2016, Wiley

    Prof Tim Kusky

  154. The Significance of Sheeted Dike Complexes in Ophiolites

    Article • Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition, October 2016, Wiley

    Prof Tim Kusky

  155. Geochemistry, Nd, Pb and Sr isotope systematics, and U–Pb zircon ages of the Neoarchean Bad Vermilion Lake greenstone belt and spatially associated granitic rocks, western Superior Province, Canada

    Article • Precambrian Research, September 2016, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  156. Structural relationships along a Neoarchean arc-continent collision zone, North China craton

    Article • Geological Society of America Bulletin, August 2016, Geological Society of America

    Prof Tim Kusky

  157. Geochronology and geochemistry of late Carboniferous volcanic rocks from northern Inner Mongolia, North China: Petrogenesis and tectonic implications

    Article • Gondwana Research, August 2016, Elsevier

    Bo Huang, Prof Tim Kusky

  158. Geochemistry and geochronology of mylonitic metasedimentary rocks associated with the Proterozoic Miaowan Ophiolite Complex, Yangtze craton, China: Implications for geodynamic events

    Article • Precambrian Research, July 2016, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  159. Geochemistry, petrogenesis and tectonic setting of Neoproterozoic mafic–ultramafic rocks from the western Jiangnan orogen, South China

    Article • Gondwana Research, July 2016, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  160. A 2.5 Ga fore-arc subduction-accretion complex in the Dengfeng Granite-Greenstone Belt, Southern North China Craton

    Article • Precambrian Research, April 2016, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  161. Stress development in heterogenetic lithosphere: Insights into earthquake processes in the New Madrid Seismic Zone

    Article • Tectonophysics, March 2016, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  162. Tectonics of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt and its Pacific analogues

    Article • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, December 2015, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  163. The Zunhua‐Zanhuang Ophiolitic Mélange: Traces of an Archean Suture in the North China Craton

    Article • Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition, December 2015, Wiley

    Prof Tim Kusky

  164. Occurrence of gold in hydrothermal pyrite, western Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand

    Article • Geodinamica Acta, November 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Tim Kusky

  165. Is the Ordos Basin floored by a trapped oceanic plateau?

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, November 2015, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  166. Comparative tectonic and dynamic analysis of cratons, orogens, basins, and metallogeny: A special volume to honor the career of Brian F. Windley

    Article • Tectonophysics, November 2015, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  167. Evolution of high-pressure mafic granulites and pelitic gneisses from NE Madagascar: Tectonic implications

    Article • Tectonophysics, November 2015, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  168. Cenozoic evolution of the Tan–Lu Fault Zone (East China)—Constraints from seismic data

    Article • Gondwana Research, October 2015, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  169. GIS-Based analysis of relative tectonic activity along the kazerun fault zone, zagros mountains, iran: insights from data mining of Geomorphic Data

    Article • Journal of Earth Science, October 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  170. Has the Yangtze craton lost its root? A comparison between the North China and Yangtze cratons

    Article • Tectonophysics, August 2015, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  171. A Neoarchean subduction polarity reversal event in the North China Craton

    Article • Lithos, April 2015, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  172. Partial melting of deeply subducted eclogite from the Sulu orogen in China

    Article • Nature Communications, December 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  173. Geochronology, mantle source composition and geodynamic constraints on the origin of Neoarchean mafic dikes in the Zanhuang Complex, Central Orogenic Belt, North China Craton

    Article • Lithos, September 2014, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  174. Flat slab subduction, trench suction, and craton destruction: Comparison of the North China, Wyoming, and Brazilian cratons

    Article • Tectonophysics, September 2014, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  175. Remote sensing based approach for mapping of CO2 sequestered regions in Samail ophiolite massifs of the Sultanate of Oman

    Article • Earth-Science Reviews, August 2014, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  176. Geochronology of the Baye Mn oxide deposit, southern Yunnan Plateau: Implications for the late Miocene to Pleistocene paleoclimatic conditions and topographic evolution

    Article • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, August 2014, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  177. Are Wilson Cycles preserved in Archean cratons? A comparison of the North China and Slave cratons

    Article • Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, March 2014, Canadian Science Publishing

    Prof Tim Kusky

  178. Zircon U–Pb ages, major and trace elements, and Hf isotope characteristics of the Tiantangzhai granites in the North Dabie orogen, Central China: tectonic implications

    Article • Geological Magazine, December 2013, Cambridge University Press

    Prof Tim Kusky

  179. A late Archean tectonic mélange in the Central Orogenic Belt, North China Craton

    Article • Tectonophysics, November 2013, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  180. A Brief History of Flooding and Flood Control Measures Along the Mississippi River Basin

    Article • October 2013, Cambridge University Press

    Prof Tim Kusky

  181. Orogen styles in the East African Orogen: A review of the Neoproterozoic to Cambrian tectonic evolution

    Article • Journal of African Earth Sciences, October 2013, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  182. Secular changes in geologic and tectonic processes

    Article • Gondwana Research, September 2013, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  183. Recognition of ocean plate stratigraphy in accretionary orogens through Earth history: A record of 3.8 billion years of sea floor spreading, subduction, and accretion

    Article • Gondwana Research, September 2013, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  184. Detection of hydrothermal mineralized zones associated with listwaenites in Central Oman using ASTER data

    Article • Ore Geology Reviews, September 2013, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  185. Geochemistry of Neoarchean mafic volcanic rocks and late mafic dikes in the Zanhuang Complex, Central Orogenic Belt, North China Craton: Implications for geodynamic setting

    Article • Lithos, August 2013, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  186. Volcanosedimentary Basins in the Arabian-Nubian Shield: Markers of Repeated Exhumation and Denudation in a Neoproterozoic Accretionary Orogen

    Article • Geosciences, July 2013, MDPI AG

    Prof Tim Kusky

  187. An integrated approach for groundwater potential zoning in shallow fracture zone aquifers

    Article • International Journal of Remote Sensing, June 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Tim Kusky

  188. Geometry and kinematics of the late Proterozoic Angavo Shear Zone, Central Madagascar: Implications for Gondwana Assembly

    Article • Tectonophysics, April 2013, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  189. Zircon Hf isotope of Yingfeng Rapakivi granites from the Quanji Massif and ∼2.7 Ga crustal growth

    Article • Journal of Earth Science, February 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  190. Continental vertical growth in the transitional zone between South Tianshan and Tarim, western Xinjiang, NW China: Insight from the Permian Halajun A1-type granitic magmatism

    Article • Lithos, December 2012, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  191. On the role of dual active margin collision for exhuming the world’s largest ultrahigh pressure metamorphic belt

    Article • Journal of Earth Science, December 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  192. Geochronology, geochemistry and petrogenesis of Neoproterozoic basalts from Sugetbrak, northwest Tarim block, China: Implications for the onset of Rodinia supercontinent breakup

    Article • Precambrian Research, November 2012, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  193. Mesoproterozoic magmatic events in the eastern North China Craton and their tectonic implications: Geochronological evidence from detrital zircons in the Shandong Peninsula and North Korea

    Article • Gondwana Research, November 2012, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  194. Discovery of a sheeted dike complex in the northern Yangtze craton and its implications for craton evolution

    Article • Journal of Earth Science, October 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  195. Geological features and deformational ages of the basal thrust belt of the miaowan ophiolite in the southern Huangling anticline and its tectonic implications

    Article • Journal of Earth Science, October 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  196. Granulite facies metamorphic age and tectonic implications of BIFs from the Kongling Group in the northern Huangling anticline

    Article • Journal of Earth Science, October 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  197. Kinematic and thermochronological constraints on the Xincheng–Huangpi fault and Mesozoic two-phase extrusion of the Tongbai–Dabie Orogen Belt

    Article • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, October 2012, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  198. Mapping of planation surfaces in the southwest region of Hubei Province, China—Using the DEM-derived painted relief model

    Article • Journal of Earth Science, October 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  199. New research progress on the pre-Sinian tectonic evolution and neotectonics of the Huangling anticline region, South China

    Article • Journal of Earth Science, October 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  200. Sea-floor metamorphism recorded in epidosites from the ca. 1.0 Ga Miaowan ophiolite, Huangling anticline, China

    Article • Journal of Earth Science, October 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  201. Mesozoic to Eocene ductile deformation of western Central Iran: From Cimmerian collisional orogeny to Eocene exhumation

    Article • Tectonophysics, September 2012, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  202. U–Pb and Hf isotopic compositions of detrital zircons from the paragneisses of the Quanji Massif, NW China: Implications for its early tectonic evolutionary history

    Article • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, August 2012, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  203. Kinematic analysis of deformed structures in a tectonic mélange: a key unit for the manifestation of transpression along the Zagros Suture Zone, Iran

    Article • Geological Magazine, June 2012, Cambridge University Press

    Prof Tim Kusky

  204. The neoarchean ophiolite in the North China craton: Early precambrian plate tectonics and scientific debate

    Article • Journal of Earth Science, June 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  205. Cryogenian ophiolite tectonics and metallogeny of the Central Eastern Desert of Egypt

    Article • International Geology Review, May 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Tim Kusky

  206. Geochronology and geochemistry of the Chuanwulu complex in the South Tianshan, western Xinjiang, NW China: Implications for petrogenesis and Phanerozoic continental growth

    Article • Lithos, May 2012, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  207. Geology, geochemistry, and geochronology of the Miaowan ophiolite, Yangtze craton: Implications for South China's amalgamation history with the Rodinian supercontinent

    Article • Gondwana Research, March 2012, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  208. The Cretaceous Duimiangou adakite-like intrusion from the Chifeng region, northern North China Craton: Crustal contamination of basaltic magma in an intracontinental extensional environment

    Article • Lithos, March 2012, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  209. ASTER detection of chromite bearing mineralized zones in Semail Ophiolite Massifs of the northern Oman Mountains: Exploration strategy

    Article • Ore Geology Reviews, February 2012, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  210. Early Paleoproterozoic magmatism in the Quanji Massif, northeastern margin of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau and its tectonic significance: LA-ICPMS U–Pb zircon geochronology and geochemistry

    Article • Gondwana Research, January 2012, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  211. Remote sensing detection of gold related alteration zones in Um Rus area, Central Eastern Desert of Egypt

    Article • Advances in Space Research, January 2012, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  212. Usage of strain and vorticity analyses to interpret large‐scale fold mechanisms along the Sanandaj–Sirjan HP‐LT metamorphic belt, SW Iran

    Article • Geological Journal, December 2011, Wiley

    Prof Tim Kusky

  213. Gushan magnetite–apatite deposit in the Ningwu basin, Lower Yangtze River Valley, SE China: Hydrothermal or Kiruna-type?

    Article • Ore Geology Reviews, December 2011, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  214. Recognition of Grenvillian volcanic suite in the Shennongjia region and its tectonic significance for the South China Craton

    Article • Precambrian Research, December 2011, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  215. A reappraisal of the high-Ti and low-Ti classification of basalts and petrogenetic linkage between basalts and mafic–ultramafic intrusions in the Emeishan Large Igneous Province, SW China

    Article • Ore Geology Reviews, October 2011, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  216. Late Cryogenian–Ediacaran history of the Arabian–Nubian Shield: A review of depositional, plutonic, structural, and tectonic events in the closing stages of the northern East African Orogen

    Article • Journal of African Earth Sciences, October 2011, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  217. Geomorphologic assessment of relative tectonic activity in the Maharlou Lake Basin, Zagros Mountains of Iran

    Article • Geological Journal, September 2011, Wiley

    Prof Tim Kusky

  218. LA-ICP-MS U–Pb zircon age constraints on the Paleoproterozoic and Neoarchean history of the Sandmata Complex in Rajasthan within the NW Indian Plate

    Article • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, August 2011, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  219. Geophysical and geological tests of tectonic models of the North China Craton

    Article • Gondwana Research, July 2011, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  220. Thermochronological constraints on two-stage extrusion of HP/UHP terranes in the Dabie–Sulu orogen, east-central China

    Article • Tectonophysics, May 2011, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  221. Comparison of results of recent seismic profiles with tectonic models of the North China craton

    Article • Journal of Earth Science, April 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  222. Lithospheric structure in the North China craton constrained from Gravity Field Model (EGM 2008)

    Article • Journal of Earth Science, April 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  223. Triassic shoshonitic dykes from the northern North China craton: petrogenesis and geodynamic significance

    Article • Geological Magazine, March 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Prof Tim Kusky

  224. Supercontinent cycles, extreme metamorphic processes, and changing fluid regimes

    Article • International Geology Review, February 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Tim Kusky

  225. Application of the modern ophiolite concept with special reference to Precambrian ophiolites

    Article • Science China Earth Sciences, February 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  226. Sub-canopy Soil Moisture Modeling in n-Dimensional Spectral Feature Space

    Article • Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, February 2011, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

    Prof Tim Kusky

  227. Structural and tectonic evolution of El-Faiyum depression, North Western Desert, Egypt based on analysis of Landsat ETM+, and SRTM Data

    Article • Journal of Earth Science, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  228. A critical examination of evidence for a Quaternary glaciation in Mt. Laoshan, Eastern China

    Article • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, January 2011, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  229. P–T and structural constraints of lawsonite and epidote blueschists from Liberty Creek and Seldovia: Tectonic implications for early stages of subduction along the southern Alaska convergent margin

    Article • Lithos, January 2011, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  230. Focusing seismic energy along faults through time-variable rupture modes: Wenchuan earthquake, China

    Article • Journal of Earth Science, December 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  231. Melting-induced fluid flow during exhumation of gneisses of the Sulu ultrahigh-pressure terrane

    Article • Lithos, December 2010, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  232. Detecting areas of high-potential gold mineralization using ASTER data

    Article • Ore Geology Reviews, October 2010, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  233. Origin and emplacement of Archean ophiolites of the central orogenic belt, North China craton

    Article • Journal of Earth Science, October 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  234. Active tectonics of the Alaotra–Ankay Graben System, Madagascar: Possible extension of Somalian–African diffusive plate boundary?

    Article • Gondwana Research, September 2010, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  235. Temporal evolution of the Angavo and related shear zones in Gondwana: Constraints from LA-MC-ICP-MS U–Pb zircon ages of granitoids and gneiss from central Madagascar

    Article • Precambrian Research, September 2010, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  236. Two-stage Triassic exhumation of HP–UHP terranes in the western Dabie orogen of China: Constraints from structural geology

    Article • Tectonophysics, July 2010, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  237. Heterogeneous ductile deformation and quartz c-axis fabric development within the HP-LT Sanandaj-Sirjan Metamorphic Belt, Iran

    Article • Tectonophysics, April 2010, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  238. Structural geometry of an exhumed UHP terrane in the eastern Sulu Orogen, China: Implications for continental collisional processes

    Article • Journal of Structural Geology, April 2010, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  239. Environmental monitoring of bombetoka bay and the Betsiboka estuary, Madagascar, using multi-temporal satellite data

    Article • Journal of Earth Science, March 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  240. Geological evolution of Longhushan World Geopark in relation to global tectonics

    Article • Journal of Earth Science, February 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  241. Lithological mapping in the Central Eastern Desert of Egypt using ASTER data

    Article • Journal of African Earth Sciences, February 2010, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  242. Mechanics of the giant radiating Mackenzie dyke swarm: A paleostress field modeling

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, February 2010, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Prof Tim Kusky

  243. Origin of paired high pressure–ultrahigh-temperature orogens: a ridge subduction and slab window model

    Article • Terra Nova, February 2010, Wiley

    Prof Tim Kusky

  244. Microfabric characteristics and rheological significance of ultra‐high‐pressure metamorphosed jadeite‐quartzite and eclogite from Shuanghe, Dabie Mountains, China

    Article • Journal of Metamorphic Geology, January 2010, Wiley

    Prof Tim Kusky

  245. Mantle dynamics of the Paleoproterozoic North China Craton: A perspective based on seismic tomography

    Article • Journal of Geodynamics, January 2010, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  246. Geodynamic processes and metallogenesis of the Central Asian and related orogenic belts: Introduction

    Article • Gondwana Research, October 2009, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  247. Late Paleozoic volcanic record of the Eastern Junggar terrane, Xinjiang, Northwestern China: Major and trace element characteristics, Sr–Nd isotopic systematics and implications for tectonic evolution

    Article • Gondwana Research, October 2009, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  248. Two-stage collision-related extrusion of the western Dabie HP–UHP metamorphic terranes, central China: Evidence from quartz c-axis fabrics and structures

    Article • Gondwana Research, October 2009, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  249. Structural and remote sensing analysis of the Betsimisaraka Suture in northeastern Madagascar

    Article • Gondwana Research, February 2009, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  250. Accretionary orogens through Earth history

    Article • Geological Society London Special Publications, January 2009, Geological Society

    Prof Tim Kusky

  251. The Columbia connection in North China

    Article • Geological Society London Special Publications, January 2009, Geological Society

    Prof Tim Kusky

  252. Platinum-Group Element Geochemistry of the Devonian Arc Picrites from the North Junggar Terrane, NW China: Implications for Petrogenesis

    Article • The Open Mineralogy Journal, December 2008, Bentham Science Publishers

    Prof Tim Kusky

  253. Geochemistry of picrites and associated lavas of a Devonian island arc in the northern Junggar terrane, Xinjiang (NW China): Implications for petrogenesis, arc mantle sources and tectonic setting

    Article • Lithos, October 2008, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  254. A re‐examination of perpendicular drought indices

    Article • International Journal of Remote Sensing, September 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Tim Kusky

  255. Note on the paper by Guochun Zhao, Simon A. Wilde, Sanzhong Li, Min Sun, Matthew L. Grant and Xuping Li, 2007, “U–Pb zircon age constraints on the Dongwanzi ultramafic–mafic body, North China, confirm it is not an Archean ophiolite”

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, August 2008, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  256. Geochronology and Geochemistry of the Kuwei Mafic Intrusion, Southern Margin of the Altai Mountains, Northern Xinjiang, Northwest China: Evidence for Distant Effects of the Indo‐Eurasia Collision

    Article • The Journal of Geology, March 2008, University of Chicago Press

    Prof Tim Kusky

  257. Post-collisional Plio-Pleistocene shoshonitic volcanism in the western Kunlun Mountains, NW China: Geochemical constraints on mantle source characteristics and petrogenesis

    Article • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, January 2008, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  258. Neoproterozoic nappes and superposed folding of the Itremo Group, west-central Madagascar

    Article • Gondwana Research, November 2007, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  259. A Late Archean foreland fold and thrust belt in the North China Craton: Implications for early collisional tectonics

    Article • Gondwana Research, August 2007, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  260. Komatiites from west Shandong, North China craton: Implications for plume tectonics

    Article • Gondwana Research, August 2007, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  261. Nature of mantle source contributions and crystal differentiation in the petrogenesis of the 1.78 Ga mafic dykes in the central North China craton

    Article • Gondwana Research, August 2007, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  262. Tectonic evolution of China and adjacent crustal fragments

    Article • Gondwana Research, August 2007, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  263. The Paleoproterozoic North Hebei Orogen: North China craton's collisional suture with the Columbia supercontinent

    Article • Gondwana Research, August 2007, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  264. World's largest known Precambrian fossil black smoker chimneys and associated microbial vent communities, North China: Implications for early life

    Article • Gondwana Research, August 2007, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  265. Chondritic osmium isotopic composition of Archean ophiolitic mantle, North China craton

    Article • Gondwana Research, August 2007, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  266. Collision leading to multiple-stage large-scale extrusion in the Qinling orogen: Insights from the Mianlue suture

    Article • Gondwana Research, August 2007, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  267. The Late Permian to Triassic Hongseong-Odesan Collision Belt in South Korea, and Its Tectonic Correlation with China and Japan

    Article • International Geology Review, July 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Tim Kusky

  268. Role of fluvial and structural processes in the formation of the Wahiba Sands, Oman: A remote sensing perspective

    Article • Journal of Arid Environments, June 2007, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  269. The Great Rift Valley of Madagascar: An extension of the Africa–Somali diffusive plate boundary?

    Article • Gondwana Research, June 2007, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  270. ASTER spectral ratioing for lithological mapping in the Arabian–Nubian shield, the Neoproterozoic Wadi Kid area, Sinai, Egypt

    Article • Gondwana Research, April 2007, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  271. Geochemistry of Neoarchean (ca. 2.55-2.50 Ga) volcanic and ophiolitic rocks in the Wutaishan greenstone belt, central orogenic belt, North China craton: Implications for geodynamic setting and continental growth: Reply

    Article • Geological Society of America Bulletin, March 2007, Geological Society of America

    Prof Tim Kusky

  272. Tectonic evolution of the North China Block: from orogen to craton to orogen

    Article • Geological Society London Special Publications, January 2007, Geological Society

    Prof Tim Kusky

  273. Lithospheric thinning in eastern Asia; constraints, evolution, and tests of models

    Article • Geological Society London Special Publications, January 2007, Geological Society

    Prof Tim Kusky

  274. Article • Geological Society London Special Publications, January 2007, Geological Society

    Prof Tim Kusky

  275. Structure, Cr-chemistry, and age of the Border Ranges Ultramafic-Mafic Complex: A suprasubduction zone ophiolite complex

    Article • January 2007, Geological Society of America

    Prof Tim Kusky

  276. Mesozoic tectonics in the Eastern Block of the North China Craton: implications for subduction of the Pacific plate beneath the Eurasian plate

    Article • Geological Society London Special Publications, January 2007, Geological Society

    Prof Tim Kusky

  277. The Nubian Aquifer in Southwest Egypt

    Article • Hydrogeology Journal, October 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  278. Monthly variations of water masses in the East China Seas

    Article • Continental Shelf Research, October 2006, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  279. Computerized methods of analyzing faults between wells

    Article • Applied Geophysics, September 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Tim Kusky

  280. Structural and remote sensing studies of the southern Betsimisaraka Suture, Madagascar

    Article • Gondwana Research, August 2006, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  281. Geochemical and petrological evidence for a suprasubduction zone origin of Neoarchean (ca. 2.5 Ga) peridotites, central orogenic belt, North China craton

    Article • Geological Society of America Bulletin, June 2006, Geological Society of America

    Prof Tim Kusky

  282. Geochemical characteristics of the Neoarchean (2800–2700 Ma) Taishan greenstone belt, North China Craton: Evidence for plume–craton interaction

    Article • Chemical Geology, June 2006, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  283. Disappearing Lake Alaotra: Monitoring catastrophic erosion, waterway silting, and land degradation hazards in Madagascar using Landsat imagery

    Article • Journal of African Earth Sciences, February 2006, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  284. Lithological mapping in the Eastern Desert of Egypt, the Barramiya area, using Landsat thematic mapper (TM)

    Article • Journal of African Earth Sciences, February 2006, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  285. Tertiary–Quaternary faulting and uplift in the northern Oman Hajar Mountains

    Article • Journal of the Geological Society, September 2005, Geological Society

    Prof Tim Kusky

  286. Geochemistry of Neoarchean (ca. 2.55–2.50 Ga) volcanic and ophiolitic rocks in the Wutaishan greenstone belt, central orogenic belt, North China craton: Implications for geodynamic setting and continental growth

    Article • Geological Society of America Bulletin, January 2005, Geological Society of America

    Prof Tim Kusky

  287. Epilogue: What if Anything Have We Learned About Precambrian Ophiolites and Early Earth Processes?

    Article • January 2004, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  288. Dedication

    Article • January 2004, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  289. Introduction

    Article • January 2004, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  290. Inferred Ophiolites in the Archean Slave Craton

    Article • January 2004, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  291. The Belingwe Greenstone Belt: Ensialic or Oceanic?

    Article • January 2004, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  292. Origin and Emplacement of Archean Ophiolites of the Central Orogenic Belt, North China Craton

    Article • January 2004, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  293. Neoarchean Massive Sulfide of Wutai Mountain, North China: A Black Smoker Chimney and Mound Complex Within 2.50 Ga-Old Oceanic Crust

    Article • January 2004, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  294. Microstructures of the Zunhua 2.50 Ga Podiform Chromite, North China Craton and Implications for the Deformation and Rheology of the Archean Oceanic Lithospheric Mantle

    Article • January 2004, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  295. Re-Os Isotope Chemistry and Geochronology of Chromite from Mantle Podiform Chromites from the Zunhua Ophiolitic Mélange Belt, N. China: Correlation with the Dongwanzi Ophiolite

    Article • January 2004, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  296. Paleoproterozoic tectonic evolution of the North China Craton

    Article • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, December 2003, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  297. Late Paleozoic orogeny in Alaska's Farewell terrane

    Article • Tectonophysics, August 2003, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  298. Supervised classifications of Landsat TM band ratio images and Landsat TM band ratio image with radar for geological interpretations of central Madagascar

    Article • Journal of African Earth Sciences, July 2003, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  299. Structural and tectonic evolution of the Neoproterozoic Feiran–Solaf metamorphic belt, Sinai Peninsula: implications for the closure of the Mozambique Ocean

    Article • Precambrian Research, June 2003, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  300. Evolution of the East African and related orogens, and the assembly of Gondwana

    Article • Precambrian Research, June 2003, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  301. Early continental breakup boundary and migration of the Afar triple junction, Ethiopia

    Article • Geological Society of America Bulletin, January 2003, Geological Society of America

    Prof Tim Kusky

  302. Neoproterozoic dextral faulting on the Najd Fault System, Saudi Arabia, preceded sinistral faulting and escape tectonics related to closure of the Mozambique Ocean

    Article • Geological Society London Special Publications, January 2003, Geological Society

    Prof Tim Kusky

  303. Controls on intrusion of near-trench magmas of the Sanak-Baranof Belt, Alaska, during Paleogene ridge subduction, and consequences for forearc evolution

    Article • January 2003, Geological Society of America

    Prof Tim Kusky

  304. Geologic signature of early Tertiary ridge subduction in Alaska

    Article • January 2003, Geological Society of America

    Prof Tim Kusky

  305. Is the Dongwanzi Complex an Archean Ophiolite?

    Article • Science, February 2002, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Prof Tim Kusky

  306. Archean Podiform Chromitites and Mantle Tectonites in Ophiolitic Mélange, North China Craton: A Record of Early Oceanic Mantle Processes

    Article • GSA Today, January 2002, Geological Society of America

    Prof Tim Kusky

  307. Structural and U/Pb chronology of superimposed folds, Adirondack Mountains: implications for the tectonic evolution of the Grenville Province

    Article • Journal of Geodynamics, October 2001, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  308. The Archean Dongwanzi Ophiolite Complex, North China Craton: 2.505-Billion-Year-Old Oceanic Crust and Mantle

    Article • Science, May 2001, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Prof Tim Kusky

  309. Analysis of Landsat TM Ratio Imagery of the Halaban Zarghat Fault and Related Jifn Basin, NE Arabian Shield: Implications for the Kinematic History of the Najd Fault System

    Article • Gondwana Research, April 2001, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  310. Geochemistry of near‐trench intrusives associated with ridge subduction, Seldovia Quadrangle, southern Alaska

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, December 2000, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Prof Tim Kusky

  311. Neotectonics and fluvial geomorphology of the Northern Sinai Peninsula

    Article • Journal of African Earth Sciences, August 2000, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  312. Window on the Early Earth

    Article • Science, June 2000, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Prof Tim Kusky

  313. Emplacement of the Resurrection Peninsula ophiolite in the southern Alaska forearc during a ridge‐trench encounter

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, December 1999, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Prof Tim Kusky

  314. Kinematic analysis of mélange fabrics: examples and applications from the McHugh Complex, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

    Article • Journal of Structural Geology, December 1999, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  315. Growth of granite–greenstone terranes at convergent margins, and stabilization of Archean cratons

    Article • Tectonophysics, May 1999, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  316. Growth and demise of an Archean carbonate platform, Steep Rock Lake, Ontario, Canada

    Article • Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, April 1999, Canadian Science Publishing

    Prof Tim Kusky

  317. Continental extensional setting for the Archean Belingwe Greenstone Belt: Comment and Reply

    Article • Geology, January 1999, Geological Society of America

    Prof Tim Kusky

  318. Tectonic setting and terrane accretion of the Archean Zimbabwe craton

    Article • Geology, January 1998, Geological Society of America

    Prof Tim Kusky

  319. Controls on accretion of flysch and mélange belts at convergent margins: Evidence from the Chugach Bay thrust and Iceworm mélange, Chugach accretionary wedge, Alaska

    Article • Tectonics, December 1997, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Prof Tim Kusky

  320. Arc‐like mid‐ocean ridge basalt formed seaward of a trench‐forearc system just prior to ridge subduction: An example from subaccreted ophiolites in southern Alaska

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, May 1997, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Prof Tim Kusky

  321. Age and origin of the Boil Mountain ophiolite and Chain Lakes massif, Maine: implications for the Penobscottian orogeny

    Article • Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, May 1997, Canadian Science Publishing

    Prof Tim Kusky

  322. Progressive deformation of the Chugach accretionary complex, Alaska, during a paleogene ridge-trench encounter

    Article • Journal of Structural Geology, February 1997, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  323. Preface

    Article • Tectonophysics, November 1996, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  324. Tectonic implications of early silurian thrust imbrication of the northern exploits subzone, Central Newfoundland

    Article • Journal of Geodynamics, November 1996, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  325. Elastic Wave Propagation In A Medium Containing Oriented Inclusions With A Changing Aspect Ratio: A Physical Model Study

    Article • Geophysical Journal International, April 1996, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof Tim Kusky

  326. Fieldlog: GIS software as a mapping aid for structural geologists

    Article • Computer Methods in the Geosciences, January 1996, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  327. Structural relationships along a greenstone/shallow water shelf contact, Belingwe greenstone belt, Zimbabwe

    Article • Tectonics, April 1995, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Prof Tim Kusky

  328. Archean unconformity in the Qalluviartuuq greenstone belt, Goudalie domain, northern Quebec

    Article • January 1995, Natural Resources Canada/ESS/Scientific and Technical Publishing Services

    Prof Tim Kusky

  329. Ensialic origin for the Ngezi Group, Belingwe greenstone belt, Zimbabwe: Comment and Reply

    Article • Geology, January 1994, Geological Society of America

    Prof Tim Kusky

  330. Analysis of Seasat L-Band Radar Imagery of the West Bay-Indin Lake Fault System, Northwest Territories

    Article • The Journal of Geology, September 1993, University of Chicago Press

    Prof Tim Kusky

  331. A PHYSICAL MODEL STUDY OF SCATTERING OF WAVES BY ALIGNED CRACKS: COMPARISON BETWEEN EXPERIMENT AND THEORY1

    Article • Geophysical Prospecting, April 1993, Wiley

    Prof Tim Kusky

  332. Collapse of Archean orogens and the generation of late- to postkinematic granitoids

    Article • Geology, January 1993, Geological Society of America

    Prof Tim Kusky

  333. Remnants of an Archean oceanic plateau, Belingwe greenstone belt, Zimbabwe

    Article • Geology, January 1992, Geological Society of America

    Prof Tim Kusky

  334. Structural development of an Archean Orogen, Western Point Lake, Northwest Territories

    Article • Tectonics, August 1991, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Prof Tim Kusky

  335. Plate Reconstructions Using Stromatolite Heliotropism: Principles and Applications

    Article • The Journal of Geology, May 1991, University of Chicago Press

    Prof Tim Kusky

  336. Deformed sedimentary fabrics in metamorphic rocks: Evidence from the Point Lake area, Slave province, Northwest Territories

    Article • Geological Society of America Bulletin, April 1991, Geological Society of America

    Prof Tim Kusky

  337. Structural development of angular volcanic belts in the Archean Slave Province: Discussion

    Article • Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, December 1990, Canadian Science Publishing

    Prof Tim Kusky

  338. Evidence for Archean ocean opening and closing in the Southern Slave Province

    Article • Tectonics, December 1990, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Prof Tim Kusky

  339. Structural development of angular volcanic belts in the Archean Slave Province: Reply

    Article • Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, December 1990, Canadian Science Publishing

    Prof Tim Kusky

  340. Accretion of the Archean Slave province

    Article • Geology, January 1989, Geological Society of America

    Prof Tim Kusky

  341. Comment and Reply on "Accretion of the Archean Slave province"

    Article • Geology, January 1989, Geological Society of America

    Prof Tim Kusky

  342. Strain analysis in rocks with pretectonic fabrics: Discussion

    Article • Journal of Structural Geology, January 1988, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  343. Displacement history of the Northern Arm Fault, and its bearing on the Post-Taconic evolution of north-central Newfoundland

    Article • Journal of Geodynamics, February 1987, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  344. Comment and Reply on “Multiple dikes in the Lower Kam Group, Yellowknife greenstone belt: Evidence for Archean sea-floor spreading?”

    Article • Geology, January 1987, Geological Society of America

    Prof Tim Kusky

  345. Geologic Evidence for Rate of Plate Convergence during the Taconic Arc-Continent Collision

    Article • The Journal of Geology, September 1986, University of Chicago Press

    Prof Tim Kusky

  346. Archean Foreland Basin tectonics in the Witwatersrand, South Africa

    Article • Tectonics, June 1986, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Prof Tim Kusky

  347. Is the Ventersdorp Rift System of Southern Africa related to a continental collision between the Kaapvaal and Zimbabwe Cratons at 2.64 Ga ago?

    Article • Tectonophysics, May 1985, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky

  348. Middle Ordovician conodonts from the Buchans Group, central Newfoundland, and their significance for regional stratigraphy of the Central Volcanic Belt: Discussion

    Article • Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, March 1985, Canadian Science Publishing

    Prof Tim Kusky

  349. The Pongola structure of southeastern Africa: The world's oldest preserved rift?

    Article • Journal of Geodynamics, January 1985, Elsevier

    Prof Tim Kusky