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47
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Active since
1989
Affiliations
Simon Fraser University(Current)
Geological Survey of Canada
University of British Columbia
Yukon University
University of Alberta
Derek J. Thorkelson is an author at Simon Fraser University specializing in natural sciences, earth sciences, and geology.
Publications per year
1989–2019
Subduction of diverging plates and the principles of slab window formation
Derek J. Thorkelson · Tectonophysics · 1996 · 458 citations
Engineering, Geological Engineering, Structural Engineering +6
Partial melting of slab window margins: genesis of adakitic and non-adakitic magmas
Derek J. Thorkelson, K. Breitsprecher · Lithos · 2004 · 285 citations
Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geology +16
Cordilleran slab windows
Derek J. Thorkelson, R. P. Taylor · Geology · 1989 · 223 citations
Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geology +5
Neogene kinematic history of Nazca–Antarctic–Phoenix slab windows beneath Patagonia and the Antarctic Peninsula
K. Breitsprecher, Derek J. Thorkelson · Tectonophysics · 2008 · 218 citations
Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geology +8
Cenozoic to Recent plate configurations in the Pacific Basin: Ridge subduction and slab window magmatism in western North America
Julianne K. Madsen, Derek J. Thorkelson, Richard M. Friedman et al. · Geosphere · 2006 · 207 citations · Full text
Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geology +9
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