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1989
Affiliations
Simon Fraser University(Current)
University of British Columbia
Geological Survey of Canada
University of Alberta
Yukon University
Derek J. Thorkelson is an author at Simon Fraser University specializing in engineering, earth science, and geology.
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EngineeringGeologyEarth ScienceTectonicsGeographyGeochronologyPetrologyVolcanologyGeochemistryStructural Geology
Publications per year
1989–2019
Subduction of diverging plates and the principles of slab window formation
Derek J. Thorkelson · Tectonophysics · 1996 · 451 citations
Geophysics, Plate Tectonics, Engineering +7
Partial melting of slab window margins: genesis of adakitic and non-adakitic magmas
Derek J. Thorkelson, K. Breitsprecher · Lithos · 2004 · 279 citations
Magmatic Process, Non-adakitic Magmas, Engineering +10
Cordilleran slab windows
Derek J. Thorkelson, R. P. Taylor · Geology · 1989 · 221 citations
Engineering, Geometry, Southern British Columbia +19
Neogene kinematic history of Nazca–Antarctic–Phoenix slab windows beneath Patagonia and the Antarctic Peninsula
K. Breitsprecher, Derek J. Thorkelson · Tectonophysics · 2008 · 212 citations
Nazca–antarctic–phoenix Slab, Marine Geology, Plate Tectonics +11
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 · 204 citations · Full text
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