Delores Robinson

Assistant Professor

Contact

E-mail: dmr@geo.ua.edu
Phone: 205-348-4034
Office: 225 Bevill
Fax: 205-358-0818

Education

B.S. 1994, Guilford College;
M.S. 1997, Vanderbilt University;
Ph.D. 2001, University of Arizona, Tucson

Research Interests

I enjoy discovering and researching how orogenic systems evolve from the proto-magmatic arc to fully mature collapsing systems. I want to understand how mountain belts grow and change in different tectonic environments. Mainly, I focus on large-scale tectonics issues but use microstructural analysis to support my hypotheses. I combine tectonics, structural geology, geochemistry, geochronology, sedimentology, petrology, and field mapping to decipher the evolved structural architecture in orogenic systems. I have concentrated my effort in the Himalayas, dominantly in far- to mid-western Nepal. Generally, I am interested in the evolution of Asia and understanding the effect of the accretion of terranes throughout the Phanerozoic. In the future, I will expand my research to other orogenic systems around the world.

Teaching

• Structural Geology, 2003-2005
• Comparative Structural Geology, Spring 2006
• Global Tectonics, (Graduate) Spring 2005
• Introduction to Physical Geology, 2004-2005
• Field Camp, 2001 (Univ. of AZ), 2005-2006 (Univ. of AL)

Representative Publications

Robinson, D.M., DeCelles, P.G., and Copeland P., 2005, Tectonic evolution of the Himalayan thrust belt in western Nepal: implications for channel flow models: Geological Society of America Bulletin, in press.

Robinson, D.M., 2005, Evaluating the Mid-Crustal Channel Flow Models in the Himalayan Fold- Thrust Belt, Western Nepal: Journal of the Geological Society of London, Channel Flow Volume, in revision.

Dupont-Nivet, G., Robinson, D., Butler, R.F., Yin, A., and Melosh, J., 2004, Concentration of crustal displacement along a weak Altyn Tagh fault: Evidence from paleomagnetism of the northern Tibetan Plateau; Tectonics, v. 23, TC1020, doi: 1029/2002TC001397, 9 p.

Robinson, D.M., DeCelles, P.G., Garzione, C.N., Pearson, O.N., Harrison, T.M., and Catlos, E.J., 2003, Kinematic model for the Main Central Thrust in Nepal; Geology, v. 31, p. 359-362.

Robinson, D.M., DeCelles, P.G., Garzione, C.N., Pearson, O.N., Harrison, T.M., and Catlos, E.J., 2003, Reply to Comment: Kinematic model for the Main Central Thrust in Nepal; Geology, v. 31, e41.

Robinson, D.M., Dupont-Nivet, G., Gehrels, G.E., and Zhang, Y., 2003, The Tula uplift, northwestern China: Evidence for regional tectonism of the northern Tibetan Plateau during late Mesozoic-early Cenozoic time; Geological Society of America Bulletin, v.115, no. 1, p. 35-47.

DeCelles, P.G., Robinson D.M., and Zandt, G., 2002, Implications of shortening in the Himalayan fold-thrust belt for uplift of the Tibetan Plateau; Tectonics, v. 21, no. 6, p. 1062-1087.

Robinson, D.M., DeCelles, P.G., Patchett, P.J., and Garzione, C.N., 2001, The kinematic evolution of the Nepalese Himalaya interpreted from Nd isotopes; Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 192, p. 507-521.

DeCelles, P.G., Robinson, D.M., Quade, J., Ojha, T.P., Garzione, C.N., Copeland, P., and Upreti, B.N., 2001, Stratigraphy, Structure, and Tectonic Evolution of the Himalayan Fold- Thrust Belt in Western Nepal; Tectonics, v. 20, p. 487-509.

Robinson, D.M., and Miller, C.F., 1999, Record of magma chamber processes preserved in accessory mineral assemblages, Aztec Wash pluton, Nevada; American Mineralogist, v. 84, p.1346-1353.

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