George A. Thompson

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George A. Thompson

Earth Sciences

#1215

World Rank

#1815

Historical Rank

#358

USA Rank

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George A. Thompson 's Degrees

PhD Geology University of California, Berkeley
Masters Geology University of California, Berkeley
Bachelors Geology University of California, Berkeley

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According to Wikipedia, George A. Thompson was an American geologist. Biography Thompson was born in Swissvale, Pennsylvania. In 1964, Thompson and used gravity data where they demonstrated how the thin crust underlying the western United States during which he proved that the Basin and Range Province should be balanced by influx of mass. During the 1980s he and his students studied exposed parts of deep crust and upper mantle which explained that by combining interlayered mafic and ultramafic rocks can cause laminated and laterally discontinuous reflection of the Moho Province on deep seismic-reflections.

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George A. Thompson 's Published Works

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Cainozoic evolution of the state of stress and style of tectonism of the Basin and Range province of the western United States (1981) (360)
Basin and Range rifting in northern Nevada: Clues from a mid-Miocene rift and its subsequent offsets (1978) (179)
Regional geophysics of the Colorado Plateau (1979) (174)
The seismic reflection character of the continental mohorovicic discontinuity (1982) (151)
Does magmatism influence low-angle normal faulting? (1993) (151)
Implications of selected subsurface data on the structural form and evolution of some basins in the northern Basin and Range province, Nevada and Utah (1983) (145)
The northern Nevada rift: Regional tectono-magmatic relations and middle Miocene stress direction (1994) (143)
Seismic imaging of extended crust with emphasis on the western United States: Discussion and reply (1988) (132)
OVERVIEW: Late Cenozoic tectonics of the central and southern Coast Ranges of California (1998) (128)
Mantle plume influence on the Neogene uplift and extension of the U.S. western Cordillera (1994) (127)
The Role of Magma Overpressure in Suppressing Earthquakes and Topography: Worldwide Examples (1991) (120)
Correlation of plate motions with continental tectonics: Laramide to basin‐range (1984) (107)
Rocks, structure, and geologic history of Steamboat Springs thermal area, Washoe County, Nevada (1964) (105)
Geometry of Cenozoic extensional faulting: Dixie Valley, Nevada (1985) (100)
The Nature of the Mohorovicic Discontinuity (1989) (99)
Host rock rheology controls on the emplacement of tabular intrusions: Implications for underplating of extending crust (1992) (96)
Thermal model of continental lithosphere (1976) (92)
Rate and Direction of Spreading in Dixie Valley, Basin and Range Province, Nevada (1973) (88)
Relic magma chamber structures preserved within the Mesozoic North Atlantic crust (1988) (86)
Oceanic ridges and transform faults: Their intersection angles and resistance to plate motion (1972) (85)
Large-scale variation in lithospheric structure along and across the Kenya rift (1991) (80)
More than one way to stretch: a tectonic model for extension along the plume track of the Yellowstone hotspot and adjacent Basin and Range Province (1998) (64)
Upper mantle origin of Sierra Nevada uplift (1977) (64)
The East African rift system in the light of KRISP 90 (1994) (64)
Crustal structure from pacific basin to central Nevada (1964) (61)
Regional geology of the Steamboat Springs area, Washoe County, Nevada (1964) (60)
Cenozoic normal faulting and the shallow structure of the Rio Grande rift near Socorro, New Mexico (1983) (56)
Numerical and approximate solutions for lithospheric thickening and thinning (1976) (55)
Seismic evidence for active magmatic underplating beneath the Basin and Range Province, western United States (1993) (55)
Gravity measurements between Hazen and Austin, Nevada: A study of basin‐range structure (1959) (51)
Seismic reflections from the basal contacts of batholiths (1981) (48)
Why is it downhill from Tonopah to Las Vegas?: A case for mantle plume support of the high northern Basin and Range (1995) (48)
Seismic identification of basement reflectors: The Bagdad Reflection Sequence in the Basin and Range Province—Colorado Plateau Transition Zone, Arizona (1989) (46)
Chapter 11: Geophysics of the western Basin and Range province (1989) (45)
Lipids of protozoa: phospholipids and neutral lipids. (1972) (43)
Depth migration and interpretation of the COCORP Wind River, Wyoming, seismic reflection data (1983) (37)
The seismically reflective crust beneath highly extended terranes: Evidence for its origin in extension (1988) (34)
Seismic constraints on the nature of lower crustal reflectors beneath the extending Southern Transition Zone of the Colorado Plateau, Arizona (1992) (33)
A gravity constraint on the origin of highly extended terranes (1990) (33)
Crustal and upper mantle structure of the northern and central Sierra Nevada (1983) (31)
Model studies on the effect of a sloping interface on Rayleigh waves (1963) (31)
Geology and quicksilver deposits of the Terlingua district, Texas (1959) (31)
Thin Skin Distension in Tertiary Rocks of Southeastern Nevada: Discussion (1971) (29)
Ultra-low frequency electromagnetic measurements associated with the 1998 Mw 5.1 San Juan Bautista, California earthquake and implications for mechanisms of electromagnetic earthquake precursors (2002) (29)
Geology of the Virginia City quadrangle, Nevada (1956) (29)
Topical therapy in inclusion conjunctivitis. (1952) (27)
Surface strain changes and strain energy release in the Dixie Valley‐Fairview Peak Area, Nevada (1968) (24)
Involvement of deep crust in extension of Basin and Range province (1986) (24)
Geology of the Crust and Mantle, Western United States (1964) (24)
STRUCTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF GRAVITY SURVEYS IN THE VIRGINIA CITY—MOUNT ROSE AREA, NEVADA AND CALIFORNIA (1958) (22)
Deep Mantle Plumes and Geoscience Vision (1998) (19)
Vertical deformation associated with normal fault systems evolved over coseismic, postseismic, and multiseismic periods (2016) (18)
Rifting of the continents: a key-project of the international lithosphere program (1994) (18)
GEOPHYSICAL STUDY OF BASIN-RANGE STRUCTURE DIXIE-VALLEY REGION, NEVADA (1967) (15)
Gravity and Magnetic Investigation of the Twin Sisters Dunite, Northern Washington (1975) (13)
The Rift System of the western United States (1966) (13)
Earthquake and volcano clustering via stress transfer at Yucca Mountain, Nevada (2006) (12)
From coseismic offsets to fault-block mountains (2017) (11)
Transportation and deposition of quicksilver ores in the Terlingua District, Texas (1954) (10)
Can footwall unloading explain late Cenozoic uplift of the Sierra Nevada crest (2009) (10)
Plateau uplifts: Mode and mechanism (1979) (9)
Geology for a changing world; a science strategy for the Geologic Division of the U.S. Geological Survey, 2000-2010 (1998) (7)
Does magmatism influence low-angle normal faulting?: Comment and Reply (1993) (6)
Mode and mechanisms of plateau uplifts (2013) (6)
Integrated analysis of deformation surveys at Mactaquac (1989) (6)
Very Different Crustal Response to Extreme Extension in the Southern Basin and Range and Colorado Plateau Transition (2001) (5)
Alpha tocopherol control of sexuality and poly- morphism in the rotifer. (1968) (5)
Vestigations Regarding Blue Grass Webworms in Turf (1933) (4)
Estimates of Strike-Slip Offset in Southwestern Arizona (1974) (4)
Encephalitis in Midwest VI. Western Equine Encepalomyelitis Virus Isolated from Aedes dorsalis Meigen. (1951) (3)
Aeromagnetic and Bouguer gravity map of Twin Sisters Dunite, northwestern Washington (1973) (3)
Structural geology of the Terlingua quicksilver district, Texas (1949) (2)
Comment and Reply on ‘Late Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the western United States’ COMMENT (1979) (2)
Katinka Unveiled: The Authorship of "Abbie Nott and Other Knots" (1984) (2)
California Coast Range Tectonics in Light of Geophysical Constraints: A Tribute to Ben Page (1999) (2)
Managment of concrete growth at the Mactaquac Generating Station (1995) (2)
The late Proterozoic Yatta Shear Zone: A possible lateral ramp extending across the Kenya Rift (1994) (2)
Measured sections and correlations of mid-Cretaceous rocks near the Lombard thrust of the Helena Salient in southwestern Montana (1995) (1)
Counterfeiter's Jargon of the 1820s (1996) (1)
Introduction and Tribute to S. Thomas Crough: 1947–1982 (2013) (1)
Effect of DDT Residual Deposits on Scorpions (1946) (1)
Some errors inherent in U.L.V. operations. (1973) (1)
Thermal springs and their possible significance in the future discovery of ore deposits (1949) (1)
The Deep Crust in Convergent and Divergent Terranes: Laramide Uplifts and Basin‐Range Rifts (2013) (1)
Elementary Seismology . Charles F. Richter. Freeman, San Francisco, Calif., 1958. viii+768 pp. Illus. $12. (1959) (1)
248 mine, Terlingua quicksilver district, Brewster County, Texas (1944) (0)
1823.1 Game of Baseball Reported in the National Advocate (2011) (0)
A Method for rapid identification of mosquitoes from light trap collections (1951) (0)
Depth Migration and Interpretation of Cocorp Wind River, Wyoming, Seismic Reflection Data: ABSTRACT (1980) (0)
The source of ores (1946) (0)
Introduction and tribute to S. Thomas Crough 1947–1982 (1984) (0)
1805.4 An Enigmatic 1805 "Game of Bace" in New York (2011) (0)
High‐Resolution P‐ and S‐Wave Deep Crustal Imaging Across the Edge of the Colorado Plateau, USA : Increased Reflectivity Caused by Initiating Extension (2013) (0)
A survey to determine the status of music curricula in Indiana rural high schools with an enrollment between 60 and 125 (1954) (0)
Erratum: Oceanic ridges and transform faults: Their intersection angles and resistance to plate motion [Earth Planet. Sci. Letters 15 (1972) 116-122] (1973) (0)
The technical college library : a primer for its development (1969) (0)
Quicksilver deposits of the Terlingua district, Texas (1951) (0)
Measuring viscous insecticides. (1972) (0)
Geologic maps and sections, Study Butte mine, Terlingua quicksilver district, Brewster County, Texas (1966) (0)
Early Instances of Three Still-Current Phrases (1993) (0)
Perspectives on Basin and Range Structure and Basaltic Volcanism — Bare Mountain – Crater Flat Area , Nye County , Nevada By (2000) (0)
Statistics on blind persons in postsecondary education. (1980) (0)
The Mariposa mine, Terlingua quicksilver district, Brewster County, Texas (1944) (0)
Modeling Temporal-Spatial Earthquake and Volcano Clustering at Yucca Mountain, Nevada (2006) (0)
Dedication to S. Thomas Crough 1947–1982 (1983) (0)
1987 James B. Macelwane Medals (1988) (0)
Cross Assignment of Recruiting Mission Test Analysis. (1982) (0)

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