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Peter Robert Cobbold's Degrees
- PhD Geology Stanford University
- Masters Geophysics Stanford University
- Bachelors Geology University of California, Berkeley
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- Propagating extrusion tectonics in Asia: New insights from simple experiments with plasticine (1982) (2398)
- Development of sheath folds in shear regimes (1980) (499)
- Experiments on shortening of a 4-layer model of the continental lithosphere (1991) (411)
- Lateral extrusion in the eastern Alps, Part 1: Boundary conditions and experiments scaled for gravity (1991) (403)
- Segmentation of an obliquely rifted margin, Campos and Santos basins, southeastern Brazil (2001) (342)
- Book Review: The techniques of modern structural geology. Volume 2: Folds and fractures. Ramsay, J. G. and Huber, M. I. 1987. Academic Press, London. 381 pp. Price: £17.50, $34.50 (1988) (308)
- Development of internal structures in deformed anisotropic rocks (1971) (244)
- Style and pattern of salt diapirs due to thin-skinned gravitational gliding, Campos and Santos basins, offshore Brazil (1993) (241)
- Indentation tectonics in nature and experiment. I: Experiments scaled for gravity (1988) (239)
- Physical models of extensional tectonics at various scales (1987) (236)
- Style and history of Andean deformation, Puna plateau, northwestern Argentina (2001) (207)
- Aptian to recent compressional deformation, foothills of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina (2003) (200)
- Bedding-parallel fibrous veins (beef and cone-in-cone): Worldwide occurrence and possible significance in terms of fluid overpressure, hydrocarbon generation and mineralization (2013) (175)
- Indentation tectonics in nature and experiment. II: Central Asia (1988) (168)
- Intense progressive shear in Ile de Groix blueschists and compatibility with subduction or obduction (1978) (166)
- Strain heating and thermal softening in continental shear zones: a review (1980) (165)
- Late Mesozoic to Paleogene stratigraphy of the Salar de Atacama Basin, Antofagasta, Northern Chile: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the Central Andes (2005) (164)
- Some tectonic consequences of fluid overpressures and seepage forces as demonstrated by sandbox modelling (2003) (161)
- Relative sea-level fall since the last interglacial stage: Are coasts uplifting worldwide? (2011) (154)
- Radial gravitational gliding on passive margins (1991) (153)
- Bulk kinematics from shear zone patterns: some field examples (1987) (149)
- Paleogene building of the Bolivian Orocline: Tectonic restoration of the central Andes in 2‐D map view (2008) (146)
- Sedimentary basins and crustal thickening (1993) (139)
- Salar de Atacama basin: A record of compressional tectonics in the central Andes since the mid‐Cretaceous (2006) (138)
- Seepage forces, important factors in the formation of horizontal hydraulic fractures and bedding‐parallel fibrous veins (‘beef’ and ‘cone‐in‐cone’) (2007) (134)
- Mechanism of thin-skinned detachment in the Amazon Fan: assessing the importance of fluid overpressure and hydrocarbon generation (2004) (130)
- Widespread bedding-parallel veins of fibrous calcite (’beef') in a mature source rock (Vaca Muerta Fm, Neuquén Basin, Argentina): evidence for overpressure and horizontal compression (2009) (128)
- Right‐lateral shear along the Northwest Pacific Margin and the India‐Eurasia Collision (1990) (126)
- Description and origin of banded deformation structures. II. Rheology and the growth of banded perturbations (1977) (123)
- Noncylindrical flexural slip folds in nature and experiment (1977) (122)
- Volcanism in a compressional Andean setting: A structural and geochronological study of Tromen volcano (Neuquén province, Argentina) (2007) (121)
- Use of vegetable oil and silica powder for scale modelling of magmatic intrusion in a deforming brittle crust (2006) (120)
- Fold propagation in single embedded layers (1975) (118)
- Tectonic significance of fault-slip data (2000) (116)
- Episodic burial and exhumation in NE Brazil after opening of the South Atlantic (2012) (114)
- Structure, metamorphism an geochronology of the Arequipa Massif of coastal Peru (1979) (111)
- The San Pedro and San Pablo volcanoes of northern Chile and their hot avalanche deposits (1974) (107)
- Description and origin of banded deformation structures. I. Regional strain, local perturbations, and deformation bands (1977) (107)
- Post-breakup tectonics in southeast Brazil from thermochronological data and combined inverse-forward thermal history modeling (2012) (104)
- Paleomagnetic evidence for Cenozoic block rotations in the Tadjik depression (Central Asia) (1994) (102)
- A paleomagnetic study of Tertiary formations from the Kyrgyz Tien‐Shan and its tectonic implications (1993) (98)
- Post-rift reactivation of the onshore margin of southeast Brazil: Evidence from apatite (U–Th)/He and fission-track data (2011) (98)
- Topography as a major factor in the development of arcuate thrust belts: insights from sandbox experiments (2002) (97)
- Rise and emplacement of magma during horizontal shortening of the brittle crust: Insights from experimental modeling (2007) (96)
- Structural consequences of fluid overpressure and seepage forces in the outer thrust belt of the Niger Delta (2009) (95)
- Fluid pressure and effective stress in sandbox models (1999) (95)
- Experiments on simultaneous faulting and folding above a basement wrench fault (1991) (93)
- Distribution, timing, and causes of Andean deformation across South America (2007) (92)
- Partitioning of transpressive motions within a sigmoidal foldbelt: the Variscan Sierras Australes, Argentina (1991) (90)
- Sandbox modelling of thrust wedges with fluid-assisted detachments (2001) (87)
- How normal faulting and sedimentation interact to produce listric fault profiles and stratigraphic wedges (1988) (86)
- Arcuate thrust systems in sandbox experiments: A comparison to the external arcs of the Western Alps (2002) (84)
- Deformation and motion in the Western Alpine Arc (1986) (83)
- Experimental insights into the partitioning of motion within zones of oblique subduction (1992) (82)
- Some experiments on interacting sedimentation and deformation above salt horizons (1989) (81)
- Tertiary kinematics in the Lepontine dome (1989) (78)
- Mechanical effects of anisotropy during large finite deformations (1976) (74)
- Sandbox experiments on gravitational spreading and gliding in the presence of fluid overpressures (2006) (74)
- Development of conjugate shear bands during bulk simple shearing (1985) (74)
- Faulting in the Early Cretaceous Rio do Peixe basin (NE Brazil) and its significance for the opening of the Atlantic (1994) (72)
- Sedimentary record of late Paleozoic to Recent tectonism in central Asia — analysis of subsurface data from the Turan and south Kazak domains (1999) (72)
- Physical models of magmatic intrusion during thrusting (2003) (71)
- Cenozoic dextral transpression and basin development at the southern edge of the Puna Plateau (1996) (68)
- Physical modelling of sand injectites (2009) (65)
- A Discussion on natural strain and geological structure - Fold shapes as functions of progressive strain (1976) (64)
- The Tunas Formation (Permian) in the Sierras Australes foldbelt, east central Argentina: evidence for syntectonic sedimentation in a foreland basin (1995) (62)
- Development of highly non-cylindrical folds around rigid ellipsoidal inclusions in bulk simple shear regimes: natural examples and experimental modelling (1995) (61)
- Removal of finite deformation using strain trajectories (1979) (60)
- Paleogene clockwise tectonic rotations in the forearc of central Andes, Antofagasta region, northern Chile (2003) (60)
- Gum rosin (colophony): A suitable material for thermomechanical modelling of the lithosphere (1992) (60)
- Least squares restoration of Tertiary thrust sheets in map view, Tajik depression, central Asia (1997) (58)
- Structure and kinematics of a foothills transect, Lago Viedma, southern Andes (49°30′S) (1999) (55)
- Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology and Tectonics: From Minerals to the Lithosphere (2005) (55)
- Thrust wedges and fluid overpressures: Sandbox models involving pore fluids (2006) (55)
- MAGELLAN STRAIT: PART OF A NEOGENE RIFT SYSTEM (1997) (53)
- Bending anisotropy: A mechanical constraint on the orientation of fold axes in an anisotropic medium (1981) (53)
- Bending anisotropy: A mechanical constraint on the orientation of fold axes in an anisotropic medium (1981) (53)
- Least-squares palinspastic restoration of regions of normal faulting. Application to the Campos basin (Brazil) (1993) (53)
- Effects of topography on the curvature of fold-and-thrust belts during shortening of a 2-layer model of continental lithosphere (2005) (50)
- Tectonic setting of the Taubaté Basin (Southeastern Brazil): Insights from regional seismic profiles and outcrop data (2013) (50)
- Control of pore fluid pressure on depth of emplacement of magmatic sills: An experimental approach (2010) (50)
- Axial directions of folds in rocks with linear/planar fabrics (1981) (49)
- Beef veins and thrust detachments in Early Cretaceous source rocks, foothills of Magallanes-Austral Basin, southern Chile and Argentina: Structural evidence for fluid overpressure during hydrocarbon maturation (2014) (49)
- Influence of erosion and sedimentation on strike-slip fault systems: insights from analogue models (2006) (49)
- Paleomagnetism and cross‐folding in a key area of the Asturian Arc (Spain) (1981) (48)
- Predictive mapping for copper-gold magmatic-hydrothermal systems in NW Argentina: Use of a regional-scale GIS, application of an expert-guided data-driven approach, and comparison with results from a continental-scale GIS (2006) (48)
- Bitumen veins and Eocene transpression, Neuquén Basin, Argentina (1999) (47)
- Shear criteria in rocks: an introductory review (1987) (47)
- Slip system domains. 2. Kinematic aspects of fabric development in polycrystalline aggregates (1987) (45)
- Analogue models for the transpressional docking of volcanic arcs in the Western Pacific (1996) (44)
- Andean deformation and rift inversion, eastern edge of Cordillera Oriental (Guateque–Medina area), Colombia (2002) (42)
- Vertical axis rotations across the Puna plateau (northwestern Argentina) from paleomagnetic analysis of Cretaceous and Cenozoic rocks (1999) (41)
- Spatial integration of strains using finite elements (1983) (40)
- Late Paleozoic transpression in Buenos Aires and northeast Patagonia ranges, Argentina (1997) (40)
- Incipient shortening of a passive margin: the mechanical roles of continental and oceanic lithospheres (2004) (39)
- Neogene dextral transpression due to oblique convergence across the Andes of northwestern Patagonia, Argentina (1998) (37)
- Physical modelling of chemical compaction, overpressure development, hydraulic fracturing and thrust detachments in organic-rich source rock (2014) (37)
- Extension, Displacement, and Block Rotation in the Larger Gullfaks Area, Northern North Sea: Determined from Map View Restoration (1996) (36)
- Mathematical removal of regional ductile strains in Central Brittany: Evidence for wrench tectonics (1982) (34)
- Natural hydraulic fractures in the Wessex Basin, SW England: Widespread distribution, composition and history (2015) (31)
- Kinematic and mechanical discontinuity at a coherent interface (1983) (31)
- Structural architecture and nature of the continent-ocean transitional domain at the Camamu and Almada Basins (NE Brazil) within a conjugate margin setting (2010) (30)
- World's largest extrusive body of sand? (2012) (29)
- Slip-system domains. I. Plane-strain kinematics of arrays of coherent bands with twinned fibre orientations (1986) (29)
- Compatibility equations and the integration of finite strains in two dimensions (1977) (29)
- Restoration in plan view of faulted Upper Cretaceous and Oligocene horizons and its bearing on the history of salt tectonics in the Campos Basin (Brazil) (1993) (29)
- Geological evidence for fluid overpressure, hydraulic fracturing and strong heating during maturation and migration of hydrocarbons in Mesozoic rocks of the northern Neuquén Basin, Mendoza Province, Argentina (2015) (28)
- Variations in amount and direction of seafloor spreading along the northeast Atlantic Ocean and resulting deformation of the continental margin of northwest Europe (2012) (28)
- Slip system domains, 3. New insights in fault kinematics from plane-strain sandbox experiments (1991) (28)
- Finite-element analysis of fold propagation — a problematic application? (1977) (27)
- Cenozoic reactivation of the Great Glen Fault, Scotland: additional evidence and possible causes (2013) (26)
- Specification of fabric shapes using an eigenvalue method: Discussion (1979) (25)
- Experimental study of sheath fold development around a weak inclusion in a mechanically layered matrix (2013) (21)
- Displacements, strains, and rotations within the Afar depression (Djibouti) from restoration in map view (1996) (21)
- Kinematic analysis of a growth fault system in the Niger Delta from restoration in map view (1996) (20)
- Geodynamics and ore deposit evolution in Europe: Introduction (2005) (20)
- Post-rift landscape development of north-east Brazil (1969) (18)
- Jumps in deformation gradients and particle velocities across propagating coherent boundaries (1984) (18)
- Neogene Tectonics within the Magellan Basin (Patagonia) (1997) (16)
- Physical models of rifting and transform faulting, due to ridge push in a wedge-shaped oceanic lithosphere (2007) (16)
- Compatibility of two-dimensional strains and rotations along strain trajectories (1980) (16)
- Some Experiments on Block Rotation in the Brittle Upper Crust (1989) (15)
- A biaxial press for model deformation and rheological tests (1975) (13)
- 9: Processes of tectonism, magmatism and mineralization: Lessons from Europe (2005) (12)
- Cretaceous to Paleogene compressional tectonics during deposition of the Purilactis Group, Salar de Atacama (2002) (10)
- The geometrical significance of strain trajectory curvature (1988) (10)
- Source rocks in foreland basins: A preferential context for the development of natural hydraulic fractures (2021) (10)
- Large submarine slides on a steep continental margin (Camamu Basin, NE Brazil) (2010) (10)
- 'Beef': Evidence for fluid overpressure and hydraulic fracturing in source rocks during hydrocarbon generation and tectonic events: Field studies and physical modelling (2012) (10)
- Radial patterns of bitumen dykes around Quaternary volcanoes, provinces of northern Neuquén and southernmost Mendoza, Argentina (2014) (9)
- Compressional Reactivation, Atlantic Margin of Brazil: Structural Styles and Consequences for Hydrocarbon Exploration* (2010) (9)
- A geometric approach to two-dimensional finite strain compatibility: interpretation and review (1985) (8)
- Structure of the Andean foothills, Chos Malal region, Neuquen Basin, Argentina (1996) (7)
- Magma-controlled tectonics in compressional settings : insights from geological examples and experimental modelling (2008) (7)
- Description and origin of spatial periodicity in tectonic structures: Report on a Tectonic Studies Group conference held at Nottingham University, 8 November 1978 (1979) (7)
- Effects of margin-parallel shortening and density contrasts on back-arc extension during subduction: Experimental insights and possible application to Anatolia (2013) (7)
- Late Paleozoic to Recent Development of Sedimentary Basins on the Turan and South Kazakh Platforms, Central Asia: ABSTRACT (1995) (6)
- Styles of folding (1978) (6)
- The Structure of the Axial Zone of the Cordillera Oriental Colombiana (1997) (5)
- Unified theory of the onset of folding, boudinage, and mullion structure: Discussion and reply (1976) (5)
- Coeval volcanic activity and tectonic shortening, Tromen volcano, Neuquén province, Argentina (2005) (4)
- A combined analytical and experimental study on the formation of sheath folds (2012) (4)
- Physical models of chemical compaction, overpressure development and hydraulic fracturing in various tectonic contexts (2010) (3)
- Cenozoic reactivation of the Great Glen Fault , Scotland : Additional Evidence and 1 Possible Causes 2 3 (2013) (3)
- Localization of minor folds by major folds (1978) (3)
- THE VALLE FERTIL FLOWER STRUCTURE AND ITS RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE PRECORDILLERA AND PANIPEAN RANGES, (30-32"S, ARGENTINA). (1996) (3)
- Physical modelling of sub-salt gliding due to fluid overpressure in underlying sedimentary strata (2016) (3)
- Simple derivation of a shortening/rotation relation for straight limbs on symmetrical folds (1979) (3)
- Changes in plate motion and vertical movements along passive continental margins (2012) (3)
- The structure and evolution of magmatic complexes in fold-and-thrust belts - a case study of Cerro Negro, Neuquén Province, Argentina (2012) (2)
- Beef (bedding-parallel fibrous veins): worldwide occurrence and significance in terms of fluid overpressure, hydrocarbon generation and mineralization (including sulfides, emerald, uranium or gold) (2012) (2)
- Right-lateral shear along the Northwest Pacic Margin (2012) (2)
- Burial, Uplift and Exhumation History of the Atlantic Margin of NE Brazil* (2010) (2)
- Tertiary kinematics in the Lepontine dome Geological Society (2001) (2)
- Automated apparatus for model deformation (1976) (2)
- Folding of anisotropic rocks with linear-planar fabrics : Abstract of paper for Fall Annual Meeting, December 1973. Paper T39. EOS. TRANS. AMER. GEOPHYS. UNION, V54, N11, NOV. 1973, P1207 (1974) (1)
- Tectonic modeling: A volume in honor of Hans Ramberg [Book Review] (2002) (1)
- Radial patterns of bitumen dykes around Tromen and Auca Mahuida volcanoes, Neuquen Basin, Argentina: evidence for abnormally rapid generation of hydrocarbons in Quaternary times (2008) (1)
- Numerical plan view restoration of the Bolivian Orocline (2005) (1)
- Ridge-plume interaction and differential spreading along the northern North Atlantic ridge and resulting Cenozoic compressional deformation of the NE Atlantic margin (2011) (1)
- What Makes India such a Good Indenter (2014) (1)
- Thermal experiments of Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities in the continental lithosphere (1997) (1)
- Influence of fluid overpressure, maturation of organic matter, and tectonic context during the development of 'beef': physical modelling and comparison with the Wessex Basin, SW England (2011) (1)
- Compressional Growth Strata of Late Oligocene to Miocene Age in the Loncopué and Catan-Lil Intermontane Basins, Neuquén Province, Argentina (37°- 40° S) (2006) (1)
- Scaled Sandbox Models of Growth-Faulting Processes: Mechanisms, Evolution and 3-D Geometry of Listric Normal Growth Faults: ABSTRACT (1988) (0)
- Palinspastic reconstruction of the opening of the NE Atlantic: differential sea-floor spreading and resulting deformation of the NW European Margin (2012) (0)
- Abstract: The Ñirihuau Basin (Patagonia, Argentina): Its Mesozoic Rifting And Neogene Architecture Due To Dextral Andean Transpression (1998) (0)
- Mechanical modelling in structural geology and tectonics - past, present and future (2010) (0)
- Dedication to Pierre Choukroune (2005) (0)
- Thermochronological evidence for polyphase post-rift reactivation in SE Brazil (2012) (0)
- Silica powder and vegetable oil for modelling magma emplacement into a deforming brittle crust. (2006) (0)
- Andean transpressive tectonics at the eastern edge of the Cordillera Oriental, Colombia (Chivor-Guavio area) (1999) (0)
- ABSTRACT: Complex Structural Traps in the Foothills of the Neuquen Basin, Argentina: Products of Oblique Convergence since 100 Ma (2002) (0)
- Magma ascent during thrusting : Insights from Tromen volcano (Argentina) and laboratory experiments (2006) (0)
- Cretaceous and Tertiary clockwise rotations in the Puna Plateau (Argentina); tectonic implications for Central Andes (1998) (0)
- Topographic and Structural Expressions of the OngoingCompression in Midplate South America (1997) (0)
- Military students (1993) (0)
- Mountain Building in the Central Andes: Paleomagnetic Constraints on Temporal and Spatial Crustal Rotations. (2005) (0)
- Buckling of an embedded layer in rubberlike materials: a critical comparison of theories (1982) (0)
- On the usefulness of sheath folds as kinematic indicators (2012) (0)
- Structural consequences of seepage forces in overpressured thin-skinned thrust belts (2007) (0)
- Strain Patterns in Rocks: A Selection of Papers Presented at the International Workshop, Rennes, 13-14 May 1982 (2015) (0)
- ERRATUM: World's largest extrusive body of sand? (2012) (0)
- Cenozoic right-lateral slip on the Great Glen Fault, Scotland: Additional Evidence and Possible Causes (2012) (0)
- Expulsion and Primary Migration of Hydrocarbons – Observations in Outcrops (2016) (0)
- Intrusion and extrusion of fluidized sand in experiments on granular materials and in the North Sea (2008) (0)
- Evidence for post-rift uplift around the North and South Atlantic (2009) (0)
- Cenozoic thrusting and wrenching in the Cordillera oriental, Colombia : field data and experimental insights (1990) (0)
- Coeval volcanic activity and compressional deformation, Tromen volcano, Neuquén province, Argentina (2005) (0)
- Differential spreading along the northern North Atlantic ridge and resulting intraplate deformation of the adjacent continental margins (2010) (0)
- Kinematic Analysis of a Growth Fault System in the Niger Delta from Restoration in Map View: ABSTRACT (1995) (0)
- Three books on salt tectonics (1997) (0)
- Correction to “Vertical axis rotations across the Puna plateau (northwestern Argentina) from paleomagnetic analysis of Cretaceous and Cenozoic rocks” by Isabelle Coutand, Pierrick Roperch, Annick Chauvin, Peter Robert Cobbold, and Pierre Gautier (2000) (0)
- Differential seafloor spreading of the North Atlantic and consequent deformation of adjacent continental margins (2010) (0)
- Analogue modelling of magmatic intrusion during thrusting (2005) (0)
- Vertical versus lateral flux of magma in dykes during crustal extension : new insights from simple laboratory experiments (2012) (0)
- Physical models of base-salt detachments in thin-skinned thrust belts under þuid overpressure (2011) (0)
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