Delores Robinson

Delores Marie Robinson is an American geophysicist who is a professor and department chair at the University of Alabama. Her research considers how orogenic systems evolve from porto-magmatic arcs, with a particular focus on Western Nepal, India, Bhutan and Southern Tibet.

Delores Marie Robinson
Alma materGuilford College
Vanderbilt University
University of Arizona
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Alabama
ThesisStructural and neodymium-isotopic evidence for the tectonic evolution of the Himalayan fold-thrust belt, western Nepal and the northern Tibetan Plateau (2001)

Early life and education

Robinson studied at the Guilford College, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in geology in 1994.[1] She completed a research project on the gravity and magnetics of diabase dikes in Jamestown, North Carolina.[2] She moved to Vanderbilt University for graduate studies, earning a master's degree in 1997. Her research involved the characterization of magma chamber dynamics in Aztec Wash pluton.[3] Robinson became a doctoral student at the University of Arizona researching the kinematic history, structure and stratigraphy of Western Nepal. In 2001, Robinson was awarded a PhD.[4] During Robinson's research in Western Nepal, she created a geological map.[5]

Research and career

Robinson started her professional career as a structural geologist at BP in Alaska. She was appointed to the faculty of the University of Alabama in 2003, and promoted to Professor and Chair of Geological Sciences in 2010.[6] Her research has considered the tectonics of the Himalayas.[7][8][9] In an effort to identify hidden hydrocarbons, Robinson collects and analyzes rocks and makes use of seismic data.[8]

Selected publications
  • Peter G. DeCelles; Delores M. Robinson; Jay Quade; T. P. Ojha; Carmala N. Garzione; Peter Copeland; Bishal N. Upreti (August 2001). "Stratigraphy, structure, and tectonic evolution of the Himalayan fold-thrust belt in western Nepal". Tectonics. 20 (4): 487–509. doi:10.1029/2000TC001226. ISSN 0278-7407. Wikidata Q97323495.
  • Peter G. DeCelles; Delores M. Robinson; George Zandt (December 2002). "Implications of shortening in the Himalayan fold-thrust belt for uplift of the Tibetan Plateau". Tectonics. 21 (6): 12-1–12-25. Bibcode:2002Tecto..21.1062D. doi:10.1029/2001TC001322. ISSN 0278-7407. Wikidata Q97323511.
  • Delores M. Robinson; Peter G. DeCelles; P.Jonathan Patchett; Carmala N. Garzione (November 2001). "The kinematic evolution of the Nepalese Himalaya interpreted from Nd isotopes". Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 192 (4): 507–521. Bibcode:2001E&PSL.192..507R. doi:10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00451-4. ISSN 0012-821X. Wikidata Q104795803.

Awards and honors

Personal life

Robinson is married with four children.[5]

References
  1. "Delores Robinson – Geological Sciences". geo.ua.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  2. Robinson, Delores M (1994). Gravity and magnetics study of diabase dikes in the Jamestown Quarry, Guilford County, North Carolina (Thesis). OCLC 870666853.
  3. Robinson, Delores M (1997). Investigating magma chamber dynamics through the examination of accessory minerals: the Aztec Wash pluton, southern Nevada (Thesis). OCLC 38268430.
  4. Robinson, D. M.; DeCelles, P. G.; Garzione, C. N.; Pearson, O. N.; Harrison, T. M.; Catlos, E. J. (2003-04-01). "Kinematic model for the Main Central thrust in Nepal". Geology. 31 (4): 359–362. doi:10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0359:KMFTMC>2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0091-7613.
  5. "Delores Robinson – ESWN". Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  6. "Delores M. Robinson – Center for Sedimentary Basin Studies". csbs.ua.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  7. Mukherjee, Soumyajit; Carosi, Rodolfo; Beek, Peter van der; Mukherjee, Barun Kumar; Robinson, Delores M. (2015-01-01). "Tectonics of the Himalaya: an introduction". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 412 (1): 1–3. doi:10.1144/SP412.14. hdl:2318/1528982. ISSN 0305-8719. S2CID 131497886.
  8. Estes, Cary (April 13, 2020). "High Adventures in Geological Prospecting". Business Alabama Magazine. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  9. Bryant, Chris (May 15, 2014). "Reaching for Rocks". Research magazine. University of Alabama. Archived from the original on 2016-07-19.
  10. "Delores Robinson elected Fellow in Geological Society of America – Geological Sciences". geo.ua.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
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