| Interplay between crustal‐scale thrusting, high metamorphic heating rates, and the development of inverted thermal‐metamorphic gradients: Numerical models and examples from the … JR Thigpen, KT Ashley, C Mako, RD Law, B Spencer Tectonics 40 (11), e2021TC006716, 2021 | 9 | 2021 |
| Tectonic transport directions, shear senses and deformation temperatures indicated by quartz c-axis fabrics and microstructures in a NW-SE transect across the Moine and Sgurr … RD Law, JR Thigpen, SE Mazza, CA Mako, M Krabbendam, BM Spencer, ... Geosciences 11 (10), 411, 2021 | 9 | 2021 |
| Rapid cooling during late-stage orogenesis and implications for the collapse of the Scandian retrowedge, northern Scotland BM Spencer, JR Thigpen, RD Law, CA Mako, CS McDonald, KV Hodges, ... Journal of the Geological Society 178 (1), jgs2020-022, 2021 | 8 | 2021 |
| Defining the timing, extent, and conditions of Paleozoic metamorphism in the southern Appalachian Blue Ridge terranes of Tennessee, North Carolina, and northern Georgia JR Thigpen, DP Moecher, HH Stowell, A Merschat, RD Hatcher Jr, ... Tectonics 41 (10), e2022TC007406, 2022 | 2 | 2022 |
| An Evaluation of Erosional‐Geodynamic Thresholds for Rapid Orogenic Denudation BM Spencer, JR Thigpen, SF Gallen, JM Dortch, KV Hodges, RD Law, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 126 (12), e2021JB022353, 2021 | 2 | 2021 |
| INTEGRATING PETROLOGY, GEOCHRONOLOGY, AND THERMOCHRONOLOGY TO UNRAVEL THE COMPLEX PALEOZOIC TECTONOMETAMORPHIC HISTORY OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN OROGENIC CORE R Thigpen, D Moecher, H Stowell, NE Powell, B Spencer, EM Bollen, ... Abstracts Geological Society of America, 2022 | 1 | 2022 |
| DECIPHERING THE “FOOTPRINT” OF THE NEOACADIAN METAMORPHIC EVENT IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS: INSIGHTS FROM 40 AR/39 AR GEOCHRONOLOGY IN THE EASTERN BLUE RIDGE AND INNER … B Spencer, J Thigpen, A Merschat, NE Powell, CS McDonald Abstracts Geological Society of America, 2021 | 1 | 2021 |
| DID THE BREVARD FAULT ZONE CONTROL NEOACADIAN CHANNEL AND ESCAPE FLOW IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN INNER PIEDMONT? EVIDENCE FROM MONAZITE U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY AND REE GEOCHEMISTRY NE Powell, R Thigpen, DP Moecher, HH Stowell, B Spencer, A Merschat, ... Abstracts Geological Society of America, 2023 | | 2023 |
| RECONSTRUCTING THE PALEOZOIC STRUCTURAL, METAMORPHIC, AND EXHUMATIONAL HISTORY OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BLUE RIDGE AND INNER PIEDMONT R Thigpen, A Merschat, R Hatcher, D Moecher, NE Powell, B Spencer, ... Abstracts Geological Society of America, 2023 | | 2023 |
| Understanding deformation band formation across a range of length scales in the Paradox Basin, Utah WR Swanger, JR Thigpen, RC Goldsby, MB Preece, NE Powell, ... Journal of Structural Geology 166, 104775, 2023 | | 2023 |
| Syn-to Post-orogenic Evolution of Collisional Mountain Systems: Investigating the Potential for Crustal Flow Using Thermochronology and Numerical Models B Spencer | | 2022 |
| UNDERSTANDING GRADIENTS IN THE DIFFERENTIAL STRESS DRIVING FLOW: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CRUSTAL ESCAPE FLOW MODEL IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN INNER PIEDMONT G Clark, B Spencer, R Thigpen, AJ Merschat, G Casale, J Levine Abstracts Geological Society of America, 2021 | | 2021 |
| DEFINING METAMORPHIC TIMING, EXTENT, AND CONDITIONS IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BLUE RIDGE AND INNER PIEDMONT—INSIGHTS FROM MONAZITE XENOTIME GEOCHEMISTRY AND GEOCHRONOLOGY B Spencer, NE Powell, R Thigpen, DP Moecher, HH Stowell, AJ Merschat Abstracts Geological Society of America, 2021 | | 2021 |
| Rapid orogenic collapse—efficient erosion, or something more? BM Spencer, JR Thigpen, SF Gallen, JM Dortch, RD Law American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2020 | | 2020 |
| Quantifying strain accommodation and deformation of wall rocks and overburden sequences proximal to salt diapirs in Salt Valley, Utah. W Swanger, JR Thigpen, AL Helfrich, BM Spencer Geological Society of America Annual Meeting 51 (6), 2020 | | 2020 |
| Numerical investigations of rapid heating in thrust belts and implications for metamorphism in the Scandian orogenic wedge, NW Scotland. JR Thigpen, KT Ashley, CA Mako, RD Law, BM Spencer Geological Society of American Annual Meeting 51 (6), 2020 | | 2020 |
| Rapid rates of orogenic collapse in the Scottish Caledonides BM Spencer, JR Thigpen, CS McDonald, KV Hodges, CA Mako, RD Law, ... Geological Society of America Annual Meeting 51 (5), 2019 | | 2019 |
| A Paleomagnetic and Petrographic Analysis of Unconformity Surfaces in Nevada and Missouri: Possible Implications for Paleoweathering Processes BM Spencer | | 2017 |
Ryan ThigpenAssociate Professor, University of KentuckyVerified email at uky.edu
