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Biography 2007-present - SAGES Post Doctoral Research Fellow
2006-2007 - Research Associate, Birckbeck College, University of London
2002-2007 - Ph.D. University of Glasgow
2001-2002 - USGS Hawaii Volcanoes Observatory
Research interests Quantification of the rates of surface processes and long term landscape evolution
Understanding quantifying tectonic processes effecting the shallow crust, using low temperature thermochronology
Integration of low temperature thermochronology with other qualitative and quantitative techniques to describe landscape evolution on a range of timescales
Development of new analytical methods to expand the range of temporal and thermal constraints, and improve our understanding of crustal processes
The magnitudes, rates and relative importance of the interactions and feedbacks between mantle, crustal, surface and climate processes
Modelling of the thermal evolution of the crust with time, to constain the local- and regional-scale lithospheric response to magmatic, tectonic and climatic eventsCurrent research I am currently working on a number of projects including:
Using thrmochronology to constrain stress drop during palaeoseismic events
Improved understanding of annealing and diffusion behaviour in accessory minerals
Raman spectroscopy as a tool for fission track and (U-Th)/He analyses
Denudation on the European rifted margin and the temporal variation in sediment flux to the North Atlantic basins
The evolution of the Scottish landscape
Plume-lithospheric interaction in Large Igneous Provinces (Europe, Greenland, South Africa)
The evolution of rifted margins (Europe, Greenland, South Africa, Australia)
Palaeogene igneous centres of Rum and Eigg, Inner Hebrisdes
The development and application of laser extraction techniques for (U-Th)/He thermochronology
The development and application zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronometer
Cathodoluminescence images (SEM) of Fish
Canyon Tuff zircons. Scale bar is 50 microns
Exhumation and denudation in orogenic events (Alps and Himalaya
Combination of U-Pb and low temperature thermochronology to discriminate variable sediment inputs
Integration of radiometric dating (U-Pb, Ar-Ar) and low temperature thermochronology to constrain complete plutonic cooling histories
Other Responsibilities
2008-present - Secretary, Volcanic & Magmatic Studies Group. Joint Special Interest Group of the Mineralogical Society and Geological Society of London.
2008-present - Editor of OnTrack, the magazine of the international thermochronology community
Co-Convenor Thermo2010 - 12th International Conference in Thermochronology, Glasgow. August 16th - 20th 2010
Co-Convenor VMSG Annual Meeting, Glasgow Jan 4th-6th 2010
Recent publications Dobson, K. J., Brown, R. W., MacDonald, R., Gallagher, K., & Stuart, F. M.
(2011) Constraining the Cenozoic evolution of South Africa using (U-Th)/He thermochronology: the influence of dynamic topography at a passive margin. Geophysical Research Abstracts 13 EGU2011-4915. Dobson, K. J., Stuart, F. M. and Depmster, T. J. (2010) Thermal history of the Hebridean Igneous Province (HIP): How long has the HIP been cool? Journal of the Geological Society of London, 167, 5, 973-984. van der Beek, P. A., Valla, P. G., Herman, F., Braun, J., Persano, C., Dobson, K. J., and Labrin, E. (2010) Inversion of thermochronological age–elevation profiles to extract independent estimates of denudation and relief history — II: Application to the French Western Alps. Earth and Planetary Science Letters doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2010.04.032 View full text >> doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2010.04.032 >> Dobson, K. J., Persano, C. and Stuart, F. M. (2009) Quantitative constraints on mid- to shallow crustal processes using the zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronometer. in Lisker, F., Ventura, B., and Glasmacher, U. A., (eds) Thermochronological methods: from palaeotemperature constraints to landscape evolution models. Geological Society of London Special Publication doi:10.1144/SP324.4 >> Persano, C. & Dobson, K. J. (2009) How many years can a mountain exist before it's washed to the sea? Or, Bob Dylan’s theory of landscape evolution. Scottish Geographical Journal. 125 370–378. Dobson, K. J., Stuart, F. M., Depmster, T. J., and EIMF. (2008) U and Th zonation in Fish Canyon Tuff zircons: Implications for a zircon (U-Th)/He standard. Geochimica & Cosmochimica Acta. 72 4745-4755.
doi:10.1016/j.gca.2008.07.015 >> Dobson, K.J., Stuart. F.M., Dempster, T.J., Persano, C. and Bell, B.R. (2006) How long has the HIP been cool? The misunderstood youth of the Hebridean Igneous Province. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 70. 18. A143-A143 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2006.06.303 >> Foeken. J. P. T., Stuart. F. M., Dobson, K. J., Persano., C., & Vilbert, D. (2006) A diode laser system for heating minerals for (U-Th)/He chronometry. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 7 doi:10.1029/2005GC001190 >> Kirstein, L. A., Sinclair, H., Stuart, F. M., 2 & Dobson K. (2006) Rapid early Miocene exhumation of the Ladakh batholith, western Himalaya. Geology 34. 12. 1049-1052. doi:10.1130/G22857A.1 >> Recent research grants | View all grants >> Dobson, K. J., 2011 Basics of 3D Quantitative Analysis of Geological Materials Using CT. Short course part sponsored by the NSF & Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin. Dobson, K. J., 2011, Mineralogical Society Senior Travel Bursary , £400 Dobson, K. J. and Kirkpatrick, J. 2009-2010. Investigating the viscous break phenomenon, £1,400 (John Robertson Bequest). Dobson, K.J., 2007. Using Word to produce long and complex documents , £500 Robert's Training Fund, University of Glasgow Dobson, K. J. 2006. Geochemistry Group student travel bursary of £200 to attend the Goldschmidt Conference, Melbourne, 2006 Teaching responsibilities Level 1
An Introduction to Metamorphic Geology
Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic Petrology, Maps, & Structures courses
Level 2
Mapping and Structure Field Class Leader
Remote Sensing & Geophysics
Level 3
Independant Mapping Training Field Class Leader
Level 4
Honours Supervision
Advanced Transferrable Skills for Geoscientists
Post-graduate
Transferrable Skills Training Courses
An introductory to geology for non-geoscientist
Co-Supervision of several international visiting PhD students
Honours Dissertation Supervision
2010-2011
Piotr Kulas "Covering the Cracks: Can Raman be used to identify radiation damage in apatite"
2009-2010
Euan Brooker "When and where were ancient earthquakes? Can zircon (U-Th)/He constrain the palaeodepth of seismicity"
Mark Wildman"Moving Mountains: using apatite (U-Th)/He to constrain transience in landscapes in the Sierra Nevada, California"
2008-2009
Ross Dymock "Seeing subtlties: using apatite fission track in old and complex landscapes"
Rhona McDonald "Dating the emergence of the African Superswell"
Grant Munro "Feeling the heat: a natural test of thermochronology"
Daniel Sheridan "Putting apatite under the micro beam: the chemical control on etching"
Nicola Zimny "The Ring of Power! Unravelling caldera collapse processes in the Central Ring Complex of Arran, western Scotland"
Christopher Adam "Using Ben Starav as a geological tidal gauge"
2007-2008
Mark Munro "The highest mountain: constraining the evolution of the Scottish landscape with apatite from Ben Nevis"
Alan Coventry "Apatite, Occurrence, Chemistry and Structure within the rocks of Ben Cruachan"
Euan MacAulay "Dating, Diamonds & Kimberlite Eruptions"
David Tierney "Apatite fission track evidence for prolonged magmatic flow regimes in the Traigh Bhàn na Sgùrra Sill"
Craig Galloway "Ancient apatite and zoned zircon: crystal structure and geochemistry" |
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