Trevor A. Dumitru Data-verified

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High Impact

Researcher

University of Arkansas

Last publication 2023 Last refreshed 2026-05-16

faculty

40 h-index 87 pubs 5,046 cited

Research Areas

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Trevor A. Dumitru's research focuses on geological processes, particularly those related to subduction zones and the analysis of detrital zircon ages. His work investigates the long-term and episodic nature of subduction accretion, as evidenced by regional-scale correlations within geological formations like the Franciscan Complex in California.

Dumitru has explored the thermal annealing of fission and ion tracks in minerals such as epidote, a technique relevant for geochronology. His recent publications examine the provenance of detrital zircons in sedimentary sequences, comparing ages from forearc and subduction-zone strata with Cordilleran igneous basement ages. These comparisons provide insights into tectonic events, including Laramide tectonics in Southern California.

His research network includes collaborators such as Barry Shaulis and Glenn R. Sharman at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. Dumitru has also been involved in securing federal funding, notably serving as a Co-PI on a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for the acquisition of a Multicollector ICP-MS, a significant instrument for research across geology, archeology, and paleobiology. With an h-index of 40 and over 5,000 citations across 87 publications, Dumitru is recognized as a highly cited researcher.

Metrics

h-index: 40
Publications: 87
Citations: 5,046

Selected Publications

A PROBABLE IDAHO SOURCE FOR DETRITAL ZIRCONS IN A LATE CRETACEOUS-EOCENE SUBMARINE FAN SEQUENCE OVERLYING THE CENTRAL BELT OF THE FRANCISCAN COMPLEX, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA (2023)

1 citation DOI OpenAlex
DETRITAL ZIRCON AGES FROM UPPER CRETACEOUS–PALEOGENE FOREARC AND SUBDUCTION-ZONE STRATA OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND ENVIRONS COMPARED TO CORDILLERAN IGNEOUS BASEMENT AGES: IMPLICATIONS FOR LARAMIDE TECTONICS (2023)

DOI OpenAlex
Thermal annealing of fission and ion tracks in epidote (2022)

4 citations DOI OpenAlex
Regional-scale correlations of accreted units in the Franciscan Complex, California, USA: A record of long-lived, episodic subduction accretion (2021)

8 citations DOI OpenAlex
Comment on ‘New insights on Franciscan Complex geology, architecture, depositional age, and provenance for the western Mt. Tamalpais area, Marin County, California’ by Bero et al. (2020) (2021)

3 citations DOI OpenAlex