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 Oscar Lovera, PhD - Isotope Geochemist/Programmer Analyst

Licenciate in Physics, 1982, University of Córdoba, Argentina

Post-graduate, Hydrocarbon Geopysical Prospecting, 1984, University of Mendoza, Argentina

Ph.D., Department of the Geophysical Sciences, 1989, University of Chicago

Staff Research Associate, Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales, Argentina, 1983-1986

Postdoctoral Fellow, Div. of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Caltech, 1990-1991

Research Associate, Dept. Earth and Space Sciences & IGPP, UCLA, since 1991.

T.M. Harrison, M. Grove, O.M. Lovera, P.K. Zeitler (2005) Continuous thermal histories from closure profiles, Rev. Mineral. Geochem., v.58, 389-409.

J.L. D'Andrea Kapp, T.M. Harrison, P.A. Kapp, M. Grove, O.M. Lovera, D. Lin (2005) The Nyainqentanglha Shan: A window into the tectonic, thermal and geochemical evolution of the Lhasa block, southern Tibet. Jour. Geophys. Res., 110, B08413, doi:10.1029/2004JB003330

Edward D. Young, Justin I. Simon, Albert Galy, Sara S. Russell, Eric Tonui, and Oscar Lovera (2005) Supra-Canonical 26Ar/27Al and the Residence Time of CIAs in the Solar Protoplanetary Disk, Science, v.308, p223-227.

Gilley, Lisa D; Harrison, T Mark; Leloup, P H; Ryerson, F J; Lovera, Oscar M; Wang, Jiang-Hai, (2003) Direct dating of left-lateral deformation along the Red River shear zone, China and Vietnam JGR, B, Solid Earth and Planets, vol.108, no.2, 21 pp., 10 Feb 2003

M. Grove, O.M. Lovera, and T.M. Harrison (2003) Late Cretaceous cooling of the East-Central Peninsula Ranges batholith (33°N): Relationship to la posta pluton emplacement, Laramide shallow subduction, and forearc sedimentation, Geol. Soc. Amer. Spec. Pap. “Gastil Volume”, 374, 355–379.

Garrett B. Hazelton , Gary Axen , Oscar Lovera (2003) Argon retention properties of silicate glasses and implications for 40Ar/39Ar age and noble gas diffusion studies. Contr. Miner. and Petrol. 145, 1-14.

A. K. Schmitt, M. Grove, T.M. Harrison, O.M. Lovera, J.B. Hulen, and M. Walters (2003) The Geysers - Cobb Mountain Magma System, California (Part 1): U-Pb zircon ages, conditions of zircon crystallization and magma residence times. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta., 67, 3423-3442.

A. K. Schmitt, M. Grove, T.M. Harrison, O.M. Lovera, J.B. Hulen, and M. Walters (2003) The Cobb-Mountain - The Geysers Magma System, California (Part 2): timescales of pluton emplacement and implications for its thermal history. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta., 67, 3443-3458.

Schmitt, Axel K; Grove, Marty; Harrison, T Mark; Lovera, Oscar; Hulen, Jeffrey B; Walters, Mark, (2002) Intrusion ages of the Geysers plutonic complex determined by ion microprobe U-Pb dating of zircon Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council, vol.26, pp.375-378

O.M. Lovera, M. Grove, and T.M. Harrison (2002) Systematic analysis of K-feldspar 40Ar/39Ar step-heating experiments II: Relevance of laboratory K-feldspar argon diffusion properties to Nature. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 66, 1237-1255.

G.J. Axen,. M. Grove, D. Stockli, O.M. Lovera, D.A. Rothstein,. J.M. Fletcher, K. Farley, P.L. Abbott (2000) Thermal evolution of Monte Blanco Dome; low-angle normal faulting during Gulf of California rifting and late Eocene denudation of the eastern Peninsular Ranges. Tectonics 19, 197-212.

T.M. Harrison, A. Yin, M. Grove, O.M. Lovera and F.J. Ryerson (2000) The Zedong Window: A record of superposed Tertiary convergence in southeastern Tibett. J. Geophys. Res. 105 19211-19230.

T.M. Harrison, M. Grove, K.D. McKeegan, C.D. Coath, O.M. Lovera, and P. Le Fort (1999) Origin and episodic emplacement of the Manaslu intrusive complex, Central Himalaya. Jour. Petrol. 40, 3-19.

O.M. Lovera, M. Grove, D.L. Kimbrough, and P.L. Abbott (1999) A method for evaluating basement exhumation histories from closure age distributions of detrital minerals. Jour. Geophys. Res. 104 29,419-29,438.

G.B. Dalrymple, M. Grove, O.M. Lovera, T.M. Harrison, J.B. Hulen, M.A. Lanphere (1999). Age and thermal history of The Geysers plutonic complex (felsite unit), Geysers geothermal field, California; a 40Ar/39Ar and U-Pb study. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 173 285-298.

T.M. Harrison, M. Grove, O.M. Lovera, E.J. Catlos, and J.DAndrea (1999) The origin of Himalayan anatexis and inverted metamorphism: Models and constraints. Jour. Asian Earth. Sci., 17, 755-772.

T.M. Harrison, M. Grove, O.M. Lovera, and E.J. Catlos (1998) A model for the origin of Himalayan anatexis and inverted metamorphism. Jour. Geophys. Res. 103, 27,017-27,032.

X. Quidelleur, M. Grove, O.M. Lovera, T. M. Harrison, A. Yin, and F.J. Ryerson (1997) The thermal evolution and slip history of the Renbu Zedong Thrust, southeastern Tibet. J. Geophys. Res. 102, 2659-2679.

O.M. Lovera, M. Grove , T.M. Harrison and K.I. Mahon (1997) Systematic analysis of K-feldspar 40Ar/39Ar step-heating experiments I: Significance of activation energy determinations. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 61, 3171-3192.

T.M. Harrison, O.M. Lovera, and M. Grove (1997) New insights into the origin of two contrasting Himalayan granite belts. Geology 25, 899-902.

T.M. Harrison, M.T. Heizler, O.M. Lovera, (1993) In vacuo crushing experiments and K-feldspar thermochronometry. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 117, 169-180.

T.M. Harrison, M.T. Heizler, O.M. Lovera, (1993) Argon diffusion domains in K-feldspar II: Kinetic properties of MH-10. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 113, 381-393.

O.M. Lovera, F.M. Richter and T.M. Harrison (1991) Diffusion domains determined by 39Ar release during step heating. Jour. Geophys. Res. 96, 2057-2069.

F.M. Richter, O.M. Lovera, T.M. Harrison and Copeland (1991) Tibetan tectonics from a single feldspar sample: An application of the 40Ar/39Ar method. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 105, 266-276.

O.M. Lovera, F.M. Richter and T.M. Harrison (1989) The 40Ar/39Ar themochronometry for slowly cooled samples having a distribution of diffusion domain sizes. Jour. Geophys. Res. 94, 17917-17935.

V. Barcilon and O.M. Lovera (1989) Solitary waves in magma dynamics. Jour. Fluid Mech. 204, 121-133.

O.M. Lovera and J.E. Santos (1988) Numerical methods for a model for wave propagation in composite anisotropic media. Math. Model. Numer. Anal. 22, 159-176.

O.M. Lovera (1987) Boundary Conditions for a fluid saturated porous solid. Geophysics, 52, 174-178.