Johan Erikson
Physics Instructor
Johan Erikson is a geologist. Starting as a geophysics major at Dartmouth, through structural geology and tectonics research at Stanford, back at Dartmouth, and at Cornell, he has applied physics to the study of the Earth with research topics ranging from gravity measurements and modeling, through fault zone studies, to research on mountain uplift and lowland subsidence.
Prior to joining Stanford OHS in Spring ’25, he was a tenured Professor of Sciences in Maine where he taught physics, chemistry, and geology courses. In his spare time, Dr. Erikson leads geology field trips and competes in nordic ski and trail running marathons.
Publications
Erikson, J. P., 2017, Partially miscible water-triethylamine solutions and their temperature dependence. Journal of Chemical Education; v. 94(1), p. 75-78.
Erikson, J. P., S.A. Kelley, P. Osmolovsky, and K.L. Verosub, 2012, Linked basin sedimentation and orogenic uplift: the Neogene Barinas basin sediments derived from the Venezuelan Andes. Journal of South American Earth Sciences; v. 39, p. 138-156.
Pindell, J. L., L. Kennan, D. Wright, and J. Erikson, 2009, Clastic domains of sandstones in central/eastern Venezuela, Trinidad, and Barbados: heavy mineral and tectonic constraints on provenance and palaeogeography. In James, K. H., M. A. Lorente, and J. L. Pindell (eds.), The Origin and Evolution of the Caribbean Plate; Geological Society, London, Spec. Publ., 328, p. 743-797.
Publicover, D., D. Weihrauch, J. Erikson, and K. Kimball, 2003, Ecological Atlas of the Upper Androscoggin River Watershed. Appalachian Mountain Club, Boston, 89 pp.
Erikson, J. P., J. L. Pindell, G. Karner, L. Sonder, L. Dent, and E. Fuller, 1998, Neogene sedimentation and tectonics in the Cibao basin and northern Hispaniola: An example of basin evolution near a strike-slip-dominated plate boundary. Journal of Geology, v. 106, p. 473-494.
Erikson, J. P., and J. Pindell, 1998, Cretaceous through Eocene sedimentation and paleogeography of a passive margin in northeastern Venezuela. In Pindell, J. L., and C. L. Drake, eds., Eustasy and the Tectonostratigraphic Evolution of Northern South America: SEPM Spec. Publ. No. 58, p. 217-259.
Erikson, J. P., and J. Pindell, 1998, Sequence stratigraphy and relative sea-level history of the Cretaceous to Eocene passive margin of northeastern Venezuela and the possible tectonic and eustatic causes of stratigraphic development. In Pindell, J. L., and C. L. Drake, eds., Eustasy and the Tectonostratigraphic Evolution of Northern South America: SEPM Spec. Publ. No. 58, p. 261-281.
Jordan, T. E., J. H. Reynolds, III, and J. P. Erikson, 1997, Variability in age of initial shortening and uplift in the Central Andes, 16-33°30' S. In Ruddiman, W. J. (ed.), Tectonic Uplift and Climate Change: Plenum Publishing, p. 41-61.
Lyons, J. B., J. G. Campbell, and J. P. Erikson, 1996, Gravity signatures and geometric configurations of some Oliverian plutons: their relation to Acadian structures. Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 108, p. 872-882.
Algar, S., and J. P. Erikson, 1995, Correlation of the Jurassic through Oligocene stratigraphic units of Trinidad and northeastern Venezuela. International Geology Review, v. 37, p. 313-334.
Pindell, J. L., and J. P. Erikson, 1994, The Mesozoic passive margin of northern South America. In Salfity, J. A., ed., Cretaceous Tectonics of the Andes: Braunschwieg/ Wiesbaden, FRG, Vieweg Publ., p. 1-60.
Erikson, J. P., and J. L. Pindell, 1993, Analysis of subsidence in northeastern Venezuela as a discriminator of tectonic models for northern South America: Geology, v. 21, p. 945-948.
Erikson, J. P., J. L. Pindell, and D. K. Larue, 1991, Fault zone deformational constraints on Paleogene tectonic evolution in southern Puerto Rico. Geophysical Research Letters, v. 18, p. 569-572.
Erikson, J. P., J. L. Pindell, and D. K. Larue, 1990, Mid-Eocene - Early Oligocene sinistral transcurrent faulting in Puerto Rico associated with formation of the Northern Caribbean Plate Boundary Zone. Journal of Geology, v. 98, p. 365-384.