Delores Marie Robinson is an American geologist and tectonicist who is a professor and department chair at the University of Alabama.
Her research considers how orogenic systems evolve from porto-magmatic arcs, with a particular focus on Western Nepal, India, Bhutan and Southern Tibet.
[3] Robinson became a doctoral student at the University of Arizona researching the kinematic history, structure and stratigraphy of Western Nepal.
[6] Her lithospheric scale and provenance studies research links structure, sedimentation, tectonics, and erosion through the use of field mapping, thermochronometers, geochronometers, and isotopes to reconstruct fold and thrust belts and theorize the evolution of mountain belts and orogenic systems.
[8][9][10] In an effort to identify hidden hydrocarbons, Robinson collects and analyzes rocks and makes use of seismic data.