Contact info


  • Name: Robin Watson
  • Location: Geological Survey of Norway
  • Visiting adress: Leiv Eirikssons Vei 39, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
  • Postal adress: Postbox 7491 Tondheim, Norway
  • Phone: +47 73 90
  • Mob: +47
  • E-mail: robin.watson@ngu.no
  • “It was like this when I got here.”

    Research interests


  • Software for plate tectonic visualisation and modelling.
  • Affiliation(s)


  • Geological Survey of Norway
  • Ongoing projects


  • GPlates
  • Links


  • www.gplates.org
  • Curriculum Vitae


  • TQFE, Dundee 2005
  • PhD Physics, Glasgow 1997
  • BSc (1st class Hons) Physics, Glasgow 1992
  • Conference abstracts


    Watson, R.J.,J.A.Boyden, M.Turner, J.A.Clark, J.S.Cannon, E.Lau, C.Gaina, M. Gurnis, R.D. Müller, T.H.Torsvik, 2010, GPlates - Interactive software for plate tectonic visualisation and modelling, 29th Nordic Geological Winter Meeting, Oslo, Norway.

    Redfield, T.F., Smethurst M.A., Watson, R.J., 2008, Plate tectonics and insolation: The potential relevance of a changing continental geometry to PETM paleo-albedo, 33rd IGC, Oslo, Norway.

    Robin Watson