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Geology 334 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
Geology 440-540 Sedimentary Basin Analysis
Geology 406 series Summer Geology Field Camp
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TeachingGeology 334 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Geology 440-540 Sedimentary Basin Analysis Geology 406 series Summer Geology Field Camp |
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Link to Publications and Curriculum Vita.
My research is focused on field studies of tectonically active sedimentary basins, with the goal of understanding the complex tectonic, sedimentary, and geomorphic evolution of active regions. See also this summary. Stratigraphy provides unique insights into past environments and tectonic events that often cannot be gained from other disciplines. Integrated basin analysis informs us about the dynamic interplay between ancient fault systems that create sedimentary basins, and the surface processes that fill them with sediment. Stratigraphy also provides a useful tool for analyzing the complex evolution of streams and geomorphology in active fault zones. I am working primarily in two areas: (1) Miocene to Pleistocene evolution of basins along the San Andreas plate boundary system in southern California and NW Mexico; and (2) Mesozoic stratigraphy and regional tectonics related to accretion and translation of oceanic terranes in central and eastern Oregon.
Link to some papers resulting from the following projects.San Andreas Fault Zone in the Coachella Valley, southern California
Late Miocene Coastal Sonora project
Plio-Pleistocene tectonics and paleoclimate, Fish Creek - Vallecito Basin, southern California
Triassic-Jurassic collisional tectonics, Blue Mountains of NE Oregon
Late Cenozoic detachment faulting in the Western Salton Trough, southern California
Older Projects, representative of my interests:
Quaternary San Jacinto Fault Zone, southern California
Pliocene-Quaternary Loreto Basin, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Pleistocene to Holocene Laguna Salada, southern San Andreas fault system, northern Mexico
Miocene Detachment Basins, SE California and W Arizona
Jurassic Utah-Idaho Trough, U.S. western interior
Rebecca Ambers - now teaching at Sweet Briar College, Virginia
Robin Beebee - now working for HDR Alaska, Inc.
Mike Darin - now working for ConocoPhillips, Houston.
Mindy Homan - studying the enigmatic Bouse Formation, lower Colorado River
Todd LaMaskin - now on the fauclty at UNC Wilmington
Bob Lenegan - now advising Biology students at Northern Arizona University
Andy Lutz - now working for William Lettis and Associates, southern California
James McNabb - studying deformation and sedimentation in the southerm San Andreas fault zone
Tom Peryam - now working for Devon Energy, Oklahoma City
Derek Ryter - now working for the USGS in Lincoln, Nebraska