Plate Boundary Processes

Faculty

	Thorsten Becker mantle convection; plate tectonics; structural seismology; numerical modeling; earthquakes; fluid dynamics
	Elizabeth J Catlos tectonics, Geochronology, petrology, earthquakes, Geohazards, Critical minerals
	Brian K Horton Tectonics of sedimentary basins, evolution of orogenic systems, sediment provenance and routing systems, nonmarine depositional processes.
	Demian M Saffer Active tectonics, fault/sediment mechanics, geohydrology.
	Danny Stockli Thermo-/Geochronology, Tectonics and Structural Geology, Isotopic Provenance Analysis, Archeometry, Geothermal Exploration, Thermal Maturation
	Chenguang Sun Deep volatile cycling; magmatic and metamorphic processes; planetary differentiation and habitability

	James A Austin, Jr
	David C Bolton Earthquakes,Fault Mechanics, Rock Deformation, Ultrasonic Monitoring
	Brent Elliott
	Laura Wallace Crustal deformation, GPS/Geodesy, active plate boundary processes, subduction tectonics, geohazards

	Mark A Helper Metamorphic petrology, structural geology, tectonics, Antarctica, curriculum
	Lawrence A Lawver Marine geophysics, plate tectonics, magnetics, gravity, heat flow, seismic studies, paleogeographic reconstructions of Gondwana, the Polar Regions, East Asia, the Western Pacific
	Sharon Mosher Structural petrology, field-oriented structural geology, strain analysis, deformation mechanisms, petrology, structural geology
	Douglas Smith Research on mantle evolution using tools of mineralogy, petrology, geochemistry
	Frederick W Taylor, Jr tectonic geomorphology, Stratigraphy, Paleoclimate