Tectonic & Climate Interactions

Faculty

Thorsten Becker

Thorsten Becker

mantle convection; plate tectonics; structural seismology; numerical modeling; earthquakes; fluid dynamics


Brian K Horton

Brian K Horton

Tectonics of sedimentary basins, evolution of orogenic systems, sediment provenance and routing systems, nonmarine depositional processes.


Shujuan Mao

Shujuan Mao

Environmental seismology, Hydrogeophysics, Geothermal energy, Carbon sequestration, Critical-zone processes, Time-lapse imaging, Ambient seismic field, 4D seismology


Danny Stockli

Danny Stockli

Thermo-/Geochronology, Tectonics and Structural Geology, Isotopic Provenance Analysis, Archeometry, Geothermal Exploration, Thermal Maturation


Chenguang Sun

Chenguang Sun

Deep volatile cycling; magmatic and metamorphic processes; planetary differentiation and habitability



Research Faculty

James A Austin, Jr

James A Austin, Jr

Xuesong Ding

Basin stratigraphic modeling; Landscape evolution modeling; Tectonic geomorphology;


Brent Elliott

Alexandros Savvaidis

Seismology, Geophysics, earthquakes, induced seismicity, modeling, data acquisition



Emeritus

Lawrence A Lawver

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