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Current Research Projects Opportunities are available for motivated graduate students (M.S. and Ph.D.) to be involved in research projects in tectonics, economic geology, geochronology, and structural geology. Please e-mail me for more information. |
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Application of U-Pb geochronology to the solution of tectonic problems is the cornerstone of my research program. These analytical studies are equally balanced with the fieldwork that provides their context. There are presently several dating methods required to cover the spectrum of tectonic problems being addressed. Conventional U-Pb analyses (ID-TIMS), whereby single crystals or groups of zircon grains are dissolved and analyzed, provide high precision ages for zircons with demonstrably simple systematics. Collaborations are available for completing CA-TIMS high resolution geochronology. Many dating projects require in situ analysis of parts of zircon grains by ion probe (SIMS) or Sensitive High Resolution Ion Microprobe (SHRIMP) techniques. These analyses are completed at the USGS/Stanford SHRIMP facility. Finally, the laser ablation ICPMS method for routine analysis of detrital grains and magmatic ages have utilized the facility at Washington State University and the University of Arizona LaserChron facility. All of my currently funded projects utilize a range of SIMS and LA-ICPMS U-Pb geochronology.
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Holm Land, NE Greenland
Colleagues in the Pearya terrane, northern Ellesmere Island |
Carboniferous basin evolution in the Arctic
Age and significance of Proterozoic magmatism in Arctic Alaska, Arctic Canada, and Svalbard
Timing of formation and exhumation or unroofing of ultrahigh-pressure rocks in the Greenland Caledonides
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Las Pirquitas Thrust, Pie de Palo, Argentina Lions Head, Jualin, Southeast Alaska |
Early to mid-Paleozoic accretionary history of the Precordillera terrane, Argentina and its possible transfer from the Laurentian margin to the Gondwana margin
Timing and tectonic setting of mid-Paleozoic magmatism and volcanogenic massive sulfide mineralization in the Brooks Range, Alaska
Timing of and structural controls on gold mineralization in the Juneau gold belt |
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Kensington, Southeast Alaska Bechtel Butte, northern Idaho |
Post-accretionary translational history of crustal fragments along the western margin of the North American Cordillera
Evidence for Proterozoic contractional deformation and metamorphism along the western margin of the North American Cordillera
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Graduate Students
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