Dr. Neal Driscoll: Scientific Interests and Approaches

Dr. Driscoll's main interest is in tectonic deformation and the evolution of landscapes and seascapes. His work primarily focuses on the sediment record to understand the processes that shaped the earth. Simply stated, stratigraphy is the tape recorder of Earth history. Nevertheless, the fidelity with which stratigraphy records the dynamic processes of sediment erosion, transport, accumulation, and preservation is still incompletely understood. Although these processes can be examined from many perspectives, Dr. Driscoll's research has focused on: unconformity generation and stratigraphic development in tectonically active settings; and sediment input and dispersal in evolving sedimentary basins and along continental margins.