MARGINS Distinguished Lectureship Program

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Neal Driscoll:
Source to Sink

Tectonic deformation and sediment dispersal are Neal Driscoll's primary research interests.  His research has focused on unconformity generation and stratigraphic development in tectonically active settings with the goal of understanding the complex interplay of processes that shape landscapes and seascapes. Neal spends almost 2 months a year at sea mapping seafloor morphology and the underlying stratigraphy in order to decipher the link between process and product.

Neal, a Professor of Geology at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, recently received the SIO Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award.

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 Reading Earth history from the geologic record.
 

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Dispersal systems in actively deforming regions: Papua New Guinea has it all!

  • University of North Dakota (Grand Forks, ND): February 27, 2006
  • North Dakota State University (Fargo, ND): February 28, 2006
  • Montana State University (Bozeman, MT): March 1, 2006

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    • Terry Plank:
    The Subduction Factory

    Terry Plank's research in igneous geochemistry focuses on the study of magmas associated with the plate tectonic cycle at both divergent and convergent plate margins. Many of her research projects have addressed the recycling of material between mantle and crust within the "subduction factory." Recent work focuses on the volatile content of arc magmas, and the relationship to slab fluid compositions, mantle melting, and magma evolution.

    A Professor of Earth Sciences at Boston University, Terry has studied volcanoes in the Philippines, Central America and the Aleutians. She has received the Houtermans Medal from the European Association for Geochemistry, and the Geological Society of America Donath Medal.

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    Recycling within the Subduction Factory.

  • Humboldt State University (Arcata, CA): April 4-5, 2006

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    The effect of water on mantle melting at subduction zones.

  • Boise State University (Boise, ID): April 3, 2006
  • Humboldt State University (Arcata, CA): April 4-5, 2006
  • University of Alaska, Fairbanks (Fairbanks, AK): April 7, 2006

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    • Susan Schwartz:
    The Seismogenic Zone

    Susan Schwartz's research interests include the mechanical behavior of the seismogenic zone at subduction margins, the velocity structure of the crust and upper mantle in plate boundary regions, volcanic deformation and seismicity, and seismotectonics of the San Andreas fault system and Costa Rica. Ongoing and recent field projects include imaging of the seismogenic zone across Costa Rica and the Middle America Trench using geodesy and seismology.

    Susan is a Professor of Earth Sciences and Director of the Center for the Study of Imaging and Dynamics of the Earth at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She teaches a range of classes at all university levels.

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    Great Earthquakes and Tsunamis: Causes and Effects.

  • Brooklyn College (Brooklyn, NY): March 28, 2006
  • Bates College (Lewiston, ME): March 29, 2006
  • University of New Hampshire (Durham, NH): March 30-31, 2006

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    Seismic, Geodetic and Fluid Flow Constraints on Seismogenic Zone Processes in Costa Rica.

  • Bates College (Lewiston, ME): March 29, 2006
  • University of New Hampshire (Durham, NH): March 30-31, 2006
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    • Joann Stock:
    Rupturing of Continental Lithosphere

    Tectonics and plate motions are Joann Stock's major research interests. Her studies on the Pacific/North America plate boundary in the Gulf of California have involved on-land studies on both sides of the gulf, and marine geophysical studies of the gulf basins. Examples include detailed field mapping, volcanic stratigraphy, Ar geochronology, paleomagnetic measurements on the rocks deformed during rifting, and use of geophysical surveys of selected oceanic areas to constrain the history of Pacific/North American plate motion.

    Joann joined the faculty at the California Institute of Technology in 1992 and is an adjunct Professor at CICESE in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.

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    Plate tectonics and how continents split apart.

  • College of Charleston (Charleston, SC): April 11, 2006
  • University of North Carolina, Charlotte (Charlotte, NC): April 12, 2006

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    Defining the continent/ocean boundary: Insights from active rifts.

  • College of Charleston (Charleston, SC): April 11, 2006
  • College of Charleston (Charleston, SC): April 11, 2006
  • University of North Carolina, Charlotte (Charlotte, NC): April 12, 2006
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    Last updated Tuesday, May 6, 2008