Biography and Expertise

Specific topics of current interest include application of U/Pb geochronology to establishing the interplay of transpressional and arc processes in the formation, migration, and accretion of lithospheric fragments or terranes and exhumation of ultrahigh-pressure rocks resulting from continent-continent collisions.

Research Interests:

  • Tectonics, Geochronology

Research Areas:

  • Geochemistry
  • Structure and Tectonics

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Organizational Affiliations

School of Earth, Environment, and Sustainability, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Iowa

Education

Structure/Tectonics and Geochronology
1990, PhD, University of Arizona
Structural Geology
1984, MS, University of Southern California
Geosciences
1979, BS, University of Arizona