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GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES AT BROWN UNIVERSITY
Research Synopsis: My research involves experimental investigations of the deformation mechanisms, microstructures, and rheology of crustal rocks with the twin goals of inferring details of the thermomechanical history from the microstructures and crystallographic preferred orientations preserved in naturally deformed rocks, and providing fundamental mechanical data for modeling crustal and upper mantle deformation under various conditions. These studies have been conducted over a wide range of conditions, equivalent to those from the shallow to the deep crust and upper mantle, and including deformation processes from brittle fracturing to cataclastic flow to dislocation creep to melt or fluid–enhanced diffusion creep and grain boundary sliding. In addition I have investigated the influence of the chemical environment on deformation and the mutual interactions of deformation, phase changes, and fluid distribution. Education: AB Geology, Carleton College, Northfield MN, June 1965 (Honors and Distinction Ph.D. Geology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, June, 1971 (Distinction; Graduate Women Award)
Professional Appointments: 1979-89: Associate Professor, Dept. Geological Sciences, Brown University 1989-Current: Professor, Dept. Geological Sciences, Brown University |
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